History Literature / SuperheroesAnonymous

* BeneficialDisease: The Mobium gives Gail [[ComboPlatterPowers accelerated healing, super-strength, killer abs, heightened senses, and AwesomenessByAnalysis]]. It also gave her cancer. [[spoiler:Until it's revealed that the cancer is a cover story by Lemuel to keep her from recognizing the other effects of her powers]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: Dr. Mobius' latest serum does this to Plain Jane and Blaze. Vicki is distraught but Guy is happy to be normal again. Vicki later discovers she has been BroughtDownToBadass and is somewhat comforted. [[spoiler: Eventually both of them are cured.]]

* CaptainErsatz: Kurt Davenport/the Raptor is very obviously based on a certain famous cowled hero.

* LegacyCharacter: The Raptor. The original Raptor died years ago. His daughter took up the mantle and is currently grooming one of her children to replace her. The general public is unaware due to padded costumes and voice modulators. [[spoiler: in the Third book it is revealed that she doesn't want her son following in her footsteps and has selected Gail as her successor. In the Fourth book Jessie Davenport retires and Gail officially becomes Raptor.]]

** In the third book Supervillainess Chelsea confesses she can't sleep on ordinary mattresses after her time in Detmer and Gail admits she has dreams about the thread count of the sheets.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: We are never told what institute of higher learning conferred 'Doctor' Mobius' degree.

''Superheroes Anonymous'' was followed in 2015 by ''Supervillains Anyonmous'', wherein Gail learns that her kidnapping may not have been random, that the jail for supervillains is surprisingly comfortable, and that there are sinister conspiracies underneath the surface of the superhero community. In the third novel of the series she learns ''How To Save The World''. And in the fourth she embarrasses herself and her mentor with ''#HEROFAIL''.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Dr. Mobius' latest serum does this to Plain Jane and Blaze. Vicki is distraught but Guy is happy to be normal again.
** Vicki later discovers she has been BroughtDownToBadass and is somewhat comforted.

''Superheroes Anonymous'' is a 2014 superhero novel by Lexie Dunne. Gail Godwin is the administrative coordinator of Mirror Reality, the woman behind the scenes ensuring that all of the work actually gets done. Unfortunately, she's also known as Hostage Girl, designated target of any supervillain looking to make a name for themselves by kidnapping and threatening her. She has her own personal superhero, Blaze, who rescues her every time, but it's far from an ideal situation as she's frequently in the hospital recovering from the kidnappings, and she can't afford to leave the job she hates because they provide excellent medical insurance. One day, her boyfriend of several years (definitely not Blaze despite superficial resemblances) and Blaze suddenly move to Miami, leaving Gail to try to make a life of her own without being kidnapped every week. Unfortunately, not every villain has gotten the memo that Hostage Girl is no longer being saved, and one villain's attempt to addict Gail to a radioactive substance turns out to have unexpected consequences.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Raptor. Sharkman.