Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Introduction (Superheroes) • essay by John Varley
• 13 • A Clean Sweep • short story by Laurell K. Hamilton
• 19 • Time for a Hero • short story by Brian M. Thomsen
• 29 • Peer Review • novelette by Michael A. Stackpole
• 59 • Shadow Storm • short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
• 71 • Empowered • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 81 • Handing on the Goggles • short story by Brenda W. Clough [as by B. W. Clough]
• 85 • She Who Might Be Obeyed • short story by Roland J. Green and Frieda A. Murray
• 105 • And the Sea Shall Cast Him Out • short story by William Marden
• 111 • The Defender of Central Park • short story by Josepha Sherman
• 119 • Reflected Glory • novelette by Paul Kupperberg
• 153 • Super Acorns • short story by Mike Resnick and Lawrence Schimel
• 161 • Vets • short story by Richard Lee Byers
• 165 • Four Tales of Many Names • short story by Gerald Hausman
• 177 • The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 209 • God Save the King • short story by P. J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton
• 219 • Contract Hit • short story by Richard A. Knaak
• 233 • Origin Story • short story by Dwight R. Decker
• 243 • Tu Quoque • short story by John DeChancie
• 253 • Theme Music Man • short story by Jody Lynn Nye
• 263 • Bicycle Superhero • short story by Dennis O'Neil
• 275 • Captain Asimov • [Captain Asimov] • short story by Stephen L. Antczak [as by Steve Antczak]
• 293 • Press Conference • short story by Brad Linaweaver
• 301 • Basic Training • short story by Jerry Bingham
• 319 • One of the Boys • novelette by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• 341 • Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path • novelette by John Varley