Superhero Children's Books at VCL: Marvel and DC

This early reader features simple, easy-to-read text, full-color illustrations, and fast-paced adventure featuring all of your favorite characters from Iron Man 2

This Level 2 Reader tells the story of how billionaire Tony Stark came to be known as the armored avenger--aka Iron Man!

Spinning out of the events of Iron Man 2 and this summer's The Avengers, comes the next chapter in the life of billionaire inventor Tony Stark, otherwise known as the Invincible Iron Man!

The Marvel Heroes of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers, specifically boys, books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love. This is Iron Man introduces readers ages 4-6 to the world of Marvel's most popular billionaire Super-Hero, Tony Stark, otherwise known as the invincible Iron Man!

Iron Man matches wits--and armor--with the villainous genius known as Dr. Doom in this action-packed, full-color Step 3 Step into Reading reader! Boys ages 6-11 will enjoy this exciting retelling of an episode from the popular Iron Man: Armored Adventures animated series!

Has there ever been a more vulnerable hero? First appearing in the pages of Tales of Suspense comic in March 1963, Tony Stark overcomes a near-fatal heart injury by devising a high-tech suit of armor that keeps him alive and enables him to become the Super Hero Iron Man. The Invincible Iron Man: Friends and Enemies

Tony Stark is a teenager with an awesome secret; he is also the invincible Iron Man! But even Iron Man is going to have a hard time stopping the armored menace known as the Crimson Dynamo. Young Iron Man fans will love all the armored action in this Step 3 reader!

The Superhero Squad gets a distress call from another city when their Helicarrier breaks down. Iron Man thinks this would be a great time to test out his newest gadget, a power amplifier. It is supposed to make everyone's powers stronger for a limited amount of time, but instead it switches all of their powers! The Squaddies now have to learn how to deal with their new powers and fix the Helicarrier before the city is destroyed!

Discover the birth of one of the greatest heros of all time, Iron Man, in The Invincible Iron Man. Tony Stark has always been a genius, but he hasn't taken life too seriously. When he is kidnapped and forced to find a way to save his own life, he invents the greatest personal weapon of our time.

When Doom invents a time machine, he decides to go back in time and get rid of the Super Hero Squad before they became superheroes. But will his evil plan work?

Doom and M.O.D.O.K. have devised a plan to use the brain-beam to transfer Hulk's low IQ to the rest of the Super Hero Squad! Will their plan work? Or will Hulk's other abilities transfer instead?

Sure, you've been collecting every member of the Super Hero Squad, but do you have as many as The COLLECTOR?! When the universe's great Collector sends his minions to hunt down every Squaddie for his collection, it's a real Super Hero Safari! Plus CAPTAIN AMERICA and the high-flying FALCON team up again for the first time! And REPTIL plans a little April Fool's prank on the Squaddies...or do they?

When a tiny jellyfish is transformed into a giant slimy blob, the Super Hero Squad have their hands full trying to keep it from engulfing all of Super Hero City! Also, Thor reflects on his childhood--and his own gorgeous reflection in "Reflections!" And, Captain America and The Falcon team up again...for the first time!

When a Fractal turns a Paleontologist into a Dinosaur (STEGRON!), SPEEDBALL joins the SQUADDIES in the Savage Land to stop him from commanding the Dinosaur's to take over the World! Also, KA-ZAR! PLUS--DR.DOOM sends KLAW out to use his mastery of all sound and vibration to track down missing Fractals--but the SQUADDIES found a sound of their own to combat their villainy in "GOOD VIBRATIONS!"

As Gamma Rays permeate the Marvel Universe, the SUPER HERO SQUAD find that they are not immune to the phenomenon when an anomalous Fractal puts the Hulk on everyone within it's range! Plus--Hulked-Out Super Hero Squad ANT-MAN and Hulked-Out Super Squad THOR meets Hulked-Out FIN FANG FOOM! Don't make them angry..You won't like any of the Squaddies if you make them angry!

EVIL STAR and his army are on the loose! Luckily, HAL JORDAN, the GREEN LANTERN of Sector 2814, is hot on their trail. The super hero tracks the villains to a far corner of space, a remote moon-town named Porta Cuoli. As HAL prepares to attack, a second GREEN LANTERN shows up . . . Fentara Rrab, from Sector 2815. At first, HAL is grateful for the help, but Fentara Rrab doesn't share the feeling. He's a veteran member of the GREEN LANTERN CORPS and immediately takes charge. If the two can't cooperate, this super hero duo will become a dynamic disaster.

During a routine test flight above the deserts of the Southwest, ace pilot HAL JORDAN has a too-close-for-comfort encounter with a UFO. His jet takes a nosedive, but before HAL bites the dust, a gigantic green hand appears, grabs the aircraft, and prevents the crash. The mysterious UFO reveals HAL'S alien rescuer who possesses an amazing green ring of untold power. What does HAL do when the alien offers him the ring, and announces that the human pilot is now the new GUARDIAN OF EARTH?

On a distant planet, GREEN LANTERN battles an attack of formerly peaceful robots. He learns too late that the mechanical marauders are infected by an ultra-evil, ultra-advanced nano virus hungry for power. The wizard quickly invades the nearest form of high tech energy: GREEN LANTERN's ring. HAL JORDAN must shrink to microscopic size and enter the ring itself, or else his unlimited power will turn against the very galaxies he has sworn to protect!

In brightest day and in blackest night, Hal Jordan heeds all calls for help as sector 2814's Green Lantern. But before Hal became a galactic guardian, he was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force. Follow in Hal's footsteps as he becomes the greatest Green Lantern of all!

Super Heroes: Heroes in Action With this superpowered new Level 1 reader, early readers will join in the action and learn all about those heroic LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes!

Discover the birth of one of the greatest hero teams of all time, the X-Men, as an ambitious Professor X does his best to find peace in a world of adversity in The Uncanny X-Men. Professor Charles Xavier has always been different. Charles is a mutant, and possesses miraculous powers of mind control. But Charles has a dream for humans and mutants to live together in peace. And so he has formed the X-Men to fulfill his dream and rid the world of violence agaisnt man --or mutant.

When brilliant scientist Bruce Banner is exposed to gamma radiation, he is transformed by his anger into a giant, green monster with incredible strength! Bruce must convince the military that he isn't a threat.

She was once a young princess on the secret island inhabited by warrior women known as the Amazons...but she left her homeland--and her royal birthright--behind to become a protector for the entire planet of Earth: Wonder Woman!

Aw yeah, Titans! See what life is like at Sidekick Elementary and meet the new staff! Follow the madness that ensues when Beast Boy gets a puppy friend! Witness what happens when the girls meet a pink stranger with a melted ice cream cone! Find out what makes Cassie such a trendsetter!

These two volumes are inspired by the hit Superman Adventures TV show, and feature Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and a host of famous villains and supporting characters.

One day, an alien orphan crash-lands on Earth and is adopted by a human couple, the Kents. Many years later, that little baby becomes Superman, protector of Earth! But how did the Man of Steel go from orphan to super hero?

The story begins on planet Krypton, where disaster is about to strike. The planet is doomed. With no time to spare, Superman's parents, Jor-El and Lara, make the heartbreaking decision to save their only son by sending him to Earth.

The Story of the Man of Steel tells the tale of the caped crime fighter's amazing journey from the planet Krypton to the town of Smallville, Kansas, to the big city of Metropolis. There he lives a double life as Clark Kent, mild-mannered journalist, and Superman, protector of humanity.

When the shape-shifting Clayface ignites a feud between SUPERMAN, BATMAN, and THE FLASH, will anything stop...The Battle of the Super Heroes? Find out in this action-packed chapter book for young readers.

when a swarm of unearthly beings strike Earth, SUPERMAN and GREEN LANTERN will be fighting for their lives as they take on The Creatures from Planet X! A perfect chapter book for any young super hero fan.

Together, SUPERMAN and CYBORG are the most powerful team of all time. Or are they? When Brainiac traps them inside a bottled future world, the heroes will find out for sure, if they survive the Escape from Future World!

When the MAN OF STEEL suddenly changes into a strange, green creature at the hands of Lex Luthor, can even WONDER WOMAN takedown The Alien SUPERMAN? Find out in this exciting read for any super hero fan!

When the Parasite saps Superman's powers, the weakened Man of Steel must defeat a new foe that uses the hero's amazing abilities against him. Can Superman save the day before the Parasite attaches himself to Metropolis and drains the city dry?

An alien ship, orbiting the Earth, sets up a screen to filter the sun's rays from reaching our planet. Without the yellow sunlight that gives SUPERMAN his amazing powers, his strength begins to drain away. When he becomes as weak as a baby, who will save Earth from the coming invasion of alien warriors led by the indestructible DARKSEID?

Christmas dreams become nightmares when toys turn deadly. Tiny helicopters attack holiday shoppers. Cannons shoot out rubber duckies. Even a bouncing soccer ball is transformed into a deadly weapon. SUPERMAN must save LOIS LANE and a group of children trapped on a runaway holiday parade float. But when the float hides inside a giant tunnel made of lead, even SUPERMAN'S super-vision cannot find the victims. Only one person can be behind all the mayhem, the TOYMAN!

SUPERMAN has his hands full. First, he encounters his cousin, SUPERGIRL, a reckless teenager with powers like his own. Then he confronts a creature known as PARASITE, who can absorb SUPERMAN'S strength and super-speed just by touching him. SUPERMAN knows enough to not shake hands with the deadly fiend, but SUPERGIRL is still learning the ropes. Filled with her power, the PARASITE now battles the MAN OF STEEL in a fight that rocks the planet. How can SUPERMAN defeat a villain who gets more powerful with each punch?

POISON IVY is sick and tired of watching the Daily Planet newspaper produce billions of pounds of waste each year. With a little help from a recently discovered crashed kryptonite meteorite, IVY creates a voracious vine and covers the Daily Planet building with her creeping creation. That way, she can hold the paper hostage and keep SUPERMAN out!

DAILY PLANET reporters CLARK KENT and LOIS LANE are covering the opening of the new METROPOLIS MUSEUM when, suddenly, a gigantic skeleton of a blue whale comes to life. With lightning-speed, SUPERMAN catches the colossal creature, but the magical mischief is far from over. The impish MR. MXYZPTLK has returned from the Fifth Dimension with dozens of troublesome tricks. Even the MAN OF STEEL is helpless against the power of magic!

SUPERMAN is the target of LEX LUTHOR'S deadliest scheme. The cruel genius has poisoned criminal John Corben. He withholds the antidote until Corben makes a promise: he will let LUTHOR turn him into a robot powered by KRYPTONITE. But once the creature named METALLO discovers that he is more machine than human, revenge fills his strange heart.

The distant planet KRYPTON faces total destruction. Before it explodes, the scientist JOR-EL and his wife LARA send their only son into outer space. Later, the child's rocket crashes into a Kansas cornfield where a farmer and his wife discover the boy and his strange powers.

When astronauts crash on Pluto, only one man can save them . . . SUPERMAN! Faster than a speeding bullet, the MAN OF STEEL soars toward the dwarf planet, towing a high-tech rescue vehicle. Soon, he discovers an unexpected passenger aboard the spacecraft. JIMMY OLSEN, the DAILY PLANET'S young photographer, has hitched a ride, but that's not SUPERMAN'S biggest problem. When the evil KANJAR RO attacks, the MAN OF STEEL finds himself weakened by deep-space travel. Can he summon the strength to defeat the alien invader 3,660,000,000 miles from Earth's yellow sun?

Spider-Man and his team need to impress Nick Fury and show the Director they have what it takes to be a part of S.H.IE.LD. They decide to hack into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database and locate the number one super villain wanted by the agency: Dr. Doom! But can Spidey and the human rocket Nova get along long enough to capture Doom? Or will their egos get in the way . . . again?

When Spider-Man is confronted by Nick Fury to become part of a Super Hero team, Spidey passes on the offer. But when the Frightful Four show up at his school and cause mayhem, Peter decides the best way to be ready for another attack is to join S.H.E.I.L.D. and learn how to become the Ultimate Spider-Man

Spider-Man teams up with fellow superheroes to battle his most menacing foes.

Spider-Man teams up with fellow superheroes to battle his most menacing foes.

Spider-man and the Human Torch team up to battle the Beetle.

Spider-Man battles the lime green Living Brain.

Spider-Man battles another villain, the Vulture, as well as aliens.

Captain America wasn't always the strong, amazing soldier. Learn about his humble beginnings in The Courageous Captain America. When Steve Rogers wanted to join the Army to fight the evil powers, he was denied. But when the military accepts him in a super secret experiment called Rebirth, he is transformed into the super soldier ready to save the world as Captain America!

The Squad plans a summer picnic and a fireworks show for all of Super Hero City, but the villains plot to pull the plug on the party. When Dormammu's magic leaves the picnic plans all wet, can Captain America save the day or will their fireworks fizzle out?

Steve Rogers woke up in the 21st century and to a world full of modern technology and changes. He's still not comfortable about his new life except when he is Captain America. When S.H.I.E.L.D. learns HYDRA agents are on the rise and threatening the world's safety, Nick Fury calls on Steve to suit up and put an end to HYDRA's evil plans. But even the courageous Captain America isn't ready for HYDRA's new leader, Armin Zola, Cap's old foe resurrected as a powerful robot, and his plan to build a robotic army of Super-Soliders known as The Tomorrow Army to take over the world and destroy Captain America and SHEILD once and for all. Outmatched, Steve must now rely on help from others-namely Black Widow and Falcon-to face the thing he doesn't understand: a techno-villain who is twisting modern technology to his own evil purposes. The world's only hope is the courageous Captain America!

Join Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Hulk as they team up against the fiercest obstacles and most dangerous villains they've ever encountered. Featuring Dr. Strange, Ant-Man, and The Mighty Thor. Collects Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #5-8.

The Asgardian warrior continues his big-screen adventures in Thor: The Dark World as he battles to save Earth and all Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's Thor and Marvel's The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, the God of Thunder must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Learn about the humbling beginnings of the mighty Thunder God himself, Thor, as he is banished from his home of Asgard to learn humility at the hands of the human race in The Mighty Thor. Thor, Prince of the mystical world of Asgard, is set to become King. But Thor is arrogant and impulsive. So to teach his son a lesson, Odin Allfather banishes Thor to Earth, where the God of Thunder will be forced to learn humility and compassion. Only there, among men, will Thor learn to be truly mighty!

BATMAN has been kidnapped by the RIDDLER! The crook has left behind one of his infamous riddles, addressed to ROBIN. If ROBIN can solve the puzzle, he will locate the CAPED CRUSADER. But that first riddle leads to another. Then the RIDDLER turns off all the lights in GOTHAM CITY. What, ROBIN wonders, is the point? When will the riddles end? If the BOY WONDER cannot find his partner by the next sunrise, BATMAN will be gone forever.

The JOKER escapes from ARKHAM ASYLUM and tricks BATMAN into following him into an old warehouse. But the building has been remodeled into the JOKER'S fun house. BATMAN must outwit clown robots and escape deadly amusement rides to make sure that the JOKER does not have the last laugh!

He's known by many names. The World's Greatest Detective. The Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight. But how did young Bruce Wayne grow up to become Batman?

Starro the Conqueror has set his sights on ruling Earth . . . starting at the White House! With the president and his secret service agents under the cosmic control of this evil alien starfish, it's up to Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman to bring an end to Starro's plans for intergalactic domination.

Junior high school student TIM DRAKE is tired of being a hero-in-training. He's ready to become the full-time sidekick of BATMAN, GOTHAM'S GREATEST CRIME FIGHTER. The DARK KNIGHT, however, has one final test for his anxious apprentice, and it won't be easy. TIM will need the help of NIGHTWING, BATMAN'S former partner, to complete the timely task and finally take on the title . . . the next ROBIN.

The Joker transforms dozens of Gotham City citizens into laughing (and robbing) fools! Is the Dark Knight outnumbered, or can he even the odds? Should he use a Batarang or another high-tech weapon? Can the Caped Crusader save the city, or will the Clown Prince have the last laugh?

It's Valentine's Day in GOTHAM, but not everyone is celebrating. VICTOR FRIES (aka MR. FREEZE) has never gotten over the death of his wife, Nora, and he's not about to let anyone enjoy this painful holiday. Only BATMAN can stop the cold-hearted criminal before VICTOR refrigerates the city!

Billionaire BRUCE WAYNE is asked to support the military's newest weapon, the ParaBomb X, a high-tech orb that emits a paralyzing light. But during the weapon's demonstration, a general grabs the orb, crashes through the window, and falls to the street below. BRUCE WAYNE is stunned. When he looks down at the street, he sees the thief turn into a gooey pile of mud and slip down a storm drain with the stolen weapon. He wasn't a general at all, he was one of BATMAN'S strangest enemies, CLAYFACE.

When animals and people begin to disappear in one of GOTHAM CITY'S parks, BATMAN suspects that the deadly POISON IVY and her creepy plants are at work again. But the green villainess is locked behind bars. BATMAN goes to investigate, and just in the nick of time. When he arrives at the park, he sees a police officer dragged into the depths of the sewer system. The officer was pulled there by living vines!

The PENGUIN purchases GOTHAM'S largest media company. Meanwhile, a crime wave hits the city. BATMAN soon learns that these events are related. After the DARK KNIGHT stops a crime, the PENGUIN'S TV news channel edits the security tapes and police reports to make BATMAN look like a criminal. People begin to fear the DARK KNIGHT. If he can't prove his innocence, the hero will end up in prison, and the PENGUIN will fly free.

He's the most difficult enemy Batman has ever faced. Will Batman be able to defeat the Joker before he puts his master plan into effect?

Who's always ready to protect the city of Gotham from its most dangerous criminals? Who can cage the Penguin, stop the Joker's laughter and collar Catwoman? Only one hero - Batman! But who is Batman? How did he become a superhero? What turned him from a carefree boy into the Dark Knight?

The Avengers must reassemble on the big screen to combat the robotic menace of Ultron!

The Marvel Heroes of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers, specifically boys, books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love. In reading this series, boys will prefect their own power to read. Meet the Mighty Avengers introduces readers ages 4-6 to the world of Marvel's popular Super HeroTeam that includes Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Hulk!

The Marvel Heroes of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers, specifically boys, books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love. In reading this series, boys will prefect their own power to read. The New Team introduces readers ages 4-6 to MORE Super Heroes from Marvel's most popular team, the Avengers, such as Hawkeye, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vision, and Falcon.

Captain America is back! After being frozen in a block of ice for decades, the First Avenger has returned, and now Nick Fury wants him to fight alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers!

In The Story of the Mighty Avengers, readers will learn how the Avengers first came together, forming a team of earth's mightiest heroes!

Featuring such iconic super heroes as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk, these readers introduce young children to the residents of the Marvel Comics universe.

He served alongside Allied Forces in World War Two and serves with the super team The Avengers today-- the legend of Captain America spans generations. Now an evil from his earliest days has come through the ages to exact vengeance on the Captain-- and anyone who might stand with him.

Ultron couldn't do it. Baron Zemo couldn' t do it. Even The Leader with The Abomination couldn't do it. But together these super-powered creeps form a team that could finally defeat The Avengers! Now that would make them truly...THE MASTERS OF EVIL!

When global threats surface, they have to contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Wolverine! Spider-Man! Still, powers higher-up think their new computerized defenses will be even MORE reliable than our heroes. (Just wish they hadn't named the system ULTRON...!)

The Marvel Heroes of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers, specifically boys, books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love. In reading this series, boys will prefect their own power to read. This is Hawkeye introduces readers to Clint, an Avenger and one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top secret agents, and how he became known as Hawkeye.

The Marvel Heroes of Reading line of early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers, specifically boys, books that they will want to read by featuring characters they love.. In reading this series, boys will prefect their own power to read. This is Black Widow introduces readers to Natasha, an Avenger and one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top secret agents, and how she became known as Black Widow.