Title:
Super stories of heroes & villains
ISBN:
9781616961039
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
419 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Contents:
Introduction: The return of the super story / Claude Lalumière -- Übermensch! / Kim Newman -- A knight of ghosts and shadows / Chris Roberson -- Trickster / Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due -- They fight crime! / Leah Bobet -- The rememberer / J. Robert Lennon -- The Nuckelavee: a Hellboy story / Christopher Golden & Mike Mignola -- Faces of Gemini / A.M. Dellamonica -- Origin story / Kelly Link -- Burning sky / Rachel Pollack -- The night Chicago died / James Lowder -- Novaheads / Ernest Hogan -- Clash of titans (A New York romance) / Kurt Busiek -- The super man and the bugout / Cory Doctorow -- Grandma / Carol Emshwiller -- The dystopianist, thinking of his rival, is interrupted by a knock on the door / Jonathan Lethem -- Sex devil / Jack Pendarvis -- The death trap of Dr. Nefario / Benjamin Rosenbaum -- Man oh man-it's Manna Man / George Singleton -- The Jackdaw's last case / Paul Di Filippo -- The biggest / James Patrick Kelly -- Philip José Farmer's Tarzan alive: A definitive biography of Lord Greystoke / Win Scott Eckert -- The Zeppelin pulps / Jess Nevins -- Wild cards: Prologue & interludes / George R.R. Martin -- Wild cards: Just cause / Carrie Vaughn -- Bluebeard and the white buffalo: a Rangergirl yarn / Tim Pratt -- The Pentacostal home for flying children / Will Clarke -- Pinktastic and the end of the world / Camille Alexa -- The detective of dreams / Gene Wolfe.
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Summary:
With hard-hitting stories from masters of the realm and fresh new talents, this vastly adventurous anthology collects some of the most exciting and original superhero stories of the past few decades, along with an array of entertaining and informative articles on the evolution of the genre. The origins of caped crusaders and their ingenious nemeses will be uncovered, their terrible secrets revealed, and their victories and defeats chronicled for all. From luminaries such as Gene Wolfe and Cory Doctorow to rising stars including Cat Rambo and Cam.
