The second book in Abramsâ Marvel Arts line, featuring the work of beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe âThe miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.â âThich Nhat Hanh The Super Heroâs Journey is unlike anything you have ever read. Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, the beloved creator of the comic strip Mutts, this all-new graphic novel features classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnellâs positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvelâs blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars, McDonnell muses on how comics changed his life and inspired him to become a cartoonist, instilling a moral sensibility that he carries through his work and his life. We begin with the Watcherâa being who exists outside the planes of space and time, who sees every moment that has happened, will happen, or is happening throughout the cosmosâas he observes Earth and the inner burdens of the Marvel super heroes. As the Watcher observes the villainous plans of Dr. Doom, who is harnessing the power of the Negative Zone and slowly spreading its negativity across our planet and destroying the human spirit, Mr. Fantastic is led on a meta journey that takes him through the pages of classic comic books and across scenes familiar and unexpected, including the Commercial Zone, which is filled with advertisements for âstuffâ and wonders of the imagination only to deliver disappointment and false promises. Ultimately, our heroes discover a zen solution in an unexpected fashionâone that aligns this book with the inspiring messages of McDonnellâs other beloved and award-winning booksâleaving readers with a renewed sense of love, hope, and redemption. âIf the stars should appear but one night every thousand years, how man would marvel and stare.â âRalph Waldo Emerson Visually strikingâThe Super Heroâs Journey includes panels from classic Marvel comics as a tribute by McDonnell to the stories he grew up reading, and to his heroesâStan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko, creators of the Marvel Universeâalongside inspirational quotes from Eckhart Tolle, Thoreau, and others, all of which deliver upon the promise of the Marvel Arts line to tell stories where ânothing is impossible and anything can happen.â