Varley admits in his introduction that is is not really very familiar with this sort of thing, and it would appear to show in the result. The story average is 3.28.
So, a lot of average/ordinary, and a small number that flat out really don't belong.
Still, it is buy no means bad, and some good stories, just average taken as a whole, and without the shouldn't have been there stuff, would have gotten a 3.5.
Superheroes : 01 A Clean Sweep - Laurell K. Hamilton
Superheroes : 02 Time for a Hero - Brian M. Thomsen
Superheroes : 03 Peer Review - Michael A. Stackpole
Superheroes : 04 Shadow Storm - Mickey Zucker Reichert
Superheroes : 05 Empowered - Alan Dean Foster
Superheroes : 06 Handling On the Goggles - B. W. Clough
Superheroes : 07 She Who Might Be Obayed - Roland J. Green and Frieda A. Murray
Superheroes : 08 And the Sea Shall Cast Him Out - William Marden
Superheroes : 09 The Defender of Central Park - Josepha Sherman
Superheroes : 10 Reflected Glory - Paul Kupperberg
Superheroes : 11 Super Acorns - Mike Resnick and Lawrence Schimel
Superheroes : 12 Vets - Richard Lee Byers
Superheroes : 13 Four Tales of Many Names - Gerald Hausman
Superheroes : 14 The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass - Roger Zelazny
Superheroes : 15 God Save the King - P. J. Beese and Todd Cameron Hamilton
Superheroes : 16 Contract Hit - Richard A. Knaak
Superheroes : 17 Origin Story - Dwight R. Decker
Superheroes : 18 Tu Quoque - John DeChancie
Superheroes : 19 Theme Music Man - Jody Lynn Nye
Superheroes : 20 Bicycle Superhero - Dennis O'Neil
Superheroes : 21 Captain Asimov - Steve Antczak
Superheroes : 22 Press Conference - Brad Linaweaver
Superheroes : 23 Basic Training - Jerry Bingham
Superheroes : 24 One of the Boys - Lawrence Watt-Evans
Superheroes : 25 Truth Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path - John Varley
Captain Housework is out of dirty villains, and left with dirty dishes and floors.
3 out of 5
Psychologically invented hero for dirty bomb job.
4 out of 5
An outlaw hero is called to account for his actions while removing a boy from a cult compound at the request of his father and the boy himself, to enable the boy to give a life-giving biological donation to his dying sister.
4.5 out of 5
A girl forced to live with her mother and her bastard new abuvie man discovers the real father she actually likes is a superhero.
3.5 out of 5
A new hero decides he'd rather avoid lawyers, insurance and the media by relocation.
3 out of 5
A granddaughter cleaning up and going to throw out some old books is reprimanded by her grandfather, the owner.
He explains why via his teleportation ring.
3.5 out of 5
A woman has the Voice and tries to help other females.
3 out of 5
A torrid affair between a Sun hero and a Sea villain at the Extraodinary Talents Haven island.
3.5 out of 5
Russian forest spirit not too impressed with city recreation area, but thinks crimefighting violence should be loads of fun.
3 out of 5
Superman vigilante saves a publicist who then works for him, and his take no prisoners style rubs off when he decides he has had enough killing and wants to hang up the costume.
4 out of 5
Doctor for superkids tells his mum it is boring.
2.5 out of 5
Don't cheat on your stressed out overworked superhero husband unless cremation is your preferred form of funeral.
3.5 out of 5
Native American hero fables.
3 out of 5
Man mauled by bear shows extraordinary endurance.
3 out of 5
Arthur would now rather work at tax office than put up with Merlin's stuff, suggests finding a new bloke.
3.5 out of 5
City mayors treat superheroes and villains like baseball players it seems, complete with sidekicks to be named later.
4 out of 5
The opportunity to be Captain Swastika is not very appealing, despite the powers.
3.5 out of 5
Defeated alien race have infiltrators on earth with a breeding program involving humans t o try and eventually recapture their home galaxy. However, their enemies have found them.
3.5 out of 5
Petty superpower occasionally useful, even in a dangerous situation like a bank robbery.
3 out of 5
Car chase and other heroic acts are all in his mind.
2.5 out of 5
A robot gets heroic, even in costume, briefly.
3 out of 5
The conflict between two superhumans has destroyed a city, leaving the President powerless to do anything, and then more of them turn up.
4 out of 5
Once in a decade harsh, pointless test.
2.5 out of 5
A woman on the trail of a secret identity finds out that an alien hero keeps to himself for very good reasons.
3.5 out of 5
Alien boy lands in the Soviet Union, becomes a good, but really dumb dob in anyone type communist. Basically ends up in prison a lot.
3 out of 5
3 out of 5
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