| Flyboy Action Figure Comes with a Gas Mask Contributor(s): Munroe, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380810433 ISBN-13: 9780380810437 Publisher: PerfectBound OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: Ryan is a shy university student who can turn into a fly. Cassandra is a waitress at a greasy spoon who can make things disappear. In a world of political revolutionaries, indie rockers, zinesters, hardcore feminists, rave kids and slackwater poets, they are the Superheroes for Social Justice -- battling cigarette barons, redneck tabloids, the patriarchy, and other forces of evil! Impossible, you say? So what? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99095357 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.1" W x 8.26" (0.64 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Locality - Toronto, Ontario |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ryan is a university student dealing with the normal problems of a 22-year-old guy -- shyness, virginity, weird roommates, and a massive crush on Cassandra, a waitress at his local greasy spoon. (Oh, and a freakish ability to change into a fly.) When he finally gets up the nerve to ask Cassandra for a date, he learns that the two have more in common than they first thought. (Turns out that Cassandra can make things disappear.) Sharing their secrets for the first time, Ryan and Cassandra realize they were made for each other...and to battle forces of evil Inspired by Sailor Moon, they team up to fight the villians in their own backyard, taking on cigarette barons, right wing newspapers, and the overzealous local police. But can the Superheroes for Social Justice transform the world in time? Find out in... |