Superhero Novels: The Best of 2010 and a Peek at 2011
Masked, a collection of straight-up superhero stories was the best book of 2010. So sayeth SuperheroNovels.com. Each of the contributing authors fearlessly embraced the tropes of superhero fiction and...
View ArticleAgent Death and the Martian Manhunter
Forget the concept of anti-hero. One of the characters in this book of short stories is pieced together from fish parts (with a dash of DNA from a sleeping Martian god). And another character controls...
View ArticleThe Kids Are All Right
Over four thousand years ago a mad demigod named Krodin had a plan. He wanted to unite the world by destroying it. “I am not a god,” he proclaimed. “Nor am I human.” In truth, he was the very first...
View ArticleHeaven’s on Fire
Twenty years ago, the Human Experiment was a highly classified government program that was hoping to create the perfect human being. In the beginning, the experiment appeared to be on the right track....
View ArticleThe Last American Hero
Zachary Harriman is a 14-year-old kid living in Manhattan who’s just discovered his heroic legacy. His dad, a “troubleshooting diplomat” for the United States, is a superhero. And his grandfather was...
View ArticleNot So Powerful
Short story anthologies generally start strong and end long. In other words, they put their best story up front and then give readers a chance to linger at the end. Unfortunately the editor of Powers,...
View ArticleiBoy Wonder
The premise of this book is totally ridiculous. On the way home from school one afternoon, a kid gets bopped on the head with an iPhone. Seventeen days later he wakes up in the hospital with enhanced...
View ArticleSuper Bitch
A long time ago Russia had a sneaky plan to crush the United States. Using calculated bursts of epsilon radiation, they would turn our soldiers into morons. Next, they would deploy Russian superwomen...
View ArticleThe Lone Bagman
During his first adventure, a vigilante crimefighter spots a crumpled grocery sack lying on the floor. Hoping to keep his identity secret, he picks up the bag, pokes two eyeholes through the paper and...
View ArticleUltra Shrinking Violet
Nathan Banks is a sixth-grade student at Ditko Middle School. Everybody knows him as the nerdy kid who collects comic books and “talks about superheroes all the time.” Even he admits he’s totally...
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