Suspended Animation Review

Zinc Alloy, published by Stone Arch Books, 40 pages, hardback.

As a parent, I want my children to enjoy reading. As a comics fan, I want more young readers drawn to the hobby. Zinc Alloy could help on both counts.

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Action Force #20/original price $1.50, 24 pgs., Marvel Comics/various writers and artists/sold in some comic shops, on ebay, and on-line comics dealers.

I got a freebie, I got a freebie (stated in a sing-song, irritating manner).

For those obsessed with sex, that actually means that when I won a magazine on eBay, the merchant included a free book with my purchase-Action Force #20 from 1987.

Yes, I am easily excited.

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Speed Demonz #1/32 pgs. & $3.99 from Angry Viking Press/words and art by Gabriel Lamberty/sold at comics shops and at www.angryvikingpress.com.

Let’s do the math. Comic books in the early 1930s were 64 pages of art and story at about 12 panels per page. Most stories were eight pages in length. That equals about 768 panels for 10 cents, or a tiny fraction of 1 cent per panel.

Speed Demonz is 32 pages and most of those feature one, two, or three panels per page. There are 77 panels in the first issue. Cost: $4.00. That’s 19.25 cents per panel.

Is Speed Demonz worth it?

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Chase, Published by DC Comics, 32 pages, $2.50 cover price, back issue prices vary.

Everyone knows the pain of a doomed relationship, either personally or through a friend. Sometimes it is due to someone’s inability to grow up. Perhaps the reason is too much distance, either geographically or emotionally. Or, it could have been because a publisher canceled a really great comic book title, leaving a giant hole to be filled in readers everywhere.

(I may have shoe-horned that last example, a bit.)

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Betty & Veronica Spectacular #s78-83/26 pgs. & $2.25 each/Dan Parent, principal artist and writer/sold in lots of places and at www.archiecomics.com.

Who reads about Archie's girlfriends, Betty and Veronica, in B & V Spectacular? Here are a few clues. "How to Have Your Own Beach Bash!", "Home EC. Or Shop?", "Eco Friendly Tips, Fashions & Fun!", and "Cool Summer Fashions!" are all cover blurbs for this Archie Comics title.

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