Review: Comic Book Fever by George Khoury

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I own a lot of books by George Khoury, in fact this isn't even the first book by him that I've reviewed on this blog and I don't read much, so that's pretty special.

The reason I own so many, is that George and I seem to like a lot of the same things. His latest opus is no exception, in fact, I believethe average reader of this blog should know about this, so join me after the jump for further exploration of this neat book.





To summarize, Comic Book Fever is a "love letter" to the author's personal golden age of comics, 1976-1986."

Seeing as I learned to read in 1976 (to a Fantastic Four Treasury edition no less), this feels almost like it's written for me. However, I've left the world of "bagging ad boarding" behind medecades ago, so let me explain the true appeal of Comic Book Fever.

The book is not a dry history of comics or endless discussions on the medium, it's actually a celebration of the era and discusses all those little things and perks that made it a special time growing up, Here are just some of the topics discussed:

• Super Hero Slurpee Cups
• The KISS Comics
• Snyderman and Heroes World
• GRIT! (My God, I can't tell you how many times I wondered what Grit was as a kid)
• GI Joe Super Adventure Team (with Bulletman)
• Alice Cooper Marvel Comics One Shot
• Treasury Editions
• Giveaway Comics (Captain America and Campbell Kids? Really?)
• Colorforms
• Masters of the Universe
• Star Wars Comics
• Hostess Ads
• Rom SpaceKnight
• Spidey Super Stories
• The Human Fly

And my personal favourite, one of the best written pieces I've seen on the promotional Big Jim P.A.C.K promotional comic that Marvel made.

So don't let the title fool you, even if you're not an ardent comic reader these days, Comic Book Fever is a wonderful time warp to when you were. This one will be on my night stand for the foreseeable future.

You can get it here.

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[Hedji]

Looks great. I'll add it to the list.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Sold, sold SOLD!!!

Chris

[cjefferys]

I am so buying this, 1976-86 were the peak comic reading years for me (although I had started reading them a couple years earlier than that). That list of topics covered sounds like gold to me!

[Bruce Banner]

Content looks great. Will definitely be checking this out.

[johnnystorm]

I really have to get this soon!

[MIB41]

Hey Brian. I clicked on those links but none of them worked. I definitely want to buy one!

[palitoy]

Ugh, here it is:

http://tinyurl.com/hm2hfsm

Thanks for pointing it out Tom

[MIB41]

^^^ Awesome! Ordered. Thank you brotha!

[Spawn67]

Will be ordering! This truly was a special era. The older I get the more I think about it. I have alot of comics I got as a kid in this era while many are not worth that much the sentimental value for me is priceless!