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Money Magazine (July 2001)
Ken Kurson

CEOs as Comic Heroes
Perhaps the stories of America's premier business and investing heavyweights don't seem like competition for Spider-Man and the Hulk. (Sure, it's impressive that Wayne Angell began charging $100-a-[minute] consulting fees just minutes after his Federal Reserve job ended — but can he talk to marine creatures?) Still, there's something about Titans of Finance, a comic book by Josh Neufeld and Rob Walker (a Money contributor) that makes perfect sense.

After all, the CEOs whose exploits are featured — including "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap and Revlon's Ron Perelman — served as our heroes and villains through the market boom. Wearing utility belts packed with ego, ambition and wads of cash, these characters were at least as colorful as their imaginary counterparts.

Titans, due in bookstores next month, gets a tad preachy at times. But when it sets its satirical sights on people like investment guru Jay Goldinger — an outspoken advocate of conservative investing who is accused of running a highly leveraged "fraudulent trade misallocation scheme" — the black-and-white morality of comics makes the ideal canvas.