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Nov 1 10 12:39 PM
The Power of Shazam (1995): 1-10by Jerry Ordway, Peter Krause & Mike ManleyThese are indeed the days of miracles and wonders. When I was a young kid in the 60s and 70s and a stalwart Marvelite, Superman and the original Captain Marvel were considered the squarest, lamest characters imaginable. 30 odd years later, I have eaten humble pie and professed my undying love for the man of steel and have collected around 600 odd issues of Superman-related titles. Well the humble pie eating continues because greatly impressed by his sterling work on Superman, I was tempted to sample Jerry Ordway’s work on Captain Marvel. I bought the first 10-issues and all I can say is that they are good, clean, all-ages comics fun. Well written, competently crafted and entertaining. Nothing more, nothing less. They are even less sophisticated that the contemporaneous Superman titles so don’t expect anything earth shattering around here but if you want to lose yourself in 15 minutes of superheroic thrills, you could do worse than this.The mag has a timeless feeling to it; the characters are two-dimensional, the plots simple, the dialogue archaic but that’s all part of the fun. This is a Golden Age comic filtered through the 1990s (if that makes any sense). The artwork enhances the feel. It’s straight forward, no fills, clear and exciting.And the painted covers by Jerry Ordway are an absolute delight.I can’t say I’m immediately going to order the next 10 issues but they are on my list and I expect I will add them to an order within the next year or so.
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