Xena: Warrior Princess Official Guide To the Xenaverse
Where guilty pleasures live, armed to the teeth and sporting battle armor, there strides Xena. As TV art, the syndicatedXenais more likeBaywatchthanUpstairs Downstairs, but it has a (very thin) patina of intellectual cachet from making frequent and occasionally incongruous references to classical mythology. Since the ratings titan has been on only since 1995, there is only so much an in-depth fan guide can cover, so Weisbrot also provides much detail onXena's notable forerunner,Sheena, Oueen of the Jungle, a black-and-white syndicated series of 26 episodes that first ran in 1955. Aside from the welcomeSheenaretrospective, the guide's highlights include episode breakdowns, worthy cast profiles, and pictures, pictures, pictures. Although not exactly challenging reading, this guide to a tasty enough slice of currently popular entertainment is engaging.Mike Tribby