Superhero Fiction

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So here’s the list of fiction(ish) stuff drawing on comic book super-hero trophes so far

Novels:

• Michael Bishop, COUNT GEIGER’S BLUES.
• Michael Chabon, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY.
• Tom DeHaven, IT’S SUPERMAN!
• Jennifer Estep, KARMA GIRL.
• Minister Faust, FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF DR. BRAIN.
• Austin Grossman, SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE.
• Jonathan Lethem, FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE.
• James Maxey, NOBODY GETS THE GIRL.
• Perry Moore, HERO.
• John Ridley, THOSE WHO WALK IN DARKNESS and WHAT FIRE CANNOT BURN.

Short Stories:

• Charles DeLint, “Bird Bones and Wood Ash”
• A. M. Dellamonica, “Faces of Gemini”
• Carol Emshwiller, “Grandma”
• Vylar Kaftan, “Blank Sezra”
• James Maxey, “The Final Flight of the Blue Bee”
• Tim Pratt, “Captain Fantasy and the Secret Masters”
• Cat Rambo, “Acquainted with the Night”
• Cat Rambo, “Ticktock Girl”
• Benjamin Rosenbaum, “The Death Trap of Doctor Nefario”

Poetry:

• Jeannine Hall Gailey, FEMALE COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES