Becoming a superhero isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Let's be realistic, people don't have super-powers. But if you have enough determination to make it through training, you have a chance to be the modern-day superhero, stopping one criminal at a time...or doing everyone else's job and getting none of the credit. After Tanser girl comes to terms with her non-celebrity level status in the superhero world, someone else from Level D decides it's their moment to shine, shaking up the entire system, while leaving her to pick up the pieces.
Content advisory: Some internalized shame throughout an aromatic and asexual questioning arc (examined), some sci-fi violence and offscreen non-graphic minor character death. -- third unnumbered page following text.
Resigned to a life without superpowers in a world full of them, Jess takes a paid internship where she helps a heinous supervillain and works with her longtime crush, but she soon stumbles on a massive plot.
It's the ultimate battle of good versus good. They were best friends at an elite academy for superheroes in training, but now Callie Bradford, code name Iridium, and Joannie Greene, code name Jet, are mortal enemies. Jet is a by-the-book hero, using her Shadow power to protect the citizens of New Chicago. Iridium, with her mastery of light, runs the city’s underworld. For the past five years the two have played an elaborate, and frustrating, game of cat and mouse. But now playtime’s over. Separately Jet and Iridium uncover clues that point to a looming evil, one that is entwined within the Academy. As Jet works with Bruce Hunter—a normal man with an extraordinary ability to make her weak in the knees—she becomes convinced that Iridium is involved in a scheme that will level the power structure of America itself. And Iridium, teaming with the mysterious vigilante called Taser, uncovers an insidious plot that’s been a decade in the making…a plot in which Jet is key. They’re both right. And they’re both wrong. Because nothing is as simple as Black and White.
At only seventeen, Jeremy has already had a hard life. His father was killed by bounty hunters, his mother is dying from an unknown virus, and he lives on the outskirts of a powerful city, surrounded by trash and constantly in danger. When the local medicine man reveals that there's more to the world than Jeremy's ever known, he's eager to learn more to save his mother. As it turns out, Kale Stone isn't the only city in existence, like Jeremy has always been told. There are actually five others he's never seen, as well as a secret society built on democracy. The tension between the rebels and Kale Stone's dictatorship builds to a fever pitch with Jeremy caught in the middle-all thanks to a foreign device and a code seen in a dream. Can he ever hope to prevent the imminent destruction of his world? Kale Stone is a tale of action, adventure, power, and corruption, with just a dash of romance. All the twists and turns Kayla Hicks throws at you will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.
What if your evil ex really was evil? TJ Gutierrez used to be a superhero. But after the birth of her twins seven years ago, she hung up the yellow spandex. Until the day her archenemy and ex-husband, Singularity, breaks out of prison. When it becomes clear he's after the kids, she's forced to call the nanny helpline—and once again become...Dynama! Annmarie Smith doesn't have a superpower. She saves the world by keeping kids safe while their parents fight evil. She temporarily moves in with TJ, and the way the magnetic mama puts family first captures Annmarie's respect, and maybe her heart—even though she knows better than to fall for a superhero. Still, it's hard to resist their wicked chemistry. Kapow! But they can only hide from the world for so long. When Singularity's quest for custody puts the kids' lives in danger, can the two women conquer the evil villain and save TJ's family—all before their first date? 34,000 words
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The long-awaited miniseries written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) and beautifully illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi is now available in one volume! The Other History of the DC Universe takes a look at the mythology of the DC Universe as seen through the prism of several generations’ worth of DC Super Heroes who come from historically disenfranchised groups. Extensively researched and masterfully executed, The Other History of the DC Universe promises to be an experience unlike any other. You may think you know the history of the DC Universe...but the truth is far more complex. The Other History of the DC Universe isn't about saving the world-it's about having the strength to simply be who you are. Collects The Other History of the DC Universe #1-5.
