Cannonball Read 18

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A Wonder of a Woman

Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney

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Overall, Nubia: Real One is a modern telling of the superhero genre with concerns for today. While the art was not a hundred percent “my thing” it is clever and fits the tone of the story. Robyn Smith created illustrations that are classical graphic novel with comic overtones and works as both a blanket to hold the text and characters and be independent of it. I am not sure if they have reinvented the story of Nubia (outside of probably giving her two moms and […]

It’s a bird! It’s a…” Well, you know the drill

Metropolis Grove by Drew Brockington

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I think ages strong 6-7 to aged 10 will get a kick out of this book, Metropolis Grove.  The story is simple: a new kid on the block meets the only other kids on the block on her first day in the neighborhood. Theirs is a friendship that is quickly made, along with a tree house (a little less quickly made) and one of the three does not really believe Superman is real and other knows he is as she saw him from her window […]

Truth, Justice and a Better World

Superman Son of Kal-El Vol. 1: The Truth by Tom Taylor, John Timms

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A couple of weeks ago, I got a surprise delivery — a book I had ordered back in January and completely forgotten about. And it took me a minute to remember why I had ordered it. I do enjoy comics/graphic novels, but usually Superman is not one of my “must reads.” But last year DC Comics introduced a new iteration of Clark Kent’s son Jon and people lost their minds. Jonathan Kent is not just the new Superman, he is also bisexual. Moreover, Jon is […]

Superheroes the Next Generation

Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (Teen Titans, #3) by Kami Garcia

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Finally we start to get into the meat and potatoes of the story of Raven and Beast Boy (or Garfield/Gar) with Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (Teen Titans, #3). The first two books were Raven’s story “to now” and Beast Boy’s story “to now.” In fact, the third volume starts where the other two books left off. Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo create a Before They Were the Superhero’s The Teen Titans. Garcia makes a fresh story about teens coming of age. Just because […]

Superhero 101

Naomi Season One (TV Tie-In by Brian Michael Bendis

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I am glad I was not the only one who was not completely taken with this graphic novel. The Goodreads reviews were averaging two and three for scores. Naomi Season One has almost nothing original to it. It was created to have representation of a person of color as the main character. It is filled with clichés, and steals Superman’s origin story (alien from another world, left on Earth). Naomi even learns of her alien heritage in a cave. Her white adoptive parents are typical, […]

Arkham Center for Independence? Sounds cozy….

The Oracle Code_ by Marieke Nijkamp

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I know a bit about the DC universe, but not as much as I would like. Therefore, when I saw this graphic novel, The Oracle Code_ was Barbara Gordon but in a wheelchair, I was surprised. I don’t remember that…. but then again, as said, I don’t know as much as I would like. I wondered if this was an alternative universe story, or had it happened before in other works? Either way, it is an interesting story that Marieke Nijkamp created. We find Barbara […]



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