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WELCOME TO THE SECOND �GOLDEN AGE� OF SUPERHEROES AND HEROINES Superheroes have come a long way since the �Man of Steel� was introduced in 1938. This brilliant new collection features original stories and novellas from some of today�s most exciting voices in comics, science fiction, and fantasy. Each marvelously inventive tale shows us just how far our classic crusaders have evolved�and how the greatest of heroes are, much like ourselves, all too human. In �Call Her Savage,� MARJORIE M. LIU enters the dark heart of a fierce mythic heroine who is forced, by war, to live up to her own terrible legend. In �A to Z in the Ultimate Big Company Superhero Universe (Villains Too),� BILL WILLINGHAM presents a fully-realized vision of a universe where epic feats and tragic flaws have transformed the human race. In �Vacuum Lad,� STEPHEN BAXTER unveils the secret origins of the first true child of the space age�and disproves the theory that �nothing exists in a vacuum.� In �Head Cases,� PETER DAVID and KATHLEEN DAVID blast through the blogosphere to expose the secret longings of a Lonely Superhero Wife. In �The Non-Event,� MIKE CAREY removes the gag order on a super-thief named Lockjaw . . . and pries out a confession of life-altering events. Also includes stories by Mike Baron � Mark Chadbourn � Paul Cornell � Daryl Gregory � Joseph Mallozzi � James Maxey � Ian McDonald � Chris Roberson � Gail Simone � Matthew Sturges . . . and an introduction by Lou Anders, �one of the brightest and best of the new generation of science fiction editors� (Jonathan Strahan, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year).