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A review by wanderlustlover
Uncanny Magazine Issue 34: May/June 2020 by Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas
4.0
Spring 2021 (April);
- Specifically “Burn, or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super”
Another twist on a superhero story, I found this one charming. I'm always down for newer and different takes on superheroes and superhero stories, and Sam Wells, with the power to catch himself regularly on fire, is very much that. I love that this story is all about finding what you're good at and sticking to it. I love that he realizes being on the big, big "main team" isn't all its cracked up to be. That he gets to come full circle with the people in his office and the people in the bar, and most of all with himself.
- Specifically “Burn, or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super”
Another twist on a superhero story, I found this one charming. I'm always down for newer and different takes on superheroes and superhero stories, and Sam Wells, with the power to catch himself regularly on fire, is very much that. I love that this story is all about finding what you're good at and sticking to it. I love that he realizes being on the big, big "main team" isn't all its cracked up to be. That he gets to come full circle with the people in his office and the people in the bar, and most of all with himself.