Battling Boy
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3.8 • 13 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The adventure begins in the new graphic novel by comics legend Paul Pope.
Monsters roam through Arcopolis, swallowing children into the horrors of their shadowy underworld. Only one man is a match for them - the genius vigilante Haggard West.
Unfortunately, Haggard West is dead.
Arcopolis is desperate, but when its salvation comes in the form of a twelve-year-old demigod, nobody is more surprised than Battling Boy himself.
IT'S TIME TO MEET AN ELECTRIFYING NEW HERO.
An NPR Best Book of 2013
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The future of Arcopolis, a city under siege by daily monster attacks, is in jeopardy after its champion, Haggard West, falls in battle. Hope arrives in the form of Battling Boy, a pampered 13-year-old warrior god whose initiation into adulthood is to become Arcopolis's new protector. Even with magical powers imbued by a set of totemic T-shirts, Battling Boy grapples with both the onslaught of monsters and his newfound publicity. Meanwhile, Arcopolis' resident villains plot to keep their city hero-free, and West's daughter, Aurora, looks to take up her late father's mantle. Alt comics mainstay Pope, in his first work for young readers, trades his signature dark and heady aesthetic for a pulpy Technicolor fantasy with a flair that is expected of one of the industry's most acclaimed creators. But the book is more than just eye candy, matching its style with substance and tackling all-too-human problems (despite a cast of mostly otherworldly characters) like the fear of failure and the pressures of legacy. It's another notch in Pope's belt, and a worthy addition to any comics fan's library. Ages 10 up.
Customer Reviews
One of the worst quality digital files ever. awesome comic though.
my one star review is completely unrelated to the comic, Mr Pope who is a genius or the story which I loved. I give this such a low score because of the quality of the digital transfer. It is blurry and the colors which should be vibrant look washed out. the completely opposite is true of the printed volume. This situation can be easily remedied by the publisher by remastering the file and updating it which I strongly urge them to do. mr. Pope deserves better. If you want to see a fantastic digital conversation. Of mr pope's work, check out The One Trick Rip Off. It's gorgeous. Publisher, please update this file ASAP!