Showcase Presents: Ambush Bug
Nearly 500 pages of off-the-wall adventure are collected in this value-priced volume!Created in the early 1980s, The Ambush Bug recently made a comeback in the pages of 52 and in his new comic book series. Deluded, confused and just plain crazy, Irwin Schwab claimed have gained his powers from a...
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Nearly 500 pages of off-the-wall adventure are collected in this value-priced volume!Created in the early 1980s, The Ambush Bug recently made a comeback in the pages of 52 and in his new comic book series. Deluded, confused and just plain crazy, Irwin Schwab claimed have gained his powers from a costume sent to Earth from a distant planet. He embarked on his own super-heroic career, to the annoyance of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and every other hero he happened to encounter. This new collection includes Ambush Bug's secret origin, in a story called “We Thought Him Up,” and more insanity.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781401221805 (1401221805)
Publish date: March 31st 2009
Publisher: DC Comics
Pages no: 488
Edition language: English
Series: Showcase Presents
I started reading comic books back when I was about 12 or 13, and around that time, I discovered Ambush Bug. It was the perfect sort of reading for someone that age, since Ambush Bug was all about the silliness. What I didn't understand at the time was that a lot of the jokes were about the comic ...
Ambush Bug is one of those unique characters ... an actually funny, fourth-wall-breaking kinds guy. This Showcase Presents volume features all of his appearances from the 20th century. It's hilarious stuff, but very in-joke-ish; you have to be a comic fan to get a lot of the references, and being a...
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