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    <body><![CDATA[Great homage to Silver Age comics.  Admittedly I am more familiar with Marvel's Silver Age, and just Marvel in general.  I had somehow missed out on hearing about this book until the movie was coming out.  Then saw some of the art and heard some great things about the book, so I decided to check it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18766612">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book taught me to love superheroes again. Not just like, or want to read about, but love them, and long for a world in which they were real. And not just the angst ridden Marvel boys, but the Big bright ones - Wonderwoman teaching Superman the meaning of justice (&quot;there's the door spaceman...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4315981">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not really getting the point. There are other narratives that paint Superman, etc. as tools of a fascist government, and this doesn't seem to add to the bigger picture. Unless more happens in the next volume to explain this narrative's importance, I'm at a loss.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What immediately drew me to this book was the wonderfully executed art, which has a retro flavor reminiscent of the 1950s. Sadly, the plot seemed to consist of one deus ex machina after another, with little motivation to invest emotionally in the characters. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing. The story was captivating and the art, well, it's stunning. Stunning. Anyone interested in golden/silver age DC superhero comics should check this out.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great big love letter to the silver age DC universe.<br/>A nice blend of Cold War politics/history and larger than life super heroes. One of those rare comics that tries to make super heroes realistic without making them jerks.<br/><br/>While the big three of Wonder Woman, Super man and Batman ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25025739">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Mad Men version of the JLA.  See review under Volume 2.]]></body>
    
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