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The 2nd book in the WORKING-CLASS SUPERHEROES series.Army vet Dwayne Sullivan has escaped from prison in order to keep an other-dimensional artifact out of the wrong hands. To do this, he needs the help of superheroes, powerful meta-human do-gooders who are the heart and soul of Hammer City. But those heroes are being recruited by General Gordon, the very same military general who imprisoned Dwayne in the first place. Will Gordon be able to prove to his superiors that superheroes have value in the modern world? Will Speed Chicken and Cambio keep the mythical Staff of Osiris away from an alien warlord? What role will Dwayne's son Zeke, who doubles as the (super-powerless) costumed vigilante Wombat have in his father's quest?

Two superheroes become suspicious of their city's most powerful hero, the seemingly-invulnerable Magma Man, when something he says during a poker game doesn't add up. Why would he lie? Was he trying to protect someone? Was he drunk? Okay, he was probably drunk. But, is he in league with the villain? is he the villain? And if he is, how can he be stopped?Follow Speed Chicken and Cambio as they pursue the answers to these questions, putting them in cahoots with a powerless wannabe superhero named Wombat, and realize that the fate of an entire planet weighs in the balance. A comedic sci-fi adventure and the author's personal love letter to the superhero genre as a whole.

The 2nd book in the Working-Class Superheroes series.Army vet Dwayne Sullivan has escaped from prison in order to keep an other-dimensional artifact out of the wrong hands. To do this, he needs the help of superheroes, powerful meta-human do-gooders who are the heart and soul of Hammer City. But those heroes are being recruited by General Gordon, the very same military general who imprisoned Dwayne in the first place. Will Gordon be able to prove to his superiors that superheroes have value in the modern world? Will Speed Chicken and Cambio keep the mythical Staff of Osiris away from an alien warlord? What role will Dwayne's son Zeke, who doubles as the (super-powerless) costumed vigilante Wombat have in his father's quest?

The final book in the WORKING-CLASS SUPERHEROES trilogy.Fifteen years have passed since the death of Magma Man. The world has turned its back on the group of government-sanctioned superheroes who twice saved Earth from destruction. General Gordon and Speed Chicken have gone into exile. Others have traded superheroics for more normal lives. Wombat is now a house husband who bakes muffins and drives his adopted son to school every morning, supporting his wife Towanda's career.When a planet-gobbling space slug named Slurptooth emerges to threaten the Earth, Gordon must reunite his superhero team once again. But what history does Gordon have with the Slurptooth? What role will a new team of younger, more powerful superheroes have in assisting the old(er)? And what about the daughter of Magma Man, who, until now, has been keeping her powers under wraps, afraid of being as powerful as her malevolent biological father?