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  • samurainoir
    Eloquent Member
    • Dec 26, 2006
    • 18758

    Chip Kidd's Shazam Book



    Anyone else picked this up yet? Some really terrific stuff in there.

    It might be my favourite Kidd book since the original Batman Collected.
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  • Random Axe
    The Voice of Reason
    • Apr 16, 2008
    • 4518

    #2
    It's a great book. I would have liked to see a section dedicated to the DC version of the character and that era of merchandising, but overall a very nice collection. As a lifelong Shazam fan, it fills my heart with joy to see someone put so much of themselves into a project like this.

    Scott
    I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she dumped me before we met.

    If anyone here believes in psychokinesis, please raise my hand.

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    • ScottA
      Original Member
      • Jun 25, 2001
      • 12264

      #3
      I'll have to look for it. Sounds like a good read.
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      • pmwasson
        Maker
        • Sep 12, 2007
        • 4881

        #4
        I have it on reserve at my library. Just waiting for it to come in.
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        • Blue Meanie
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 23, 2001
          • 8706

          #5
          I love the old Captain Marvel from the Fawcett Books...probably the most affordable of the Golden Age books out there. Does the book cover comics...or is it strictly the merchandising around Captain Marvel?

          Speaking of Captain Marvel...I knew that these books were a little rare...but damn!!

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          Thanks to my Big Bro for getting this for me a loooooooooong time ago.
          "When not too many people can see we're all the same
          And because of all their tears,
          Their eyes can't hope to see
          The beauty that surrounds them
          Isn't it a pity".

          - "Isn't It A Pity"
          By George Harrison


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          • Random Axe
            The Voice of Reason
            • Apr 16, 2008
            • 4518

            #6
            Berto, it covers a little bit of everything. They reprint some pages in their original inks and colored to show the processes. They have foreign artwork and some rare covers. It's an all-inclusive book and has tons of stuff I certainly never knew existed. It also has sections for Marvel Jr. and Mary. There's even a short chapter for Hoppy. My favorite image from the book is Cap firing a machine gun. IF you even a moderate fan of the Fawcett stuff, this book is essential.

            Scott
            I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she dumped me before we met.

            If anyone here believes in psychokinesis, please raise my hand.

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            • PNGwynne
              Master of Fowl Play
              • Jun 5, 2008
              • 19944

              #7
              Just got it--fantastic!!! Neat die-cut cover, too.

              The section on National sueing Fawcett for the lamest of reasons is heartbreaking , though.
              Last edited by PNGwynne; Jan 10, '11, 4:51 PM.
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