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Primer TPB DC Comics | Thomas Leavitt Gretel Lusky New Superhero Ashley Rayburn
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Paint Your Powers - A Brand-New Superhero Is Born!
Primer introduces a brand-new superhero with a colorful array of superpowers. Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a decidedly downbeat past. Her father is a known criminal who now sits in federal prison, but still casts a shadow over Ashley's life. Ashley has bounced from foster home to foster home and represents a real challenge to the social workers who try to help her—not because she's inherently bad, but because trouble always seems to find her.
Trade Paperback Features:
- Primer - TPB
- Written by Thomas Leavitt and Jennifer Muro
- Art by Gretel Lusky
- Published by DC Comics (June 2020)
- 160 pages of superhero origin
- Features Ashley Rayburn as new superhero
- Body paints grant superpowers concept
- Foster care and family themes
- Middle grade/young adult graphic novel
- ISBN: 9781401296575
The Story:
Ashley's latest foster parents are Kitch and Yuka Nolan. Yuka is a geneticist working on a top-secret military project—a set of body paints that grant the wearer a wide range of special powers. When Ashley accidentally discovers the paints, she realizes she's stumbled upon something much bigger...and a lot more dangerous. Although she uses her newly discovered powers for good, it's not long before the military becomes wise to what happened to their secret weapon. This spells big trouble not only for Ashley, but for her newfound family and friends, as well.
Why Readers Love This Graphic Novel:
Whether you're looking for new superhero stories or appreciate tales about foster care and found family, Primer delivers a fresh take on the superhero origin with a unique power concept. The body paint superpowers make this visually distinctive. Perfect for young readers, new superhero fans, foster care story advocates, middle grade readers, and anyone who appreciates colorful, upbeat superhero stories about finding your place and using your powers for good.
Paint your destiny! Discover Ashley Rayburn's colorful superhero origin!
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