Meet the Super Duper Seven

I Like to Read Comics

by Tim Hamilton

The seven silliest superheroes you will ever meet! This comical comic is perfect for first and second graders.

Meet the Super Duper 7! Electro-Elephant can charge your phone. Hip-No-Hippo can put bad guys to sleep. And Hungry Kitty and her four brave birds . . . . But where are the four brave birds?

How can the Super Duper 7 stop crime when Hungry Kitty keeps eating members of the Super Duper team? Maybe a mouse named Mr. Polka dot can help!

Tim Hamilton’s funny cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker and MAD Magazine.

Comics-lovers can now share the fun with their kids, students, siblings, and younger friends who are learning to read!

I Like to Read® Comics are perfect for kids who are challenged by or unengaged in reading, kids who love art, and the growing number of young comics fans. Filled with eye-catching art, humor, and terrific stories these comics provide unique reading experiences for growing minds.

I Like to Read® Comics, like their award-winning I Like to Read® counterpart, are created by celebrated artists and support reading comprehension to transform children into lifelong readers.

We hope that all new readers will say, “I like to read comics!”

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Named to the Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice List

Genres: Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Humor, Animals, Comics, Friendship, Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

Published July 12, 2022

About the author

Tim Hamilton lives in Brooklyn, NY where he is often walking his dog and saying hi to other dogs in between saying hi to stray cats and then bandaging his hands because not all stray cats want to say hi.
His clients include: The New Yorker, The New York Times, Cicada Magazine, Dark Horse, Marvel, DC Comics, Mad Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, Lifetime, Amazon Studios, Holiday House, Fast Company Magazine and PublicAffairs.

He has written and illustrated books for young readers such as, The Big Fib, But! and Is That A Cat?

He publishes his own comic anthology, Rabbit Who Fights here: https://gumroad.com/timhamiltonrwf?so...

In 2010 
he adapted Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451″ into a graphic novel for Hill & Wang with Mr. Bradbury’s blessing. The resulting book was nominated for an Eisner award in the “Best Adaptation of Another Work” category.

Reviews

[Sarah BT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun early comic book.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Colorful and detailed illustrations, created with pen and ink, watercolor, and digital tools, make this graphic novel, part of the "I Like to Read" series, especially engaging for youngsters. The plot concerns two would-be superheroes, Electro-Elephant and Hypno-Hippo, both shown wearing costumes with a large number seven emblazoned on the front, as they embark on heroic deeds. But as they prepare to introduce readers to the other members of their team, Hungry Kitty and her four birds, they run into a bit of a problem. It seems that Hungry Kitty has lived up to her name, and the four birds have been eaten. The elephant and hippo try to recruit more members for their superhero team, but the same thing happens. Observant readers will notice that the numbers on their shirts keep changing, going to six and then five and then four. It takes some quick thinking to distract Hungry Kitty during that last iteration, but the superheroes prevail. Now that Hungry Kitty's hunger has been satisfied, maybe, just maybe they can get back to their original purpose and solve some crimes. Youngsters will gain confidence in their reading skills while perusing this book, and they will also want to revisit it to look more carefully at the pictures. The fact that silliness abounds here adds to the book's appeal.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

They start as seven superheroes: Electro Elephant who can charge your cell phone, Hypno-Hippo who can put bad guys to sleep, Hungry Kitty who is always very hungry and her four brave birds! But wait, the birds are gone. They’ve been eaten by Hungry Kitty. So the three remaining heroes advertise for new members. Polka Don shows up but they turn his polka dots down. Instead, they recruit the Three Flying Fish! That makes 6 instead of 7, so they need new shirts. By the time they get them, the fish have disappeared … the latest meal for Hungry Kitty. And then, of course, the Mighty Milk Box Twins. Surely now they can get T-shirts … oops. So guess who shows up again?

Plenty of silly, plenty of fun.

[Lisa]

Electro elephant can charge your phone with his trunk. Hypno-Hippo can put bad guys to sleep. And Hungry kitty . . . um, Hungry kitty ate the rest of the Super Duper Seven, now they need to recruit new members of the Super Duper Seven!

"Meet the Super Duper Seven" is another I like to Read Comic - Told through dialogue in graphic comic format, it's a little all over the place, but that's part of the humor. The illustrations are clever, I love the mouse who makes stuff out of string.

Crossposted to http://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com

[Victoria Whipple · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 superhero friends are trying to recruit more members to their group, but one of them keeps eating the new (small) recruits. Meanwhile, they dismiss an eager volunteer repeatedly--but he comes up with his own plan.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Super Duper Seven are superheroes, but Hungry Cat keeps eating their new members. Can they find some members that won't become a snack? It's goofy. There are panels where I wish the lines were a little crisper/bolder to help readers distinguish all the details.

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I saw is recommended on a "funny" book list, and I did laugh a time or two. I think it bothered me a bit that it was supposed to be funny that a thief kept stealing and one hero kept making him sleep.

[Kelly]

This book was really cute! I think it was so funny. And I almost didn't give it a chance, but I can imagine patrons of mine that would get a kick out of it. Once it's been out a bit longer (give other libraries more time to purchase it), I'd like to use it for my K-3 book club!

[Cara Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I checked this book out after it came highly recommended by Betsy Bird. My eight year old found it hilarious, but my 5 year old cried at the surprising demise of several characters. So, a great book for some and not the best choice for a more sensitive reader.

[Katie Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

A deeply silly and kind of dark beginning comic book about a superhero team that can't retain members because Hungry Cat keeps eating them. I love that there are different kinds of early readers now, ones with humor, diversity, comic styles etc.

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny, the Hungry Cat is the BEST!

[Ms. B · Rating 3 out of 5]

How can you be the Super Duper Seven when one of your members continuously eats members? If you know pretweens or tweens who like dark humor, give them this graphic novel.