John Wiley & Sons · September, 2003
200 pages; Introduction by Dean Koontz
A Word about the Law; Men of Steel, Feathers of Fury; More Powerful than a Speeding Locomotive: Supermam; The Superman Legend Begibs; What Makes Supermam Super?; Alien Visitors; The Drake Equation; Rare Earth? A Quextion of Gravity; Rays-Cosmic abd Gamma: The Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk; Humble Beginnings; A Fantastic Foursome; Frankenstein’s Monster - Marvel Style; The Perils of Technobabble; The GFP Hulk; The Dark Knight: Batman; A NonSuper Superhero; The Science of Batman; The Gotham Earthquake; Under the Sea: Aquaman and Sub-Mariner; Undersea Heroes; Our Aquatic Ancestors?; Breathing Underwater; Pressure; Fluid Breathing; Talking to Fish; Along Came a Spider: Spider-Man; With Great Power; The Power of a Spider?; Clones, Clones, and More Clones; Green Lanterns and Black Holes: Magic, Science, and Two Green Lanterns; Wanted: An Unlimited Power Source; The Life and Death of Stars; The Origin of Black Holes; Yellow Light; Of Atoms, Ants, and Giants:Ant Man and the Atom; Ant Man; The Square Cubed Law; The Atom; The Atom Exploded; Fast, Fast: The Flash; Introducing the Flash; Problems with Logic; The Speed Barrier; Good Evil, and Indifferent Mutants: The X-Men; A Victory Snatched from the Ashes; A Case for Evolution; The Truth about Creationism; Creating the X-Men; Mysteries in Space: Science Fiction Superheroes; Super Science without Super Heroes; The Secrets of Other Worlds, Exposed!; Doomsday on Earth; Across the Ages; The Grandfather Paradox; The Right Stuff: Donald Duck; The Real Deal; The Duck Man; Who Missed the Cut?; The Professionals Speak
Writers: Lois Gresh, Robert Weinberg, Mark Wheatley, Brett Booth, Buddy Scalera, Mort Castle, Max Allan Collins, Len Wein