The Big Book of Losers: Pathetic but True Tales of the World's Most Titanic Failures! (Factoid Books) (Paperback)

by DC Comics (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics; illustrated edition edition (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563892537
• ISBN-13: 978-1563892530
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #693,984 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bit mean but funny anyhow, March 25, 1997

By A Customer

I went to my local comics shop and saw the owner reading The Big Book of Losers. I asked to look at it, and I then know I must have it. The book is full of entertaining stories of people and bad ideas that were failures. It's quite entertaining reading the stories of people like the Dalton Gang, and Milli Vanilli, who deserve to be called losers. Unfortunately, some the people written about did not have the loser essence, but merely had some bad luck, or were held back by people who were more powerful and who were evil. These ones were not so funny. Overall, though, it is a good book, and worth reading

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can't Win 'Em All, June 22, 2000

By	Jeffrey Plotkin (San Francisco, California USA) - See all my reviews

"The Big Book of Losers" is the ninth in the Big Book series from Paradox Press. This volume tells you about historically bad luck, from General Custer to the Edsel to Milli Vanilli. Reading this book, you can't lose! Just be glad you're not them!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating collection of stories, February 9, 2002

By	Thom Cuddy (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A fantastic book! I bought this for one of my sons for Christmas, along with several other more print-oriented books. I'm not a diehard fan of books in comic format, but as I reviewed this upon arrival I was delighted to discover the depth of information provided. The wide variety of characters, the great expanse of historical periods covered and the different "genres" of loser subjects proved much more entertaining than I expected when I bought this book. Consider this one of the classier bathroom readers for the entire family!