I was saddened to learn this morning of the death of novelist Jackie Collins.
I’ve never read a Jackie Collins book.
Her subject matter – the beautiful and the decadent, the rich and the decadent, the famous and the decadent – well, you get the idea – has no appeal for me.
But I’m not oblivious to her impact her books had on millions of readers – and one very special person in particular.
Super-hero team names are tough.
Have you ever tried coming up with one?
All the good ones are taken.
You have your Justice League, Avengers, Defenders, Teen Titans, Fantastic Four, Doom Patrol, X-Men, Inhumans, Secret Six, Mighty Crusaders, Legion of Super-Heroes, Legion of Substitute Heroes and Legion of Impossibly Silly Twits. (OK, I made that one up.)
And, of course, the first and greatest of them all, the Justice Society of America.
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There’s something about oddball heroes.
Keep your Supermen and your Thors.
Give me the heroes who have no great gifts – or worse – just weird gifts – and throw themselves into battle with the same determination and fervor as the gods of justice.
It took almost 40 years, but the Justice Society of America, DC Comics’ premier super-hero team, finally got an origin story.
Which begs the question:
What took so long?
Even the good folks at DC Comics had to be scratching their heads.
When the team debuted in “All Star Comics” No. 3 in 1940, the band was fully formed, sort of. They might as well have been drinking buddies gathering to swap stories – which is just what our heroes did.
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The tweet hit like a swat to the cheek.
“Reading books instead of Kindles can improve your memory, concentration, and good looks.”
And the source of this stunning wisdom?
GoodReads.
You know, the social media site for book lovers, the one that bills itself as “the largest site for readers and book recommendations.”
My first reaction: Who now what now when now?
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Mark Perigard 