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The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History Hardcover – June 2, 2015

by Jon Morris (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 62 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Quirk Books (June 2, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594747636
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594747632
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Nothing regrettable about purchasing this excellent book
By Hermgerm on June 12, 2015
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A beautifully produced book filled with vintage material about superheroes who were destined to fail. After reading it I checked out the author's blog, and I must admit - Jon Morris is a pretty funny guy. However, this book is only 90% humor. There's a lot of relevance here as well, and every article on each of the poor unfortunate characters Jon showcases has been meticulously researched. Hence, the end result is a product filled with useful facts that can be read either encyclopedia style by selecting individual entries, or by adopting a more story-centric approach by starting from the Golden Age and working upwards through The Silver Age and into the Modern. Each hero's biography paints a complete picture of his/her history and a short analysis of why he/she may be deemed regrettable. The main character art of each entry is stunning, but the real highlight for me was the short one-page strips accompanying each superheroes' well-written history. The overall look and feel of the book exudes charm and is a true pleasure to read. Most of the weirdest and zaniest creations spotlighted came from The Golden Age, but there are a fair number of entries from other eras too. My favorite Golden Age mishaps featured within are, among others, Stardust the Super Wizard, Speed Centaur, Kangaroo Man, The Puppeteer, Fantomah, Bozo the Robot and Doctor Hormone. Oh, and how could I forget Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, the very first invisible superheroine? The Silver Age is also ripe for the picking, with entries like B'Wana Beast (Love him!) and the classic Legion of Super-Pets. For the Modern Age I need only utter a single name: Thunderbunny! But the list goes on and on, and each page is as entertaining as the next. A worthy read, and a bang-for-your-buck purchase indeed.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Completely unique and entertaining
By MARK YERGER on June 11, 2015
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Completely unique and entertaining. Firstly the book is beautifully produced with cleanly printed and fully rendered pages and reproductions of the original comics. Along with Jon Morris' well researched and at times laugh out loud funny analysis, makes this a great addition for collectors or casual comics fans. Much of the book is dedicated to the emerging golden age of comics, where we are introduced to the likes of "Bozo the Ironman" and "Captain Tootsie." The profiles range from the utterly ridiculous; "Dr. Hormone" to the poorly conceived rip offs, "Nature Boy" to the what might have been had the sold more copies; "Captain Science." Morris notes that the downfall of many of these was economic and not always the pure silliness of the product. Honestly, some beloved legendary characters such as Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, and Plastic Man easily could have wound up in this book had the been scraped by their publishers. Great Book overall!!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Nothing truly laugh-out-loud funny, but lots of head scratching odd entries
By David Quale on July 12, 2015
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Nothing truly laugh-out-loud funny, but lots of head scratching odd entries. And the entries are both painstakingly researched and lovingly restored to their former, uh, 'Glory.' A very accessibly priced hardcover book, done in beautiful (and not incorrectly aligned and blurry, as the originals often were) crisp colors on fine paper stock, and weighing it at a few pages above 250, I can't see how you can go wrong by purchasing this book. A truly delightful peek at many long-forgotten and cringe-worthy super heroes, super heroines, and some unclassifiable robots, vampires, animals, and other absurdities that someone, at some time, said; "Hey, yeah! That IS a good idea - let's run with it!" Oh, and the one thing that groups most of these characters together - a loyalty to the Allies in WWII! "Come on, fellas - let's go overthrow Tojo!"
A fine book, indeed.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
One Hit and No Hit Superheroes of Comic Book History
By Craig A. SAUNDERS on June 15, 2015
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A light hearted trip through comic book history of the duds, flops and never ready for prime time superheroes, as you travel through this book one is struck of what were the creators of this superheroes were thinking of while drawing their creations., Each regrettable is allotted one to two pages of a panel of the comic books and some of the history and backstory of each character. I chuckled over and over while ready this book- get this book you will not be disappointed. .

A great campanion book would be regrettable villians of comic book history.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Book!
By natosha miller TOP 500 REVIEWER on July 16, 2015
Format: Hardcover
The book, The League of Regrettable Superheros by Jon Morris is such a entertaining book on old comics and heroes that you never known much about. Unlike the many we hear often about, this book explains the heroes from the past and possibly never heard of now a days. I love the detailed description and information you get about each character, from the creators, when they released the character and a little special thing about the character that you might of never knew. Plus, there is an entire few paragraphs explaining each character in full detail and what they were most known for.

The League of Regrettable Superheroes is just an excellent book of those characters you read in comic books and hear over again on TV or in Videos. I can definitely say this book has covered in detail so many unknown heroes, with interesting names and special abilities.
I actually am learning so many more things about certain heroes that I've never knew before! It's exciting and actually now owning the book I can recall some new hero characters.

Excellent book and loving the photos!

Disclosure: " I was supplied a sample for test and evaluation, and in return I would provide my honest opinion"
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A great look at the forgotten heroes of the past!

Very enjoyable and easy to read. I wish it had been printed on high-gloss paper to make the colors pop (like they do with a lot of comic anthologies) but that's just nitpicking.

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Much smaller than I thought it would be. Makes it a bit hard to read. Book itself is awesome though. Love his blog.

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