Superheroes<\/i> Edited by John Varley and Ricia Mainhardt<\/p>\n
Like most folks of my ilk (and here I mean geeky), I’m a sucker for superheroes. <\/p>\n
Not all, but most. I don’t care for the Green Lantern1<\/sup> or The Hulk.<\/p>\n I was optimistic but ultimately disappointed by Mystery Men<\/i>, as I like the idea of alternate superheroes. So this book, purportedly a series of essays about alternate superheroes, sounded good to me.<\/p>\n It was okay. As an Amazon reviewer noted, a couple sharp pieces, and the rest just so-so, one-joke stories. <\/p>\n She Who Might Be Obeyed<\/i> was so convoluted as to be almost unreadable.<\/p>\n Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path<\/i> the story by the editor that hypothesized Superman’s life had he landed in the USSR (which served as the inspiration to do the collection) was somewhat predictable but very witty.<\/p>\n Others were arty and pushed the margins of what one would define as a superhero.<\/p>\n But, all in all, fine mind candy.<\/p>\n 1<\/sup> My sole contribution to Free Parking<\/i>, a Dad’s Garage sketch show of some years back, was a piece called The Green Lantern Buys A Stamp<\/i> where I itemized the lameness of GL when he fails to convince the citizenry that he needs to cut in line at the post office as a matter of life or death. He ends up being bludgeoned by the crowd, saved from death only by the sudden appearance of the Wonder Twins.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Superheroes Edited by John Varley and Ricia Mainhardt Like most folks of my ilk (and here I mean geeky), I’m a sucker for superheroes. Not all, but most. I don’t care for the Green Lantern1 or The Hulk. I was … Continue reading