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  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Concrete]]></title>
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  <default-description>No other character or creator has received so many honors and awards as Concrete by Paul Chadwick. Now longtime fans can relive the wonder, and new readers can discover what Harlan Ellison called, &quot;...the best comic being published today by anyone, anywhere,&quot; in The Complete Concrete. This massive 320-page book collects the original first ten black-and-white issues of Concrete -- including Concrete's origin, and his assault on Mt. Everest -- and makes an ideal companion to The Complete Concrete Short Stories. Get your Concrete all in one big block! </default-description>
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  <original-publication-day type="integer">15</original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">1994</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Complete Concrete</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paul Chadwick]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another loan from Matt-in-my-shopping-center. <br/><br/>I loved the Concrete's character design and the Maxfield Parrish-ish ladies. I liked the concept, but given that Ben Grimm is my favorite comic character, I couldn't help spending a lot of the time contrasting the two.<br/><br/>I also have ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58918191">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a big fan of the Concrete series, which might be best described as a superhero comic without the superheroics. <br/><br/>Concrete is the story of a man who is abducted by aliens and finds his mind transplanted into a nigh indestructible cyborg body.  However, rather than decide to try to save...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50068646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually read Concrete in its 7 volumes, but I won't star each one because they ran together.<br/><br/>Honestly, I was a little disappointed.  The concept for the character - basically taking a superhero origin story where the character was not a superhero but trying to live a normal life - was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26591958">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A strange little volume of short stories about a guy whose brain has been put into a lump of rock.  I knew nothing about it going in, and found I enjoyed it.  It was a quick read (I actually read it on a beach in an hour), full of strange stories where mostly, not much happens.  Pleasant.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed this one and the art and writing were both great. It is a wonderful look at the daily realities of being this concrete creature and yet still completely a person.  Many parts were pretty funny but there was a lot of bittersweet moments too.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 24 11:45:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thanks to my man Rook for GIVING this to me.<br/><br/>Never picked this thing up before. Never even glanced at the Dark Horse comic anthologies for the most part.<br/><br/>This is not only a beautifully drawn anthology, but the writing is BEYOND what I thought Chadwick was going to do with such ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33732130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This gem I managed to miss until now. An original storyline with left leaning green friendly political views.<br/>Great art reminiscent of more evolved Jack Kirby. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Who needs multiple volumes? This terrific book collects the first stories all in one large tome. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[one of my favorite comics. so creative!]]></body>
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