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Superheroes Paperback – February 19, 2013

by Peter S. Beagle (Author), Kelly Link (Author), Rich Horton (Editor)

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Superheroes: modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered, but like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth, great power tempered with flaws. And now, find within these pages tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to fiction... reminding every adult of the child within, who ever wanted to wear a cape and cowl!

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February 19, 2013
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prime Books (February 19, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1607013800
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1607013808
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,356,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,586 in Science Fiction Short Stories
- #10,469 in Fantasy Anthologies
- #11,798 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)

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Brett L.

Where is the fun?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2015

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If you are over forty you may find this collection of short stories lacking. Very little feeling of being taken anywhere. Lots of rote ironies, smug comparisons, and of course, despite rigueur reconstructions, which is now just as hackneyed and cliche as whatever they think they are putting down.

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Imagine yawning while feeling nauseous...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 18, 2017

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While this anthology is nowhere near as bad as 'Super Stories of Heroes and Villians' it's still not that good. Apparently the modern superhero story must be dark, nihilistic, wiseassy, and most of all, boring. Kind of like being suicidally depressed and being forced to read the Wall Street Journal in a really foul gas station bathroom. I'm very unimpressed with this anthology. Although this one isn't as bad as some it's still not worth ever rereading or recommending to someone. At all.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2013

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Good sale. But it's friggin' STUPID that I have to write a minimum number of words. Crap. Three more to go.

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BlueFairy

Good, but not great for comic fans.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 18, 2013

New Release - I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for the purpose of review.

Premise: A new anthology of fiction based around the title theme.

From other reviews of this book online, I expected to like it a bit more than I did, but I did still enjoy it. Like most anthologies, this was a mixed bag. The first few, especially, I thought were just fine, nothing too exciting. The last one I found long, meandering, annoying and pointless.

In general, I think the target market for this book are people with a casual knowledge of superheroes, but who aren't really hardcore comic fans. For example, I enjoyed The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm, which followed the average citizens of a country ruled by a supervillain, and Tonight We Fly, about an aging hero, but these aren't any more inventive or interesting than stories that have already been told with Dr Doom or in Astro City. Not necessarily less interesting either, but I didn't feel like new ground was being broken.

There were some stories I really liked, though. Wild Cards, about a Federal Unit investigating a criminal with a superpower was pretty great, and Dirae, by Peter S. Beagle, was tremendously evocative and had lovely prose. Also Dr. Death vs. the Vampire and Super Family were both pretty solid superhero stories. The Biggest had a great retro style.

I overall enjoyed this collection, but it suffered, for me, from comparison with some of the great comic writing I've read over the years. Also, I found the foreword highly pretentious and it lowered my expectations for the whole enterprise.

Still, some strong stories, some weak, and the majority good but not great.

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David Allen

Two Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2015

A couple of decent stories but nothing really original here.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2013

I do love me some superheros. Granted I can’t tell you which Robin was which in what order, or name off every villain in the Marvel universe. But I do enjoy the occasional graphic novel reading or superhero movie. So I was really glad to get to read this collection. But will the review be good? How will Batman get rid of that bomb? What will Hulk smash today?
Ahem. Sorry about that. Seriously though, the review.
This collection of short stories was gathered together with the theme of superheroes in mind. A theme which scores instant points with me. The fact some of the stories are written by well-known writers (Peter S Beagle of “The Last Unicorn” fame for example.) only serve to give it more points.
In the end, what is the score? Read on gentle reader.
I enjoyed this collection so much. I’ll admit in many collections there is a story or two I will skip if it doesn’t grab my interest. That did not happen here. Every story had interesting characters or an engaging plot to it.
A wonderful collection of Superhero short stories that is indeed worth your time and money. So with that gentle reader I go on to my next book. To the bookmobile!
RATING: 10 out of 10.

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