My Pal Splendid Man Author:Will Jacobs, Gerard Jones Will Jones is an aspiring author who doesn't get out much. Splendid Man is the most powerful being in the universe who has very little time for himself. But when they become friends, Will tutors Splendid Man in the fine arts, while Splendid Man helps Will meet girls, introduces him to his costumed colleagues, and takes him on jaunts through spac... more »e and time. But Splendid Man harbors a dark secret--will his new pal ever learn the truth? In sixteen interconnected short stories, with humor both affectionate and absurd, veteran satirists and comic-book writers Jacobs and Jones portray a collision of the very fantastic and the very ordinary as only they can.« less