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The Darker Mask: Heroes from the Shadows by Gary Phillips, Christopher Chambers

skybalon's review against another edition

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5.0

High quality adult short stories of the other side of being a superhero. Not all stories are great but most are. Well worth the time and in some ways (blaspheme alert) better at what it is trying to do than The Watchmen.

tregina's review against another edition

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3.0

I started reading this over a year ago, on a flight home for Christmas, and the thing about short story books is they're easy to put down and come back to a long time later. Overall I thought the collection was kind of uneven but it opens and closes very strong, two of my three favourites are the opening and closing stories - "Dream Knights" and "Housework" - and then in between I really liked "Henchman", among others. I really loved the premise of this collection, and I definitely recommend it.

tregina's review

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3.0

I started reading this over a year ago, on a flight home for Christmas, and the thing about short story books is they're easy to put down and come back to a long time later. Overall I thought the collection was kind of uneven but it opens and closes very strong, two of my three favourites are the opening and closing stories - "Dream Knights" and "Housework" - and then in between I really liked "Henchman", among others. I really loved the premise of this collection, and I definitely recommend it.
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