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Title: Yes, this is one of the best of the series
Review: To be fair, some of series are a tad dull and uninspired. Ignore the critics: this is one of the top 10. It has perhaps the most believable villain, and some genuine moments of vision of a happier world. The United States had just entered WWII (notice the red, white and blue cover) and Brooks seemed to be counting some of his peacetime blessings. Brooks' (Freddy's) pathetic poetry is almost absent. Illustrator Weise, who delivers irregular performances -- possibly devoting more effort to the books he likes -- here produces highly detailed and complete drawings.Freddy is not always on sound moral ground in the series. Here, he confronts an ambiguous adversary with self-examination and fairness. Some positive thinking from an age of America which is now rapidly fading behind us.
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