Thursday, January 05, 2017

Announcing the print edition of "The Ultimate Super Friends Companion"

Once in a while a book comes along that the author was truly meant to write. "The Ultimate Super Friends Companion" is just such a book, because author Will Rodgers is a lifelong fan of the animated kids' TV show, which originally aired from 1973 through the 1980s, and he is no less than an expert on it. In early 2016, BRBTV announced Will's book as the fifth book in its fact book series, released on Amazon's Kindle format and readable on any mobile device. Now we are more than pleased, a year later, to unleash the print edition of "The Ultimate Super Friends Companion"!

Because Will wrote so long and hard on the subject, what was an e-edition that encompassed 800 pages in Microsoft Word has now become two big print volumes bursting at the seams (seriously, it would have translated to one print volume at nearly 1,000 pages -- actually too big to bind for a 6-by-9" paperback!). Volume 1 at 530 pages covers the 1970s run of the show, and Volume 2 at 448 pages covers the 1980s.


Volume 1 offers up goodies like these:
  • Lengthy commentary and analysis of each episode of the 1970s series
  • Character profiles of the heroes and villains
  • A rundown of the DVD content for each '70s series
  • Features on the history of the five main heroes in comics and other media and on the writing style of the "Super Friends"
  • Retrospectives of superhero teamups over the years and the history of DC and Warner Bros. classic animation

Volume 2 gives you this:
  • Lengthy commentary and analysis of each episode of the 1980s series
  • Character profiles of the heroes and villains
  • A rundown of the DVD content for each '80s series
  • An index to every character's appearances in the episodes
  • A look at the toylines pertaining to our heroes
  • A guide to all of the Super Friends comic books

At the same time that these two print volumes have been released, the Kindle edition has been updated to reflect them. And you still get all of this great content in one volume with the Kindle edition.

As a special treat to readers, Shannon Farnon, the original voice of Wonder Woman, writes the foreword of "The Ultimate Super Friends Companion," and talented Baltimore artist Dale Cuthbertson offers his own interpretation of our heroes for the book's cover!

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