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Fearless Fosdick

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I found this absolutly Hystericaly funny-a single minded zealot who in his own manic way is more destructive than a hurricane!
The one story that was Truly Fosdick at his most awful was the "Poisoned Bean Case" in which Fosdick turns out to be more deadly to the citizens he's trying to protect than the missing can of deadly beans....

I bought "Fearless Fosdick" for my hubby who, not being born in the U.S., had never heard of him/it until I mentioned it; then he couldn't get enough.

Of course I read this collection myself before I gave it to him, and I was amazed at how much juicy stuff I'd forgotten -- or more likely, hadn't picked up on as a kid. This is grade-A social satire, almost as relevant today as 50 - 60 years ago. I was also surprised to learn that other artists than Chester Gould had worked on it -- Frank Frazetta, for instance, whose sword 'n' sorcery art graced paperback covers through the 60's and 70's, and who practically defined the look of Conan.

Any fan of Al Capp or Chester Gould, or student of modern history *needs* Fearless Fosdick!