Full Description
"McDaniel's language trains every particle of your attention on the surface and what stirs beneath."--C.D. Wright Inspired by the comic series The Legion of Super-Heroes, Raymond McDaniel's poems morph superheroes into religious and mythological narratives. Using a range of traditional forms--versets, kennings, and sonnets--his poems consider the history of how we look at the future and take on an almost Talmudic complexity. Raymond McDaniel is the author of Saltwater Empire and Murder (a violet), a National Poetry Series selection. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, teaches at the University of Michigan, and writes for The Constant Critic.
Contents
Secret Origins Revealed
Saturn Girl / Imra Ardeen of Titan / super-telepathy
Saturn Girl / Imra Ardeen of Titan / super-telepathy
Lightning Lad / Garth Ranzz of Winath / super-lightning
Cosmic Boy / Rokk Krin of Braal / super-magnetism
Duo Damsel / Luornu Durgo of Cargg / super-triplication powers
Phantom Girl / Tinya Wazzo of Bgztl / super-intangibility
Superboy
Superboy Does Not Love Duo Damsel
Chameleon Boy / Reep Daggle of Durla / super-shape-changing
Colossal Boy / Gim Allon of Earth / super-growth
Invisible Kid / Lyle Norg of Earth / super-invisibility
Star Boy / Thom Kallor of Xanthu / super-inducement of mass
Brainiac 5 / Querl Dox of Colu / super-intelligence
Brainiac 5 Archives the News of the World that Was
The Condemned Legionnaires
Sun Boy / Dirk Morgna of Earth / super-radiance
Shrinking Violet / Salu Digby of Imsk / super-diminution
Colossal Boy Loves Shrinking Violet
Bouncing Boy / Chuck Taine of Earth / super-elasticity
Ultra Boy / Jo Nah of Rimbor / super-assortment of super-powers
Mon-El / Lar Gand of Daxam /
Matter-Eater Lad / Tenzil Kem of Bismoll / super-digestion
Element Lad / Jan Arrah of Trom / super-transmutation
Light Lass / Ayla Ranzz of Winath / super?
Orphans
Dream Girl / Nura Nal of Naltor / super-precognition
The Menace of Dream Girl
The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion
Brainiac 5 Pitches a Hypothesis Fit
The Super-Stalag of Space
Gadget Catalogue
Ferro Lad / Andrew Nolan of Earth / super-ferrous
Karate Kid / Val Armorr of Earth / super-karate
Princess Projectra of Orando / super-illusionist
Sensor Girl / Projectra of Orando / super-mysterious
Shadow Lass / Tasmia Mallor of Talok IV / super-darkness
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Chemical King / Condo Arlik of Phlon / super-catayst
Timber Wolf / Brin Londo of Zuun / super-acrobat
Timber Wolf Loves Light Lass
Wildfire / Drake Burroughs of Earth / super-energy
Tyroc / Tyroc of Marzal Island / super-weird yells
Dawnstar / Dawnstar of Starhaven / super-tracking
Blok of Dryad / super-stone
Invisible Kid II / Jacques Foccart of Earth / super-invisibility +
Invisible Kids
Instruction for the Use of Telepathic Plug
White Witch / Mysa Nal of Naltor / super-spellcaster
The Persistence of Espionage
Wildire Loves Dawnstar
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Magnetic Kid
Polar Boy / Brek Bannin of Tharr / super-cold
Brainiac 5 Drops the Plot
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Brainiac 5 Models the Bottle City of Kandor 11
Ferro Lad Memorial Action Figure
Sense-Maps of the United Planets
Shadow Lass Loves Mon-El
What to Expect
Brainiac 5's Very Bad Valentine
