A young superheroine and a vampire fight it out in a swamp near Salem; a boy discovers his own hidden powers while facing down his demons at the Roger Clap Elementary school in Dorchester; a group of superkids has to deal with delays on the T while hurrying to battle a pink slime monster at the Prudential. These are just a few of the locally-based superhero sagas in the first issue of “Boston Powers,” a new, all-ages comic book series from the Boston Comics Roundtable.
“What Night Conceals,” KM Whitecar & Cassidy Sulaiman 
“Hero Helper,” J.L. Bell & Brendan Tobin
The five stories in “Boston Powers” #1 were created by local writers and artists, all belonging to the BCR, an organization of comics makers that has been meeting regularly, holding events and publishing anthologies since 2006. This is the group’s first series designed specifically for kids. Three issues are planned for this year, each featuring all-new, original super-characters, taking on monsters, supervillains and evil corporations in recognizable locations.
“Dream Dialusion” by Juan R. Williams 
“Glitter Supernova” Liz Young & Catalina Rufin
“We wanted to emphasize the silly, colorful, imaginative excitement of the superhero genre, the reasons we all fell in love with it as young comics readers” says Dan Mazur, who edited the collection. “And by inventing superheroes whose turf is in and around Boston, we hope to have made something even more fun for local kids.”
While the comic book promotes positive values and diversity, “Boston Powers” first goal is to entertain its readers and show them their own towns and neighborhoods as locations for adventure and fantasy.
“Boston Powers” was funded in part via a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. The first issue of Boston Powers was to have debuted at the Boston Kids Comics Fest on April 27th, an event that was postponed due to the current health crisis. The comic book will instead be available for order online from BCR at www.bostoncomics.com, as well as through local comic book shops who are doing delivery and mail-order business at present. Retail price is $6.00 for the 40 page, full-color comic.
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