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Los Héroes Numerados (Crónica Y Ensayo) / The Numbered Heroes (Chronicles and Essays)

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Los Héroes Numerados (Crónica Y Ensayo) / The Numbered Heroes (Chronicles and Essays)En Los hroes numerados, el futbol se convierte en un juego de las palabras gracias al ingenio de Juan Villoro, un excepcional intrprete y narrador de las realidades sociales, culturales y polticas de Mxico, Amrica Latina y el mundo, jurado del Premio Gabo 2022. El 10 de Pel, Maradona o Messi; el 7 de Cristiano Ronaldo o lex Aguinaga; el 14 de Johan Cruyff Los hroes de las canchas llevan nmeros en la espalda. Juan Villoro hace un repaso por esas

En Los héroes numerados, el futbol se convierte en un juego de las palabras gracias al ingenio de Juan Villoro, «un excepcional intérprete y narrador de las realidades sociales, culturales y políticas de México, América Latina y el mundo», jurado del Premio Gabo 2022.

El 10 de Pelé, Maradona o Messi; el 7 de Cristiano Ronaldo o Álex Aguinaga; el 14 de Johan Cruyff... Los héroes de las canchas llevan números en la espalda. Juan Villoro hace un repaso por esas figuras de rango mítico. Cuando los representantes de la tribu saltan al césped «lo que está en juego ya no es un deporte. A partir de ese momento comienza a suceder algo distinto, único, inclasificable: el misterio que llena los estadios».

Villoro aborda las grandes hazañas de los mundiales, los casos de sobornos, negocios ilícitos y violencia deportiva, así como el papel de la tecnología y el protagonismo que han asumido las mujeres en el deporte más popular del mundo. El futbol y la literatura se funden para mirar de frente aquello que más nos emociona: una exploración del juego, pero también de las costumbres públicas y secretas de la sociedad contemporánea.

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In Los héroes numerados, soccer becomes a game of words thanks to the wit of Juan Villoro, "an exceptional interpreter and narrator of the social, cultural, and political realities of Mexico, Latin America, and the world," juror of the 2022 Gabo Prize.

The number 10 of Pelé, Maradona, or Messi; the 7 of Cristiano Ronaldo or Álex Aguinaga; the 14 of Johan Cruyff... The heroes of the pitch carry numbers on their backs. Juan Villoro revisits these figures of mythical stature. When the tribe's representatives step onto the field, "what is at stake is no longer just a sport. From that moment on, something different, unique, unclassifiable begins to happen: the mystery that fills the stadiums."

Villoro explores the great feats of the World Cups, cases of bribery, illicit business, and sports violence, as well as the role of technology and the prominence women have assumed in the world's most popular sport. Soccer and literature merge to confront what moves us most: an exploration of the game, but also of the public and secret customs of contemporary society.

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Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 4
A fairly decent super hero romp
Format: Paperback
If Mister Terrific suffers from any one flaw it is that he is incredibly generic. Nothing about this book was particularly offensive and it provided for some fairly good reads but the villains Terrific goes up against are hardly that. Despite this weakness, I found the series to be a fairly good read and while the major ongoing storylines were clearly cut short by the title's untimely demise, the ending satisfactorily led into the current status quo for Mister Terrific on Earth-2. Whether his presence there becomes relevant or not remains to be seen (particularly with the depature of Earth-2 writer James Robinson) but as things stand now, Mind Games still seems to be valuable background reading for Earth-2 and also lays a bit of ground work for the plot in World's Finest, meaning that Mister Terrific is nicely connected to the two current Earth-2 based titles. The pace of the book is fairly decent, with several short story arcs that see Mister Terrific facing different villains and an ongoing plot throughout that deals with Terrific's secret identity and the issues he is dealing with as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. The writing is not always sharp but the supporting cast is fairly solid and its a tragedy that we probably won't see some of these characters again. Terrific himself has enjoyable, if somewhat illogical, inner monologue that typically involves him thinking through a problem and while the science is (often) fuzzy, Wallace does a good job of showing how science and tech form the basis of Mister Terrific's powerset. I would characterize this book as a solid B-list entry. Fans of the character may appreciate it as well as readers looking for something a little different but it is by no means a must-read. I'll be keeping it on my shelf as an important book for World's Finest and Earth-2 (both of which I have pulled since issue #1) however. If you can get your hands on this trade (or its related single issues) for a modest price, it provides a decent couple of hours of reading. It is a pity that nothing stands out particularly well but I appreciated that so much seemed to happen in only eight issues compared to some of the tedious extended plots of other comics.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013
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Bruce Gravlin
New York, US
★★★★★ 5
Silver Age Batman time trip
Format: Hardcover
Fun book. I was born at the very beginning of the Silver Age and had older brothers, so I was reading by four, and had great reading material available.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2025
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Ringo
Belleville, US
★★★★★ 5
A Baby Boomer dream come true!
Format: Hardcover
I love the Golden Age omnibus Batman series. However, for many of us baby boomers the Silver Age is what we’ve been craving. Those were exciting days back then, looking for the new issue of Batman or Detective Comics on the newsstand. One of the previous reviewers is correct, though, there are some missing issues between the last golden age omnibus and this, the first silver age omnibus, that need to be put into book form at some point. I certainly hope we get them. But more than anything I am really hoping that this will not be the first and last silver age omnibus. By my count, there are almost exactly the issues needed to make three more silver age volumes before we get to the “new look Batman,” which started in mid 1964. And frankly, I hope they continue on with a “new look” omnibus series as well. This first volume, though, was absolutely beautiful! The re-creation of these old panels is breathtaking. When you go back and look at the old dot matrix original issues and compare them to the re-printings contained within this omnibus…well…there simply is no comparison. Batman, the Silver Age Omnibus Volume One is practically as good as it gets. The only thing more I could have wished for would have been the inclusion of the old advertisements that decorated the pages of the original issues. Other than that, this book is perfect. Wow!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022
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Amazon Customer
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
Quality Reproduction of Artwork
Format: Hardcover
The book looks great and includes a massive amount of content; however, this is DC Batman Silver Age stories verses Marvel Silver Age stories. It was hard getting through some of the stories and did not make it through the entire book. I think I would have enjoyed the stories that came before this collection and/or the great Neal Adams Batman content. This era of batman stories was just silly and boring. But just my opinion.
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Morgan Painter
Phoenix, US
★★★★★ 5
Terrific buy for old time Batman comics.
Format: Hardcover
These Batman Omnibus collections are great for compiling these still amazing comics in an inexpensive way. Much cheaper than trying to get the original comics.
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