Table of Contents
Preface.
A Word about the Law.
Introduction: Men of Steel, Feathers of Fury ( Dean Koontz).
Chapter 1. More Powerful than a Speeding Locomotive: Superman.
Chapter 2. Rays—Cosmic and Gamma: The Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk.
Chapter 3. The Dark Knight: Batman.
Chapter 4. Under the Sea: Aquaman and Sub-Mariner.
Chapter 5. Along Came a Spider: Spider-Man.
Chapter 6. Green Lanterns and Black Holes: Magic, Science and Two Green Lanterns.
Chapter 7. Of Atoms, Ants, and Giants: Ant Man and the Atom.
Chapter 8. Fast, Fast, Fast: The Flash.
Chapter 9. Good, Evil, and Indifferent Mutants: The X-Men.
Chapter 10. Mysteries in Space: Science Fiction Superheroes.
Chapter 11. The Right Stuff: Donald Duck.
Appendix A: Who Missed the Cut?
Appendix B: The Professionals Speak.
Bibliography and Reading List.
Acknowledgments.
Index.