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Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Marvel)

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The story begins with Miles swinging from rooftop to rooftop, and through the streets of Brooklyn. All while he explains what it is like to adapt to his new life and powers as Spider-Man. He helps an old lady cross the street, takes selfies with fans, stops a robbery, and details that he got his newfound powers because he was bitten by a genetically engineered spider. Additionally Miles explains his relationship with Peter Parker’s Spider-Man, who is a friend and mentor. Though they stay in their own neighborhoods, Queens for Peter Parker and Brooklyn for Miles. Joe Grunenwald: How familiar were both of you with Miles and his history before taking on this graphic novel? The author makes sure that mystery and action are nicely balanced with small, personal moments, and leaves us with a nice opening at the end for more story. I was so happy to also see Ms Marvel and Squirrel Girl in the story, to remind us of how Miles and the other two are in-training at Stark Tower to get a better handle on their abilities and improve their teamwork. It’s worthwhile to note that Snow isn’t the sole villain — he’s also assisted by his two evil female interns who acquired superpowers through exposure to the terrigen mist. While there are powerful females presented such as Rio Morales and Kyle Granderson, in a narrative on finding identity, it’s detrimental to female readers to see female “supers” only written as the villains. Even with these caveats, I recommend this pop culturally relevant graphic novel for middle-grade readers because they may also be struggling to find themselves in this chaotic world much like Miles. Related Resources More information about Marvel and Scholastic’s upcoming OGNs, creative teams, and new middle grade novels will be released later this year. Stay tuned to Marvel.com and Scholastic.com for new details and look out for these titles at book stores and comic shops starting next year!

Written by Justin A. Reynolds and illustrated by Pablo Leon, the story is split into six chapters each following Miles Morales and his superhero secret identity, Spider-Man. Miles is the story’s narrator. Reynolds: The folks at Marvel were really great about giving me room to explore Miles in ways both known and unknown. Miles already has this very rich history and we just wanted to add to his legacy—to honor where he’s been and explore where he’s going.Publisher's Synopsis: An original middle-grade graphic novel from Graphix starring Brooklyn's Spider-Man, Miles Morales, by bestselling author Justin A. Reynolds and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon! This graphic novel is about when Miles Morales (aka spider-man) sets up a fundraiser party to raise money for victims of an earthquake in Puerto Rico, but then a student at his school’s dad goes missing. He has to then constantly switch between Miles and spider-man throughout the book to help find him. The plot jumps around a bit because of this which I liked because it gives the impression that Miles sort of lives two lives at once and it’s quite exciting. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds and acclaimed illustrator Zeke Peña comes the high-flying sequel to groundbreaking young adult novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man! In Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel, follow the adventures of Miles Morales, the unassuming, everyday kid who just so happens to be Spider-Man. Art style: vibrant and engaging, clearly inspired by “Into the Spider-Verse” without being derivative.

And make no mistake, teaming up with Scholastic is a license to print money. DC’s kids and YA lines have been very successful in both bookstores and even comics shops. This Marvel line will be no different.Grunenwald: Were there any particular stories or influences, Spider-Man or otherwise, that you drew from while working on the book? A teenage Spider-Man has to balance his life as a superhero with being a student at a prestigious private school. Marvel and Scholastic had previously teamed for prose novels, with one starring Shuri debuting to success earlier this year and one featuring the Avengers set to debut next month. The art warmly depicts an urban setting, using white gutters between panels in lots of different shapes, giving it a modern, fun, young feel. The art and the colors from Pablo Leon are sleek and engaging. It’s a great-looking comic, drawing inspiration from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse without relying on its style. Leon has a great eye for color and line, and he imbues his action scenes with plenty of energy and charm. Ariana Maher’s letters are clearly laid out and quite beautiful alongside Leon’s art.

When a poison tide flowing across the ocean threatens their island, Roz works with the resident creatures to ensure that they will have clean water, but the destruction of vegetation and crowding of habitats jeopardize everyone’s survival. Brown’s tale of environmental depredation and turmoil is by turns poignant, graceful, endearing, and inspiring, with his (mostly) gentle robot protagonist at its heart. Though Roz is different from the creatures she lives with or encounters—including her son, Brightbill the goose, and his new mate, Glimmerwing—she makes connections through her versatile communication abilities and her desire to understand and help others. When Roz accidentally discovers that the replacement body given to her by Dr. Molovo is waterproof, she sets out to seek help and discovers the human-engineered source of the toxic tide. Brown’s rich descriptions of undersea landscapes, entertaining conversations between Roz and wild creatures, and concise yet powerful explanations of the effect of the poison tide on the ecology of the island are superb. Simple, spare illustrations offer just enough glimpses of Roz and her surroundings to spark the imagination. The climactic confrontation pits oceangoing mammals, seabirds, fish, and even zooplankton against hardware and technology in a nicely choreographed battle. But it is Roz’s heroism and peacemaking that save the day. The PR is below, but the quote from Marvel’s vp of licensed publishing Sven Larson is on the money – Marvel has been looking to license out its iconic beloved characters to different publishers because ka-ching. After launching our prose novels with Scholastic earlier this year, we’ve seen a huge demand for more Marvel stories and entry points into the Marvel Universe,” said Sven Larsen, Vice President, Licensed Publishing, Marvel. “These middle grade OGNs are the perfect next step to bring more readers in with the visual storytelling Marvel fans know and love. We’re thrilled to build our collaboration with Scholastic and tell brand-new stories that represent the world around us, both through our characters and the creative teams behind them. We can’t wait to introduce you to this next chapter for Marvel’s heroes.”An original middle-grade full-colour graphic novel starring Brooklyn’s Spider-Man, Miles Morales, by bestselling author Justin A. Reynolds and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon! At school Miles is handing out flyers for the fundraiser and meets a new student Kyle. Miles and Kyle have art class together and they bond over their shared love and talent for art. Kyle gets a call from her father, whose boss is willing to sponsor the fundraiser.

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