Superheroes - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441001378 ISBN 13: 9780441001378

Publisher: Ace Trade, 1995

Synopsis

A collection of stories describing the adventures of such superheroes as Captain Cosmos and Captain Housework

About this title

About the Author:

John Varley is the author of the Gaean Trilogy (Titan, Wizard, and Demon), Steel Beach, The Golden Globe, Red Thunder, and Mammoth. He has won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards for his work.

From Booklist:

Superheroes and their derring-do are no longer confined to the cartoons, as a recent "biography" of Superman and this playfully entertaining collection of superhuman adventures attest. Coeditors Varley and Mainhardt wisely avoid episodes from the established superhero pantheon in favor of those from imaginative, even twisted, superhero variations. Using Varley's own wry tale of an invincible Soviet "Bolshoiman" as a springboard, they spotlight comic-book champions' often tongue-in-cheek literary cousins, from Captain Cosmos to Captain Housework. B. W. Clough, for instance, drolly recounts "the Gazorcher's" predicament of handing over "the goggles" to his Generation X-er daughter. Michael A. Stackpole in "Peer Review," however, takes a turn toward serious action-adventure as he treats one crime fighter's apparent defection into lawbreaking and his censure by fellow superheroes. In "Reflected Glory," Paul Kupperberg soberly demonstrates how today's world would really treat a superhero when a PR man slyly uses a superhuman vigilante to further his own career. These and the other stories well may satisfy both fans and foes of the comic-book scene. Carl Hays

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Trade
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0441001378
• ISBN 13: 9780441001378
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Editor: John Varley, Ricia Mainhardt