{"id":5974,"date":"2015-06-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2015-06-01T10:36:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T15:36:21","slug":"league-of-regrettable-superheroes-by-jon-morris-book-review-100-also-rans-from-real-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5974","title":{"rendered":"League of Regrettable Superheroes, by Jon Morris (book review) – 100 also-rans from real comics!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Kid Eternity for justice!
\nMoon Girl<\/a> fighting crime!
\n3-D Man against bad guys!
\nWho???<\/p>\n

Jon Morris has spent years locating and verifying these not-very-super characters on his Gone and Forgotten blog<\/a> – now, he’s collected them into a book filled with pages of rare comics, from the Golden Age<\/a> to now.<\/p>\n

Just published yesterday, this encyclopedic array of one hundred has-beens is a must-have for comic fans. Ask for it at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you were inventing a new not-so-superhero, what powers would s\/he have?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: The League of Regrettable Superheroes \/ Jon Morris. Quirk Books, 2015.\u00a0 [author blog<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: For every blockbuster action superhero, there are scores of not-so-super characters who tried and failed to make an impact in comics – a veritable League of Regrettable Superheroes, in fact.<\/p>\n

This colorful compendium of so-so superheroes is divided into chronological sections: the Golden Age of Comics (1938-1949) with a propensity for Nazi-hunting during World War II, the Silver Age (1950-1969) with gimmicks galore, and the Modern Age (1970-present) with grim and gritty storylines.<\/p>\n

The 100 regrettable superheroes are arranged alphabetically in each age, with full-color comic pages, date of first appearance, and more.<\/p>\n

Meet Captain Tootsie, Kangaroo Man, Speed Centaur, and early female superbeing Fantomah of the Golden Age. Puzzle over the mindset of the creators of Congorilla and Pow-Girl of the Silver Age, as well as Brother Voodoo, Squirrel Girl, and Thunderbunny in the Modern Age.<\/p>\n

There were also groundbreaking superheroes who never got the recognition they deserved, like Nelvana of the Northern Lights (a Canadian pre-Wonder Woman superhero). Many of the early characters in this book are now in the public domain, so revivals of Nelvana, DollMan, and others may appear in new incarnations.<\/p>\n

A must for any comic fan and an interesting look at the concerns of mainstream society during each age, The League of Regrettable Superheroes<\/em> captures fleeting pages from America’s collective youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kid Eternity for justice! Moon Girl fighting crime! 3-D Man against bad guys! Who??? Jon Morris has spent years locating and verifying these not-very-super characters on his Gone and Forgotten blog – now, he’s collected them into a book filled with pages of rare comics, from the Golden Age to now. Just published yesterday, this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,80,41],"tags":[22,4,259,45,20,5,70,37,16,46,49,111,66,35,33,53,8,28,61],"class_list":["post-5974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-graphic-novel","category-paranormal","tag-behavior","tag-belonging","tag-blogathon2015","tag-competition","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-funny","tag-memories","tag-non-us-artist","tag-series","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-us-artist","tag-us-author","tag-villains","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5974"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6039,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5974\/revisions\/6039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}