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    The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet
    The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet
    The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet
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    The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet

    By Matthew K. Manning and Luciano Vecchio

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    POISON IVY is sick and tired of watching the Daily Planet newspaper produce billions of pounds of waste each year. With a little help from a recently discovered crashed kryptonite meteorite, IVY creates a voracious vine and covers the Daily Planet building with her creeping creation. That way, she can hold the paper hostage and keep SUPERMAN out!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJun 15, 2013
    ISBN9781434265845
    The Man of Steel: Superman and the Poisoned Planet
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    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.

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      One of my favourite villains comes to Metropolis to plague Superman, Poison Ivy. I've read several of these books with Ivy and she is a great character. This was a fun back-to-basics story that took place right in the Daily Planet building and included the regular newspaper cast of Lane, Olsen, White and even Kent himself. Fun environment friendly story that shows how going overboard is as bad as the other extreme. Poison Ivy is an eco-terrorist who places no value on human life and yet the story leaves us with a friendly lesson on recycled paper. Not a bad entry in the series
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      THE MAN OF STEEL: THE POISONED PLANET by Matthew K. Manning is an exciting children's book/chapter book/guided reading level:N/comic book. Everyone needs a superhero. Poison Ivy is going to get into a lot of trouble. She plans to hold the paper hostage,and keep Superman out of the paper,what she doesn't know is she can't keep him out!Fast paced,filled with comic book action. Children of all ages will adore this Superman hero. Received for an honest review from the publicist.RATING: 5HEAT RATING: NONE(CHILDREN'S BOOKS/COMIC BOOK/CHAPTER BOOKS/GUIDED READING LEVEL:N)REVIEWED BY: AprilR, My Book Addiction and More/My Book Addiction Reviews

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    The Man of Steel - Matthew K. Manning

    CHAPTER 1

    GOING GREEN WITH IVY

    Danny was sick of walking. He’d been lugging his heavy backpack for nearly four hours now. The air was so humid in the jungle that he had started sweating the moment he left his cabin. He’d been sweating ever since.

    Another thick entanglement of vines blocked his path. Danny paused for a moment and took a deep, heavy breath.

    Keep moving up there, came his boss’ voice from behind him.

    Danny sighed and wondered why his boss didn’t ever seem to need a rest. It was like she thrived out here in the wild.

    Let’s go, kid, said the man standing directly behind Danny. Ron nudged Danny forward with his elbow as if to make his point. You heard the lady.

    Danny weakly reached into his backpack. He felt around for a moment or two. Then he slid a long machete out of its outer pocket. He raised the long knife in his hands and focused on the vines.

    No! screamed his boss. Danny turned around as his boss pushed her way past the other men to the front of the line. How many times do I have to tell you? she said. You will not harm any plants!

    The woman slid past Danny. He glanced over at Ron, who was smiling. He seemed to be enjoying himself a little too much. Danny turned back to face his boss. Surprisingly, she had somehow parted the tangled vines. In fact, she was already a dozen or so yards ahead of him.

    Danny slid his machete back into his backpack.

    Move it, said Ron from behind him.

    Okay, okay, Danny said. He looked back at his older partner. He had worked with Ron for years now, and every time it was the same. Ron was always grumpy and rude. He never cut Danny any slack. After all the jobs they’d done together, Danny assumed they would be friends by now. But if Ron even had any friends, Danny was certainly not one of them.

    When Danny turned back around, his boss was nowhere to be seen. It was as if she’d just disappeared into the thick brush of the jungle.

    Where did she —? Danny started to say under his breath. Then he thought better of it. He decided his time would be better spent

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