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Max Steel, Vol. 2: Hero Overload
Maxwell McGrath is just your average 16-year-old boy…until he starts experiencing uncontrollable Turbo Energy! To control this superpower, he must merge with a know-it-all alien ultralink named Steel. Together this unlikely duo will battle to save the earth as the ultimate turbocharged superhero—MAX STEEL!
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 7, 2014
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About the author
B. Clay Moore
166 books31 followersB. Clay Moore has written comic books for virtually every major publisher, including Image Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Oni Press, Valiant Comics, Aftershock Comics, DSTLRY and Ignition Press.
Upcoming projects including LAST FLIGHT OUT OF WICHITA, from DSTLRY Media in 2025, in collaboration with Mack Chater. This is the first of two books from Moore and Chater, who combine to work under the Dead Echo Press imprint. Following that will be BLOODLAND.
Hollywood has spent a lot of money optioning Moore's work.
He lives in suburban Kansas City.
Upcoming projects including LAST FLIGHT OUT OF WICHITA, from DSTLRY Media in 2025, in collaboration with Mack Chater. This is the first of two books from Moore and Chater, who combine to work under the Dead Echo Press imprint. Following that will be BLOODLAND.
Hollywood has spent a lot of money optioning Moore's work.
He lives in suburban Kansas City.
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April 16, 2015
~2.5/5
I received this book for review, and it isn’t really something I would normally pick up. I just don’t read a lot of middle grade, cartoon network, superhero stuff.
But it was all right. The artwork was all right, the story was okay. It was pretty average for me, honestly. The humor wasn’t that great, it was a little exaggerated with the overall plot predictable. The moral lesson at the end was good, although it was pretty much just tacked on to the last two pages.
But I do think that elementary, maybe grade school, kids will enjoy it. I’m just not the target audience.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, and Erik Jansen from MediaLab PR. Thank you so, so much!
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
I received this book for review, and it isn’t really something I would normally pick up. I just don’t read a lot of middle grade, cartoon network, superhero stuff.
But it was all right. The artwork was all right, the story was okay. It was pretty average for me, honestly. The humor wasn’t that great, it was a little exaggerated with the overall plot predictable. The moral lesson at the end was good, although it was pretty much just tacked on to the last two pages.
But I do think that elementary, maybe grade school, kids will enjoy it. I’m just not the target audience.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, and Erik Jansen from MediaLab PR. Thank you so, so much!
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
May 12, 2015
A blend of superhero and science fiction, this series is based on a toy. There are a few awkward plot holes, including in the big climactic battle. [If super-powered gauntlets only have a certain effect when used in pairs, don't show someone winning the battle with just one, okay?]
The artwork is good enough, and there's some odd slapstick comedy with visual effects that are matchingly funny.
Overall, it's not great, but good enough that kids might read and enjoy it, if they're familiar with the toy.
The artwork is good enough, and there's some odd slapstick comedy with visual effects that are matchingly funny.
Overall, it's not great, but good enough that kids might read and enjoy it, if they're familiar with the toy.
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