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The refrigerator monologues
First Title Value for Searching:
The refrigerator monologues
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
144 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"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. In an entirely new and original superhero universe, Valente explores these ideas and themes in the superhero genre, treating them with the same love, gravity, and humor as her fairy tales. After all, superheroes are our new fairy tales and these six women have their own stories to share"--
Contents:
The Hell Hath Club -- Paige Embry is dead -- The Hell Hath Club vs. the space-time continuum -- The heat death of Julia Ash -- The Hell Hath Club vs. the evil clown -- The tragical comedy or comical tragedy of Pauline Ketch -- The Hell Hath Club vs. the might of Atlantis -- The ballad of Blue Bayou -- The Hell Hath Club vs. the Jungian subconscious -- Daisy Green says I love you -- The Hell Hath Club vs. the girl in the refrigerator -- Happy birthday, Samantha Dane -- The Hell Hath Club vs. eternity.
Additional Credits:
Publication Info:
London ; New York : Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2017]
Subject:
Superheroes -- Fiction.
Women superheroes -- Fiction.
Short stories.
Comic book heroes
Super heroes
Comic book heroines
Super heroines
Superheroines
Women super heroes
SAILS ISBN:
9781481459341

9781481459358