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DC Super Hero Girls Graphic Novels #7
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis
The team is back and ready to rescue Mera's home in DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis!
Things are going swimmingly for new students Mera and Raven until afield trip to Mera’s hometown of Atlantis when they find that the underwater city has vanished! Batgirl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Bumblebee, Raven, Miss Martian, and Starfire discover that Atlantis has been shrunk and bottled by the powerful villain Brainiac. This gigantic problem calls for a small solution and to infiltrate Brainiac’s bottled city collection, Bumblebee and Raven combine technology with magic to shrink the heroes. But will they save the lost city of Atlantis or will their little plan lead to even bigger trouble?
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis continues to develop the relationships forged in DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis, Hits and Myths, Summer Olympus, Past Times at Super Hero High, Date with Disaster! and Out of The Bottle. Written by Shea Fontana, this story is perfect for ages 6-12!
Things are going swimmingly for new students Mera and Raven until afield trip to Mera’s hometown of Atlantis when they find that the underwater city has vanished! Batgirl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Bumblebee, Raven, Miss Martian, and Starfire discover that Atlantis has been shrunk and bottled by the powerful villain Brainiac. This gigantic problem calls for a small solution and to infiltrate Brainiac’s bottled city collection, Bumblebee and Raven combine technology with magic to shrink the heroes. But will they save the lost city of Atlantis or will their little plan lead to even bigger trouble?
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis continues to develop the relationships forged in DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis, Hits and Myths, Summer Olympus, Past Times at Super Hero High, Date with Disaster! and Out of The Bottle. Written by Shea Fontana, this story is perfect for ages 6-12!
126 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 2, 2018
About the author
Shea Fontana
98 books54 followersShea Fontana is a writer for film, television and graphic novels. Her credits include developing and writing the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts, TV specials, movies and graphic novels; Polly Pocket (developed and story editor), Doc McStuffins, The 7D, Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets (wrote show bible and first season), Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (story editor), the new Muppet Babies series; two Disney on Ice shows where she wrote new material for the worlds of Mickey Mouse, Inside Out, Disney Princesses, Finding Dori, Frozen, and other Disney and Pixar properties; and the feature film, Crowning Jules. She has also written for top comic titles including Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman: Overdrive (coming 2019), Catwoman/Looney Tunes, and contributed anthology pieces starring Deathstroke and Teen Titans.
Her DC Super Hero Girls graphic novels have been New York Times Best Sellers. Her debut graphic novel, Finals Crisis, was honored with Diamond's 2016 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel, and DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High won the 2017 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel as well as the Comixology Reader's Pick award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel of 2017. DC Super Hero Girls won the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel. She was listed 61st on Bleeding Cool’s Power List of Comics for 2018. The London Free Press declared her “not afraid to be corny,” which is an accurate assessment of her persona both on and off the page.
She lives in sunny Los Angeles where she enjoys hiking, hanging out with her beagle, Ziggy, and changing her hair color. Using the secret identity “Shea Q. Off,” Shea played roller derby until her angry knees forced her into early retirement.
Her DC Super Hero Girls graphic novels have been New York Times Best Sellers. Her debut graphic novel, Finals Crisis, was honored with Diamond's 2016 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel, and DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High won the 2017 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel as well as the Comixology Reader's Pick award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel of 2017. DC Super Hero Girls won the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel. She was listed 61st on Bleeding Cool’s Power List of Comics for 2018. The London Free Press declared her “not afraid to be corny,” which is an accurate assessment of her persona both on and off the page.
She lives in sunny Los Angeles where she enjoys hiking, hanging out with her beagle, Ziggy, and changing her hair color. Using the secret identity “Shea Q. Off,” Shea played roller derby until her angry knees forced her into early retirement.
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May 13, 2020
The art style is really nice and the story was enjoyable.
January 10, 2019
Series. But also stand alone story
December 3, 2018
Read this one out loud to my daughter, who is superhero-obsessed but can't read yet. She loved it and I was amazed that she had the attention span to do it in two sittings (she's three and a half)! For me it was a fine adventure, nothing terribly exciting, but not onerous to read to her either. The comic stays true to the characters from the movies and shorts, and it will be greatly enjoyed by any kid who's a fan of the other DC Super Hero Girls comics and cartoons.
December 15, 2019
Mera is een nieuwe studente en Wonder Woman neemt haar onder haar hoede en dat zorgt ervoor dat Bumblebee een beetje jaloers is. als ze op een uitje zijn komen ze erachter dat Atlantis verdwenen is en door de slechterik Brainiac verkleind is maar niet alleen Atlantis. de helden moeten samen werken om hem te verslaan. dit deel is weer spannend maar ook wel grappig.
September 6, 2018
Wonderfully fun book. My kids love the DC Superhero Girls and this book was a "can't put down" book for our family.
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August 18, 2021This is an experiment.
I'm reviewing two books at once, for sake of comparison.
I'm not going to rate them, as I don't feel being overly critical of a child's comic book is particularly helpful to anyone. I will, however, review them.
First up, Marvel: Avengers Assemble: Living Legends. This book contains five tales, four of which are written by longtime Marvel Editor Ralph Macchio and the last is a Captain Marvel story by Jody Houser. Art chores are handled largely by Andrea DiVito, with Todd Nauck doing the Thor story, and Simone Bounfantino handling the Captain Marvel tale. (I'm not going to cover inkers, colorist, or letterers other than to say the Laura Villari Captain Marvel colors were a beautiful stand-out, and Todd Nauck could have really benefited from a better (or any?) inker, the lines are there but they just need oomph. Also, the DC book looks like My Little Pony and Teen Titans Are Go's color pallets threw up directly into my old man eyes. I'm sure little girls would love it, though, and at least it popped. Most of the Marvel book was so DRAB.)
I'm surprised I'm old enough to remember when comic books were this expository. There are five different stories, but they all seem to be near-Claremont levels of introductory dialogue or worse, thought bubbles. This was the norm back when Smilin' Stan only had one chance to grab a kid's attention and there was no guarantee they'd have read the previous issue or even heard of the character. Every issue was written like it was the first time a kid was hearing about these characters. So there was a very explain-y vibe to them that while I don't miss, does make it easier for kids to get into.
Consequently there's not a lot of plot, since the point is mostly character introduction. It amounts to a short unconnected sampler. Thor's story does feature The Warriors Three, so THAT is a plus, but on the whole, mostly forgettable stuff.
The other book, DC SuperHero Girls: Search for Atlantis is a little different in its approach. They're both comic books in a smaller kid friendly trade format. But instead of a shotgun spread of character stories, Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat are using the entire book to tell a single tale, broken up into chapters for easier digestion. Both Marvel and DC have a grand tradition of stealing characters from each other and Bumblebee is a cute little Wasp analogue whose friendship with Wonder Woman is threatened by new girl Mera. See how easy that is to explain? An easily understandable conflict relevant to their narrowly targeted audience of young girls who like superheros. They hang the Teen Titans and a fight with Brainiac on it, but the main focus here is Bumblebee and her ups and downs both as a girl and as a superhero. It's a little disappointing to see Bumblebee shrunken down and off to the side on the cover but I guess even when you're selling to little girls, this country still has a racist streak.
COVER ART DIVERSITY CHALLENGE!
Marvel starts strong with only one white dude on their cover, but it's Captain America, who you know is down with The Struggle. Also, TWO black men AND a woman. Diverse! DC comes back hard with ZERO patriarchal representation and 5 women, one of whom is black. Twofer! Considering how old the guys running DC are it's a good chance they consider the redhead a minority, since the Irish are Catholics, which is why God uses the sun to hurt them. Tolerance bonus!
I'm a diehard Marvel Zombie and I was surprised to find I liked the little girls comic book better. DC was smart to pitch Super Hero Girls into a media blitz. Girls like comic books too, but a lot of them are going to be boring to a seven-year-old girl. This is a great way to grow the brand and I wish Marvel did their job better here. I was sorry to see Forces of Destiny fail, but everyone knows Disney bought Marvel to appeal to little boys who didn't like princesses. They could care less about the share of the market that represents little girls who like capes more than dresses. Which is a shame.
I'm reviewing two books at once, for sake of comparison.
I'm not going to rate them, as I don't feel being overly critical of a child's comic book is particularly helpful to anyone. I will, however, review them.
First up, Marvel: Avengers Assemble: Living Legends. This book contains five tales, four of which are written by longtime Marvel Editor Ralph Macchio and the last is a Captain Marvel story by Jody Houser. Art chores are handled largely by Andrea DiVito, with Todd Nauck doing the Thor story, and Simone Bounfantino handling the Captain Marvel tale. (I'm not going to cover inkers, colorist, or letterers other than to say the Laura Villari Captain Marvel colors were a beautiful stand-out, and Todd Nauck could have really benefited from a better (or any?) inker, the lines are there but they just need oomph. Also, the DC book looks like My Little Pony and Teen Titans Are Go's color pallets threw up directly into my old man eyes. I'm sure little girls would love it, though, and at least it popped. Most of the Marvel book was so DRAB.)
I'm surprised I'm old enough to remember when comic books were this expository. There are five different stories, but they all seem to be near-Claremont levels of introductory dialogue or worse, thought bubbles. This was the norm back when Smilin' Stan only had one chance to grab a kid's attention and there was no guarantee they'd have read the previous issue or even heard of the character. Every issue was written like it was the first time a kid was hearing about these characters. So there was a very explain-y vibe to them that while I don't miss, does make it easier for kids to get into.
Consequently there's not a lot of plot, since the point is mostly character introduction. It amounts to a short unconnected sampler. Thor's story does feature The Warriors Three, so THAT is a plus, but on the whole, mostly forgettable stuff.
The other book, DC SuperHero Girls: Search for Atlantis is a little different in its approach. They're both comic books in a smaller kid friendly trade format. But instead of a shotgun spread of character stories, Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat are using the entire book to tell a single tale, broken up into chapters for easier digestion. Both Marvel and DC have a grand tradition of stealing characters from each other and Bumblebee is a cute little Wasp analogue whose friendship with Wonder Woman is threatened by new girl Mera. See how easy that is to explain? An easily understandable conflict relevant to their narrowly targeted audience of young girls who like superheros. They hang the Teen Titans and a fight with Brainiac on it, but the main focus here is Bumblebee and her ups and downs both as a girl and as a superhero. It's a little disappointing to see Bumblebee shrunken down and off to the side on the cover but I guess even when you're selling to little girls, this country still has a racist streak.
COVER ART DIVERSITY CHALLENGE!
Marvel starts strong with only one white dude on their cover, but it's Captain America, who you know is down with The Struggle. Also, TWO black men AND a woman. Diverse! DC comes back hard with ZERO patriarchal representation and 5 women, one of whom is black. Twofer! Considering how old the guys running DC are it's a good chance they consider the redhead a minority, since the Irish are Catholics, which is why God uses the sun to hurt them. Tolerance bonus!
I'm a diehard Marvel Zombie and I was surprised to find I liked the little girls comic book better. DC was smart to pitch Super Hero Girls into a media blitz. Girls like comic books too, but a lot of them are going to be boring to a seven-year-old girl. This is a great way to grow the brand and I wish Marvel did their job better here. I was sorry to see Forces of Destiny fail, but everyone knows Disney bought Marvel to appeal to little boys who didn't like princesses. They could care less about the share of the market that represents little girls who like capes more than dresses. Which is a shame.
August 9, 2018
I received this title as an ARC through The Story Shop.
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis is a continuation of the super-heroes-in-training lifestyle of the students at Super Hero High. Narrated partially from the perspective of Bumblebee, the group of crime fighters venture off on what should be a field trip but soon escalates into an exciting mission to save Atlantis. This graphic novel explores change through friendships and differences in abilities but ultimately encourages teamwork through both. While this may say "Girls" in the title (and there are many!), boys will also love this adventure and relate to the teammates' experiences. All readers ages 8-12 (and up) will enjoy this action-packed installment of the series.
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis is a continuation of the super-heroes-in-training lifestyle of the students at Super Hero High. Narrated partially from the perspective of Bumblebee, the group of crime fighters venture off on what should be a field trip but soon escalates into an exciting mission to save Atlantis. This graphic novel explores change through friendships and differences in abilities but ultimately encourages teamwork through both. While this may say "Girls" in the title (and there are many!), boys will also love this adventure and relate to the teammates' experiences. All readers ages 8-12 (and up) will enjoy this action-packed installment of the series.
October 22, 2018
As much as I enjoy reading these books just for me, I also try to read them for kids' Readers Advisory at work and I liked this book a lot for what it shows kids: that as the new kid in school you can find awesome new friends; that if you're making new friends, it's not okay to abandon your old ones; and that if you feel like an old friend is pulling away as they make new friends, it's not okay to treat that new friend badly and it's better to try to make this new friend, too. I also thought it was great that the team learned that quiet/introverted people have great leadership potential, too, and that the loudest or most talkative person in the room doesn't necessarily have the best ideas or have to be the leader (go Miss Martian!).
October 2, 2018
My kids are older so I read this for me because I love these characters. What a joy this was. The friendships are really fun and there is, what I think, an important jealousy subplot which resonates for everyone. Who doesn't feel a moment of worry when friends find new friends. What will your role be in their lives? This explores how we grow together. And for the younger set it is a good outlet in acknowledging feelings. For the older? The same.
If you love DC superheroes? Don't let the age range make you hesitate. These books are some of the best DC is putting out today. Optimistic. Hopeful. Very much needed I think at least.
If you love DC superheroes? Don't let the age range make you hesitate. These books are some of the best DC is putting out today. Optimistic. Hopeful. Very much needed I think at least.
August 24, 2018
[I received an electronic review copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.]
This series just gets better and better. I loved the focus on Bumblebee, Raven and Miss Martian as well as Mera in this one. The hero/villain conflict was great with tension building from chapter to chapter. And through it all is a relateable thread of jealousy when it seems Bumblebee's best friend, Wonder Woman, is spending more time with Mera, the new girl. A terrific balance between the friendship pieces and the heroics. Excellent.
This series just gets better and better. I loved the focus on Bumblebee, Raven and Miss Martian as well as Mera in this one. The hero/villain conflict was great with tension building from chapter to chapter. And through it all is a relateable thread of jealousy when it seems Bumblebee's best friend, Wonder Woman, is spending more time with Mera, the new girl. A terrific balance between the friendship pieces and the heroics. Excellent.
September 29, 2018
This is the weakest of the three I've seen in this series. When it brings Brainiac into proceedings as the baddie, when it turns out he's shrunk Atlantis and made off with it, you doubt these characters will succeed in pulling off action against him, and you doubt it correctly. They can't – but at least they try, with their shrinking this and enlarging that, but it's a case of perpetually working out who is friends with whom that takes most of your reading time. Messy – and a lot of the ballooning is really badly positioned. One and a half stars.
March 20, 2018
I was so happy to get this as an advanced reader's copy because our patrons are HUGE DC superhero fans. The DC Super Hero Girls especially is a very popular series with our community. The illustrations were beautifully executed with strong color choices and the dialog spoken was very easy to understand, clever and full of wit. A excellent choice for our graphic novel superhero collection. This will be a hit with our patrons. One I will definitely order. 5 stars!
May 2, 2019
Just no... this was unreadable.
Am I missing something? Is there a book before this that I needed to have read? I felt like we were thrown in and given no information at all. Scenes changed without us getting settled into one. There was too much that went unsaid, even when you're using both the text and the pictures to read.
But luckily, I am not the primary audience for this. Hopefully it DOES work for the young kids it's written for.
Am I missing something? Is there a book before this that I needed to have read? I felt like we were thrown in and given no information at all. Scenes changed without us getting settled into one. There was too much that went unsaid, even when you're using both the text and the pictures to read.
But luckily, I am not the primary audience for this. Hopefully it DOES work for the young kids it's written for.
September 25, 2018
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an arc of this comic. It was enjoyable, cute and funny. Just like the movies. Also, this seems to be the first time the Teen Titans are called that so that was fun. Miss Martian was a cool character and a great addition to the team.
November 6, 2018
They keep adding new characters, which we're OK with. The main plot wasn't particularly exciting, nor was the issue with Bumblebee doubting her friendship with Wondy, but it was all pleasant enough that we'll definitely keep going with the series. Plus the "Teen Titans" naming subplot was cute.
July 10, 2020
This story was pretty well-balanced. Bumblebee and Mera both got plenty of time for their own perspectives, and it tied well into the bigger story. I also really liked that it emphasized friendship at the end of everything.
September 4, 2020
I’m a kindergartner and my mom and I love these DC Super Hero Girls comic books. We were also fans of the movies, and I had a Wonder Woman themed fourth birthday. Anyway, this book introduced us to Mera and Atlantis. I like these books because my mom tries to do all the voices!
December 3, 2022
On the good ship Fontana.
Good color artwork, similar in style to a Saturday morning cartoon. Features a lot of teen girls with the occasional boy. Brainiac is a great villain and I once used a mad god based off him.
Good color artwork, similar in style to a Saturday morning cartoon. Features a lot of teen girls with the occasional boy. Brainiac is a great villain and I once used a mad god based off him.
June 29, 2018
Got this free at the ALA conference (donated to Riley Children's Hospital library). Really cute story/ illustrations; interesting how Beast Boy refers to cute ladies as "mama" lol.
November 9, 2018
Cute book. I love DC comics and this is a great book to introduce young kids to the universe. I received this book from GoodReads for an honest review.
March 17, 2019
Introducing Mera from the pages of Aquaman;
DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis
has the class setting off with Mr Fox for a Weaponomics excursion to Atlantis, however when they get there, Atlantis is gone!
March 28, 2019
Always fun.
December 21, 2019
My daughter loves me reading these to her, but will probably enjoy them even more when she can read them on her own. (I'm not super great with the sound effects).💗💗
January 21, 2020
My favourite of the series after “past times at super hero high”.
Also, I found the running teen titans gag to be hilarious.
Also, I found the running teen titans gag to be hilarious.
April 2, 2020
This Graphic Novel was for The O.W.L.s. It was for the challenge Potions! #magicalreadathon2020
May 29, 2020
Another awesome adventure that confronts emotions we all have.
October 25, 2020
Cute story and art. Great for anyone who is a fan of the DC Super Hero Girls series
December 9, 2020
Katy rated it 3 stars
July 31, 2021
I didn't like this one as much as other ones, but it was cute.
March 25, 2024
3.25 stars.
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