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What do you think of novels and short stories inspired by the superhero concept (such as the "Wild Cards" anthology)? I've often thought the idea was great. Yet when I think about it, while I've bought novels and anthologies along these lines, I can't remember ever finishing many such stories. I didn't even get far into the first "Wild Cards" book. Is it just me? Was I having a bad day? Is it because my brain expects superheroes to be in a visual medium? (Am I rambling? 
) As I think back, most of the novels and stories that I've enjoyed have been loving parodies rather than outright tributes, but maybe I've been reading the wrong ones. Or maybe I'm missing some obvious examples because I thoguht of them as novels rather than "superhero novels."
So what novels and short stories inspired by superheroes do you recommend? Can you recommend some stories along these lines that might be inspired by comics in a broader sense? (For example, getting away from superheroes, some of Ramsey Campbell's early horror stories reminded many people of EC horror comics of the 1950s because of their grisly surprise endings. And some SF and fantasy adventures might be seen as superheroes, in a way.)
Also, what do I do with my brain? It poked me and reminded me that I had wanted to try writing stories inspired by superhero comics.
Should I poke it back and remind it to work on my WIP (a fantasy novel)? Heck, I've been out of reading comic books for a while. (Not because I didn't like them but because I couldn't keep up.)
) As I think back, most of the novels and stories that I've enjoyed have been loving parodies rather than outright tributes, but maybe I've been reading the wrong ones. Or maybe I'm missing some obvious examples because I thoguht of them as novels rather than "superhero novels."So what novels and short stories inspired by superheroes do you recommend? Can you recommend some stories along these lines that might be inspired by comics in a broader sense? (For example, getting away from superheroes, some of Ramsey Campbell's early horror stories reminded many people of EC horror comics of the 1950s because of their grisly surprise endings. And some SF and fantasy adventures might be seen as superheroes, in a way.)
Also, what do I do with my brain? It poked me and reminded me that I had wanted to try writing stories inspired by superhero comics.
Should I poke it back and remind it to work on my WIP (a fantasy novel)? Heck, I've been out of reading comic books for a while. (Not because I didn't like them but because I couldn't keep up.
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