Midas

by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline (Illustrator), Braden Lamb (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s a space race against time to reach the most powerful weapon in the universe...the dead King Midas’ body?!

The acclaimed team behind the Eisner Award-winning Adventure Time comic books, New York Times best-selling author Ryan North (Squirrel Girl) and beloved illustrators Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything), combine forces once again for an original sci-fi space comedy unlike the universe has ever seen! Space captain Joey, navigator Fatima, and scientist (and dinosaur) Cooper are headed to Earth—a planet completely sectioned off, abandoned, and covered in gold—and are confronted by the most powerful weapon in the universe: some ancient dead guy's body?! Now they gotta keep King Midas’ body from being dropped on planets across the universe, and figure out exactly what to do with a gross dead dude with one truly ridiculous superpower.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684153596
Publisher:	BOOM! Box
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Series:	Midas Flesh
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

06/28/2019

Gr 6 Up-King Midas's golden touch instantly doomed him and Earth to a shiny, lifeless legacy. Thousands of years later, a space crew consisting of the plucky captain Joey, exuberant navigator "Fatty" Fatima, and engineer Cooper (a raptor) investigate our planet. Confrontations between the crew and an all-controlling Federation lead to spaceship battles often resolved by slinging bits of Midas's dead body at one another. The crew's interactions, packed with quips and self-aware remarks, will appeal to readers who don't mind sticking with dense speech bubbles. Paroline and Lamb's artwork is most effective when given room to breathe away from North's constantly expository, though funny, dialogue. Bright spaceship cabins contrast against the void of space, and, true to the golden highlights on the cover, there are plenty of gold motifs. The creative team lets the visuals speak for themselves during scenes requiring greater gravitas. Fatima, a brown woman who wears a hijab, is an expert pilot and integral to the story. Occasionally, adults consume wine, and one scene includes a "passed-out drunk dude." The premise of Midas's corpse as a superweapon remains an irresistible hook throughout the story, from sci-fi curiosity to an ethics exercise to a miniature treatise on the gods who place such mythological power into being. A collection of covers of the serialized issues that comprise the book shows off guest artists' various takes on the cast and setting. VERDICT This fascinating, humorous sci-fi twist on the King Midas myth will attract many readers.-Thomas Maluck, Richland Library, SC

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