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Edition collects the much-lauded landmark issue.

Tomasi and illustrator Sara Duvall show the building of the Brooklyn Bridge as it has never been seen before, and the marriage of the Roeblings-based on intellectual equality and mutual support-that made the construction of this iconic structure possible. Tomasi - The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York, Hardcover - More than 130 years after its completion, the Brooklyn Bridge. Tomasi, James Tynion IV.and more Detective Comics 1000: The Deluxe. DuVall capture many historic moments.'' The New York Times ''The Brooklyn Bridge is as much a feat of engineering as it is a familiar sight, as this graphic novel by Peter J. The Bridge recounts the story of how this icon of America was built, and we see it through the wonderful sketches of Sara DuVall, and words of Peter J. In this inspiring graphic novel, author Peter J. Washington's wife, Emily Roebling, took his place running the work site, deftly assuming the role of chief engineer, supervising the project and overseeing the workers, contractors, a hostile press, and greedy city politicians-an unusual position for a woman to take on at the time. As work on the bridge went on, Washington developed caisson disease, leaving him bedridden for the majority of the bridge's 14-year construction. The Brooklyn Bridge was originally designed by John Augustus Roebling, but it was his son, Washington, and his daughter-in-law, Emily, who oversaw the bridge's construction. More than 130 years after its completion, the Brooklyn Bridge remains one of the most extraordinary landmarks and symbols of Brooklyn and New York City-and the story behind this architectural marvel is just as extraordinary.