![]() ![]() ![]() Hes a scientist and a superhero So when his beloved citys parks and playgrounds mysteriously disappear, its up to Maleek and his robot Marvyn to save the day. This makes a good addition to the African American superhero genre, along with Brian Pinkney’s The Adventures of Sparrowboy (1997) and Marc Tauss’ Superhero (2005). So when his beloved citys parks and playgrounds mysteriously disappear, its up to Maleek and his robot Marvyn to save the day. Every kid wants to be a SUPERHERO Maleek may be a small boy in a big city, but hes no ordinary kid. Most backgrounds are black (suggesting the void of space) and contrast nicely with the neon-hued figures. Harrington’s boldly colored artwork exhibits a flat, retro style well suited to the comic genre. Young readers with a passion for superheroes are sure to identify with Q, whose mind is certainly well developed to be able to dream so coherently. Super-Q discovers a switch that keeps the robots under the control of an unseen, alien power flipping it off frees the robots, who are now able to help Super-Q and Brian to successfully complete their mission of saving the sun and, thus, the Earth. On this particular night, the pair encounters alien robots that have stolen the sun. Once asleep, Qadeer becomes Super-Q, a fearless hero with a faithful, Tyrannosaurus rex sidekick, Brian. Every night at bedtime, Dad describes a fantastic scenario to his son, Qadeer, so that the boy can dream an adventure. ![]()
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