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You cannot go wrong with this wonderful anthology at the rock bottom price of .99 cents. All the contributors did a fine job and are worth mentioning; however, Kevin Burton Smith's "The Revenge of the Red Avenger" really stood out for me. What a gem of a story! Kevin Burton Smith did an exceptional job of capturing the character’s voice. I was transported back to my own childhood when wrapping a towel around your neck magically made you a superhero. The other component of this story that worked
I’ve read Beat to a Pulp’s site for a while now, never disappointed at the weekly short stories they put up. This is the first anthology of their’s I’ve ever read, but now I have, the Hardboiled series is on the list, for this is a brilliant collection. I was a little reluctant to buy it, because I’m sick of all the superhero films, and still shaking my head at the Spiderman reboot. I didn’t want to read about po-faced men of steel smacking skyscrapers from their foundations, thanks. However, as...
A bit of a mixed bag, but worth reading. The best ones for me are the ones that aren't really about superheroes at all.
Contains "The Revenge of the Red Avenger" by Kevin Burton-Smith, packed quite a wallop in the end when it had started out so innocent.
This was my first foray into the BEAT TO A PULP (BTAP) series, edited by David Cranmer. He initially created the BTAP e-zine as a way to present well written stories that recalled the old traditional pulp adventures and now there is also a series of books that compile even more of these same great stories. I came across the series while exploring more pulp and noir reading, after finishing 8 Pounds by Chris Holm and I'm very glad I took the chance and got myself a copy of Beat to a Pulp: Superhe...
Editors David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker have given us another fine set of stories. The Use of superhero doesn't mean the what one normally associates with the word. To be sure, there are people with powers in some of these. But the majority are regular folks doing what needs to be done to help someone, save a life, or vice versa. People of all ages playing at being superhero and finding a core that makes those heroes in their own frail bodies.All sorts of stories, some in the future, most pres...