The Earth has been destroyed by nuclear war and something generations ago called The Great Fire. The remnants of human society have banded together to form Camp New Hope, and the survivors fight against radioactive creatures they refer to as Haedra. During one of these skirmishes, Diana is awoken from a machine where she has slumbered for centuries. She finds no familiar faces, just familiar skeletons of her fallen comrades. As she pieces together the nature of the disaster, she decides humanity’s best hope may be in venturing to Themyscira, which surely survived the nuclear war.
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Illustrated by Bruno Chiroleu, colored by: Jordan Hart, lettered by Oceano Ransford
George is trying to live his life under the radar as much as possible. He wants to write the next great American novel, but many of life’s worries pile up and cause crippling writer’s block. For starters, he’s living in a trailer behind his parent’s house, he has a year left under their insurance, and he’s developed type 1 diabetes. While most adults don’t develop type 1 later in life, George’s diagnosis came with another development: impenetrable skin and near imperviousness to damage. One day, he crosses paths with a local super hero who desperately tries to convince George his fellow humans need him. Other than the normal fears for becoming entangled in superhero dealings, George worries about his blood sugar crashing or needing his glucose pen at an inopportune time. He also worries how superhero life will impact his ultimate goals of becoming a writer and paying off his mounting medical debt. 
Ills. by Hendry Prasetya
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 7/10 Suitability Level: Grades 6-12 Publisher: IDW Publishing Publication Date: October 7, 2025 ISBN: 9798887243610 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 7/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Comicbooks, Action Adventure, Superheroes, Adaptations, IDW 
Illustrated by Hachi Mizuno
School Library Journal review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grade 4-7 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: July 8, 2025 ISBN: 9781974754731 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Manga, Action Adventure, Superheroes, Friendship, School Life, VIZ Media 
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: July 15, 2025 ISBN: 9781974751457 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Demons, Humor, Superheroes, VIZ Media 
by Hiroshi Higuchi, Koji Yasue, Miyako Kojima, Reiji Hagiwara, Rei Nakahara, Hirofumi Ichikawa
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: November 12, 2024 ISBN: 9781974749935 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Superheroes, Story Collection, VIZ Media 
Vol 2: Clashing Colors
Ashley has grown up a little bit and has a better suit thanks to her adoptive parents. She can mix and match some paint colors to blend up to three at a time, mixing her superpowers into a cocktail depending on what the situation calls for. But, her scummy bio dad knows her secret identity, and he keeps calling her from jail blackmailing her to break him out or risk having her secret exposed. Trying to push him from her mind, Ashley thinks she needs a fantastic moment prove herself to the Teen Titans so they'll let her on the team. 
Adapted by Koma Warita, illustrated by Riku Tsuchida
Guarding the streets of Paris is the adorable duo, Ladybug and Cat Noir, whose secret identities are teenagers Marionette and Adrien. When they’re not their superhero selves, Marionette tries to navigate being a teenager, which means babysitting, dealing with class projects with the stuck up preppy girl, and trying to confess her feelings for Adrien. Meanwhile, Adrien tries to deal with his crush on Ladybug! Around them, folks continue to have their strong emotions exploited by Hawk Moth, the sworn enemy of Ladybug and Cat Noir, who sends forces to transform these passionate folk into monsters bent on capturing our heroes’ miraculouses - the source of their transformation power. 
In a war-torn desolate future, a small group of humans fights desperately against an endlessly replicating monster that seems to have only one weakness: adamantium. With only a few adamantium bullets left, they decide their last hope is to rip a warrior from his timeline. A young girl reaches back into our time and pulls Wolverine forward, but he struggles against her efforts and lands outside their shelter in the wasteland that used to be a city. They rescue him and he sees first hand the terrible enemy they're up against. Wolverine could demand to be sent home, but that means abandoning them to these creatures. Instead, the hero and what's left of these rag-tag warriors must mount a last-ditch, all-out assault against the source of their enemies, hoping they can stop the plague and rebuild their society.
Vol 4: Robin, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo
Picking up right where Beast Boy Loves Raven left off, the teens survive a night in the wilderness hiding from H.I.V.E., but they won’t last long on their own. Max calls her mother, Natalia, and they find a vacation rental in Georgia where they can lay low and avoid Slade. At the house, Natalia helps each teen train their individual powers for better control and to use them to their advantage. Gar decides it’s time to make up with his parents, and he calls them down to the Georgia coast to confront them about what they were doing and what they know about H.I.V.E.. Unknown to them, Damien’s adoptive brother, Dick Grayson, tracks his brother to the beach house and wants to stay and help them out, which enrages Damien. The two decide to settle it over some friendly challenges: hacking, parkour, target practice, and batarang throwing. The group also soon find out that Slade is interested in a girl in L. A., so they pack up and try to get to her before he does. 
Vol 3: Beast Boy Loves Raven, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo
Raven and Gar are on their way to Nashville, separately, but to see the same person, someone named Slade who can help them with their powers. Unbeknownst to Raven, her adoptive foster sister, Max is also tagging along to make sure she’s safe. Once in Nashville, the two teens find out their contact is going to be two days late. They keep bumping into each other and different restaurants, so Gar finally gets up the courage to talk to Raven. Their first encounter doesn’t go so well, but Gar is persistent and eventually gets Raven to come around. The two end up sharing a cheap motel room after Raven’s wallet is stolen, but she’s visited by nightmare visions of her father, Trigon, who is imprisoned in her necklace. When the date of meeting Slade finally arrives, the two go their separate ways to make their meetings. Thankfully, Damien Wayne is also in town to meet with Slade, and he’s a pretty untrusting person. He arrives in time to see Raven abducted, and mounts a rescue mission with Max to spring Raven and Gar from a secret facility.  Vol 1: Blazing Phoenix
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: Saturday AM Publication Date: July 4, 2023 ISBN: 9780760382349 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, OEL Manga, Manga, Action Adventure, Superheroes, LGBTQ+, Saturday AM 
Vol 2: The Doctor Strange of Death, illustrated by Lee Garbett and Stefano Landini, pencilled by Marcelo Ferreira, inked by Roberto Poggi, colored by Java Tartaglia, lettered by Cory Petit
Wong has discovered that pieces of his memory have been stolen, so he seeks out some help from the Scarlet Witch in order to recover what he has lost. Some of what is lost could help uncover what the Blasphemy Cartel is and what they've been up to. Clea and The Harvestman must work together to stop the scheme of the Cartel, but Death, who the Harvestman answers to, has a thing or two to say about this team-up.
Vol 1: Leaping into the Light, illustrated by Bruno Redondo, Rick Leonardi, Neil Edwards, Adriano Lucas, Scott Hanna, Andy Lanning, lettered by Wes Abbott
Dick Grayson returns to his beloved city of Blüdhaven to find that the city has elected a Zucco as mayor. He is instantly on edge because a Zucco murdered his parents years ago. At the same time, Grayson has inherited quite a bit of money, so after some introspection, he decides to use it for the homeless in the city, starting with inviting lots of hungry folks to grab slices of pizza. During the celebratory mood, Dick's wallet gets swiped. He enlists Barbara Gordon, aka Oracle aka Batgirl, with her enormous repertour of tech gadgets and knowhow, to help him track down the wallet-snatcher AND figure out why a Zucco is mayor. Along with all of this is the introduction a new villain, so Nightwing and Batgirl have their hands full in this adventure! |
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