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Super hero origin stories / by Michael Robin, with Noah Smith and Nathanael Katz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : Downtown Bookworks, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781950587254
  • 1950587258
Other title:
  • at head of title: DC
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Each origin story is a thrilling, self-contained bedtime story. Baby Kal-El makes a dramatic escape from the planet Krypton, arriving on Earth in a rocket ship. Wonder Woman and Nubia are shaped out of clay by their mother Hippolyta, and given their powers by the gods. Each Green Lantern--Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Jessica Cruz--came by their power rings in interesting ways. Young super heroes will love learning about how their favorite characters came to be."--Amazon.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Picturebook Children's Favorites ROBIN MICHAEL Superheroes Checked out coloring on several pages throughout. 10/25/2023 06/24/2024 33111010993273
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Superheroes ROBIN MICHAEL Checked out 06/10/2024 33111010866693
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Picturebook ROBIN MICHAEL Available 33111009441789
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Where did Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their super hero friends come from? How did they get their powers? Who were they before they were super heroes?

Each origin story is a thrilling, self-contained bedtime story. Baby Kal-El makes a dramatic escape from the planet Krypton, arriving on Earth in a rocket ship. Wonder Woman and Nubia are shaped out of clay by their mother Hippolyta, and given their powers by the gods. Each Green Lantern--Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Jessica Cruz--came by their power rings in interesting ways. Young super heroes will love learning about how their favorite characters came to be.

Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.

Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster by special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family.

Supergirl based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster by special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family.

Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston.

Aquaman created by Paul Norris and Moulton Weisinger.

"Each origin story is a thrilling, self-contained bedtime story. Baby Kal-El makes a dramatic escape from the planet Krypton, arriving on Earth in a rocket ship. Wonder Woman and Nubia are shaped out of clay by their mother Hippolyta, and given their powers by the gods. Each Green Lantern--Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Jessica Cruz--came by their power rings in interesting ways. Young super heroes will love learning about how their favorite characters came to be."--Amazon.

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