In which we meet the good Doctor and a fiendish creature with seemingly no moral qualms whatsoever.

Interesting narrative, filled with lovely and turgid prose, very evocative of the times and a great way to start off fall; the concept of a hidden evil soul seems a very Victorian concept, just waiting for Freud to work out.

Interesting too when the story switches to letters for the last third or so of the book. Makes me wonder if there have been any great novels written as a series of emails. 

I am really enjoying the series, and noted that it became a typical old wild west story. Cannot wait to get my hands in TWD 104 and see what's next.

A collection of the essays Burke (famous for his "Connections" series back in the '70s, which he continued in the '80s and '90s) did for Scientific American back in the '90s. Seeing as I was reading 10-20 of these little 5-page articles at a time, got a little confused as to who was connected to whom; especially since he was referencing several of the same people in different pieces.

More so than his previous books, his speaking "voice" really comes thru. Like in the way he speaks in sentence fragments. To build up to a point. Great strings of puns throughout as well, as in his shows. 

I generally find that third party accounts are fairly dependable unless the author has an ax to grind, and it doesn't seem like that's the case here.  While the book does reveal some unseemly behavior by some of the creators of our favorite comics (particularly in the early 70's) and presents Stan Lee in a less-than-flattering light on occasional, I think it does a pretty good job of presenting both sides of the story, especially in the case of the treatment of Jack Kirby.