I read this book slowly, little chunks here and there. I think the format of the book almost demands it. Nibble a little bit at a time of this delicious skewering of some of the odder superheroes to grace the genre and you'll get plenty out of it. I'm somewhat familiar with the genre and a large number of the characters covered in the book. But even I was surprised at what the fertile minds of yesteryear came up with. The early days were pretty wild and wacky!

My only complaint? There's nothing regrettable about Squirrel Girl! Nothing! Go and read every Squirrel Girl comic you can find. Now. (but perhaps this book came out before her career really took off and if so then Mr. Morris is forgiven.

This book is interesting and really showed off some old school characters that never went anywhere, but man oh man is the writing tough.

Mostly its the really bad attempts at humor and puns that makes it difficult to read. Stick to explaining the characters and stories and leave the rest out. The puns got so bad that I stopped reading the sidebar information unless I wanted to know when the comic came out.

A little ridiculous, a little sad, but mostly regrettable. This book showcases the term "throw something at a wall, see if it sticks."

A small look at just how weird comic history has been (and still can be)…

The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History by Jon Morris is a misfit of a book that features superheroes most of you have never heard of…

While this book would probably only appeal to comic fans, it’s also an invaluable sample of pop culture trends at the time (and how some of them influenced comics at the time often through failed experiments).

I wanna say that some of the characters are “products of the time”, but many of these characters would have even been trash back them…and a handful are FAR more recent than you may realize.

It also should be noted that these range from characters published by long defunct publishers to those published (and some still owned by) predecessors of the “big two” Marvel and DC. Some were even done by big name comic creators who would like disown them if prompted…

You may even be surprised that a handful of these characters have even seen a partial redemption in the last decade…with a few returning in one form or another.

From a comic historian Point of view, the writer does a wonderful job charting the history of each character…including their place in the comic world at the time. The writer is often freaking the character only appeared in a handful of stories throughout their existence (a drop in a bucket compared to more comic catalogs), and some that might have overstayed their welcome longer than they should.

Very fun with a bunch of one liners and quick jabs that power you through some of comic's most interesting history.

BahahahahahahA! All the superheros that didn't quite make it into the annals of comic fame. No Supermen or Wonder Women among these misfits.