Orem Library

"A fractal fable about the possibility and power of protest as told by three superheroes on their lunch break. In a small Midwestern town, two Asian American boys bond over their outcast status and a mutual love of comic books. Meanwhile, in an alternative or perhaps future universe, a team of superheroes ponders modern society during their time off. Between black-ops missions and rescuing hostages, they swap stories of artistic malaise and muse on...

While pursuing Chill, a mugger who murdered his parents, Bruce Wayne recalls the story of his own past and the evolution of his superhero alter ego, Batman.

Flora is a natural-born cynic. Ulysses is an unassuming squirrel. Together they will conguer villains, defend the defenseless, and protect the weak.

Supernana's amazing abilities may not be enough when a villain with a shrink ray threatens the city, but her granddaughter Julia knows Supernana's greatest superpower is storytelling--or is it?

Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt criminals with a single touch.

A volume of humorous poems about a group of oddball B-list superheroes in need of work introduces such haphazard wannabes as Blunder Woman, Muffy the Vampire Sprayer, and the Bulk.

"Captain Awesome finally meets his all-time favorite superhero, SUPER DUDE!"--

Captain Awesome (otherwise known as Eugene McGillicudy) faces his latest challenge--making it through Valentine's Day at school while trying to find out the identity of his secret admirer.

A father reads his children a bedtime story about two villains whose plot to steal money and cover everything in slime is unsuccessfully countered by every superhero until Extremely Boring Man comes along with the power to put everyone to sleep.

"Sparks are champions of (weird) science, complete with capes and costumes and amazing superpowers that only make sense if you don't think about them too hard. Darklings are creatures of myth and magic: ghosts, vampires, were-beasts, and the like. Doors creak at their approach. Cobwebs gather where they linger. Kim Lam is just an ordinary college student until a freak scientific accident (what else?) transforms Kim and her three housemates into honest-to-goodness...