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The Complete Annotated Oz Squad GRAPHIC NOVEL [Paperback]
Steve Ahlquist (Author)
RARE and OUT OF PRINT.
HARD TO FIND COLLECTORS ITEM!
* Paperback: 380 pages
* Publisher: TumbleTap (July 4, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1593932537
* ISBN-13: 978-1593932534
Product Description
Often imitated, never duplicated, Oz Squad is the first and best comic book inspired by the classic Wizard of Oz series of books by L. Frank Baum. This collection is the first-ever edition to include every single issue, including the beloved Little Oz Squad Special. It is the ultimate collection and it comes with notes and annotations by the author, explaining some of the deeper mysteries and sillier aspects of the series. This edition features cover art by noted illustrator and Oz Historian David Lee Ingersoll. Alternately loved and reviled by fans, scrupulously researched by the author, this edition stands as the ultimate collection.
Oz Squad is a comic book updating of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz series. In much th same way WICKED created a different way of looking at characters that we grew up with. This series predated Wicked by a number of years.
Its premise is that Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion are now part of "Gale Force", a Mission Impossible type organization working to protect Oz from all manner of bizarre threats. Created and written by Steve Ahlquist, the series is complex and clever, playing with the mythology that Baum had created in the original children's books and updating it for a more grown up audience.
What is amazing about this series is that all the original stories did take place as the backstory and the explanation of how much darker the tone in this contemporary Land of Oz was the influence of the Earth seeping in and corrupting the wonderful world it was.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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