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The 19 tales contained in this volume showcase a character who-- for his time -- was one of the most original concepts in comics, withnearly limitless abilities! Name a power and odds are the Spectre had itand used it in his "take no prisoners" battle against the worst criminaloffenders of the day -- delivering severe punishments that matched (andsometimes exceeded) the crimes committed.
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In 1940 Jim Corrigan entered the Light..........2005-07-01
_I used to avoid reading Spectre stories as a boy- they creeped me out. Don't get me wrong, I used to read the most graphic and disturbing of the old horror comics and magazines, but the Spectre was something different. On some level I knew that the ghouls, zombies, monsters and vampires in the other mags were make-believe, but the Spectre, well, he was the Old Testament Wrath of God. Even as a boy I knew that He was real....
_I found these stories from the early forties were a joy to read. Some of the artwork from this period can be pretty crude by today's standards, but I was pleasantly surprised by co-creator Bernard Baily's drawing. Just about every panel is drawn to a competent standard. In fact there are images, backgrounds, and panel work that are clearly ahead of their time. Some of it borders on the surreal. Even the old over-heavy inking style tends to add rather than detract from the supernatural darkness of the story line. As for the color, it is bright, garish- and perfectly done for stories of this era. I know that many people have a problem with the costume design of the classic Spectre, but for me it works perfectly. The character looks like a fish-white corpse in a shroud- which I remember is one of the things that helped to creep me out as a kid.
_However, it was Siegel's writing that makes the character. Here is a spirit sent back to earth to battle crime and uphold justice- until it is totally obliterated from earth. I didn't realize it, but Spectre was called back to the gates of eternity early in his mission because "the Voice" who assigned him his mission decided that it was too much for one man. Yet, in order to return to earth to save an innocent life, Jim Corrigan refused eternal rest to return to earth to fight evil for eternity. No longer strictly human- and barred from heaven for eternity- by his own choice to protect the innocent. That sums up the isolation and nobility of the character. As for "harshness" of the techniques that the character uses against the wicked, well, these are the most sociopathic of the old-style gangsters. Nothing less would be justice- and the Spectre as a mind reader knows exactly what these monsters did- and why. One other thing- in the very first story Jim Corrigan goes into the "streaming light" to encounter a Higher Force at the gates of eternity that sends him back because his mission on earth is unfinished. This was in 1940- long before near-death experiences had been popularized...
_The book itself is a thing of beauty with its black leatherette finish; heavy, glossy paper; and high quality printing. This is truly archive quality work, as it should be, for these stories should last forever.
The beginnings of one of my favorite characters.......2005-01-06
I'm a sucker for DC's supernatural characters, such as The Phantom Stranger, Etrigan the Demon and The Spectre, so it was with great excitement that I bought this book. I mean: the original stories of one of my favorite characters, what's not to like?
I wasn't disappointed either. Sure the stories are simplistic by today's standards, but at the time I'm quite sure they were extraordinary. The introduction states that with The Spectre, Jerry Siegel was hoping to establish a third archetypal hero, after Superman and Batman. Do I think he succeeded? Yes and no. While, he indeed create a new style of character, it never seemed to have caught on quite the same way Superman and Batman did.
If you really want to see The Spectre at his best, then pick the Ostrander/Mandrake issues from the 90s. Great stuff.
It is a trip-Nemo Watch out!!!.......2003-11-02
The Spectre reminds me of Little Nemo in Slumberland. Anything can happen and often does in the Spectre. From throwing stars at a villian the size of a world to talking to the recently dead on a huge stairway to heaven the images stay with you long after you close the book.
A haunting read!!!
Appreciate it for its originality.......2003-05-19
Jerry Siegel's writing is energetic and fast-paced, and Bernard Bailey's art gives The Spectre a simultaneously bright and creepy feel. As stated in the previous review, The Spectre himself was a truly original idea for the time. He dresses unlike any other hero of his day, and his powers are almost limitless.
This is, however, my main complaint with this collection. How do you create difficult, dramatic situations for a character with seemingly ultimate power over the entire universe? Why does he not just blink every gangster on earth out of existence? If he can heal the sick and bring back the dead, why not end all disease? And so on... While often providing entertaining scenarios to read, this collection never really answers those questions. Comics historian Jerry Bails tries to justify this in the foreward, but with limited success. Basically, he just says read it and don't think about that kind of thing.
Overall, this is a collection to be appreciated for its scope and ambition above its practicality. If you're a fan of the golden age, I'm sure you'll enjoy this. If you're not, this may even make you one. But either way, I'm not sure you'll end up with a satisfied grasp of the character or his place in the DC universe.
Surprisingly impressive.......2003-05-10
Most of the early war comics from the late 30s and early 40s tend to be the same story told over and over again. While a number of The Spectre stories follow a pattern, they are told with a panache lacking in most other comics of the day.
The Spectre is a slain police detective whose spirit is returned to earth to rid it of crime. The very concept makes it the most original character of its time. Jerry Siegel, half of the duo that created Superman, uses this extraordinary concept to explore the idea of a hero with no real limitations and takes us places no other writer in the 40s thought of. The Spectre faces his enemies with an amazing battery of powers, sometimes just willing them out of existence. He travels to other planets, even other dimensions.
Bernard Bailey's illustration, while not spectacular, holds up to just about any other artist of the day, with the possible exception of Bill Everett. The costume he created for The Spectre is unusual, break the unwritten rule of the era. Heroes were always dressed in primary colors and villians in seconday. The Spectre is garbed in green and white. It is suitably erie for a rather creepy character. (Green Lanten would later break this rule as well, dressed in a tacky orange, green and purple ensemble.)
This is actually some of the best the golden age of comics has to offer.
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- Better than the average impulse buy for tourists
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Savannah and the Georgia coast, with its old plantations, huge ancient oaks hung with Spanish moss, and tales of pirates, wars, fevers, African voodoo, and other supernatural doings, has always been a legendary and tragically romantic place.
In this book, antebellum estates, house museums, long-conquered forts, and restored townhouses are visited with a noted psychic investigator in order to learn what it is like to live and work in these places today.
The result is some seventy stories, skillfully interwoven with the heritage of the area's colorful past, and illustrated with over thirty photos and sketches by local artists. Incidents of precognition, extrasensory perception, deja vu and possible reincarnation are included in this personal and highly readable account of a search for the deeper meaning of life and death through psychic experience.
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Better than the average impulse buy for tourists.......2001-03-17
As a lover of historical tales with a supernatural slant, I am always looking for well-written accounts and legends. Being from Georgia, I was especially interested in this collection of Savannah stories. This book contains the usual assortment of events and reports that are not verifiable (these are ghost stories, after all), but the historical background on most of the "haunts" made this better than the usual ghost story books designed to be impulse buys for tourists. I enjoyed that the author includes the otherworldy experiences of many average Savannah citizens, especially since she tends to dwell a bit on the psychic abilities of herself and a companion to illustrate some stories. The consistant inclusion of local, first-person versions of the events described and the research involved elevate this collection from tedious retelling to enjoyable reading.
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Furthering the setting.......2005-09-24
I'm glad to see the furthering of the Dragonlance setting. Unlike the 2nd edition AD&D stuff (or the ill-conceived Saga System) which never really advanced the world of Krynn, the d20/3.5 version is taking steps to add some expansion to the setting. I'm pleased to see the use of the setting's other gods. I look forward to the next part of the adventure!
Continue the path.......2005-08-20
With this, the second installment of the Key of Destiny, you finally have the chance to continue one of the single greatest modules ever created. Soverign Press does an excellent job in tying up all loose ends from the Key of Destiny and sets you bounding boldly through Krynn once more. The best thing about the module, it takes the characters from where they ended Key of Destiny (supposedly 7th or 8th level) and propels them forward until they end around 14th or 15th level. Biggest negative, the third module is still yet to be released (time of review 08/19/05) and, if its anything like the time delay on Specter of Sorrows, then it may be a LONG time before you finish the modules.
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- Great Snapshot of Sailing the Coast of Maine
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Great Snapshot of Sailing the Coast of Maine.......2002-09-07
I grew up on the coast of Maine; sailing on the schooners all summer. Peter Spectre's writing captures the feeling of sailing on a schooner perfectly, and Benjamin Mendlowitz's photographs are simply the best.
This book is a work of fiction about a passenger who goes sailing on a schooner for a week. The schooner leaves the dock Monday and gets back in on Saturday. It anchors every night and sails all day long. In the course of the week all the other schooners are seen and many fun adventures are had by the passenger.
This book is modeled closely after a real week on the schooner Heritage, though it doesn't say so explicitly in the book. If you're interested by this book I suggest you look at going sailing on a real schooner.
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Published to coincide with a groundbreaking exhibition opening at the brand-new Mode Museum, or MoMu, in Antwerp, and traveling to the V&A in London, Spectres addresses the relationship of contemporary fashion to history, creating a collage of visual references that offer a fascinating insight into the origins of current themes such as alienation, trauma, and phantasmagoria. Details of historic dress and images of 19th-century fairground architecture lead into the work of contemporary designers such as Viktor and Rolf, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Christian Lacroix, and Shelley Fox.
In addition, the book describes the exhibition installation, which draws on a skeletal early industrial/metropolitan aesthetic to remind us of its historical connections. Also reproduced are commissioned designs for a giant shadow lantern by the New York fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. AUTHOR BIO: Judith Clark is a V&A/London College of Fashion Fellow in the V&A's research department. She was a contributor to the V&A's Radical Fashion.
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In this chilling sequel to the best-selling Knight of the Black Rose, factions vie for control of Sithicus as Lord Soth -- darklord and former knight from the
Dragonlance world -- fights to keep his reign from crumbling. Even as he struggles to defeat his enemies, rumor reaches him that the White Rose haunts the land. Has Kitiara finally returned to Soth, or is this another spectre from the death knight's tragic past?
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Soth and Lowder a match made in Hea...er Ravenloft!.......2005-08-19
This book is the sequel to Knight of the Black Rose. Once again Lowder does a masterful job of telling the story of Lord Soth and what makes him tick. Past book about Lord Soth focus on him being a supreme villian and the history of his 'transformation' into a Death Knight. Yet, in this book, Lowder does a very good job of getting inside Soth's head and letting the reaer know what he is thinking.
Unlike the first Ravenloft book about Soth this one has a little more intrique in it. There is a mystery in this book that Soth is continually faced with, just who is the White Rose? Fans of the Dragonlance Chronicles will understand this subplot the more they read about it.
Lowder again proves that he can create interesting characters and stories behind those characters with seemingly very little effort. The Bloody Cobbler being one of the most interesting Ravenloft characters I have ever read about. I wish he would have gotten his own book, but alas we don't always get what we want.
If you are a fan of the Dragonlance books I highly suggest you pick up this book and give it a shot, I don't think you will be disappointed.
Lord Soth.......2005-08-14
Excellent book. Lord Soth is one of my favorite characters in the Dragonlance universe. This book adds to the Lord Soth legacy and aspects of his personality and character. Additionally, it was interesting to read about Krynn's most infamous character in a setting outside of Krynn.
A must read for Soth fans.......2004-12-31
Great book! Not quit as good as Knight of the Black Rose but very close. Once again great story told well with great characters!
It's great, even if it hard to read.......2004-02-16
Warning if u like Lord Soth as darklord, you will be VERY SAD at the end of this novel.
The HIstory is a bit "hard" to get, sometimes u will need to re-read some parts to understand what is happing. Lord Soth in this novel is one of the important characters, since mainly the Sithicus domain is descripted. But, once u got the taste of reading the book.... you will feel being one traveling throught sithicus, overseeing all the events.
It is a must read for every fan from the Ravenloft Campaign setting, since it helps a lot to understand the Ravenloft Gazetter IV.
HUGE FLOP.......2003-10-24
Spectre of the Black Rose is the follow up book to Knight of the Black Rose. Lowder returns in a dubious paring with Voronica Whitney-Robinson. I am uncertain what makes this book so bad. The story has such promise and yet falls so short of the mark that it is almost sickening.
This complete tragedy of a novel might have been good if the authors would have focused on Soth. The reader comes away from the book feeling like nothing was accomplished. The best character in the novel barely works. The Bloody Cobbler who is victimized by a stupid name but has the best lines in the entire novel, struggles to save this book from being a total waste of paper. He fails. In short, the best part of this novel is the beautiful binding and cover art. This is definitely one book that you cannot judge by the cover.
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A controversial collection from the author of the celebrated Imagined Communities. While Benedict Anderson is best known for his classic book on nationalism, Imagined Communities, many of his most telling and incisive interventions have been made in his essays. Those collected in this new book span a range of subjects: from Aquino's Philippines, where the horses on the haciendas ate better than the stable-hands, to political assassination in contemporary Thailand, where government posts have become so lucrative that to gain them candidates will kill their rivals. In these writing, the subtle imbrication of politics, national imaginings, bureaucracy, modernization and its agents (particularly print culture) is brought out in all its complexity and richness. "The spectre of comparisons" was a phrase used by the celebrated Filipino nationalist and novelist Jose Rizal (1861-96), whose work and fate in the national imagination are discussed in these pages. In his finely wrought observations on Southeast Asian societies, Anderson raises deep questions concerning this spectre, about how, for instance, Manila is changed when it can no longer be seen through a comparison with European capitals, and how, more broadly, nationalism is produce by the process of increasing global connection. The Spectre of Comparisons is an indispensable resource for those interested in South-East Asia. But it also contains important theoretical and historical considerations about nationalism, national literature and memory, modernization, and the prospects for the Left in what Anderson dubs 'The New World Disorder'.
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A Brilliant Diamond in the Bulk Production on "Nationalism".......2000-06-04
I bought, I read, I wonderd. I really think this must be a culminate work on "Nationalism" study among our contemporaries. At first you will see the argument of which this book treats is only limited to a regional/culturual/historical study on so-called Southeast Asia, but the author's brilliant thinking will lead us to the most effective "vantage ground" for analysing the universal "Nationalism" phenomena. I do recommend you this book and I do believe it is one of the must-have-items for every student and researcher who engages his/herself in human or social science.
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Why have populists recently done so well in established Western European democracies such as France, Italy, Holland and Switzerland? What determines the success or failure of these parties? Why have they fared better in some countries rather than others? Twenty-First Century Populism answers these questions by looking at the interplay between the structural factors which facilitate the rise of populism and the agency of those populist actors which have emerged in Western Europe.
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Titles in this Volume_ Two-B.......2007-02-22
The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time: Titles as follows: SF Hall of Fame, The: Vol Two B
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Blish, James Earthman, Come Home
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The inseparable Byker Chapter: six boys, one girl, growing up together in the back streets of Newcastle. Now memories are all that Richard Eden has left, and one treasured photograph. But suddenly, inexplicably, the images of his friends start to fade, and as they vanish, so his friends are found dead and mutilated. Something is stalking the Chapter, picking them off one by one, something connected with their past, and with the girl they used to know.
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Great read.......2006-07-27
If you're looking for a wild read, read Spectre. I really enjoyed this twisting turning bizarre ride. Stephen Laws characters are quirky and have an everyday quality about them that really draws you in! BUY THIS BOOK!
Finest horror author today.......2005-04-04
Move over Mr. King, Stephen Laws has hit the American audience and there "ain't no stoppin us now!" I love this man's books, he writes in such a way to give the impression the reader is watching a movie. Everything flows, there are no odd moments where he seems to be struggling with the plot or storyline. This book kept me on the edge of my seat, as have all the other books by Mr. Laws I have read.
This book is about revenge, trust, and friendship. A group consisting of 6 guys and 1 girl travel a road together, first in friendship, lastly in revenge and horror. I don't want to give anything away and spoil it for you, but this is a keeper.
I have read a couple books by Mr. Laws and have never been disappointed with any of them, but this is by far my favorite to date. The story moves at a break-neck speed and is must for horror fans. Give it a try, I think you'll love it
extremely addictive.......2002-05-23
great story line with sum great twists.Mix in a little mythology and sum great action.this book is fantastic the book develops well and doesn't drag out ounce you have read it you will really see how many people have tried to copy it!
Legend.......1999-12-02
If you have not read a Stephen Laws book before, do it. He surpasses Stephen King and James Herbert with the greatest of ease. He keeps your attention throughout the entire book. Whatever you do, find a copy of this and any of his other books!
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