Superheroes

by Michael A. Stackpole, Lawrence Schimel, Richard Lee Byers, et al.

Book Overview

Today's acclaimed masters of science fiction and comics join forces to create an anthology of original adventures featuring a cast of never-before-seen heroes. Authors include Alan Dean Foster, Roger Zelazny, Dennis O'Neil, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Michael A. Stackpole, John Varley and many more.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441003079
• ISBN13: 9780441003075
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

This book is SUPER, Man!

An original and entertaining take on the popular "superhero" fantasy -- and what a cast of characters! Captain Housework! And how about that pediatrician who cares for superheroes' children? And the one with the child with the abusive stepfather and a real father who's a superhero is the COOLEST beans! And I loved that Soviet "Superman" spoof -- Kyril Kentarovsky instead of Clark Kent! I laughed so hard I nearly burst a vein! One little quibble. I wasn't so crazy about the fact that, in the aforementioned Russian Superman spoof, Kyril Kentarovsky referred to a prison rape victim as the inmates' "unwilling sweetheart." The author should have said "sex partner" or "boy-toy" instead of "sweetheart." "Sweetheart" means something, and it isn't this. The word sweetheart, to me, is associated with love, (which could be either heterosexual or same-sex),not violence or force. If someone is your "sweetheart," you don't abuse him or her. Still in all, this book is all that and a bag of chips -- or, in reference to pop culture's #1 fantasy superhero -- this book is all that and a king-sized CLARK Bar!!!...

Great Book with some exceptional stories

When I first read this book, i had checked it out of the library. I liked it so much i decided that I had to buy it. It has some great stories. Some aren't exactly what you might expect but that makes they even better. A must read for all comic readers and sci-fi fans.

Many stories; most good

I am going to give each story in this book a simple 10 to 1 rating. Ten being a good story, one being a very bad story.A CLEAN SWEEP-8TIME FOR A HERO-10PEER REVIEW-9SHADOW STORM-8EMPOWERED-9HANDING ON THE GOGGLES-7SHE WHO MIGHT BE OBEYED-6AND THE SEA SHALL CAST HIM OUT-9 THE DEFENDER OF CENTRAL PARK-7REFLECTED GLORY-9SUPER ACORNS-10VETS-10FOUR TALES OF MANY NAMES-7THE LONG CRAWL OF HUGH GLASS-9GOD SAVE THE KING-6CONTRACT HIT-3ORIGIN STORY-8TU QUOQUE-10THEME MUSIC MAN-2BICYCLE SUPERHERO-2CAPTAIN ASIMOV-7PRESS CONFERENCE-3BASIC TRAINING-8ONE OF THE BOYS-8TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE POLITICALLY CORRECT SOCIALIST PATH-9