![]() Capable of all of the feats you’d imagine for a robot, Bozo was a menace turned do-gooder by way of the hacking skills of one Hugh Hazzard. Twenty-four years before Marvel introduced readers to Tony Stark, Quality Comics had a 40+ issue run starring an Iron Man of their own. Review of The League of Regrettable Superheroesġ. ![]() Since we here at Nerds on Earth are big fans of Lists of 7, I thought I would present my favorite entries in that style and wrap the post up with comments on presentation and style. Reading through each entry brings these long lost characters back into a life of their own. ![]() Many of the characters made only a single appearance, while others faired slightly better as far as longevity is concerned but still disappeared into obscurity. Spanning the Golden, Silver, and Modern Ages as well as dozens of creators and publishers, Morris’ collection is quite the rogues gallery of comic infamy. ![]() Morris does go on to explain in his introduction that “not a single character in this book…doesn’t have at least the potential to be great” (pg 9, emphasis his) and that “several members have been revived, reintroduced, or otherwise regifted with a new lease on life” (pg 9). Promising on the cover to survey “half-baked heroes from comic book history,” Jon Morris’ The League of Regrettable Superheroes introduces readers to over one hundred characters “who walked away from their comic book careers without so much as a participation ribbon to show for it” (pg 9). ![]()
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