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| ⚫ | ''Wearing the Cape'' is the first of a series of [[Superhero]] novels by Marion G. Harmon. Its world is our own until sometime in the late 90's, when [[Mass Super-Empowering Event|the Event]] created an [[Alternate History]]. [[Mass Super-Empowering Event|The Event]] was a worldwide sensory blackout that lasted 3.2 seconds; everyone experienced those brief seconds of sensory deprivation, and when the world came back they found that the Event had also triggered a temporary but worldwide loss of power (known as the Blackout). Most importantly, however, the Event changed The Rules. |
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| author = Marion G. Harmon |
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| genre = Superhero literature |
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| franchise = Wearing the Cape |
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| followed by = Villains Inc. |
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| publication date = July 10, 2011 |
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| ⚫ | '''''Wearing the Cape''''' is the first of [https://www.wearingthecape.com/ a series] of [[Superhero]] novels by Marion G. Harmon. Its world is our own until sometime in the late 90's, when [[Mass Super-Empowering Event|the Event]] created an [[Alternate History]]. [[Mass Super-Empowering Event|The Event]] was a worldwide sensory blackout that lasted 3.2 seconds; everyone experienced those brief seconds of sensory deprivation, and when the world came back they found that the Event had also triggered a temporary but worldwide loss of power (known as the Blackout). Most importantly, however, the Event changed The Rules. |
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In the aftermath of the Event and the Blackout, as stalled and out-of-control cars and powerless planes turned freeways and cities into death-zones, a small percentage of people reacted to the trauma and danger by exhibiting superhuman powers. Called [[Meta Origin|"breakthroughs"]], many of them exhibited powers similar to those of traditional comic-book superheroes, though others were patterned after older myths and some were just plain weird. The first recorded breakthrough, a Superman-knockoff who took the codename "Atlas", put on a jumpsuit and cape to do good in the days and weeks following the Event, setting the pattern for public-minded breakthroughs who followed. Much of the plot is driven by the separation between expectations and super-heroic reality as the main character, Hope Corrigan, gains superpowers and deals with all the changes in her life. Through her eyes, the reader sees the difference between media-driven stereotypes and the truth about the superhero profession. |
In the aftermath of the Event and the Blackout, as stalled and out-of-control cars and powerless planes turned freeways and cities into death-zones, a small percentage of people reacted to the trauma and danger by exhibiting superhuman powers. Called [[Meta Origin|"breakthroughs"]], many of them exhibited powers similar to those of traditional comic-book superheroes, though others were patterned after older myths and some were just plain weird. The first recorded breakthrough, a Superman-knockoff who took the codename "Atlas", put on a jumpsuit and cape to do good in the days and weeks following the Event, setting the pattern for public-minded breakthroughs who followed. Much of the plot is driven by the separation between expectations and super-heroic reality as the main character, Hope Corrigan, gains superpowers and deals with all the changes in her life. Through her eyes, the reader sees the difference between media-driven stereotypes and the truth about the superhero profession. |
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