Scarecrow's Panic Plot

by Scott Beatty, Luciano Vecchio (Illustrator)

Overview

The Scarecrow is on the loose in this exciting comics and chapter book hybrid! Now the Scarecrow has fitted the Dark Knight with a helmet that slowly gives him fear gas as part of a twisted experiment. Batman has no choice but to play along – the mask is tamper-proof and if he tries to remove it, he’ll get a toxic dose of the nightmare-inducing fumes! Will Batman outsmart the crazed villain, or will he be driven bat-bonkers?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496505149
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/08/2015
Series:	Batman: Comic Chapter Books
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	1,031,748
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Scott Beatty is the author of many Bat-Books, including The Batman Handbook (Quirk Books), the definitive guide on how to fight crime like the Caped Crusader. He is also the writer of many Bat-Tales for DC Comics, including co-scripting the best-selling Robin Year One, Batgirl Year One, and Nightwing Year One mini-series.

Luciano Vecchio currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With experience in illustration, animation, and comics, his works have been published in the US, Spain, UK, France, and Argentina. His credits include Ben 10 (DC Comics), Cruel Thing (Norma), Unseen Tribe (Zuda Comics), Sentinels (Drumfish Productions), and several DCSuper Heroes books for Stone Arch Books.

Table of Contents

Scare tactics — Fear factors — Fright fest — Aversion therapy — Fear of flying.

Interviews

Lots of Extras: Each book contains a comics glossary, visual discussion questions, and writing prompts to enhance visual literacy and improving critical reading skills. Features the world's most popular super hero, Batman, as well as popular super-villains, like Posoin Ivy and Scarecrow.

Editorial Reviews

Some may believe that the combination of comic pages and written pages would confuse the reader and deter them from the story’s plot. However, as you are taken into the world of Batman, the comic pages add to the superhero action in the story. Illustrator Lucian Vecchio chooses moments in the story that would be enhanced by colorful pages, action, and dialogue. . . .a great addition to any library’s children’s collection. Comic book fans will enjoy the superhero’s adventures and comic book readers will be interested in the combination of comic pages and a written story.

No Tights No Flying

The Comic Chapter Books are aimed at older readers, and the stories are longer and more complex. . . .The book includes 12 pages of comics, which are interspersed throughout the story. . . .There are some questions in the back to help readers focus on what’s going on in the comics, as well as a glossary of comics terms and one of unusual words.

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