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Super Friends: Saturday Morning Comics Vol. 2
From the Hall of Justice come these tales of the Justice League of America, inspired by the hit animated TV series! In these late-1970s and early-1980s tales, the Justice League of America assembles to battle villains including Felix Faust, Gorilla Grodd, and Sinestro, and face the threat of the aliens who stole Atlantis. Plus, fun with Plastic Man and the Wonder Twins! Collects Super Friends #27-47, plus material from Super Friends Special #1 and Super Truth, Justice, and Peace.
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488 pages, Hardcover
Published December 22, 2020
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E. Nelson Bridwell
286 books9 followersEdward Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine (writing the now-famous catchphrase, "What you mean...we?" in a 1958 parody of The Lone Ranger in Mad) and various comic books published by DC Comics. One of the writers for the Batman comic strip and Super Friends, he also wrote The Inferior Five, among other comics. He has been called "DC's self-appointed continuity cop."
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December 17, 2021
What a difference a volume makes. Volume 1? I loved it Five stars!!!
Volume 2? Yikes - what a slog to get through. Boring. Two Stars.
Why the difference? That's a great question. We still have Bridwell writing but he seems to be out of story ideas and seems to have lost the fun and excitement of earlier stories. Now, the earlier stories aren't great literature by any means but they captured the fun spirit of the animated series with more complex and interesting stories. His ongoing stories about the Overlord just got worse and worse and it felt like even he couldn't be bothered to care about them even though he had set them up.
We still have Ramona Fradon for most of the art (before the last few issues devolve with some weaker artists not suited for the stories). But we lose Borwn as an inker and get the much dislikes Vince Colletta. Why do comic fans dislike him so much? Because he was one of those inkers who imposed his style on ANYONE he was inking. He ruined many a good Jack Kirby page of art. He does this again and Ramona's art suffers for it.
I thin a key reason it starts to get worse is the insistence to have back up stories so the main story is now only 14-16 pages long (I think). And while I liked the Seraph (weird to see a religious hero in comics) the Jack O Lantern stories fell flat.
One fun fact (for me) was an issue where the Super Friends lost their memory of being super heroes. It was a great idea but handled poorly (one jarring panel has Green Flame walk off in the middle of the story and the caption reading "and she is gone from this story"). I know it is a good idea because a recent animated series of the Justice League used the idea and made a great story from the premise. It is interesting to see how the same premise can lead to a bad story and a good story.
Anyway - I still think volume one is worth the read but I can't recommend this volume.
Volume 2? Yikes - what a slog to get through. Boring. Two Stars.
Why the difference? That's a great question. We still have Bridwell writing but he seems to be out of story ideas and seems to have lost the fun and excitement of earlier stories. Now, the earlier stories aren't great literature by any means but they captured the fun spirit of the animated series with more complex and interesting stories. His ongoing stories about the Overlord just got worse and worse and it felt like even he couldn't be bothered to care about them even though he had set them up.
We still have Ramona Fradon for most of the art (before the last few issues devolve with some weaker artists not suited for the stories). But we lose Borwn as an inker and get the much dislikes Vince Colletta. Why do comic fans dislike him so much? Because he was one of those inkers who imposed his style on ANYONE he was inking. He ruined many a good Jack Kirby page of art. He does this again and Ramona's art suffers for it.
I thin a key reason it starts to get worse is the insistence to have back up stories so the main story is now only 14-16 pages long (I think). And while I liked the Seraph (weird to see a religious hero in comics) the Jack O Lantern stories fell flat.
One fun fact (for me) was an issue where the Super Friends lost their memory of being super heroes. It was a great idea but handled poorly (one jarring panel has Green Flame walk off in the middle of the story and the caption reading "and she is gone from this story"). I know it is a good idea because a recent animated series of the Justice League used the idea and made a great story from the premise. It is interesting to see how the same premise can lead to a bad story and a good story.
Anyway - I still think volume one is worth the read but I can't recommend this volume.
May 10, 2024
Okay, E. Nelson Bridwell went out of his way to make this tie in book to the Saturday Morning cartoon series better than it had any right to be. Getting Romeo Tanghal and Ramona Fradon to join him in the attempts must have been a bit like resurrecting Frank Lloyd Wright to design a Dave and Buster's.
Yes, the stories are (at times) a bit campy but it is so much fun.
Yes, the stories are (at times) a bit campy but it is so much fun.
January 6, 2021
There's a charm to these stories that holds up after 40 years.
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