The Normals
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  • Reads 20,438
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  • Parts 30
  • Time 3h 3m
Complete, First published Nov 28, 2012
Marianne Averrige is not like other superheroes. Her costume isn't made of flashy skintight spandex. Her hair doesn't flow in waves of glorious curls. And her powers... well... they kind of don't exist.

To tell the truth, Marianne isn't even really a Super. She's a Normal. She spends her time performing small rescues for ordinary people down in the corners of Fantastic City -- the kind of people that ordinary Supers don't have time for. And even if she calls herself a Super, she knows, deep down, that they don't care about her at all. 

But that isn't enough to discourage her from pursuing her childhood dream.

By any means possible. 

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