And sure, the events make sense and I can easily get up to speed on some basic premise stuff, but I was also Such a baby about not being expositioned through all the other supporting characters. It's a good way to make comics accessible to kids who might otherwise be intimated by the sheer volume of Marvel comics there are out there. I barely remember the girls that Miles has to team up with from the first volume in this mini series (I do remember the guy who also helps), so it took me a moment to catch on to what was going on. It also doesn't help that I've read about 5 different Miles Morales story lines at this point, so keeping all of those versions of him, Ganke, his parents, and his uncle straight is also a challenge. The plot is fast-paced and builds towards the inevitable final confrontation between our hero and The Stranger.

He sees the human race as an abject failure and intends to wipe out one half of the global population by hypnotising the other half into murderousness. Most middle grade readers won't have read as many Miles Morales books as I have, so they likely will be able to quickly pick up on what last happened to Miles and who all the characters are. Working to unmask the Stranger (who freezes humanity because he doesn’t like human behavior) Miles and Trinity get help from Miles’ bestie Ganke and a familiar face from school, Mr. The Stranger intends to do this by infecting a new, hugely popular video game with a virus that will take over the minds of its fans.

This was such a fun read but also really moving, with some brilliant messages about mental health and dispelling toxic masculinity. The second original middle-grade full-colour graphic novel starring Miles Morales, by bestselling author Justin A.

In this book, an evil intergalactic villain named the Stranger comes to Earth, and by using some weird… video game technology…? Now, almost instantly, this book introduces the Stranger as one of the most powerful characters Miles could ever face, and even at one point states itself that Miles could never defeat him. paperback books always scare me and I was nervous the quality of the paper would be left to be desired for but that's not the case with this book and the other one onto he same league.Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. While I didn't necessarily like the villain in this one as much as the first one, we still get that signature Miles energy. A new supervillain in town, The Stranger, has hijacked a video game release and is using it to freeze people all over the world.

As with the first Miles Morales graphic novel, Shock Waves, the action is relentless and dialogue smart and funny. L'histoire m'a semblé un peu difficile à suivre en raison des personnages et de la trame des événements, car il semblait y avoir un préalable permettant de mieux comprendre le contexte. L'histoire aborde subtilement des thèmes tels que le deuil et les émotions chez les hommes, et constitue un exemple clair de représentation à bien des égards, ce qui est plus que nécessaire. This reads very much like a comic book, which is appropriate given the topic, and has lots of chase scenes, things blowing up, and action on the pages.Sadly, that final confrontation feels somewhat underpowered and anti-climatic in comparison with the preceding story.