I really enjoyed this. Great set up where you have the cosmic gods in their home with a ritual where their children are sent out to a world with a duty or project and they must accomplish whatever it is out there to become adults they are intended to be. A Thor look a like drops his son off in a 1940s looking world with a huge city that is slowly losing a war against monsters. Our hero, the Battling Boy must defeat the monsters. Sadly, the book sets everything up very well and gets Battling Boy'...

I got a copy of this book at the book expo and it was awesome!!! I never read any of Paul Pope's other books but I really want to now. Never before have I seen a marriage of the superhero and classic myths genre done in this way. Teens will love this story as the main character is hurled into a coming of age tale of heroism and responsibility. I highly recommend this book, it's an instant classic.

Ok, I'm biased. I'm a fan. But good-golly-miss-molly this 200-page graphic novel reads like a 22-page Kirby slugfest. I hate to say that Pope is at the top of his game because he just seems to keep getting better and better, but Battling Boy is a definately a treat. This frighteningly fun read is chock-full of fascinating characters, exciting action and exciting new worlds to explore. Sure Pope builds on architypes of the superhero genre with Haggard West is a very Phantom/Shadow/Spider/Batman t...

Haggard West, hero of Arcopolis is dead. Fortunately, Battling Boy has arrived to prove himself to his parents and take up Haggard West's fight against the monsters plaguing Arcopolos. But what of Haggard West's daughter, Aurora?I've got a couple of old issues of Paul Pope's THB and I liked his Adam Strange feature in Wednesday Comics so when I found this on the cheap at V-Stock, I snapped it up. It was easily worth my four bucks.Paul Pope's art is what originally drew me to this. It's part prim...

Interesting and not your usual take on the "heroes protecting the cities" stories. Very good artwork & nice story until now.

Battling Boy, a bright and action-packed comic by Paul Pope, unveils a post-apocolyptic experience for a young boy forced into the role of a hero. The reader is immediately dropped into a strangely familiar scene of the distressed city of Arcopolis, dressed in monsters and fairy-tale antagonists alike. The city's previously reliant hero is sadly exterminated in battle, subsequently initiating a terrifying sense of vulnerability. Young Battling Boy is just as surprised to become the city's new he...

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I picked this up at my local library, as I have been interested in reading some Paul Pope for a while now, having previously only read his Batman story from Batman: Black & White Vol. 2 and his Adam Strange story from Wednesday Comics (as far as I can recall), and having been more than a bit annoyed when I borrowed his Batman: Year 100 at the library only to discover that their copy had pages missing.At any rate, I did not know quite what to expect. Pope's visual aesthetic is intrigu...

Can monster-plagued Arcopolis be saved by a twelve-year-old demigod? Compelling and action-packed from the get-go, readers follow the intersecting paths of Aurora West, teenage daughter of slain hero Haggard West, and tween demigod Battling Boy, both on quests to prove themselves and save Arcopolis from the monsters plaguing it. In trying to find their way as young heroes, Aurora and Battling Boy discover that lack of self-confidence may be the most dangerous monster of all.

A little bit of Roald Dahl, a little bit of Tim Burton's Batman, a little bit of Dick Tracy, a little bit of classic mythology all wrapped up in an off-the-wall superhero story about a boy discovering what it means to be a hero. Delivers on all levels.

I don't have much to say about this one. Having noticed the other high star ratings this book has received I realize I am in the minority in my opinion but I just didn't like it. I really wanted to though!. It sounded so like my type of book but it just didn't do anything for me. Even though it was full of monster-battling action from beginning to end I found myself bored and wanting the book to hurry up and be over. The Hero's son being sent to battle monsters to prove his coming-of-age and her...

Book Review by Chris for Book SakeBattling Boy is just so stylish, you don’t have any choice but to fall in love with the book. The story, the art, the dialogue all harken back to the 80′s sci-fi epics of old. It’s so grand, but in such a grounded way. I have flashes of Flash Gordon, Buckaroo Banzai, and maybe touches of The Last Starfighter.Battling Boy is basically the daydreams of my youth coming alive on page. Maybe my adult daydreams as well. A super powered kid battling giant monsters? I s...

Battling Boy is the son of a mighty God. He spent his childhood among his own kind in the so-called Starry Lofts - sounds pleasant, doesn't it? On the eve of his adolescence, however, he is sent all the way down to good old Planet Earth... or something like it, at least: to a city called Arcopolis. Arcopolis is a place overrun with terrible monsters that, for reasons unknown, specialize in kidnapping the city’s children. The children’s sole protector has just been slain, and now Battling Boy is

I feel like Battling Boy should his own 80s kids cartoon theme music. Battling Boy! Battling Boy!Fighting monsters ‘stead of playin’ with toys!Battling Boooooooooy! He’s a space prince come to save the worldThere a Batman character who’s also a girlThe boy’s got a cape that’s big and redHe’s basically young Superman - yeah! Battling Boy! Battling Boy!Nothing rhymes with Battling Boy! (To the tune of something awesome and ‘80s rockin’ with a montage of Battling Boy punching bad guys and then look...

For the record, I’m a huge Paul Pope fan. I think he’s one of the few real visionaries working in comics today, one of only a handful of artists who are really challenging the pre-conceived notions of the craft of comic book storytelling. He can crank out pages when he has to, but only after he’s thought about what he’s going to draw for a long time. He doesn’t do things by rote. He seizes the opportunity to say something new in everything he does. Ultimately, he has the potential to be a waters...

Some of Paul Pope's best work. Nominally aimed at a YA audience, but it remains graphically sophisticated and never dumbs down the narrative. Interested to see how the story unfolds in the upcoming volumes.

Awesome monsters, epic settings, and a magical suitcase of tshirts. Srsly. This is so much fun. Pope should do more comics that work for the middle school set, bc I can totally see him riding the wave of Doug TenNapel and Pinocchio Vampire Slayer into the hearts of middle schoolers everywhere.This thing is beautifully colored and though the illustrations are a touch cramped at first glance, when you actually focus on each panel in turn (as you're supposed to), everything makes sense and sucks yo...

Why do superheroes wear such silly hats? I mean, seriously, Thor-esque-God-dude, you lost me at the Rambling. I will say two things. I was singularly unimpressed by the superheroes in this story and I thought the storytelling was clunky and uneven and I gave not one hoot for the titular Battling Boy. I gave slightly more of a hoot for of-this-world daughter of the fallen human superhero guy, but, eh. I have no desire to root for them or reflect upon the tropes and responsibilities of superheroes...

The wait is finally over and Paul Pope once again delivers the goods. It's obvious that Paul dug deep into himself for this one. The art is breathtaking, both kinetic and expressive. There is a consistent inventiveness that just pops off the page, transforming old ideas (like Haggard West and Humbaba) into something fresh and new. And the story, as the first chapter in an expanding series, pulls you through at a lightning pace, introducing dozens of characters and several worlds that would be gr...

Battling Boy is a masterpiece of comics storytelling. It is the story of a young boy who belongs to a cosmic, god-like society. At the age of 13, he must undergo an adventure in order to become an adult in his society. He is taken by his father to a planet inhabited by humans, to serve as their protector. This planet, however, is plagued by monsters that come out at night and steal children for an unrevealed purpose. In his adventures, he comes across Aurora West, a half Rocketeer and a half Bat...