"Do You Dream in Silver?"

The Ultimate Silver Surfer (trade paperback and mass-market paperback); Stan Lee, editor; Boulevard Books (1995). You don't have to know anything about the Silver Surfer or Marvel continuity in general to follow this story, which mainly concerns a lonely girl watching television. So run out and buy the book with confidence, Mr. and Mrs. Mainstream America. Even non-fanboys will be able to appreciate its sensitivity and drama.

"One for the Road"

The Ultimate Super-Villains (trade paperback); Stan Lee, editor; Boulevard Books (1996). I love this story, but then again, I would. In the original version of this touching tale, the narrator was an alcoholic drinking gin at a bar and the proprietor was a gay man. The powers-that-be at Marvel nixed both the alcohol and homosexuality angles, so I did a top-to-bottom rewrite that came out even longer (and in some ways better) than the original.

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