Encounter Vol. 1: Out of This World

author: Art Baltazar
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.33
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2018/10/07
date added: 2018/10/07
shelves: graphic-novels, childrens
review:
'Encounter Vol. 1: Out of This World' by Art Baltazar, Franco Aureliani, and Chris Giarusso is a fun original graphic novel with a colorful new hero.

Encounter first shows up at the zoo as an egg in the giraffe pen. He hatches in to an orange and green tiny giraffe, then morphs in to all kind of things, finally settling on a superhero and cape. He finds a sidekick in a dog, which he gifts with speech and turns blue. He came to Earth with some pods to protect, and now all the bad guys are after those pods. In this volume, he fights off Gadget Man, Cold Blaze and Ribbon Rhonda among others, but what are the pods and where did Encounter come from.

Included in each issue is a fun back up story that relates to each main story, usually with Barko and his robotic dog bone treat saving the day.

I really had a fun time reading this, and it would be a great gift for an 8 or 9 year old. I liked the original idea for this hero and the hilarious alter ego that he assumes, which wouldn't seem to fool anyone, but somehow does.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Lion Forge, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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