I was so captivated by these opening chapters I could hardly put the book down.Īs Morrison got to the comics of the 60’s and 70’s, he began to incorporate his personal experiences in comics and explain how he got his start in the industry. Personally, I’ve never been much of a Superman fan, but this made me want to read some of those old stories. Morrison’s description of the off-the-wall adventures of the Man of Steel is quite a bit of fun. My favorite of these early chapters dealt mostly with Superman though the 1950’s, after the establishment of the draconian censorship rules of the Comic Code when the plot limitations made writers come up with some very whacky stuff. He presented these well-known characters in ways I had never thought of them before and made me reevaluate how I saw them. Morrison’s analysis of the beginnings of classic heroes like Superman and Batman was both insightful and enlightening. The book starts off with several chapters dedicated to Golden Age superheroes. What I got was far weirder, far more personal information than I had bargained for. I expected an insightful discussion of comic characters with some of his personal experiences interspersed throughout the book. I don’t always enjoy a Morrison book, but there is no arguing that he is one of the biggest and most influential names in comics right now.

I was already interested knowing that Grant Morrison had written it but when a friend of mine recommended it, I decided to take the plunge. The second book I’ve read in my pursuit of comic book knowledge is Grant Morrison’s Supergods. Last year’s New York Comic Con got me much more interested in the history of comics.

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