The Bad Guys in Superbad

The Bad Guys #8

by Aaron Blabey

The Bad Guys have strangely acquired SUPERPOWERS! But their powers might be, well, defective. They can only do things like blow their own pants off in public. Not exactly what you'd call hero-caliber skills.

Defective or not, the Bad Guys have a job to do. With Marmalade ready to destroy the world, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, and Mr. Shark finally have their chance to be (super)heroes! And this time, they may just get some help...

Genres: Graphic Novels, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Animals, Middle Grade, Fantasy

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 26, 2018

About the author

Aaron is an Australian author of children's books and artist who until the mid-2000s was also an actor. His award winning picture books include Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon and the best-selling Pig the Pug.

In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 2003's CrashBurn, before retiring from performance in 2005.

Reviews

[Prabhjot Kaur · Rating 4 out of 5]

The good guys club is back and they have superpowers after time travel. Legs is the only one without any superpowers. They also have a newest member who joined them in their time-travel, a dinosaur called Milton.

The good guys club meets the international league of heroes in this. The international league of heroes help the good guys train and control their superpowers. Once, they are trained they are going against Dr. Marmalade and other aliens.

I laughed throughout. It was too short but a fun read still with great illustrations and some cool new characters but Mr. Snake remains my favorite.

4 stars

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

How do you fool your 8yo into reading on NYE instead of gaming? score one for librarian mama and the serendipitous hold becoming available. When he finished, he let out an audible gasp! Even better. Then we had to start reading it again together with him begging for 5 more minutes. Had it not been a school night, we might have finished in one read.

I give the first half a solid three and the ending a 5. I like that they added more badass female characters.

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[Casey · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am definitely not the demographic for this book. I read and then found myself skimming. Maybe it's because I started with book 8 or maybe it's because I'm not an 8 year old boy. I'm glad there are books like this that appeal to young readers. To each his own.

[Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

With aliens invading Earth and their new superpowers, the Bad Guys get help from Agent Fox and from her own crew of animals the Bad guys and Agent Fox join forces to take down marmalade.

[Victor The Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

With aliens invading Earth and their new superpowers, the BGs get help from Agent Fox and from her own crew of awesome animals 🐱 🐷 🐦 🐶 to learn and control them. Altogether they’re ready to stop Marmalade the alien until one “big” problem beams out of nowhere. A (100%/Outstanding)

[PageTurners; · Rating 5 out of 5]

New superhero squad!! Let’s gooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

While I'm sure the audience intended for this read (8-10 year old boys) would find this fantastic, I was not very impressed. I could follow the story, but there is no attachment to character development and the graphics are just ok.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bad Guys have returned from the past bringing with them superpowers. They join connect the International League of Heroes who help them understand and harness their powers and work together to defeat the aliens. Once their training is complete both teams go forth as one with a plan, but Marmalade has other plans as well. Funny, and humorous the saga continues, and the back story of The International League of Heroes is revealed.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This kept my 8-year-old very engaged and entertained. I liked the league of female superheroes in this one. The plot was silly but not terrible. I'm about ready to be done with this series, but it looks like we still have quite a few to go.

[Ro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

[McKenna]

New characters and plot development woooo!!!! They did the one thing where they were or acting their super powers and working at developing their abilities and it brought me so much joy. Also I’m loving the creating of mr. Wolf into being the big bad wolf. I’m so excited for the continuation ahhhh

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love your book's

[L.E. Fidler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liam: ten out of ten stars! I love the giant wolf!!

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bad Guys finally team up with The League of International Heroes (all women! 🤗🤗).

Eliana’s review: “I don’t really think I have any favorites in this book. It was funny.”

[Max :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's ok just can't find the bit where they get their superpowers, even though it said in this book they would.

[Grace Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

[Grace Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Любимите ми лоши момчета ❤️

Отнемам звезди само защото тази част се усещаше много повече като постелка за следващата и основно се загатваха предстоящи действия.

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably my fav thus far? I love that Wolfie looses all of his clothes - the cast has grown to quite a number - but it just seems to magnify the silliness. That's okay with me.

[Catarina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun storyline, but also don’t love the “to be continued” continuously. Ready for the next book though.

[crίѕтίŋα•●Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ●• · Rating 5 out of 5]

🐺🦈🐍🐠🕷

“Mr Piranha has super speed.
Mr Shark can shape-shift.
Mr Snake has rather remarkable mind powers …
Mr Wolf has super strength.”
- Agent Fox

[SaraKat · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this one in Spanish and thought it was amusing and would be well-loved by young readers. I didn't realize this one was part of a series as it isn't really marked as such, but there was no problem understanding what was going on.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

*This review was verbally created by an 8-year-old boy, and transcribed by me*

What I did not like about this book is when Dr. Marmalade zapped Mr. Wolf and made him bigger, stronger, and tougher!

I also did not like when Mr. Snake made Mr. Wolf go get him things like a muffin and a trumpet with his superpower.

What I did like, though, is Mr. Snake’s eyes when they were swirly and I liked when he lifted the fridge and Agent Fox . . . and made her sing an opera.

I did not like how creepy Agent Hogwild was with Mr. Piranha.

My new favorite characters are Agent Doom and Milton. Milton the dinosaur is really smart.

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From a parent’s perspective.

I have to agree with the little dude and say the way Hogwild interacted with Mr. Piranha was . . . inappropriate. Her entire character was a smidge inappropriate, to be honest.

I do love that these books are very seamless in the transition from one to the other with the storyline. There’s no guessing where it left off.

Secretly, as a woman myself . . . I am loving the second group of agents because they’re all female. Females kicking butt.

Now my kiddo gets to experience the “waiting for the next book in the series to be released” problem us bookworms deal with on the regular. Come on end June!

[zapkode · Rating 5 out of 5]

{My thoughts} – This book isn’t so much an adventure as it is about getting to know The Bad Guys. When The Bad Guys managed to get back from the past they came back with some super powers. Can you believe it? Who would have thought that a trip to the past and back would result in super powers. It kind of makes me want to travel backwards to see what happens?

The Bad Guys get to train with Agent Fox and her crew. This helps them to learn how to better use their super powers. How to better control their super powers.

I really enjoyed this book. It has it’s funny moments like all the other books. But this one showed me that it’s okay to be different from everyone else. And that you may not know everyone’s personal story so you shouldn’t judge them. It helps to know all information before choosing to make up your mind about someone or something.

There’s a nice little ending where we get a run in with the evil guinea pig again. I wonder what he is up to and what his plan is this time around. He already has all his alien buddy’s attacking Earth. I mean what more could he do at this point. We have no choice but to wait until June 2019 when the next book is set to be released!

[Marcie]

This hasd some of the elements of the first bad guys that was my favorite so far. It can be read without having read the other 7 but many kids want to read them all in order. This one introduces the female counterpart "The International League of Heroes". I do think teacher could still have kids write their own or their friends, pets, or even inanimate objects descriptions. Name: Personal History: Degrees (Master of: Doctor of: ), Fluent in: Special skills: Preferred Vehicle:

[Jesse Baggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume is interesting because Agent Fox says she was hunted when she was young, with the accompanying illustration depicting her pursuers on horseback dressed in traditional British fox-hunting garb. While we can’t see their faces, this seems to suggest that humans exist in the “Bad Guys” reality. Or does Fox come from a different reality?

[Ellon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a lot of plot development in this one. Kind of like a montage of the bad guys learning to use their superpowers. I love the inclusion of the all girls team but Hogwild’s sexual harassment was somewhat icky, especially in a children’s book.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This installment goes by too quickly, especially since some of its page count gets spent just on introducing new characters, but the story is entertaining, and the superhero training segments are delightful. I also am a huge fan of the Milton, the erudite British velociraptor.

[Racheal Barnes]

It's a great book I love it thay

[Gary Vassallo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun episode of Bad Guys. Happy to keep coming back for more.