When China is invaded by the Huns, Mulan decides that she must disguise herself as a male soldier to fight in place of her ill father, who has been called up for war.

A collection of ten stories featuring admirable girls in both familiar and exotic settings.

Grade 3-6-In 1962, after discussing heroes and martyrs in school, a fourth grader experiences heroism firsthand. Neighborly Mrs. Hall, an African American, invites Ginny, her sister, and their brother to her house for snacks and homework help because their mother is home resting with their new baby brother. While sipping cocoa, Donald, a kindergartner, asks Mrs. Hall, "If I drink a lot of this, will I turn brown like you?" She laughs and gently explains...

Scientist Bruce Banner, blasted by a massive dose of gamma radiation that makes him turn into the Hulk whenever he becomes angry, is on the run from people who want to exploit his condition, and comes across an old high school friend whose husband has becomes involved in dangerous technology that is threatening all their lives.

A group of friends must step forward as unlikely heroes to recover three magic diamonds, reverse the onset of a brutal winter and return the evil ice sorcerer Zeebad to his prison beneath the ground.

Batman takes twelve-year-old Dick Grayson under his wing, after his parents were murdered publicly, and from then on Grayson took on the pseudonym of Robin, the boy wonder, and the role of Batman's sidekick. Includes alternate cover art and sketches.