Hero-A-Go-Go: Campy Comic Books, Crimefighters, & Culture of the Swinging Sixties
Description
Welcome to the CAMP AGE, when spies liked their wars cold and their women warm, good guys beat bad guys with a pun and a punch, and Batman shook a mean cape. HERO-A-GO-GO celebrates the camp craze of the Swinging Sixties, when just about everyone--the teens of Riverdale, an ant and a squirrel, even the President of the United States--was a super-hero or a secret agent. Back Issue magazine and former DC Comics editor MICHAEL EURY takes you through that coolest cultural phenomenon with this all-new collection of nostalgic essays, histories, and theme song lyrics of classic 1960s characters like Captain Action, Herbie the Fat Fury, Captain Nice, Atom Ant, Scooter, ACG's Nemesis, Dell's super-Frankenstein and Dracula, the "split!" Captain Marvel, and others! Featuring interviews with Bill Mumy (Lost in Space), Bob Holiday (It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman), Ralph Bakshi (The Mighty Heroes, Spider-Man), Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean Meet Batman), Ramona Fradon (Metamorpho), Dick DeBartolo (Captain Klutz), Tony Tallarico (The Great Society Comic Book), Vince Gargiulo (Palisades Park historian), Joe Sinnott (The Beatles comic book), Jose Delbo (The Monkees comic book), and many more!
Product Details
Price
$36.95
$34.36
Publisher
Two Morrows Publishing
Publish Date
May 16, 2017
Pages
272
Dimensions
8.5 X 0.8 X 10.9 inches | 1.98 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781605490731
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Ramona Fradon has been investigating the Faust legend since 1978 in order to decipher the mysteries of its spiritual framework. She has also practiced astrology and energy healing and studied shamanism and hypnotherapy. She is a visual artist with extensive illustration credits in the comics industry. She was the artist for Aquaman, Metamorpho, and the comic strip Brenda Starr. In 2006, she was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. She lives in upstate New York.
Bill Mumy is an actor, songwriter, recording artist, producer, voice-over artist, musician, photographer, husband, father, grandfather, and worry wart.Best known by fans around the world for the creation of his memorable roles as the heroic boy astronaut Will Robinson on the long-running classic series Lost in Space, Anthony Fremont from The Twilight Zone, and Lennier from the popular science fiction series Babylon 5, Bill is also a prolific songwriter and recording artist, with numerous solo cds, as well as being half of the infamous novelty rock recording and short film making duo Barnes and Barnes, best known for the classic demented song and film Fish Heads. Bill has written scores of comic books and television shows. This is his fourth book.billmumy.com