DC Super-Pets Character Encyclopedia Every super hero needs a Super-Pet! This illustrated encyclopedia features in-depth profiles, stats, and history about the DC Super-Pets and their owners.. From Superman's loyal dog, Krypto, to Batman
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| Title | : | DC Super-Pets Character Encyclopedia |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (188 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1404882979 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-01 |
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Editorial : From Booklist It’s a bird It’s a plane It’s a dog! And a cat, a horse, a kangaroo, an anglerfish, and hundreds of other superhero and supervillain pets from the DC universe. From the table of contents, which features the tiny face of each pet instead of its name, to the splashy endpapers squeezing the more than 200 pets into a group portrait, Korté and Baltazar’s (Superman Family Adventures, 2013) compendium of all things superpet is a visual feast of bright colors, jauntily exaggerated lines, and cheerfully cute faces. Each animal (or alien or robot) gets a half- or full-page spread, featuring a large rendering of the character; details about its powers and special gear; its species, birthplace, and favorite food (Batman’s dog, Ace, eats “crime fighter crunchies”); and a much smaller picture of its superhero owner. Peppered with fun facts, jokes, and handy guides to power rings and the different colors of kryptonite, this browsable hand
Every super hero needs a Super-Pet! This illustrated encyclopedia features in-depth profiles, stats, and history about the DC Super-Pets and their owners. From Superman's loyal dog, Krypto, to Batman's heroic hound, Ace, this guide to the World's Greatest Pets has more than 200 DC characters, including many never-before-seen pets, all illustrated in Art Baltazar's Eisner Award-winning style! With an introduction by legendary creator Geoff Johns, the DC Super-Pets Character Encyclopedia is sure to please comic book lovers young and old.
Not that knowing less frequently occurring words is a disadvantage of course but it's better for beginners to learn the high-frequency words first and Mounce concentrates on those.
Another thing about Mounce's vocabulary that I like is the care he lavishes in explaining details pertaining to the words he asks you to memorize. If nothing else, this book was used just to fill us in on some of the background information on Zeus' curse on the Oneroi.
When you see this book, it seems short for a paperback. In my opinion such (sometimes long) parts of the book where he somehow deviates from the main line in dubious digressions, lessen its interest and mostly spoil its rythm.
I also miss a little bit more of factual information about the bears. It was truly a wonderful history!. The writing style is very smart and at the same time has a good flow to it, so that it is hard to put the book down. If you do these exercises you will see a difference, it will take a
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