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2) Shazam!
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
For one 14-year-old boy, life can be a challenge sometimes. With all of the usual crises that accompany being an adolescent, foster kid Billy has some additional obstacles in life. A chance encounter with a mystical wizard completely changes everything. And it's not long before this boy discovers that one phrase grants him the ability to make a transformation into a superhero. In fact, it couldn't be easier. All Billy needs to do is shout "Shazam!"...
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Jacob discovers clues to a mystery and stumbles upon Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. However the mystery is deeper than he had thought, as he gets to know the residents and learn about their special powers. Jacob discovers that only his own special peculiarity can save his new friends.
5) Shazam!
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Everybody a superhero inside of them, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word, this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into an adult superhero, courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart, inside a ripped, godlike body, he revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! But he'll need to master these powers quickly...
6) Madame Web
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Cassandra Webb is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead.
7) Sky High
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
When you're the son of the world's most legendary superheroes there's only one school for you - Sky High, an elite high school that molds today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The problem is that Will Stronghold has no superpowers!
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
10) Sky High
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
When you're the son of the world's most legendary superheroes there's only one school for you - Sky High, an elite high school that molds today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The problem is that Will Stronghold has no superpowers!
11) The Unhealer
Description
Kelly has a compulsive eating disorder which has him bedridden. When his single mom witnesses a faith healer perform a miracle, she hires him to lay hands on Kelly. The healing ritual works, and Kelly gains unexpected supernatural powers; any pain inflicted on him is instead felt by his aggressor. When his lifelong tormentors run Kelly over in their car, his powers transfer the injuries to the driver. Kelly's bullies blame him for their friend's death...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Doom patrol reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of Super Heroes: Robotman aka Cliff Steele, Negative Man aka Larry Trainor, Elasti-Woman aka Rita Farr and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Niles Caulder aka The Chief. Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities, but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found their purpose through The Chief,...
13) Super buddies
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
An ordinary day at Fernfield Farms turns extraordinary when Budderball, Mudbud, B-Dawg, Buddha and Rosebud discover mysterious rings that grant them each a unique super power. Before you can say, 'Buddies, assemble,' the pups unleash their amazing abilities and race to the rescue when a shape-shifting bully from outer space threatens the planet. But can they succeed in kicking major tail without revealing their new secret identities?
14) Fantastic 4
Description
After exposure to cosmic radiation, four astronauts become the most remarkable, if not most dysfunctional, superheroes of all time. Reed Richards is the leader of the group and gains the ability to stretch all parts of his body, he takes the name Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire,...
Series
Heroes volume 1
Description
Niki harbors a secret dark side, cheerleader Claire heals from any injury, Japanese Dilbert Hiro can bend time and space, Senatorial candidate Nathan is able to fly, his brother Peter can copy others' powers, Matt is a cop who can read minds, and junkie artist Isaac sees the future. While Claire and Hiro explore the potential of their new powers. Niki and her son try to elude some hired thugs and end up overwhelmed by her dark side. Suresh searches...
16) Super buddies
Pub. Date
2013
Description
An ordinary day at Fernfield Farms turns extraordinary when Budderball, Mudbud, B-Dawg, Buddha, and Rosebud discover mysterious rings that grant them each a unique super power. Before you can say 'Buddies, assemble, ' the pups unleash their amazing abilities and race to the rescue when a shape-shifting bully from outer space threatens the planet. But can they succeed in kicking major tail without revealing their new secret identities?
Series
Doom Patrol television volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Season three opens on the culmination of Dorothy's confrontation with the Candlemaker that leads to a devastating loss. The Doom Patrol is at a difficult crossroads and each member struggles to face who they are and who they want to be. And things get a whole lot more complicated when Madame Rouge arrives in a time machine with a very specific mission if only she could remember it.