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Category Archives: Published in 2017
Super Girl
A recent singularity event in National City creates a batch of new superhumans in author Jo Whittemore’s delightfully wacky Supergirl novel. Among others, there’s a meteorologist who can now control weather, a bodybuilder who can levitate objects (get it?), and … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel/DC, Movies/TV, Published in 2017
Tagged Age of Atlantis, Jo Whittemore, Supergirl
All You Need Is Love
There were 400 superheroes affiliated with the Renegades, Gatlon City’s premier justice league. Led by a five-member council, the Renegades were former vigilantes who took control of their city and established a sensible legislative purview. Like most superheroes, the Renegades … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017
Tagged Marissa Meyer, Renegades
The War of Talents, Part I
Thirty-three year old Kim Tavistock is looking for something to do with herself. Recently removed from a newspaper job in the U.S., Kim is back in England and living with her father. It’s 1936 and jobs are hard to find … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017
Tagged At the Table of Wolves, Kay Kenyon
The Life and Death of Rasputin
How do you kill something that’s already dead? It’s simple. Every zombie, mummy, and vampire knows the answer to that question. Life is the only thing that can defeat death. But somehow Grigori Rasputin didn’t get cc’d on the memo. … Continue reading
Posted in New/Old Pulp, Published in 2017
Tagged George Mann, Ghosts of Empire
Totally Spies
Novels about spies and superheroes often converge in a familiar Venn diagram. Alter egos, covert operations, gadgets, megalomaniacal villains, weapons of mass destruction, and secret lairs are some of the tropes shared by these two genres. If you like entertainment … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017
Tagged Beth McMullen, Mrs. Smith's Spy School For Girls
