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charles__ 's review for:
Confessions of a D-List Supervillain
by Jim Bernheimer
If you're a fan of superheroes, comic books, and Comic-Con you’ll like this book.
The book is a pulp novel-length comic book grounded in the Marvel/DC universes trope(s) of superhero teams: Avengers, Justice League, etc.. It’s a little more ironic than the pictorial stories, shading more toward Marvel in how dysfunctional these teams and superheroes ought to be. The author likely put his tongue through his cheek while writing this. It’s a superhero meets super girl during Apocalypse, super boy loses super girl, super boy gets super girl back type story. Plotting was a little choppy, but was well within the several tropes-in-flight.
This story is about as deep as a carpark puddle, but being without any pretensions, it was a quick, fun read. However, it can only be appreciated by a superhero comic book nerd.
I’ll likely add another book from the series ([b:Origins of a D-List Supervillain|22465085|Origins of a D-List Supervillain (D-List Supervillain, #0.5)|Jim Bernheimer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1402992616s/22465085.jpg|41902853]) to the pile of TBRs in my Fortress of Solitude. If you liked this, you may also be interested in Ex-Heroes (Ex-Heroes, #1) (my review).
The book is a pulp novel-length comic book grounded in the Marvel/DC universes trope(s) of superhero teams: Avengers, Justice League, etc.. It’s a little more ironic than the pictorial stories, shading more toward Marvel in how dysfunctional these teams and superheroes ought to be. The author likely put his tongue through his cheek while writing this. It’s a superhero meets super girl during Apocalypse, super boy loses super girl, super boy gets super girl back type story. Plotting was a little choppy, but was well within the several tropes-in-flight.
This story is about as deep as a carpark puddle, but being without any pretensions, it was a quick, fun read. However, it can only be appreciated by a superhero comic book nerd.
I’ll likely add another book from the series ([b:Origins of a D-List Supervillain|22465085|Origins of a D-List Supervillain (D-List Supervillain, #0.5)|Jim Bernheimer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1402992616s/22465085.jpg|41902853]) to the pile of TBRs in my Fortress of Solitude. If you liked this, you may also be interested in Ex-Heroes (Ex-Heroes, #1) (my review).