I won a copy of this book from Bookishfirst.com. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.
Being a year younger than the author, I too grew up reading comic books, the Superman franchise being my favorite. I even did a research paper on "The History of the Comic Strip" in high school. During a move many years ago, my comic books and some of the books I used for research disappeared, so was delighted to see this book published. This book will be a pleasure to fellow baby boomers. While not delving deeply into the history of the comic strip, it is filled with nostalgia, sharing what else was happening in the world and lots of comic book covers, many of which I remember reading.
I did find it strange that the origin of the Superman comic was omitted- created by two Jewish young men, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, during the Holocaust, based on Moses. In fact most of the early comic book creators were Jews facing anti-semitism in America, only able to find jobs in the comic book industry. And I found one error: Mon-El was NOT from Krypton. But otherwise, I found this to be a nice addition to my library.
Being a year younger than the author, I too grew up reading comic books, the Superman franchise being my favorite. I even did a research paper on "The History of the Comic Strip" in high school. During a move many years ago, my comic books and some of the books I used for research disappeared, so was delighted to see this book published. This book will be a pleasure to fellow baby boomers. While not delving deeply into the history of the comic strip, it is filled with nostalgia, sharing what else was happening in the world and lots of comic book covers, many of which I remember reading.
I did find it strange that the origin of the Superman comic was omitted- created by two Jewish young men, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, during the Holocaust, based on Moses. In fact most of the early comic book creators were Jews facing anti-semitism in America, only able to find jobs in the comic book industry. And I found one error: Mon-El was NOT from Krypton. But otherwise, I found this to be a nice addition to my library.