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Meet more than one hundred of the most heroic female characters in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary.
This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers like Little Lulu. With vintage art, publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women’s roles in comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists belong in comics, they’ve always been there.
Publisher : Quirk Books; Illustrated edition (May 2, 2017)
Language : English
Hardcover : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1594749485
ISBN-13 : 978-1594749483
Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
Dimensions : 7.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches
Reviewer: Diane Godfrey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: If you are interested in the history of comic books, get this for your collection.I love how she picked a dialogue quote for each female heroine.â Listen to the jealous talk! you still donât think we women can fight as well as you big, strong men!âFrom Gale Allen and the Girl squadron. Great gift too.
Reviewer: Philip L. Evans
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Read
Review: This book arrived earlier today. It was just as described and was securely packaged. I am pleased.
Reviewer: Daniel
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A wonderful history of strong women in comics.
Review: Hope Nicholson's The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen is an astounding historical look at some of the stronger female characters to appear in comics since the 1930's. Not all of them are "superwomen" - as in, a hero with super powers - but all should be considered "super women." The collection is culled by Nicholson, a publisher and comics fan, and is certainly somewhat subjective, but the research here ... the uncovering of some old and often forgotten characters is really tremendous. I've highlighted a good number of these characters with the intentions of looking to read their adventures. Unfortunately most of them published before 2000 are not reprinted and difficult to find (which makes it more interesting to get this glimpse of them).But as with nearly any collection of this sort, those of us with even a modest, minimum knowledge of comics will wonder why some are included and others are not. Where's Veronica from the Archie comics, if Little Lulu is the "Hero of the Decade" for the 1930's? And Barbarella and Vampirella make the list, but Storm and Kitty Pryde of the X-Men don't?In some cases Nicholson seems to go for the obscure over the famous - though not always. We still get Ms. Marvel (times two) and Batgirl and Witchblade and Silk Spectre. We even get Maika Halfwolf from the graphic novel/comics series Monstress (volume two just won a Hugo Award this week as I write this) which shows how current Nicholson is on her reading.I enjoyed learning about a lot more strong female characters in what I have always perceived as a male market (Nicholson puts that into perspective as well) and the history of the characters, and why Nicholson believes they are strong characters, despite (sometimes) being overly sexualized in appearance or character.Part of what makes this such a delightful read is Nicholson's casual, friendly demeanor in her writing style. Her commentary (I almost consider them 'asides') are usually sarcastically fun ("I guess reading tales about making our with your dead best friend's husband is fun for the whole family").I'm not sure that I'm interested in knowing more about all the characters revealed here ("One story features Nibbil engaging in balloon sex - that is, sex with word balloons"), but my interest is piqued with most of these superwomen. Thanks, Hope Nicholson, and I'll look forward to a Volume 2!Looking for a good book? The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson is a wonderful history of strong women in comics from the 1930's to today.I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewer: Eclecticbookgeek
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Can I join the Spectacular Sisterhood too?
Review: I bought this for a friend and want one myself now too. Great quality book with some fantastic illustrations and interesting tid bits 🙂
Reviewer: Shields
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Simply Spectacular
Review: 100% Awesomeness! Very informative reference book. Definitely serves as a "roadmap" to discovering new and exciting stories/characters.
Reviewer: David A. Whittlesey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: It was a Christmas gift for my lady friend. She was totally surprised and loves the book.
Reviewer: Romancebookgal
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A beautiful book with an incredible breadth of knowledge in display
Review: A beautiful book with an incredible breadth of knowledge in display. A must for any fan of female heroes.
Reviewer: James K.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Three Stars
Review: I was hoping for more of the actual comics, but a reasonable synopsis just the same
Reviewer: Top Hat
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Nicholson's passion for the genre comes through in her thorough research. Anyone wanting to know the history of women in the genre would find this book extremely helpful. High Recommended!
Reviewer: P. Kastner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Eine sehr informative und gleichzeitig kurzweilige Publikation über die nicht so bekannten Comic-Figuren! Auch hier ist zu hoffen, es findet eiens Tages einen deutschen Verleger oder eine Verlegerin...
Reviewer: mikeartist
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: a very interesing and informative book. Full of insights and reflective of a modern outlook.
Reviewer: astromads
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Love female comics.Loved supergirl since I was 10 years old and seen it at the cinema in 1985.
Reviewer: Duncan
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A fantastic look a female characters throughout the ages. While not entirely comprehensive, it's not meant to be an encyclopedia. It's a a great page-turner of fantastic female characters throughout history as well and a deeper look into the publishing houses, writers, artists, and producers that created these works of art.