Outrageous; fascinating and bizarre facts from every corner of the comic book universeWhat comic book artist was the recipient of an on-stage thank you from Paul McCartney and an on-air apology from Johnny Carson? What superhero got his powers by being bitten by a mongoose? What popular NPR host was forever immortalized as a "bad boyfriend" in a notable comic book? In Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?; author Brian Cronin will answer those questions and more by revealing the most obscure; wacky and surprising facts about comicsmdash;from the characters and creators; to the TV shows; movies and merch. Cronin has teamed up with some of the top comic book writers and artists of today to present 100 trivia lists; including:middot; Nine Celebrities That Guest-Starred in Comic Bookshellip;without Their Permissionmiddot; Seven Bands That Got Their Names from Comicsmiddot; Ten Crazy Items Found on Batmanrsquo;s Utility Belt middot; Five Comic Book Inventions That Eventually Became Realmiddot; Five Stupidest Superhero Originsmiddot; And much; much more!From Batman to Spiderman; Aquaman to the X-Men; each list in Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? will entertain and inform whether yoursquo;re a hardcore geek or a casual fan.
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