ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS! Welcome to ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS — in which we’re serializing across 13 weeks Mark Voger’s forthcoming book Zowie! from publisher TwoMorrows. Click here for a ton more on this feature — and info on the book itself, a brightly colored history of “the TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture.” You can also find there links to previous installments. Right on! — Dan Comics in the 1960s — as they are now — were dominated by DC and Marvel, who ruled the racks with the biggest names in superheroes: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and on and on. There were plenty of other publishers out there but they tended more toward other genres, like romance, Westerns and sci-fi. But when Batmania hit, virtually every company worth its salt felt compelled to cash in with its own line-up of long-underwear types. So dig this gallery of the also-ran superheroes (some of whom ended up stars years later) who also happened to be wildly entertaining in their own right: — Zowie! by Mark Voger, is a 192-page, full-color hardcover that lists for $43.95. It is scheduled to be released July 31 and will be available through booksellers and comics shops. You can also pre-order it directly from TwoMorrows. Click here. Also check out MarkVoger.com! — MORE — The Complete ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS! Index. Click here. — SHUWATCH! The Ultra-Bonkers Kaiju of ULTRAMAN. Click here....