Are You Reading the Spinner Rack?

It's authored by Joanna Sandsmark, a former writer for DC Comics and TV’s Weird Science, and the author of a handful of great books.

In her two-part article, "Giant Heads and Enormous Bodies," she explores how superheroes have to cope with a sudden endowment of increased brain function: "One would think that having a massive intellect would be a desirable thing. Unfortunately, in the DC Universe, you can't get hyper-intelligent without your head becoming an outsized, egg-shaped bald dome." Also, in the Spinner Rack" you'll learn what happens when cover art became more important than the story: "Goofy Covers." For example, she recounts a favorite, "Wonder Woman versus The Paper Man (Wonder Woman #165). He was a man made out of a single sheet of newspaper. Now that's menacing! A two-part article on comic book marraige, I Do... Sort Of, provides perspective on what its like to be a superhero who can save the planet, but not his marraige.

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