Scarecrow's Panic Plot
By (Author) Scott Beatty
Illustrated by Luciano Vecchio
Capstone Press
Stone Arch Books
8th January 2015
United States
Children
Fiction
Classic European style / tradition comic books
FIC
Paperback
88
Width 155mm, Height 230mm
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
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 Flying, No Tights"
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.-- "SLJ's Good Comics for Kids blog"
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 DC Super Heroes books for Stone Arch Books.