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Superheroes: An Analysis of Popular Culture's Modern Myths    by David Reynolds
Price: $3.99 USD. 37290 words. Published on April 6, 2011. .

A scholarly interrogation of popular North American superhero narratives, such as those of Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman, provides insight into how media’s messages influence the culture’s ethical values. As an extension of ideas presented by Friedrich Nietzsche, Joseph Campbell, and Umberto Eco, this dissertation argues that superhero tales must be regarded as modern mythology.
The Incarnations of Death    by Ken La Salle
Price: $2.95 USD. 24700 words. Published on April 20, 2011. .

Death can never be defeated and when Robert Erwon Mitchel does just that he sets off a chain of events that give birth to a new breed of superheroes. Now it is up to these heroes - Night Stalker, Fade, and Force - to find a way to stop the insane replacement for Death, one who can wipe out entire cities at a whim and who is hunting down the scientist who killed his predecessor!
Don't Mess With Justice: A Super Hero Story    by Rebecca M. Senese
Price: $2.99 USD. 11160 words. Published on June 8, 2011. .

When all the Super Heroes vanish overnight, ordinary cleaning lady Edith Buttress lays down her mop and picks up the dustpan of Justice! "Don't Mess With Justice" is 10,752 words.
Plantgirl    by M. Pax
Price: Free! 5160 words. Published on June 30, 2011. .

Ba Rainy's life comes under new management. She's hopeful to gain some super powers or some sort of miracle from the Miracle Gro in her shoes. Short fiction. About 1300 words. Contemporary fantasy. Free.
The Case of the Claw    by Keith R. A.  DeCandido
Price: $3.99 USD. 72270 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on July 2, 2011. .

The mutated spree killer known as the Claw has returned, leaving bloody victims all over Super City, giving the Homicide detectives of the SCPD with the deadliest case of their careers. The Superior Six claim they'll stop the Claw—but they're busy fighting the Brute Squad and stonewalling the cops. The SCPD must find out the Claw's deadly secret, before he claims another victim
Do Super Heroes Eat Healthy? Los Super Héroes Comen Frutas y Verduras?    by Magda Ayerbe and Linda Norquist
Price: $0.99 USD. 990 words. Published on August 14, 2011. .

D-Rex Boy and PrincessA are brother and sister who use their imagination to become super heroes. They discover that they need to eat healthy to keep their powers. D-Rex Boy y PrincessA son dos hermanitos que utilizando su imaginación se convierten en super héroes y descubren que deben comer saludablemente para mantenerse sanos y fuertes y no perder sus super poderes. English/Spanish ebook
Horace the Strong    by Mark Lopez
Price: Free! 50 words. Published on December 11, 2011. .

Who can leap over tall buildings in a single bound, or in this case save a little boy from heartbreak with the power of his heart? None other than Horace the Strong! Like the book? Review it!
The Paperweight Doctors    by Francisco Mejia
Price: $0.99 USD. 66130 words. Published on January 14, 2012. .

An American satellite falls from space and crashlands onto an island off the coast of Brazil. Sabotage or technical malfunction? The government hires a team of specialists called the Gray Platoon to recover the satellite, all of them gifted with peculiar, uncanny abilities: one is able to shrink at will; another has the power to metamorphose into any shape she chooses; another has the capability to increase in body mass, every member donating his own special attributes to the team. On the island, called Pêlo de Deus, the Gray Platoon, under the terse, gruff leadership of Sgt. Mick Copper, divides itself in the fantastical search for the Red Guardian satellite. They go off on their own unique, spectacular adventures and regroup at the end to confront an unthinkable, unimaginable villain Product Details
The Amelia Academy: Standards    by Paul Mundane
Price: $0.99 USD. 57310 words. Published on February 24, 2012. .

Chris Stand was once Kid Standard, sidekick to the most powerful superhuman on the planet. He left it all behind him a decade ago, and had happily slumped into obscurity since then. Chris finds himself dragged again into the world of flights and tights when an ex-villain offers him a teaching position at The Amelia Academy: a school for metahuman youth.
A.P. Fuchs Library Vol. 1, Boxed Set (The Axiom-man Saga - Four Books Plus Bonus Short Story)    by A.P. Fuchs
Price: $7.99 USD. 246580 words. Published by Coscom Entertainment on March 2, 2012. .

One night Gabriel Garrison was visited by a nameless messenger who bestowed upon him great power, a power intended for good. Once discovering what this power was and what it enabled him to do, Gabriel became Axiom-man, a symbol of hope in a city that had none.