Price: 12.95 USD; 17.95 CAD
Pages: 228
On-sale Date: 1995-05-04
Editing: Andy Helfer (credited as Andrew Helfer) (group editor); Jim Higgins (credited) (assistant editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Tom Taggart (credited) (mixed media photo)
Inks:
Tom Taggart (credited) (mixed media photo)
Colors:
Tom Taggart (credited) (mixed media photo)
Letters:
?

Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: color cover; black and white interior
  • Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches by 10 7/8 inches
  • Paper Stock: cardstock cover; matte interior
  • Binding: squarebound
  • Publishing Format: one-shot
  • Publication Type: book

Indexer Notes

Letterers for interior sequences are listed as a group: Rod Ollerenshaw, Gail Beckett, Bob Lappan and Bob Pinaha. Unsure to exact sequence each did.

One of the seventeen Paradox Press series of Big Books:
1994 - The Big Book of Urban Legends
1995 - The Big Book of Death; The Big Book of Weirdos; The Big Book of Conspiracies;
1996 - The Big Book of Freaks; The Big Book of Little Criminals; The Big Book of Hoaxes; The Big Book of Thugs
1997 - The Big Book of Losers; The Big Book of The Unexplained; The Big Book of Martyrs; The Big Book of Scandal
1998 - The Big Book of Bad; The Big Book of the Weird Wild West
1999 - The Big Book of Vice; The Big Book of Grimm
2000 - The Big Book of the '70s

The Big Book of Death
(Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages

Pencils:
Roger Langridge (credited)
Inks:
Roger Langridge (credited)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page illustration.

Introduction
(Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages

Script:
Luc Sante (credited)
Letters:
typeset

Foreword
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
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A Short History of Execution
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tristan Schane (credited)
Inks:
Tristan Schane (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Short history of different forms of execution.

Decapitation
(Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Batton Lash (credited)
Inks:
Batton Lash (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of decapitation as a method of execution.

A Visit with the Hanging Judge
(Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Frank Quitely (credited)
Inks:
Frank Quitely (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Judge Issac Parker, the famous "Hanging Judge" tells about hanging as a method of execution.
Reprints (1)

Firing Squad
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
John Estes (credited)
Inks:
John Estes (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how firing squads work.

Old Sparky
(Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Steve Dillon (credited)
Inks:
Steve Dillon (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
How an electric chair works.
Reprints (1)

Capital Punishment - It's a Gas
(Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Nghia Lam (credited)
Inks:
Nghia Lam (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how poisonous gas works.

Lethal Injection
(Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Andrew Wendel (credited)
Inks:
Andrew Wendel (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how executions with lethal injections work.

Last Suppers
(Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Phil Winslade (credited)
Inks:
Phil Winslade (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about some of the strangest last suppers of convicted criminals.

Stupid Murders
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Glenn Barr (credited)
Inks:
Glenn Barr (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Stories about some really stupid murders that have happened.

Look Out! It's the Killer Postmen!
(Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Kieron Dwyer (credited)
Inks:
Kieron Dwyer (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about infamous Postal employees who killed their co-workers.

The Wide World of Death!
(Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Danny Hellman (credited)
Inks:
Danny Hellman (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
True stories about people who have died on live television.
Reprints (1)

Teen Suicide
(Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ilya (credited as Ed Hillyer)
Inks:
Ilya (credited as Ed Hillyer)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Why teenagers commit suicide.

Suicide
(Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Graham Higgins (credited)
Inks:
Graham Higgins (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about why people commit suicide.

The Quality of Mercy
(Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Al Davison (credited)
Inks:
Al Davison (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Facts about Euthenasia.

The Right to Die
(Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about the founder of the Hemlock Society.

They Call Him Dr. Death
(Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Hunt Emerson (credited)
Inks:
Hunt Emerson (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Reprints (1)

The Eggshell Skull
(Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tayyar Ozkan (credited)
Inks:
Tayyar Ozkan (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how fragile the human skull can be.

Sickness Unto Death I: Black Death
(Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Orlando (credited)
Inks:
Joe Orlando (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about the Black Plauge during the Middle Ages.
Reprints (1)

Sickness Unto Death II: Tuberculosis
(Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mark Badger (credited)
Inks:
Mark Badger (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Tuberculosis.

Sickness Unto Death III: Typhoid Mary
(Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mark Wheatley (credited)
Inks:
Mark Wheatley (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Typhoid Mary.

Sickness Unto Death IV: The Future
(Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Rebecca Guay (credited)
Inks:
Rebecca Guay (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about current diseases, including HIV.

The Art of War
(Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
John Garcia (credited)
Inks:
John Garcia (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about massacres during various wars.

Onward (Your Religion Here) Soldiers
(Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Greg Ruth (credited)
Inks:
Greg Ruth (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about various massacres committed in the name of religion.

One-Way Ticket
(Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about various accidents that caused massive deaths.

Spontaneous Human Combustion
(Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Spontaneous Human Combustion.
Reprints (1)

Weird Death I
(Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Tomm Coker (credited)
Inks:
Tomm Coker (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death II
(Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Mark Martin (credited)
Inks:
Mark Martin (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death III
(Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Richard Sala (credited)
Inks:
Richard Sala (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death IV
(Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death V
(Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Hembeck (credited)
Inks:
Fred Hembeck (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death VI
(Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Kim Hagen (credited)
Inks:
Kim Hagen (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death VII
(Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death VIII
(Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Mike Hadley (credited)
Inks:
Mike Hadley (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

Weird Death IX
(Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
David Chelsea (credited)
Inks:
David Chelsea (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have died.

The Definition of Death?
(Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Graham Manley (credited)
Inks:
Graham Manley (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about the Medical definition of death.

Anatomy of an Autopsy
(Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tim Perkins (credited)
Inks:
Tim Perkins (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
How an Autopsy is preformed.

Embalming
(Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Duncan Eagleson (credited)
Inks:
Duncan Eagleson (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
How embalming works.

Six Feet Under
(Table of Contents: 41)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Nick Abadzis (credited)
Inks:
Nick Abadzis (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Weird ways people have been buried.

The Watery Grave
(Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Roger Langridge (credited)
Inks:
Roger Langridge (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about burial at sea.

Cremation
(Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Alec Stevens (credited)
Inks:
Alec Stevens (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about cremation.

Mummification
(Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mitch O'Connell (credited)
Inks:
Mitch O'Connell (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Mummification.

Cryonics: The Frozen Dead
(Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Linda Medley (credited)
Inks:
Linda Medley (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how Cryonics works.

A Walking Tour of Highgate Cemetery
(Table of Contents: 46)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Robin Smith (credited)
Inks:
Robin Smith (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of Highgate Cemetary.

Le CimetiÃĻre du PÃĻre Lachaise
(Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Steve Buccellato (credited)
Inks:
Steve Buccellato (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of Le Cimetiere on Pere Lachaise.

A Poetic Journey Through the Protestant Cemetery in Rome
(Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Woodrow Phoenix (credited)
Inks:
Woodrow Phoenix (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of Protestant Cemetary in Rome.

The Vienna Funeral Museum
(Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Chris McLoughlin (credited)
Inks:
Chris McLoughlin (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of the Vienna Funeral Museum.

Greetings from Green-Wood Cemetery
(Table of Contents: 50)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Randy DuBurke (credited)
Inks:
Randy DuBurke (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of GreenWood Cemetary in Brooklyn N.Y.

Forest Lawn
(Table of Contents: 51)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Rick Geary (credited)
Inks:
Rick Geary (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
History of Forest Lawn Cemetary in Hollywood Hills, CA.
Reprints (1)

Where to Go
(Table of Contents: 52)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Zina Saunders (credited)
Inks:
Zina Saunders (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Quick tour of several historical European cemetaries.

Dead But Not Departed
(Table of Contents: 53)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mike Collins (credited)
Inks:
Mike Collins (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
True Stories about people whe were kept around after they died.

They Saved Sakharov's Brain
(Table of Contents: 54)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Organ Donation.

The Disposal Dilemma
(Table of Contents: 55)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
James Romberger (credited)
Inks:
James Romberger (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how some killers have tried to get rid of the body.

You Are What You Eat
(Table of Contents: 56)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
RenÃĐe French (credited)
Inks:
RenÃĐe French (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Stories about true life cannibalism.

Dead Love
(Table of Contents: 57)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Craig Hamilton (credited)
Inks:
Craig Hamilton (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Stories about people who have performed Necrophilia.

The Vampire!
(Table of Contents: 58)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Jim Fern (credited)
Inks:
Jim Fern (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
True facts about Vampires and Vampirism.

Are Zombies Real?
(Table of Contents: 59)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Inks:
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about Zombies.

Soccer: The Sport That Kills!
(Table of Contents: 60)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Facts about people who have died at Soccer events.

From Cradle to Grave
(Table of Contents: 61)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli)
Inks:
Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about the Black Plauge.

The Art of Death
(Table of Contents: 62)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Smith (credited)
Inks:
Bob Smith (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Stories about weird gravestones.

Heaven and Hereafter
(Table of Contents: 63)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Shary Flenniken (credited)
Inks:
Shary Flenniken (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about how different religions view the hereafter.

Dante Goes to Hell
(Table of Contents: 64)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Barron Storey (credited)
Inks:
Barron Storey (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Dante's vertion of Hell.

Near-Death Experiences
(Table of Contents: 65)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Feliks Dobrin (credited)
Inks:
Feliks Dobrin (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Stories about Near Death Experiences.

Famous Last Words
(Table of Contents: 66)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Alex Wald (credited)
Inks:
Alex Wald (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Famous People's famous last words.

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
(Table of Contents: 67)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
The last words of Dutch Schultz

That Line Is Dead
(Table of Contents: 68)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Steve Smith (credited)
Inks:
Steve Smith (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Information about people who claim to have spoken with deceased relatives.

Mike Montaigne Looks at Death
(Table of Contents: 69)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Donald David (credited)
Inks:
Donald David (credited)
Letters:
?
Synopsis:
Some philosophy from Michel De Montaigne.
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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
  2. The Big Book of Death
  3. Introduction
  4. Foreword
  5. A Short History of Execution
  6. Decapitation
  7. A Visit with the Hanging Judge
  8. Firing Squad
  9. Old Sparky
  10. Capital Punishment - It's a Gas
  11. Lethal Injection
  12. Last Suppers
  13. Stupid Murders
  14. Look Out! It's the Killer Postmen!
  15. The Wide World of Death!
  16. Teen Suicide
  17. Suicide
  18. The Quality of Mercy
  19. The Right to Die
  20. They Call Him Dr. Death
  21. The Eggshell Skull
  22. Sickness Unto Death I: Black Death
  23. Sickness Unto Death II: Tuberculosis
  24. Sickness Unto Death III: Typhoid Mary
  25. Sickness Unto Death IV: The Future
  26. The Art of War
  27. Onward (Your Religion Here) Soldiers
  28. One-Way Ticket
  29. Spontaneous Human Combustion
  30. Weird Death I
  31. Weird Death II
  32. Weird Death III
  33. Weird Death IV
  34. Weird Death V
  35. Weird Death VI
  36. Weird Death VII
  37. Weird Death VIII
  38. Weird Death IX
  39. The Definition of Death?
  40. Anatomy of an Autopsy
  41. Embalming
  42. Six Feet Under
  43. The Watery Grave
  44. Cremation
  45. Mummification
  46. Cryonics: The Frozen Dead
  47. A Walking Tour of Highgate Cemetery
  48. Le CimetiÃĻre du PÃĻre Lachaise
  49. A Poetic Journey Through the Protestant Cemetery in Rome
  50. The Vienna Funeral Museum
  51. Greetings from Green-Wood Cemetery
  52. Forest Lawn
  53. Where to Go
  54. Dead But Not Departed
  55. They Saved Sakharov's Brain
  56. The Disposal Dilemma
  57. You Are What You Eat
  58. Dead Love
  59. The Vampire!
  60. Are Zombies Real?
  61. Soccer: The Sport That Kills!
  62. From Cradle to Grave
  63. The Art of Death
  64. Heaven and Hereafter
  65. Dante Goes to Hell
  66. Near-Death Experiences
  67. Famous Last Words
  68. The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
  69. That Line Is Dead
  70. Mike Montaigne Looks at Death
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