A good example of how the Internet allows catalogers to collaborate, the GCD will help fans or researchers looking for credits and character appearances. This is part of a larger commercial site also dealing with sf and fantasy film and TV and selling a range of related products. News also contains information on upcoming comic releases, which lists the creators and blurbs for the story. In the right column are lists for various products and archived articles. The articles list includes a character database, with characters from a broader range of publishers than some competing sites.
Entries give some basic information on the character and usually include a picture.
Though the guides don't provide reviews, the story synopses are quite detailed. The site does have a search engine, located on the top banner, which allows visitors to search for either products or articles. This site, somewhat more commercial than Comic Resources, overlaps somewhat but provides some alternative sources for news and information. Start at the beginning or jump to a particular era. The History of Super Hero Comics Books offers a link to the 1954 Senate Committee report on comic books and juvenile delinquency that led to, among other things, the introduction of the coercive Comics Code, which reined in what some thought to be inappropriate content.