CRRL My Librarian: Graphic Novels Featuring Disabled Heroes
Heroes and superheroes don't just come in one shape or size. Here is a selection of graphic novels featuring characters who prove you don't need to be ordinarily abled to save the world. Age level is noted after each annotation.
Matt Murdock's life changed forever after he was blinded by radioactive materials while saving an old man's life. Yet while his sight was lost, his other senses became super-enhanced. Now a grown man and lawyer, Matt uses his skills, keen…
Part Indiana Jones, part Lord of the Rings, this is the tale of how a selfish, arrogant surgeon will collide with a hot-headed martial artist to become the greatest team the mystic arts have ever seen...if only they can stop hitting each other and…
Casey Brinke is a young EMT who gets sent by her sentient ambulance, Danny Street, to find the members of Doom Patrol--a team of superheroes and metahumans whose powers pose a danger to themselves and who all have their own physical and mental…
When a dramatic attempt on the life of Bucky Barnes reunites him with Sam Wilson, the old friends are plunged headlong into a race to uncover the new leader of Hydra before a mass-casualty event announces the terror group's resurgence to the world!…
An orphan raised by carnies, the deaf Clint Barton grew up to be the first Hawkeye, the famed sniper-archer of the Avengers. Clint also became the most wanted man in the world after he intercepted some incriminating evidence. Now on the run with…
New York vigilante Marc Spector is Moon Knight, protecting the streets of his city with the mystical force of the Egyptian moon good Khonshu- but how does the night's greatest detective save a city when he has 3 separate personalities all vying for…
Barbara Gordon is a teen hacker, puzzle-solver, and mystery-lover who spends evenings on Gotham City rooftops, coding away with her best friend. But after a gunshot paralyzes her from the waist down, Barbara--now using a wheelchair--is consigned to…
Teenage assassin Cassandra Cain is on the run in Gotham City with no resources, little spoken language, and extremely limited knowledge of the world. Luckily, she finds a safe haven in gruff-yet-kind restaurant owner Jacqueline "Jackie" Fujikawa…
Based on the 2000s Cartoon Network show, Teen Titans Go! shows the Teen Titans--consisting of Batman's Robin, the alien princess Starfire, the demonically raised Raven, the animal shapeshifter Beast Boy, and the cybernetically enhanced…
In this assemblage of X-men storylines, readers are guided through the origins and early days of Professor X and Magneto are examined as are the beginnings of several X-Men favorites. Heroes include Cyclops, Jean Grey, the Angel, Iceman, and the…