BLBs are always a treat- love to see more! Cheers, Bowers
By RickDeckard525
Better Little Book; 1941. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; Flip-it feature (Maximo demonstrates his superpowers). Author: Russell R. Winterbotham. Artist: Erwin L. Hess. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.
P.S: What is ghost avenger? Why is it here?
By positronic1
You have to wonder how any company could get away with so brazenly using the word SUPERMAN in big block letters in their logo... in 1941 -- but Russ Winterbotham went to great pains to provide a 2-page explanation, right up front, of exactly what a (generic, no capitalization) "superman" is. It also probably helps that Maximo has no costume. He is, in fact, a mutant -- a younger, handsomer version of Professor X (by way of a little inspiration from Doc Savage). Winterbotham also wrote his share of pulp sf stories, so he could claim some authenticity of authorship.
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