Books Update: A Fox in my Gard(e)n…er!
*Science-Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: A special update to this section featuring exclusively the works of Gardner Fox. Best known as a comics writer, he was one of DC’s main architects of the Silver Age, with his work on Justice League, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Adam Strange, Atom and many more. Active from the Golden Age, he was the creator of the Flash, Hawkman, the Justice Society, the Justice League and the concept of Earth 2. Some comic fans may not be aware that he also wrote proper books, and in this selection we delve into his sword and sorcery heroes Kothar & Kyrik, his other-world heroic fantasy Llarn and more traditional science-fiction Escape Across the Cosmos and (writing as Bart Somers) two novels featuring the heroic Commander Craig. The Warrior Of Llarn book features a cover and frontispiece illustration by Frank Frazetta, no less. On a personal note, Gardner Fox is my hero when it comes to comic writing (I’ll always be grateful to him for creating Zatanna!), and his books, scarce in the UK, have much to appeal; this update includes many first editions.