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, "Green Lantern Themes," Joanna explores some of the reoccuring themes including how easily the GL is knocked unconscious: "Green Lantern gets knocked unconscious all the time — and it doesn't take much more than a tickle to do it." In "Just How Fast is the Flash, Anyway?", she discusses how his superspeed is variable and hit or miss.

In some earlier articles including, "Giant Heads and Enormous Bodies," she explored 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!

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