Kenneth Chisholm

A book that tries to balance truth and puffery.

Revisado: 04-03-19

Stan Lee can be a polarizing figure for those who try to understand his impact on the comic book medium, and this book's attempt at an honest take is mixed at best.

For instance, the book does try to have some accounting of a dark side about Lee, like when Kirby was convinced Lee betrayed him to Martin Goodman in the 1940s. However, the book ignores certain facts that a few minutes research would have revealed to puff up Lee's "creations." This includes the obvious fact of how the Fantastic Four is an rework of Jack Kirby's earlier Challengers of the Unknown, albeit combined with Lee's ideas for deeper character play. There is also the laughable use of The X-Men as an example of Lee's original idea he told Kirby to do, when it has been suspected for decades that Lee created it by blatantly plagiarizing Arnold Drake's Doom Patrol series from DC.

When the author can't be bothered to mention basic facts like those, the puffery behind the book chokes the book's credibility

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A promising, if imperfect, start of a great series

Revisado: 06-10-18

Having enjoyed the original movie with its sterling reputation as one of the best-informed courtroom movies of all time, it was a treat to finally see Vinny and Lisa again in what promises to be a fun Italian-American working-class version of The Thin Man mysteries.

However, Kelter is doesn't really measure completely to the movie's original writer with Vinny coming off as too naive about the legal system on his home turf with goofs he really should have known better than to do after his Alabama case. In addition, the New York prosecutorial side comes off as laughably absurd with occasional legal moves that defy all common sense. The most glaring example is the ADA routinely requesting in arraignment court remand (a prisoner to be kept in jail until trial) for people indicted for misdemeanors when no rational prosecutor would incur such needless public expense for strictly minor criminals.

That said, there are laughs and tender moments aplenty while the plot builds to a spectacular courtroom showdown like the best of Perry Mason with a streetwise style.

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