Super Stories of Heroes & Villains

George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards rampage through unrecorded history! Mike Mignola's Hellboy battles the fiendish Nuckelavee! Can Camille Alexa's Pinktastic prevent the end of the world? Will Jonathan Lethem's Dystopianist cause the end of the world?

In these pages, you’ll find the exploits, machinations, and epic mêlées of these superpowered aliens, undead crusaders, costumed crime fighters, unholy cabals, Amazon warriors, demon hunters, cyberpunk luchadores, nefarious megalomaniacs, daredevil sidekicks, atavistic avatars, adventuring aviators, gunslinging outlaws, love-struck adversaries, and supernatural detectives.

In these twenty-eight astounding Super Stories, join larger-than-life heroes and villains in the never-ending battle of good versus evil!

Contents

Introduction: "The Return of the Super Story" by Claude Lalumière

"Übermensch!" by Kim Newman
"A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" by Chris Roberson
"Trickster" by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due
"They Fight Crime!" by Leah Bobet
"The Rememberer" by J. Robert Lennon
"The Nuckelavee: A Hellboy Story" by Christopher Golden & Mike Mignola
"Faces of Gemini" by A.M. Dellamonica
"Origin Story" by Kelly Link
"Burning Sky" by Rachel Pollack
"The Night Chicago Died" by James Lowder
"Novaheads" by Ernest Hogan
"Clash of Titans (A New York Romance)" by Kurt Busiek
"The Super Man and the Bugout" by Cory Doctorow
"Grandma" by Carol Emshwiller
"The Dystopianist, Thinking of His Rival, Is Interrupted by a Knock on the Door" by Jonathan Lethem
"Sex Devil" by Jack Pendarvis
"The Death Trap of Dr. Nefario" by Benjamin Rosenbaum
"Man oh Man – It's Manna Man" by George Singleton
"The Jackdaw's Last Case" by Paul Di Filippo
"The Biggest" by James Patrick Kelly
"Philip José Farmer’s Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke" by Win Scott Eckert
"The Zeppelin Pulps" by Jess Nevins
"Wild Cards: Prologue & Interludes" by George R.R. Martin
"Wild Cards: Just Cause" by Carrie Vaughn
"Bluebeard and the White Buffalo: A Rangergirl Yarn" by Tim Pratt
"The Pentecostal Home for Flying Children" by Will Clarke
"Pinktastic and the End of the World" by Camille Alexa
"The Detective of Dreams" by Gene Wolfe