Henshin!, Volume 1: Blazing Phoenix (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780760382349)

Alex must balance becoming a superhero tasked with defeating Kaiju, making it as a journalism student, and navigating life as a gay man in modern Europe.

Nine years after a mysterious ecological disaster, journalism students Alex and Rosalia investigate the strange company that rebuilt their city and turned it into a vision of the future--that is, until Alex's world is turned upside down by a chance encounter with a gigantic monster from another world, a Kaiju, and the mysterious masked hero fighting it! Inheriting the masked hero's power, Alex must now take on these powerful Kaiju when he transforms into the hero Blaze.

As a gay man, Alex never imagined his cozy college life becoming deadly, but that's just what happens as his battles uncover an unholy connection between his city, the most powerful company in Europe, and the Kaiju. Can he uncover the secret before it's too late?

Henshin!, a new, action-packed take on tokusatsu drama, features fiery fights, mysterious conspiracies, and LGBTQ romance for fans of classic Power Rangers and Kamen Rider stories.

Henshin! is rated T for Teen, recommended for ages 13 and up.

Saturday AM, the world's most diverse manga-inspired comics, are now presented in a new format! Introducing Saturday AM TANKS, the new graphic novel format similar to Japanese Tankobons where we collect the global heroes and artists of Saturday AM. These handsome volumes have select color pages, revised artwork, and innovative post-credit scenes that help bring new life to our popular BIPOC, LGBTQ, and/or culturally diverse characters.

Join in even more adventures with the other action-packed Saturday AM TANKS series: Apple Black, Clock Striker, Gunhild, Hammer, The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts, Oblivion Rouge, Saigami, Soul Beat, Titan King, Underground, and Yellow Stringer.

Author: Bon Idle, Mitch Proctor, Saturday Am
ISBN-10: 0760382344
ISBN-13: 9780760382349
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/04/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.56h x 5.39w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2023
Booklist 07/01/2023 pg. 46
School Library Journal 08/01/2023 pg. 97