Four close, quirky friends become vigilantes to purge their city of criminal chaos and political corruption. In Book I the team in blue took on a vile gang of criminals and won. But that only dented the local underworld, which was put on notice. Now our heroes have to seriously step up to take on sinister forces, darker and stronger than before, in their mission to save The City. New faces are introduced, supporting characters assume significant roles, and the team's MO begins to shift. And then there's their personal side. Will Les achieve her life ambition? Will Jay finally see the light? And Chardonnay - dear Chardonnay - will she grasp the glimmer of fulfilment that looms before her? And what about team leader Rex, the perfect imperfect man? What haunts him? And who is he to coolly put his teammates in danger? Especially now that they're dating? Join the LGBT Superheroes as they strive to prove that their whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. While, of course, wearing skin-tight cobalt blue outfits accessorized with matching gloves, masks and capes. THE LGBT SUPERHEROES! Book II is written to read like a fun, farcical movie on the page - full of action, drama, romance, humor, endearing main characters, a cool supporting cast, and engaging story lines. Diversity, acceptance and prejudice weave threads throughout, and the reader is reminded that life can be an exhilarating ride. This warm action novel is written for an accepting audience by an LGBT ally. You have permission to feel good. Own THE LGBT SUPERHEROES! BOOK II today! Everyone deserves their very own superheroes.

Ripped from the pages of New Avengers, comes an explosive hidden story of Marvel's secret past, the secret history of Marvel's most secret team - how they came together and how they are ripped apart. Plus: Spidey's got a new lease on life, new powers and a new costume, courtesy of his new best friend Tony Stark. So what could possibly go wrong? With clouds quickly building on the horizon, the bonds that Spider-Man now forges may very well determine his capacity to withstand a coming storm. The Marvel Universe is about to split down the middle, and the line is drawn here! You will be asked: whose side are you on? Collects Fantastic Four (1997) #536-537, New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot, Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #529-531.

Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and is asked to join the very League that rejected his father, and it is there that Thom finds other misfits whom he can finally trust.

Just when you thought Garth Ennis had gone too far, just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets, just when you thought no one would go near the idea of the world's first superhero prostitute... here comes The Pro.

THE HOMO HEROES is a screenplay that follows the adventurous and colorful lives of the first all gay superhero league. In a world where superheroes attract the same prestige as movie stars, a group of inexperienced gay heroes is determined to join the limelight, despite a mega-popular televangelist hellbent on destroying them all. Pride, Liberty Lez, and Drag-O-Licious (The Daredevil Drag Queen) are some of the underdog heroes in a pursuit of Truth, Justice, and Popularity. The stakes are at an all-time high as they not only battle discrimination, but also dangerous villains intent on altering the world as we know it.

This latest installment in the Psychology of Popular Culture series turns its focus to superheroes. Superheroes have survived and fascinated for more than 70 years in no small part due to their psychological depth. In The Psychology of Superheroes, almost two dozen psychologists get into the heads of today's most popular and intriguing superheroes. Why do superheroes choose to be superheroes? Where does Spider-Man's altruism come from, and what does it mean? Why is there so much prejudice against the X-Men, and how could they have responded to it, other than the way they did? Why are super-villains so aggressive? The Psychology of Superheroes answers these questions, exploring the inner workings our heroes usually only share with their therapists.

Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes. The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.