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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3607 - I came across this book that was first published in December of 2010. It's called Shazam - The Golden Age Of The World's Mightiest Mortal - by Chip Kidd & Geoff Spear. So, what is the book about? Here's the promotional blurb about it: "Shazam made his debut in Whiz Comics in 1940, and outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by 14 million copies a month. It wasn’t long before a variety of merchandise was licensed—secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets, tin toys, puzzles, costumes—and a fan club was created to keep up with the demand. These collectibles now sell for outrageous prices on eBay or in comic book stores and conventions. Seventy years later, an unprecedented assortment of these collectibles are gathered together by award-winning writer/designer Chip Kidd and photographer Geoff Spear. Join Kidd, Spear, and the World’s Mightiest Mortal in this first, fully authorized celebration of ephemera, artwork, and rare, one-of-a-kind toys, and recapture the magic that was Shazam!" I found that inside this book, there were multiple pages of closely shot photographs, and scans of papers. The comic book characters included many from Fawcett, including Captain Marvel (Shazam), Captain Marvel Junior, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, and several more. What gets me is that this Captain Marvel and his family outsold National's Superman Family of comics! The slightly cartoony style of art that Captain Marvel consisted of, made me wonder why the comic book character just didn't win his court case against National's Superman entry... This book is another 'coffee table' book, in that it is for the coffee table in your home. Not that it is bad or anything... Just that there is very little in the way of text in the total number of pages, other than the letters that were written for those that signed up for the Captain Marvel fan club! I would give it a Very Fine / Near Mint (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a 10.0 comic book grading scale, for those that really dig on Captain Marvel. Here is the ordering info: Authors: By Chip Kidd with photography by Geoff Spear You can order it here: Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal ~Michael D Hamersky
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(Hyperion, Sept 2009) is the first in the series and introduces us to Castle's fantasy of Beckett: the tough and sexy Nikki Heat. The victim of the week is a philandering real estate tycoon who takes a dive off his exclusive balcony into a sidewalk cafe. The story takes us into the worlds of real estate development, private clubs, fine art, trophy wives and mobsters during one very, very hot NY City summer. You can smell the hot dogs, exhaust and melting asphalt. Like an episode of Murder, She Wrote, or most episodic murder mystery/cop shows, you know who done it by the casting, timing, even the music. Here, you sense the denouement, but, like the show, you don't mind; the fun is getting there. 
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