Batgirl's new robot sidekick is ready to take Metropolis by storm, but is the big city ready for her?

"Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak[ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure." —ComicsAlliance "Sharp and lively . . . [Madrid] clearly loves this stuff. And he's enough of a historian to be able to trace the ways in which the portrayal of sirens and supergirls has echoed society's ever-changing feelings about women and sex."—Entertainment Weekly "A long overdue tribute to [those] fabulous fighting females." —Stan Lee Mike Madrid has become known as a champion of women in comics and as the expert in Golden Age female characters. And now here is where it all began, as informative and entertaining as ever, in a revised and updated edition, including new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as an afterword bringing us up-to-date on what's happening with women in comics now. Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics; Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics; and the original The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and is the illustrator of two of The History of Arcadia books: Lily the Silent and The Lizard Princess.

Starfire has always wanted to be better friends with her sister, who mostly comes to Earth to cause trouble instead of enjoying sisterly bonding. But this time, Blackfire’s not even in the same universe! The Teen Titans will have to go undercover in a strange new version of Metropolis…and manage new secret identities!

Zatanna is worried when her friends ask her to stay AWAY from their science projectsÑwhy is she getting the blame for all these accidents?

Wile E. Coyote travels to the far reaches of space to hire Lobo to hunt down and kill his greatest nemesis of all time, the Road Runner. And when the Coyote and Lobo are after him, the Road Runner knows if they catch himÑheÕs through. And the bonus Looney Tunes backup story features DC characters with story and art by Bill Morrison!

Praise for DC Super Hero Girls: "A youthful twist on popular characters." -Los Angeles Times "DC Comics fans get a nice introduction to the fun, funny world of Super Hero High." -School Library Journal "DC Super Hero Girls offers a neat entry point into the world of comic books for new audiences." -io9 The critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling DC Super Hero Girls series is back, and this time the class is joined by new students Mera and the Teen Titans' Raven! The celebrated series by author Shea Fontana continues with an underwater adventure in DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis. Things are going swimmingly for new students Mera and Raven, until the girls go on a field trip to Mera's hometown of Atlantis and find that the underwater city has vanished! Batgirl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Bumblebee, Raven, Miss Martian and Starfire discover that Atlantis has been shrunk and bottled by the powerful villain Brainiac! This gigantic problem calls for a small solution. To infiltrate Brainiac's bottled-city collection, Bumblebee and Raven combine technology with magic and shrink the heroes. But will they save the lost city of Atlantis, or will their little plan lead to even bigger trouble?