Eximius: Volume 1

by Sean Adelman, Alessandro Saiu (Illustrator)

What if humanity was going to be judged through the eyes and hearts of our most disenfranchised?What if the court of humanity’s future was to be held in a special education classroom?Fortis is a descendant of a powerful race called the Vigilum. They have been tasked with policing the Galaxy for many generations. Fortis has been chosen for the most important assignment of his career. Earth, a fertile planet with a young civilization is on the brink of interstellar travel. Humanity may be too volatile to be welcomed into the Pacem Coalition.Happy, who has Down Syndrome, is to be Fortis's guide to humanity. Happy and her friends will learn that Down Syndrome, Autism, and Cerebral palsy does not make them powerless. Great power comes from within and great heart allows you to wield great power with responsibility and conviction. Fortis will judge humanity through the lens of a special education classroom.What the Vigilium and Fortis don’t know is that another race has their eye on Earth. The Anguis are a race of nomads with no planet to call home since they have destroyed their own. The Anguis know that the Earth is being judged and that if Earth fails the Vigilium will not protect them. The Anguis are dark creatures who can manipulate humans and their goal is to manipulate humanity to their own destruction.Be prepared to be drawn into a story that will redefine how you think about superheroes. Nothing worthwhile comes easy and no one knows that better then Happy and her friends. Can they help save the world and convince the Vigilum that humanity is worth saving?

156 pages, Paperback

Published June 11, 2019

About the author

Sean Adelman is a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Seattle, Washington.  He grew up in a military family and served in the Air Force.
Sean is an advocate for exceptional kids and enjoys his free time with his lovely wife, Susan, and their three children. When he’s not busy being a dad, surgeon, and author, he can be found running or playing classic rock and roll on his electric guitar.

Reviews

[Netanella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eximius is a gorgeously illustrated, well written comic book story of a group of young children in a modern city whose "special" characteristics make them more heroic than those kids that society would designate as ''normal" A new student is enrolled in their special ed class, an alien intergalactic police officer, if you will, as disguised as a young human student named Fortis, on a secret mission to scout out against another alien race, the evil Sanguis. Each of the three human children have special abilities based upon their perceived 'disability,' and it is quite a joy to read about this often neglected segment of society as real people (and even as real "superheroes").

Loved it. Need more.

[Armydoc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing comic about superheros with disabilities that turn into special abilities

I have never seen a comic book that turned someones disability into a special ability. This will help people make changes with the way they think about others by introducing them to what is good about them.
I can't wait for Vol 2.