Marvel Super Heroes: Mega Colouring Book

Background

A UK-only colouring book made up with recycled artwork from the Parragon/Scholastic Australia black/white line art collection.

Story Details

This book is 8.4" x 10.6", 112 pages with a square-bound cover.

While this book is actually published by Parragon, the material is drawn from the same source as the Marvel Color/Activity (Scholastic Australia) and Spider-Man Color/Activity (Scholastic Australia) books.

The content is black and white line art only, no colour, no stickers, no special gimmicks. There are no puzzles either, this is purely a colouring book. Short captions have been added to the illustrations — although they add very little value, simply naming the villain and identifying them as "evil" or otherwise ready to cause harm and damage to the "heroes".

Spider-Man appears regularly, along with the X-Men, and the Avengers including Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. A number of Spidey villains make solo guest appearances too.

General Comments

We've seen all of this material half a dozen times already down in Australia/New Zealand, but it hasn't been hammered to death quite so badly in the UK.

Overall Rating

At least the 112 pages is good value for the £3.99 asking price. So despite the dumbed-down captions, this book is still a useful product that fills a definite gap in the market.

Three and a half webs.