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Steve Frederick

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https://www.thunderboltstories.com

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Children's, Young Adult, Contemporary

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August 2025

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Steve spent his childhood waiting for a radioactive spider bite or a freak lab accident that never came. While he never developed the ability to fly or scale walls, he eventually discovered a different kind of power: storytelling.

The shift happened when his son, Ryan, exhausted Steve’s entire mental library of DC and Marvel lore. When the stories ran out, Ryan gave a simple command: "Then make some up!" That spark led to the creation of Cockroach, a hero born from father-son brainstorming sessions and perfected through years of readings at grade schools, where Steve earned the title "The Superhero Dad."

When he isn’t chronicling the adventures of unlikely heroes, Steve is a career coach, freelance writer, and community advocate in the Chicag ...more

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On Creating Cockroach, the Superhero

The story of Cockroach began when my son was in preschool. He was a real grouch in the morning, and it fell upon me to feed him breakfast and get him ready for school. I soon found that telling him stories improved his mood. He loved superhero stories, so at fires, I told him stories I remembered from the many comic books I had read as a kid. My favorites were Batman, Spiderman, and Daredevil. And Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 27, 2026 08:32 • Tags: superhero

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