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Apr 2, 2022 · Best superhero origin stories. News. By George Marston. published 2 April 2022. Explore where your favorite heroes came from with these best superhero origin stories. Comments. (Image...
- George Marston
Here is a flyover summary of how to write a superhero story: Write a superhero story by starting with a unique hero’s origin, crafting a compelling villain, building a supportive cast, and setting in a dynamic world. Balance action and character growth, and weave in real-world themes for depth.
- “Cookie Cutter Superhero” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
- “Boom” by Andrew Gladman
- “Geek Gurl Rising” by Chris Pourteau
- “Villainous Origins” by Jessica West
- “Lovesick: Chasing The Storm” by Agustin Guerrero
- “Flying Fast, Falling Hard” by Kim Strattford
- “Bedtime Story” by Scott Bachmann
- “The Token Superhero” by David F. Walker
- “Pygmalion” by Seanan Mcguire
- “Dream Knights” by L. A. Banks
Joey has a newfound celebrity status at school. She’s reminded of her first day when everyone was interested in her left arm. It’s her last day for at least six months. She’ll be going to live at Sky Tower with the team. Her friends speculate about who she’ll become and who she’ll be replacing. There’s a lot of uncertainty and excitement about Joey...
The narrator wakes up with a nurse looking at him. His senses are heightened. He doesn’t know what’s wrong. He was working for a man named Hunt in a lab. He’s going to be sent back. “Boom” can be read in the preview of Superhumanity: Superhero Short Stories.
Carrie sits by herself for lunch in the cafeteria. She gets harassed regularly by four popular students, and starts to view it as an experiment. She plans different ways of responding to them to see how they’ll react. Carrie is a big fan of superheroes. She heads to the library to get away from everyone. The librarian, Mr. Johns, has a surprise. Th...
A woman is making her nightly walk home through the woods. A man attacks her, but she defends herself. He’s undeterred. She thinks about the time she met someone she called Justice. It was in the woods about twenty years earlier, when she was attacked by her stepdad. This story can be read in the preview of World Domination: A Supervillain Antholog...
The narrator recounts some meetings between himself and another superpowered person. There were sparks at the first meeting. They fought and lived to fight another day. He relates the progression in their encounters. This story can be read in the preview of Powerless Against You. Find a Superhero Short Story, Cont’d
Tom Sullivan was a pilot in the Air Force; now he doesn’t need a plane to fly. He meets with Marta, the head of the Superhero Alliance. Tom has been accepted for membership. There’s a condition, though: he has to improve his fighting ability. His training is to start immediately. This story can be read in the preview of Under the Cape: An Anthology...
Liza tells her kids a Paragon adventure, a story from her old life. They’re classified, but she can omit certain details. It’s about the Serpent Lord, a man who could control minds. It started when a man named Rodney Gilliam robbed a secret lab and some other sites. The Defense Force was called in to help. “Bedtime Story” can be read in the preview...
Alonzo Ramey was born with the genetic anomaly that causes superpowers. Fortunately, his powers were of the Standard variety. His father warns him that white folks wouldn’t take kindly to a colored boy with superpowers. He ends up getting offered a position with Teen Justice Force. This story can be read in the preview of Octavia’s Brood: Science F...
At age ten, the narrator found out her mother was Galatea, the most powerful superwoman in the world. She also figured out that her father was Zenith, the most powerful superhuman. She, however, had no powers of any kind, and felt like she could never be good enough. The turning point came when her mother’s secret identity was revealed, putting her...
Cassandra walks through the sleet to her morning train. As she walks down the subway steps, she sees a Watcher. She always sees one the night before one of her dreams. Aware of her vulnerability, she takes the necessary steps. When she boards the train, there are more Watchers. Most of “Dream Knights” can be read in the preview of The Darker Mask: ...
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- X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (1982) When looking at the best Marvel Comics storylines involving the X-Men, nothing really holds a candle to the one-shot X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills.
- Vision by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta (2016) Vision is someone who has had a tough time ever since Ultron created him. He became a hero, joined the Avengers, fell in love and got married, and then had all his memories stripped from him by the U.S. government.
- Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet (2016) With Black Panther proving to be one of the most important movies the MCU made, Marvel Comics set out to do something special with his comics.
- Thor: The God Butcher (2013) Thor: The God Butcher was slightly retold in the 2022 movie Thor: Love & Thunder. However, the story in the books went much further, both into the future and the past, and presented one of the best Thor Marvel Comics storylines in the Asgardian's history.
- In a post-apocalyptic world where time is running out for the last remaining humans, two superheroes must put their differences aside to find a way to save humanity before it's too late.
- A superhero must find a way to stop a mad scientist from launching a rocket that will release a deadly virus into the atmosphere within the next 24 hours.
- In a race against the clock, a veteran superhero and a rookie sidekick must put their differences aside to stop a mad scientist from detonating a doomsday device.
- A hero and their time-traveling adversary are stuck in a small town in the past and must find a way back to the present.
Mar 16, 2017 · While we’re all a bit tired of screenwriters relying on the origin story when adapting a popular comic book character, superhero and supervillain origins are fascinating because they are typically the stories that turned ordinary folks into mythological figures.
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Dec 20, 2016 · Bam Smack Pow lists and ranks 100 of the greatest superhero stories to-date, along with reasons for their inclusion on this exclusive list.
