Superbook

The World of Superhero Movies According to Smersh Pod

John Rain

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POLARIS BOOKS
01 March 2024

Films, movies & cinema; Film movie guides & reviews; Film & movie: styles & genres; Social & cultural history; Humour; Superheroes

Series: The World of Film According to Smersh Pod

THIS IS THE GUIDE TO CLASSIC SUPERHERO MOVIES YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED.

If you mention the word 'superhero' these days, the mind is immediately bombarded by visions from the MCU, DCU and all the numerous phases, extended TV series and animated side-specials that combine to make our eyes bleed with a barrage of different characters fighting each other.

But before 1997 people would generally only think of a few things: Christopher Reeve smiling as his Superman kept a watchful eye over Earth's atmosphere, Michael Keaton's Batman running around Gotham dressed in moulded rubber, Nicholas Hammond's Spider-Man being hauled up a wall on a rope, Bill Bixby trying not to unleash his inner Hulk and Flash Gordon camply swashbuckling his way around another galaxy.

It's time to don your cowl, cape, shredded jeans and Vultan leatherwear and join John Rain as he wades his way through twenty classic superhero films that stunned, amazed and baffled the world from 1978 to 1997.

IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE? NO, IT'S SUPERBOOK!

'The perfect way to enjoy the best and worst films of your childhood.' — Ed Byrne

By: John Rain
Imprint: POLARIS BOOKS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 313g
ISBN: 9781915359131
ISBN 10: 1915359139
Series: The World of Film According to Smersh Pod
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 01 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Rain is a Bond fanatic, and the host of the cult podcast Smersh Pod. He lives in Sussex in an abandoned volcano

Reviews for Superbook: The World of Superhero Movies According to Smersh Pod

'It's like watching movies with your funniest mate while at the same time listening to a really interesting director’s commentary. The perfect way to enjoy the best and worst films of your childhood' -- Ed Byrne 'A hilarious and heartfelt tribute to the pre-MCU age of superhero movies, told in that inimitable Smersh Pod voice. John Rain has done it again. You will believe a book can super' -- Chris Hewitt * Empire * 'Glorious geekdom, full of tantalising trivia and devilish details' -- John Thomson