DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book

About the Author Matthew Reinhart has created many bestselling, award-winning pop-up books, including Star Wars: The Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy; Brava, Strega Nona!; and Mommy? by Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, he is the co-creator with Robert Sabuda of the New York Times bestselling Encyclopedia Prehistorica pop-up series. Matthew lives in New York City. With a publishing history that spans over seventy years, DC Comics is best known as the home of the world's most famous super hero characters, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Plastic Man - and literally thousands more. These characters have provided the inspiration for numerous movies, television shows, and even Broadway musicals, and are universally recognized and beloved by fans worldwide and of all ages. Product Description Critically acclaimed pop-up engineer Matthew Reinhart celebrates the history, heroes, and villains of the DC Universe in this ultimate 3-D masterpiece! Bursting with over 25 impressive pop-ups, this deluxe format features a variety of unique novelty elements-including a light-up Bat-Signal, a cosmic Justice League of America battle scene, a twirling Lasso of Truth, and a transparent Invisible Jet! With vibrant illustrations, exciting facts, and an eye-catching design, this is an absolute must-have for DC Super Hero fans of all ages! Amazon.com Review Product Description Critically acclaimed pop-up engineer Matthew Reinhart celebrates the history, heroes, and villains of the DC Universe in this ultimate 3-D masterpiece! Bursting with over 25 impressive pop-ups, this deluxe format features a variety of unique novelty elements-including a light-up Bat-Signal, a cosmic Justice League of America battle scene, a twirling Lasso of Truth, and a transparent Invisible Jet! With vibrant illustrations, exciting facts, and an eye-catching design, this is an absolute must-have for DC Super Hero fans of all ages! A Closer Look at DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book (Click on Images to Enlarge) From School Library Journal Gr 2-5–Pop-up-meister Reinhart incorporates images created by a number of DC artists into a set of spectacular 3-D portraits–both the sort that leap up in massively muscled splendor from the center of each spread and smaller but no less eye-popping figures tucked into folding booklets in the corners. Superman leads off, of course, a solar-powered “living symbol of truth, justice, and the American way” towering over a view of his spacecraft while escaping an exploding Krypton on one side, and, on the other, cameos by a trio of sidekicks, plus Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and (temporary) nemesis Doomsday. The Man of Steel is followed by Batman (with battery-powered Bat-Signal), “Warrior Goddess” Wonder Woman, the squad of intergalactic Green Lanterns, Lord Darkseid (in a spread devoted to the Bad Guys), and, finally, a 45-character composite of the Justice League of America and its prominent adversaries complete with a numbered legend. Other heroes and villains from Captain Marvel, Teen Titans, and even the Justice Society of America to the Joker and Anti-Monitor take bows in the side galleries. The lettered captions are too concise to get into much detail about, for instance, the “Infinite Crisis” story line but do clearly explain the origins and powers of the major DC players.–John Peters, formerly at New York Public Libraryα(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. From Booklist Reinhart brings his knack for intricate pop-up designs with visual punch (literally: if you’re sitting too close you might get a Superman sock to the jaw) to the DC Comics universe. The six main spreads feature Supe, Batman, Wonder Woman, the various Green Lanterns, Darkseid, and, finally, a 40-character display of the Justice League of America. More heroes and villains appear in smaller sub-pop-ups (they are occasi