Comments on: List of Superhero Novels and Their Publishers

By: K Perry

K Perry — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:10:00 +0000

Have you read Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey with Steve Libby, Cody Martin and Dennis Lee? This novel is based on a pod-cast series: The Secret World Chronicles. I would highly recommend it. I can’t wait for Book 2.

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:14:43 +0000

Jacob, I removed your e-mail address because I don't think it's a good idea to share personal information in a public setting. Also, if I could make a suggestion, when you're writing to prospective teammates, could I recommend proofreading more carefully? In my experience, high-quality teammates are usually scared off by writers that have a lot of typos. (If I could quote one artist, "Why would I want to work with a writer that writes worse than I do?")

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:43:59 +0000

I VE GOT THE BEST CHARACTER EVER PLUS HIS RIVAL IS SUPER AWSOME im kooking for some one intrested that just loves to write or draw or publish something amazing email me at [deleted] i’m into fantasyand knights please e-MAIL ME SO I CAN SHARE THE NEXT BEST SUPERHERO UDEA

By: Matthew Lane

Matthew Lane — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:56:21 +0000

Wow, i totally did not notice that till you just mentioned it. At least that explains why there was no editorial oversight.

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:13:57 +0000

I’m wary of novels published by game companies. Case in point: Devil’s Cape was printed by Wizards of the Coast.

By: Matthew Lane

Matthew Lane — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:59:52 +0000

I dont know about “Quantum Prophecy: The Awakening” not being very good, but i’ll tell you this for nothing, Devils Cape is pretty bad. I keep on picking it back up thinking it can’t be as bad as i recall & i always end up giving up. It jumps around time, but has no consistent return point/time/storyline, the author is to descriptive with things that don’t need explaining & i still have no idea who any of the characters are. This entire novel reads like a group of prologues for books that are only connected by the idea of a city.

Come to think of it, that would explain how i got Devils Cape, signed by the author, for 1 cent off of amazon.

As for “Black and White” & the sequel “Shades of Grey”, i’ve just order “Black & White” & can only hope it wont be a disappointed (when it eventually arrives).

-M

By: roseaponi

roseaponi — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:16:07 +0000

I just read a post about Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge’s SHADES OF GRAY, sequel to last year’s superhero novel BLACK AND WHITE, on http://mizkit.livejournal.com (mizkit, aka C. E. Murphy, aka author of the Take a Chance comic series and graphic novel, so when she says it’s good, I figure I can believe her )

By: Contra Glove

Contra Glove — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:36:28 +0000

I started reading Quantum Prophecy: The Awakening, but it simply isn’t very well-written. There are too many characters and the dialogue jerks around too much, with little in the way of description. It feels a little empty.

I’ll try to give it another chance, though.

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:44:16 +0000

Thanks! I’ll see if I can find Ingathering, To Ride Pegasus & Pegasus in Flight.

Here are some more in the “Superhero Novels” category on Wikipedia.
–From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
–Axiom-Man
–More Than Human
–Attack of the Mutant
–Reflex
–Sakkara
–The Captain Underpants series

By: roseaponi

roseaponi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:33:13 +0000

Aha! I knew I had a few novels/story collections in my library that feature superhero-type characters.

To Ride Pegasus & Pegasus in Flight, by Anne McCaffrey – short stories about the “Talented” that create a story arc that spans several generations, compiled in 1973 & 1990, respectively. Some of the stories in To Ride Pegasus were first published in Analog.

Ingathering by Zenna Henderson – her stories about superpowered aliens who form colonies on Earth, originally published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from the early 50s to the mid 70s.

The stories here tend to stay far, far away from mention of supervillains, costumes, and a few other comic-book standards, but the characters are recognizable superheroes.