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Law Of Superheroes, The (2012)

by James Daily(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1469213672 (ISBN13: 9781469213675)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Brilliance Audio

review 1: Pretty much right in my wheelhouse (even though I've never actually, you know, read or owned a comic book, oddly enough). I enjoy law, I've absorbed enough comic book sensibility from pop culture, and enjoy the tropes and ridiculousness. What makes it so funny is just how seriously the authors treat their subject--they never throw up their hands and say, "Well that's just ridiculous so why are we even talking about it?" but present everything so matter-of-factly and work through every possible legal argument. This is a fun addition to superhero stories--the effects on real world institutions and processes of introducing superhumans, immortals, and others who were never factored into the formation of those institutions. Social Security doesn't seem like such a good idea whe... moren you have immortals who keep on collecting in perpetuity...
review 2: Really fascinating book to some extent, and it did seem very well researched, from both the legal and superhero end. Highly entertaining! But possibly could be more entertaining and that kind of hurts. I wanted more scenarios and less legal jargon (or at least more interpretation of the legal jargon--I'm stupid!). And then the book takes another hit by the fact that people are doing this superhero thing in real life, so what's more, most of the time, I'm thinking, "But talk about what Phoenix Jones has to deal with," or whatever. I'd love them to do a sequel focusing on real life superheroes, instead of comic book superheroes. Overall, this was very well done, but has so much more potential, even, on top of what was accomplished. less

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