Little Green Men

By Matthew K. Manning, Erik Doescher, Mike DeCarlo and Lee Loughridge

Taking a rare day off from the DAILY PLANET newspaper, CLARK KENT relaxes with his new sci-fi novel, Little Green Men. Then suddenly, the mild-mannered reporter hears a scream! Unable to ignore his other job as SUPERMAN, the world's greatest hero, he soars toward the cry for help, rescuing a construction worker from a near fatal fall. The interruptions, however, don't stop there, and the MAN OF STEEL'S lazy day quickly becomes stranger than fiction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Apr 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781434298591

Matthew K. Manning

The author of the Amazon best-selling hardcover Batman: A Visual History, Matthew K. Manning has contributed to many comic books, including Beware the Batman, Spider-Man Unlimited, Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties, Justice League Adventures, Looney Tunes, and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? When not writing comics themselves, Manning often authors books about comics, as well as a series of young reader books starring Superman, Batman, and the Flash for Capstone. He currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and their two daughters, Lillian and Gwendolyn. Visit him online at www.matthewkmanning.com.

Book preview

CHAPTER 1

READER’S BLOCK

CHAPTER 2

CONFLICTING STORIES

CHAPTER 3

STRANGER THAN FICTION

CHAPTER 4

FLYING OFF THE PAGES

CHAPTER 5

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Daily Planet

Biographies

Glossary

Discussion Questions

Writing Prompts

Copyright

Back Cover

The little girl ran as fast as she could. Through all the smoke and chaos, she could still see her mother in the crowd a few yards in front of her. Try as she might, she couldn’t catch up to her mother. Her legs just weren’t long enough, but the little girl kept running. After all, she knew what would happen to her if she didn’t.

Slowly, a shadow drifted over the little girl’s head. It darkened the entire city street. The little girl stopped. She knew there was no use trying to escape.

She looked up at the giant disc blocking out the sun. It wasn’t what she’d expected a flying saucer to look like. They looked so much smaller in movies and on TV.

As everyone around her continued to panic and sprint through the street, the little girl stayed put and watched. She saw two tiny figures in the saucer’s cockpit. The creatures