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| Cover is for the full-sized edition, not the LootCrate version I read. |
This is the companion piece to Legion of Regrettable Supervillains. Only it's condensed in order to fit in a LootCrate box. There's now a third book about sidekicks. While I wouldn't mind finding that book for a steep discount like I did this one, I am not planning on actively looking for it (or the larger versions of these books.)
Jon Morris does an amazing job finding these wacky characters. He covers some great depths of comic book history. But his sarcastic view is off-putting.
God knows I don't take things as serious as I could. I guess what I am saying is that the author, while a great historian, just isn't that funny to me. It's like the professor who is incredibly smart and knowledgeable but only does dad jokes.
There's one more thing to be aware of. This book, though only 4 years old, is already dated. For example, Morris talks about how the Marvel run of Rom Spaceknight is likely to never be collected and reprinted due to licensing issues. Yet with IDW's recent franchising deal with Hasbro, the publisher has not only revitalized the character but they've also announced plans to issue a multi-volume collection of those Marvel books starting sometime this fall.
This isn't the author or publishers fault. Anytime you right a book about history of any sort, new developments will cause some of the data to become outdated. So maybe Jon Morris and Quirk Books might want to work on some revised editions. If so, maybe he can update the jokes as well.
Rating: 6 out of 10 stars
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