Last night, a superhero saved my life
Subtitle: Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Brad Meltzer, and an all-star roster on the caped crusaders that changed their lives
By: edited by Liesa Mignogna
Contributors: Grossman, Austin, 1969- contributor; Dawson, Delilah S., contributor; Breznican, Anthony, contributor; Golden, Christopher, contributor; Ford, Jamie, contributor; Cooper, Karina, contributor; Westerfeld, Scott, contributor; Meltzer, Brad, contributor; Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- contributor; Vaughn, Carrie, contributor; Deneen, Brendan, contributor; Gaiman, Neil, contributor; Bardugo, Leigh, contributor; Currie, Ron, 1975- contributor; Picoult, Jodi, 1966- contributor; Seccia, Kevin, contributor; Kihn, Martin, contributor; Di Bartolo, Jim, contributor; Yu, Charles, 1976- contributor; Kontis, Alethea, contributor; Reese, Jenn, contributor
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781250043924
Subjects: Comic books, strips; History and criticism; Superheroes in literature; Superheroes; Psychological aspects
Description: An anthology of essays exploring the origins of the authors' relationships to their favorite superheroes.
Table of contents: title: Me and Batman and you  -- Austin Grossman; title: On the Hulk: you wouldn't like me when I'm angry  -- Delilah S. Dawson; title: Dented hearts: a story of Iron Man  -- Anthony Breznican; title: The weight of four-color justice  -- Christopher Golden; title: Daredevil, Elektra, and the ninja who stole my virginity  -- Jamie Ford; title: Everything I know about love, I learned from Gambit and Rogue  -- Karina Cooper; title: Spider-Manhattan  -- Scott Westerfeld; title: How I spent my summer vacation with the Judas Contract  -- Brad Meltzer; title: How Batman saved my life  -- Joe R. Lansdale; title: All the world is waiting for you  -- Carrie Vaughn; title: The devil inside: how Matt Wagner's Grendel saved my life  -- Brendan Deneen; title: You never forget your first time  -- Neil Gaiman; title: We are not Amazons  -- Leigh Bardugo; title: Weapon X  -- Ron Currie, Jr.; title: Wonder Woman  -- Jodi Picoult; title: God of thunder  -- Kevin Seccia; title: Underdog and me  -- Martin Kihn; title: Superman: one rad dude  -- Jim Di Bartolo; title: Some interstitial thoughts on the In-Betweener  -- Charles Yu; title: Becoming Bethany: a life in seven deaths  -- Alethea Kontis; title: Swashbuckle my heart: an ode to Nightcrawler  -- Jenn Reese; title: The hero I needed -- Liesa Mignogna.