Mister Invincible: Local Hero

by Pascal Jousselin

Mike Kennedy (Editor) and Pascal Jousselin (Artist)

“Mister Invincible doesn't just
fight villains. He shows us why comics delight us.” - Gene Luen Yang via
The New York Times

Bologna Ragazzi
Award Winner 2020
A Junior Library Guild
Selection 2020
Featured in The New York
Times
Booklist Starred
Review
Kirkus Starred
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Publishers Weekly Starred
Review


There's a new superhero in town -- Mr. Invincible!
Sure, he wears a mask and cape and helps widows and orphans as any
self-respecting hero would, but he also thwarts the mad scientists and bad guys
with his amazing super-power that makes him the only true comic book hero: he
can reach outside the comic strip panels to affect both space and time! By
breaking the boundaries of 'comic book physics' he and his companions are able
to do amazing things that are only possible thanks to the magic of comics! A
wholly unique and creative twist on conventional comic-book reading experience,
this wacky Middle Grade title will put your imagination to the
test!

• ISBN10: 1942367619
• ISBN13: 9781942367611
• Publish Date: 4 August 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Magnetic Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 96
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sarah Says]

Mister Invincible: Local Hero was a quick, fun and humours read. I quite liked the way Mister Invincible can reach through the story panels, breaking the fourth wall. Mister Invincible moves around the panels and pages grabbing things from the future and positioning himself perfectly to stop the bad guys.

Mister Invincible outsmarts evil supervillains (two reoccurring), befriends wayward teens who have their own superpowers and takes on one such teen as an apprentice, travels from France to America to help the president, saves cats stuck up trees – all sorts of things – Sometimes solo and sometimes with the aid of one of his sidekicks (one a local police officer and the other his superhero apprentice).

I do not know much about this series other than the synopsis grabbed my attention and that it has been translated from French. It reads like it was a weekly web or newspaper series that has been compiled and published together in a paperback format – it had major Sunday newspaper vibes for me. This book is filled with smaller standalone stories, which I think makes it a perfect coffee table book that you could pick up and read a few pages of here or there, as well as it also being entertaining enough to read in one sitting, cover to cover, as a whole.

I read this as an eARC from Netgalley and I am thinking that I will buy a printed edition when it comes out in August for my eldest son Riley, as I think he would find Mister Invincible rather fantastic!

All in all, Mister Invincible is a fun for all ages comic, that’d I recommend for anyone after some light-hearted reading.