Out Of This World: Eight Cosmic Sci-Fi Graphic Novels

[...]that's OK, because Art and Franco, the team behind "Tiny Titans," start this book off with a crudely drawn comic summarizing the backstory. Once we are introduced to Flash Gordon, his friend Dale, the inventor Dr. Zarkov, and Ming the Merciless, Art and Franco up the art with a smooth, rounded style; candy-colored palette; and zany antics. Gr 2–7—Mack Moon is an ordinary boy who is fascinated by outer space, but the last thing he expected was for his pets—a dog, a cat, and a fish—to turn out to be part of an undercover interplanetary force sent to keep the Earth safe. Like the first "Rover and Speck" volume, this early reader comic has simple art, bright colors, and two to three panels per page.