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Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
After a social worker alerts him to a racket in child abuse, Batman goes to war. He flies to Udon Khai in Southeast Asia and stirs up a revolution to destroy an international ring enslaving children for sex. By the author of Footsteps of the Hawk.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
Author
Series
Crescent Moon Kingdoms volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2013, ©2012
Language
English
Description
Three superheroes in the Crescent Moon Kingdoms bound together by a series of magical murders must work together in a race against time to prevent a sorcerer's plot from destroying the world.
Series
Wild cards volume 23
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Officer Francis, vigilante joker "The Infamous Black Tongue," and ace thief Tesseract are forced by a cold-blooded Baba Yaga into an illegal fight ring as part of her effort to placate a vicious monster from another dimension.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From Stan Lee, the pop culture legend behind Marvel's The Avengers, Black Panther, X-Men, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and Iron Man, comes a major literary event featuring two heroic teenagers-one born with extraordinary gifts, one unwillingly transformed. Together they can change the world . . . or put it in the destructive hands of a danger beyond imagination"--
6) Bystander 27
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Who will save us from the heroes? For ex-navy SEAL Jon Hayes, the super-powered 'costumes' are just part of ordinary life in New York City--until the day his pregnant wife Melanie is senselessly killed in a clash between Captain Light and the Jade Shade. But as Hayes struggles to come to terms with his loss, and questions for the first time who the costumes are and where they come from, the once sharp lines of reality begin to blur... If Hayes wants...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
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
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people have been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit that they faked the death of the legendary superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city thirty years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero's five years of cleaning up Chicago's streets....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
For centuries, the Chieftain of Wakanda (the Black Panther) has gained his powers through the juices of the Heart-Shaped Herb. Much like Vibranium, the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda. But something is wrong. The plants are dying. No matter what the people of Wakanda do, they can't save them. And their supply is running short. It's up to Shuri to travel from Wakanda in order to discover what is killing the...
Author
Series
Golden arrow mysteries volume 1
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"MG Martin lives and breathes geek culture. She even works as a writer for the comic book company she idolized as a kid. But despite her love of hooded vigilantes, MG prefers her comics stay on the page. But when someone in LA starts recreating crime scenes from her favorite comic book, MG is the LAPD's best--and only--lead. She recognizes the golden arrow left at the scene as the calling card of her favorite comic book hero. The thing is...superheroes...
Author
Series
Stan Lee's The devil's quintet volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A five-person special ops unit, composed of a diverse assortment of former Navy SEALS from all walks of life, are responding to a terrorist threat deep in the Caucasus Mountains when their mission goes south in a big way. Facing certain death and torture, they're unexpectedly offered a Faustian bargain by the Devil himself, who grants them unearthly powers in order to send evildoers to Hell on his fiendish behalf. But "The Devil's Quintet" do things...
Author
Series
Zoey Ashe novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman suddenly in charge of the most decadent city in the world. And her very smelly cat. Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. She finds herself struggling to establish rule over a sprawling empire while Tabula RaSa's rogue's gallery...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura comes Secret Identity, a rollicking literary mystery set in the world of comic books. It's 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn't care. She's an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesn't have the creative zeal of Marvel nor the buttoned-up efficiency of DC, but it doesn't matter. Carmen is tantalizingly close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book. That...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
After their triumph over the Big Bad Wolf, the pigs fancied themselves as crime fighters, so when the Wolf escapes the residents of Fairyland call on the brothers to capture the villain--but the Wolf is planning his own revenge (and a pork dinner) so it will be up to the cleverest pig to once again rescue his brothers and save Fairyland.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When the Avengers are assembled to contain a super threat in New York City, Spider-Man is given the most important job of all: to make sure all the Avengers' super pets are safe! Spider-Man wants in on the bad guy fighting action, but with great power comes great pet sitting"--
Author
Series
What if...? volume 1
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes"--
Author
Series
The Solvers volume Book 2
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The Solvers accidentally drink a shrinking potion, and need to learn all about fractions and decimals in order to mix an antidote to stop the evil Null Void from taking over the city in their absence.
Author
Series
The Solvers volume Book 1
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Three young, promising students of the math-centric city of Computropolis use mathematics to stop the evil Null Void who has stolen the Divmulti Ray, a laser gun that can multiply or divide anything the ray touches.
Author
Series
Team Unihorn and Woolly volume 1
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Raina the rhino, Nigel the narwhal, Shu the horseshoe crab, and Woolly the mammoth have more in common than the fact that they all have horns. (WARNING: Never try to tell Shu that hers is really more of a tail!) They were also all exposed to a Super Blood Full Moon Eclipse that gave them each strange powers. Now Shu can fly, Raina is lightning quick, Nigel has supersonic sonar, and Woolly, well, he's extra fluffy. Unfortunately, our heroes aren't...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Nia Nal's spent her whole life taking a back seat to her older sister, Maeve, who's expected to inherit their mother's Naltorian powers--the ability to see the future through dreams. They'll soon learn the dreaming powers had other plans... When Nia's hit in the face with a kickball, the powers that weren't meant for her are suddenly triggered. Saddled with guilt, Nia resolves to suppress her powers in an attempt to protect her relationship with...
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