If what you're looking for is a starter comic that will still get your kid hooked on the Marvel Universe, Marc Sumerak and Chris Eliopoulos have the book for you. Better yet, it's one of the best kids' comics around.

Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius returns for Thanksgiving, and of course, he's bringing H.E.R.B.I.E. with him. You want proof this book is brilliant? It actually makes H.E.R.B.I.E. into a character you want to see again.

It's a perfect transition book, bringing the Fantastic Four in for small roles, and kids like the Fantastic Four. But just like the old comic strip character this version of Franklin suspiciously resembles, the boy is in his own little world.

But it's one heck of a great world.

This all-new Franklin special by Marc Sumerak and Chris Eliopoulos features five more exciting adventures of the precocious son of Reed and Sue Richards, one half of the Fantastic Four. It’s five times the fun as Franklin pushes his robotic baby-sitter and sidekick H.E.R.B.I.E. to his cybernetic limits.

Ain’t It Cool News described the Franklin stories as “the most fun I had reading a comic in a very long time. Chris Eliopoulos and Marc Sumerak are making comic book gold.”

See what all the buzz is about as the Lab Brat and Son of a Genius returns with five wacky, side-splitting short stories in Franklin Richards: Happy Franksgiving! Special.

FRANKLIN RICHARDS: HAPPY FRANKSGIVING! (SEP062112)
Written by MARC SUMERAK & CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
Pencils and Cover by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
He’s been nominated for an Eisner and three Harvey awards! He’s turned invisible, bounced across the country and fought giant squids! He’s tried every last nanobyte of H.E.R.B.I.E.’s patience! And now’s your chance to once again join everyone’s favorite lab brat, Franklin Richards, on five more exciting adventures! See what all the buzz is about... you’ll be THANKFUL you did!

32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99
FOC – 10/19, On-Sale – 11/8/2006

Derek McCaw