Aces Abroad
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| Synopsis: | A collection of short stories set in a shared superhero universe. |
| Series: | Wild Cards |
| Preceded by: | Jokers Wild |
| Followed by: | Down and Dirty |
| First published: | May 1988 |
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| The Wiki Rule: | Wild Cards Wiki |
Aces Abroad is the fourth volume in the Wild Cards shared universe fiction series, edited by George R. R. Martin. It was published in 1988 and dealt with a world tour, sponsored by the United Nations and the World Health Organization, featuring many of the main characters from the previous novels and introducing new ones.
Tropes used in Aces Abroad include:
- A God Am I: A pair of Aces in Guatemala come away with this view. The Living Gods also have this. Nur Al-Allah has all of the symptoms.
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Charles Dulavier was controlled by Ti Malice.
- Big Bad: Nur-Al Allah, The Puppetman a.k.a Senator Hartman.
- Broken Aesop: Guatemala is freed from centuries of oppression via the power of its Aces. The Aces immediately restore human sacrifice.
- But I Can't Be Pregnant: Peregrine has this. Notable for happening despite her being on birth control.
- Eagle Land: Of the type 2 variety. Golden Boy is used to contrast against Type 1.
- Grand Theft Me: Ti Malice.
- Fake Nationality: Chrysalis gets called out on her pretense of being British by no less than Winston Churchill himself.
- Fantastic Racism: As always, a major part of any Joker storyline.
- Hollywood Voodoo: A surprisingly sympathetic version but still present.
- Killed Off for Real: Xavier Desmond, Nur Al-Allah
- Magical Negro: A couple of these.
- More Than Mind Control: Ti Malice, Puppetman.
- Physical God: The Guatemala Aces, the Living Gods, Nur Al-Allah seems to think he's as close to this as humanly possible.
- Villain Protagonist: Puppetman.