Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage

by Jeff Weigel, Jeff Weigel (Illustrator)

Overview

2007 IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award

It's an ordinary day for Atomic Ace and his family until the evil Roboconqueror accidentally sends his mechanoid army after Ace's son instead of Ace himself. With Ace busy in space diverting a meteor threat, who will be on Earth to save the day?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807504864
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	43 MB
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Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Jeff Weigel shared his childhood in Freeport, Illinois, with his mom and dad, five siblings, several dogs and cats, and the scores of superheroes that populated the classic comic books of the sixties and seventies. He learned how to draw from the many talented artists who depicted those heroes' adventures and who inspired a new generation of kids to pick up pencils and pass along the tradition of graphic storytelling. These days, Jeff is an award-winning graphic designer. As a comic book writer and illustrator, he has been a regular contributor to the anthology comic book series Big Bang Comics. He lives in Illinois with his wife and children.

Editorial Reviews

After his debut in Atomic Ace: He's Just My Dad (PW wrote, "Comic-strip panels of a Spandex-clad `Atomic Ace' alternate with cozy images of Ace's family in this humorous look at a hero balancing work and home"), the middle-school boy narrator returns in Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage by Jeff Weigel, in which the narrator must fend off an attack of robots at his school. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Gr 1-3-A new adventure told in rhyme by the author of Atomic Ace: (He's Just My Dad) (Albert Whitman, 2004). Boldly colored comic-book panels showing Ace in action are interspersed with the somewhat more mundane scenes of his son at home and at school. That is, until the worlds collide, when Atomic Ace's nemesis, Roboconqueror, unleashes a robot army that invades the boy's classroom. Ace is off in space protecting the planet and is too far away to rescue his son. Just when he is about to meet his doom, he is whisked away by another superhero-with a strangely familiar face. It is Energy Angel, aka Mom, who saves the day. It turns out that she had been quite the superhero until she had her son, and misses the old days. Dad enlists the services of the vanquished robot army to help with household duties to free up her time, and she is back in the superhero business. While some of the rhymes seem a bit forced, the story flows for the most part, and the bold, graphic layout with intricate details will attract readers. Purchase where the first book is popular.-DeAnn Okamura, San Mateo County Library, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Having extolled the merits of his superhero father in Atomic Ace (He's Just My Dad) (2004), a lad discovers that his mom has hidden talents too in this engaging follow-up. No sooner does his spandex-clad dad zoom off into space to deal with an incoming swarm of meteors than another swarm-this one of red-eyed robots sent by cyborg baddie Roboconqueror-bursts through his classroom window. It looks like curtains for sure, but rescue comes from an unexpected source as lightning-wielding Energy Angel swoops out of retirement to zap the metal marauders, and the sprout discovers that he has not one, but two superhero parents. Illustrated with brightly colored comics-style panels inset into larger scenes, this rhymed ruckus can be read with equal ease as a straightforward Pow!-Zap!-Save-the-Earth adventure or a tongue-in-cheek takeoff-especially as, in the end, after Mom's return to active duty is expedited by a corps of robots rewired to do the domestic chores, Atomic Ace flies off with a wink. Shelve it next to Bob McLeod's Superhero ABC (January 2006) and Ross MacDonald's Another Perfect Day (2002). (Picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews