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• The Mutant Generation: Creating Better, Stronger Superheroines • (2004) • essay by Emily Pohl-Weary
• Holy Butt-Kicking Babe, Batman!: The Comic Book Origins of TV's Superheroines • (2004) • essay by Nikki Stafford
•  ... And the Myth That Things Have Progressed (collages) • (2004) • interior artwork by Sonja Ahlers
• 'Cuz the Black Chick Always Gets It First: Dynamics of Race in Buffy the Vampire Slayer • (2004) • essay by Candra K. Gill
• Stinky Girl • (1996) • short story by Hiromi Goto
•  The Parkdale Three (comic strip) • (2004) • interior artwork by Matthew Blackett and Meagan Crump
• How to Be Your Own Superhero: A Chronicle of Fascination and Experimentation • (2004) • essay by Carly Stasko
• Her Eyes and Hair Repeat • (2004) • poem by Paola Poletto
•  Her Eyes and Hair Repeat • (2004) • interior artwork by Paola Poletto
• Diary of a Broom Girl • (2004) • short fiction by Mariko Tamaki
• Everyday Superhero • (2004) • short fiction by Rose Bianchini
•  Miniature Coloured Marshmallows • (2004) • interior artwork by Lisa Smolkin
• Ready to Be Strong? Buffy, Angelina, and Me • (2004) • essay by Nancy Gobatto
• A Manifesto for the Bitten: The Cyborg, the Vampire, the Alien and Me • (2004) • essay by Sophie Levy
• High Fashion and the Necromantic Arts • (2004) • short fiction by Daniel Heath Justice
•  Slumpyheroes • (2004) • interior artwork by Sherwin Tjia
• Faces of Gemini • (2004) • short fiction by A. M. Dellamonica [as by Alyx Dellamonica]
• Case Studies of Females with Enhanced Characteristics: Molecular Basis and Treatment Strategies • (2004) • essay by Susan Bustos
• Madame Mouth's Little Get Together • (2004) • short fiction by Carma Livingstone
• Danger Room Girls • (2004) • short fiction by Sherwin Tjia
• Suffragettes, Vigilantes and Superheroes: One Girl's Guide to Chicks in Comics • (2004) • essay by Elizabeth Walker
•  Levitation Girl in Good Afternoon America! (comic strip) • (2004) • interior artwork by Willow Dawson
• Diamond Dame • (2004) • short fiction by Emily Pohl-Weary
• Act of Grace • (2004) • short fiction by Judy MacDonald
• Divine Secrets of the Yaga Sisterhood: From Supervirgin to Supermom to Supergoddess • (2004) • essay by Sandra Kasturi
•  Medusa: Super Mom • (2004) • interior artwork by Sheila Butler
• The Smile on the Face • short story by Nalo Hopkinson
•  The Left Hand of God • (2004) • interior artwork by Shary Boyle
• Myth Girls • (2004) • short fiction by Kij Johnson
• Redhead Orphan Superheroes: Why Girls with Shady Origins and Impure Breeding Are the Ones Who Kick Ass • (2004) • essay by Catherine Stinson
• Raw • (2004) • short fiction by Zoe Whittall
• Cinematic Superbabes Are Breakin' My Heart • (2004) • essay by Lisa Rundle
•  Karate Girls • (2004) • interior artwork by Eliza Griffiths
• Bond, Jane Bond • (2004) • essay by Halli Villegas
• When I Was a Girl, I Was a Boy: My Quest for a Female Action Hero • (2004) • essay by Esther Vincent
• The Combing • (2004) • short fiction by Larissa Lai
•  Spring Roll Adventure (comic strip) • (2004) • interior artwork by Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra