- Women, Comic books, strips, Fiction, American literature
"From the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who's ever been "refrigerated": comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero's storyline will progress.
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Character-led, contemplative and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Catherynne M. Valente
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Gallery / Saga Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781481459341
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