Apology Gift: The next time Danny visits Legion Tower after her fairly disastrous first meeting with the Legion, Doc Impossible fabricates a couple clothes for her.Antagonist Title: Sovereign is named after the antagonist of its book.Animesque: Doc Impossible appears to be fond of using Anime-style characters in the UI for her hypertech devices.The latter seems like a reasonable thing for a long-standing superteam like the Legion Pacifica to have on hand, but the former definitely overlaps with Crazy-Prepared.

All There in the Manual: In-universe, there is mention of an ethics manual specifically for dealing with Dreadnought's powers, and a general orientation guide for young metahumans.

Achilles' Heel: Dreadnought is incredibly resilient to physical attacks and extreme temperatures, and can hold her breath for hours at a time, but doesn't have much more resistance to electricity than a baseline human.

Her mother is either unable or unwilling to intervene, and tries to 'buy off' Danny by way of apology after particularly bad outbursts.

Abusive Parents: Danny's father is bigoted and extremely verbally abusive, to the point where she has permanent hearing damage from always being screamed at.

Her trademark 'jelly rounds' are a case in point.

Abnormal Ammo: Calamity has a wide array of ammo types for her revolvers (as well as a selection of grenades), some fairly regular, some less so.

Not to be confused with the Agatha Christie novel Nemesis.

Sovereign (July 2017) meets Danny, now an established superhero, about 9 months later, facing a new threat.

Dreadnought (January 2017) deals with Danny adjusting to her new life while trying to stop Dreadnought's murderer.

As a byproduct of the transfer Danny is transformed into her ideal self, making it impossible to hide her gender anymore. From a transgender Robin Hood playing cat and mouse with a female Sheriff of Nottingham to two girls falling in love while mourning Kurt Cobain, these stories span fairy-tales, fantasy and everything in between to explore the lives of queer teens across cultures and time.Įxpect compelling characters, vivid historical detail and of course, happy endings.Nemesis is a series of superhero novels by April Daniels.īefore dying Dreadnought, the world's greatest superhero, passes on his powers to a young closeted trans girl named Danny Tozer.

'All Out' imagines the lives of queer teens throughout history, creating a space where their stories have too often been erased. 'All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages,' edited by Saundra Mitchell.Įdited by Saundra Mitchell, this collection of short stories unites 17 authors who identify across the LGBTQ spectrum to retell some of history's most legendary tales, and spin a few of their own. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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