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Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 9
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort's royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess emerges from the waves! Eeeeeee! Princess Posy needs their help protecting her very cute sea goats from being eaten by a very greedy kraken. But the princesses and the Goat Avenger quickly realize that fighting underwater can be tough for land dwellers, and only the mermaid Princess Posy can save the day....
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume 19
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the airport, Eugene bumps into Fun E. Racer, disguised as a flight attendant, who intends to stop him from going on vacation.
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a child, Bart King discovered he could punch people into outer space. Sadly, he lost a lot of friends that way. Today, Bart is one of the world's most in-demand superhero experts. So if you're wondering if you have what it takes to be a superhero--of course you do! All you need is a burning desire to fight evildoers.
4) G-Man
Author
Series
G-Man volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2010-]
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mikey discovers a magic blanket in his house that gives him superpowers, he becomes G-Man and helps battle villains with his friends Billy Demon, Tan Man, Sparky, and the Suntrooper.
Author
Series
DC icons volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Selina Kyle comes of age as she claws her way to the top of Gotham City's criminal underbelly and becomes Catwoman." --
Author
Series
The Academy of Metahuman Operatives volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Superhero geek Evan survives a supervillian's death ray, and is sent to the Academy for Metahuman Operatives. Unfortunately, instead of fighting bad guys, Evan finds himself blacklisted, and on the wrong side of the school's director. Can he convince his semi-retired has-been mentor to become a real hero once again?"--
8) Watchmen
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Description
As former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the Crimebusters start turning up dead, the remaining members of the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they, too, are killed.
Author
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary and emotional adventure about unlikely friends and the power of choosing who you want to be... Jamie woke up in an empty apartment with no memory and only a few clues to his identity, but with the ability to read and erase other people's memories - a power he uses to hold up banks to buy coffee, cat food and books. Zoe is also searching for her past, and using her abilities of speed and strength... to deliver fast food. And she'll...
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Buzz creates a comic book that features Buzz Boy and Fly Guy as the superheroes.
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Description
DC Comics took a bold step and renumbered the longest-running monthly comic, "Action Comics, " to #1 for the first time since 1938 as part of the DC Comics--The New 52 event. With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics legend Grant Morrison and fan-favorite artist Rag Morales. While Morrison is no stranger to writing the Superman character, having won three Eisner Award's for his work on "All-Star Superman, " "Action Comics" will...
12) Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers: the tenth epic novel
Author
Series
Captain Underpants volume 10
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
When we last saw our heroes George and Harold, they had been turned into evil zombie nerds doomed to roam a devastated, post-apocalyptic planet for all eternity. Tippy Tinkletrousers and this time-traveling hijinks prevented George and Harold from creating Captain Underpants in the first place! Now, having changed the course of human history forever, they'll have to figure out a way to change it back.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A father reads his children a bedtime story about two villains whose plot to steal money and cover everything in slime is unsuccessfully countered by every superhero until Extremely Boring Man comes along with the power to put everyone to sleep.
14) Lightning girl
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
10-year-old Aurora Beam lives at home with her utterly unremarkable family, until the day she sees her little sister being picked on in the playground and suddenly beams of light shoot out of her fingers! It's time for her parents to drop a life-changing bombshell. Mum is a secret superhero, fighting crime across the globe while Dad looks after the kids at home. As Aurora's own powers come into play, will she be able to balance her new super skills...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
193 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman reconnects with estranged family friend and real estate tycoon E. Nigma, but after he helps her earn enough for medical treatments for her mom she is attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc and upon waking after the fight she gains powers and insight she will need to make the right choices.
16) Circle of death
Author
Series
Shadow volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2088, the doomsday clock inches towards midnight. The Command, synonymously the World Destroyer, is on the loose. Not even Lamont Cranston, the Shadow's alter ego, knows who he is, but the clock is ticking as people around the world drop dead by the day, with the attack at the World's Fair the most sinister yet. It's up The Shadow and his band of allies to stop the end of the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mega Bunny loves carrots. He also loves his mega-boots, which let him hop over clouds and buildings. His dream would be to tour the world jumping from cloud to cloud, but sometimes between his carrot meals, Mega Bunny must save the world from the monstrous Mosquito Man"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
An instruction manual for aspiring superheroes that follows the adventures of action-figure Captain Magma and his sidekick/owner Lava Boy as they outsmart a villainous dinosaur, evade a bee, and save a worm from certain destruction.
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume 5
Publisher
Little Simon
Language
English
Formats
Description
Second-grader Eugene McGillicudy finds that he can tap the power of Captain Awesome without wearing the costume, as he scores a goal for his soccer team.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tom King's debut novel opens in an imaginative world of comic book superheroes struggling to take on normal lives after sacrificing their powers to save the world"--
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