Create Your Own Super Hero Comic

The Super Hero Squad invites kids to create their own super hero comic strips and comic books. The Super Hero Squad provides users with templates for comic strips and comic books. Users select the backgrounds, characters, and special effects from the provided menus. Arranging each scene and re-size the characters is an easy drag and drop process. After creating their scenes, users can add dialogue boxes to their comics. Completed comic strips and comic books can be downloaded and printed.

Applications for Education

The Super Hero Squad comic maker could be used for creative writing assignments. Students can work on developing stories and dialogue in a fun and familiar context. Even students who don't consider themselves "artistic" can develop good-looking comic stories.

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