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Superfolks : A Novel 🔍
Robert Mayer, Mayer, Robert, Mayer, Robert St. Martins Press-3pl, New York, 1977
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Before there was *WATCHMEN*, there was SUPERFOLKS....David Brinkley used to be a hero, the greatest the world had ever seen--until he retired, got married, moved to the suburbs, and packed on a few extra pounds. Now all the heroes are dead or missing, and his beloved New York is on the edge of chaos. It's up to Brinkley to come to the rescue, but he's in the midst of a serious mid-life crisis--his superpowers are failing him.At long last this classic satire that inspired comic books like *Watchmen* and *Miracleman* is back in print. It's a hilarious thriller that digs deep into the American psyche.words : 58811
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Alternative author
Robert Mayer; Grant Morrison
Alternative publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Alternative publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Alternative publisher
Wadsworth
Alternative edition
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., [N.p.], 2005
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1st St. Martin's Griffin ed, New York, 2005
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United States, United States of America
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February 10, 2005
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Reprint, PS, 2005
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From the dust jacket:
There were no more heroes. Kennedy was dead. Batman and Robin were dead. The Lone Ranger was dead. Superman was missing. Even Snoopy had bought it: missing in action over France.
In this fading pantheon of heroes, the very last to give up combat against the forces of evil had been the most powerful hero of all, unseen in almost a decade since, unknown to the world, his Superpowers had begun to fail.
Slipping into the humdrum routine of middle-class life, using the humdrum secret name David Brinkley, he was now forty-two years old, married, with two children and a third on the way. He expected never again to dash into a phone booth, strip down to his uniform, don his purple mask, and leap into battle against the forces of darkness.
Then comes a TV new bulletin; an ominous phone call; and Brinkley, against his wishes, dragging along the flab of middle age, is drawn into one last heroic battle to save the world.
In his comic adventures, searching to understand what is happening, find the enemy, and deal with his own yearnings, he encounters a collage of characters from real and imaginary worlds, including nefarious villains of every sort and the girl reporter who was the lost romance of his youth.
Brinkley is Everyman, mourning lost goals and lost powers, dealing with his own multiple identity, facing the encroachments of middle age - like the rest of us.
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<p><P>Before there was <i>WATCHMEN</i>, there was SUPERFOLKS....<P>David Brinkley used to be a hero, the greatest the world had ever seen&#151;until he retired, got married, moved to the suburbs, and packed on a few extra pounds. Now all the heroes are dead or missing, and his beloved New York is on the edge of chaos. It's up to Brinkley to come to the rescue, but he's in the midst of a serious mid-life crisis&#151;his superpowers are failing him. <P>At long last this classic satire that inspired comic books like <i>Watchmen</i> and <i>Miracleman</i> is back in print. It's a hilarious thriller that digs deep into the American psyche.</p>
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Before there was *WATCHMEN*, there was SUPERFOLKS....
David Brinkley used to be a hero, the greatest the world had ever seen--until he retired, got married, moved to the suburbs, and packed on a few extra pounds. Now all the heroes are dead or missing, and his beloved New York is on the edge of chaos. It's up to Brinkley to come to the rescue, but he's in the midst of a serious mid-life crisis--his superpowers are failing him.
At long last this classic satire that inspired comic books like *Watchmen* and *Miracleman* is back in print. It's a hilarious thriller that digs deep into the American psyche.
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"David Brinkley used to be a hero, the greatest the world had ever seen - until he retired, got married, moved to the suburbs, and packed on a few extra pounds. Now all the heroes are dead or missing, and his beloved New York is on the edge of chaos. It's up to Brinkley to come to the rescue, but he's in the midst of a serious mid-life crisis--his superpowers are failing him."--Publisher's description
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David Brinkley used to be a hero, the greatest the world had ever seen - until he retired, got married, moved to the suburbs, and packed on a few extra pounds. Now, all the heroes are dead or missing, and his beloved New York is on the edge of chaos. It's up to Brinkley to come to the rescue, but he's in the midst of a serious mid-life crisis and his superpowers are failing him
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