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Issue: Hilo #1
Publication Date: January 2015
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Issues: #1 of 9 Issues (10 Printings)
Title: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRandom House
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Indicia Publisher: Random House
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Pages: 208
ISBN: 9780385386173
UPC/EAN: 978038538617351399
Price: $16.99 CAD
$13.99 USD
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Content Items: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Manufactured in China. Book design by John Sazaklis.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 5 5/8" w x 8 1/2" h
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): John Sazalkis (design)
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Character(s): Hilo; D. J.; Gina
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Character(s): Hilo; D. J.; Gina
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Character(s): D. J.
First Line: Hilo Book 1
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Character(s): The Catman; the Tuff Little Kitten
First Line: For the Catman and the Tuff Little Kitten
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Chapter 1 Aaaaaah!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hilo; D. J.
Synopsis: Flash-forward to the day Hilo and D.J. meet, when they are chased by a giant robot.
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Chapter 2 Good at One Thing

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): D. J.; Gina; Louis; Dexter; Jennifer; Lisa
Synopsis: D. J.'s brothers and sisters are all exceptional at something, or even several things. The only thing D. J. was really good at was being friends with Gina. But when he and she were seven years old, Gina's family moved away. D. J. was still lonely three years later, when something strange crashed to earth nearby.
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Chapter 3 Boom

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina; Dr. Horizon; Dexter; Gina; students; school staff
Synopsis: In the impact crater is a young boy with no memory. He absorbs D.J.'s language by touch, goes home with him, and eventually remembers that his name is Hilo. D.J. gives him food and clothing, both of which seem new to him. Hilo dreams of hopelessly fighting a monster called Razorwark, and being very afraid. He hacks school records to get enrolled in D.J.'s classes, where they discover that after three years, Gina has returned to school.
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Chapter 4 Gina

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina; teacher; Gina's sisters; Mr. Cooper (Gina's father)
Synopsis: Hilo's naïvete, combined with his encyclopedic fictitious backstory, bewilders everyone at school. The boys visit Gina at her new home, where they find her frustrated because her family discourages her special interests, such as astronomy. Hilo assembles her telescope -- usually a two-hour job -- in minutes.
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Chapter 5 Nothing New Ever Happens Here

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina; RANT (robot ant)
Synopsis: Sensing trouble, Hilo rushes to the site of another impact, where he is confronted by a giant robot. Memory returns as he flies and uses lasers to protect his friends. But the RANT keeps reassembling itself, repeatedly hammering Hilo until D. J. pushes it off a cliff to its destruction. Rushing to Hilo's side, D. J. and Gina discover that Hilo too is a robot, and that he's been dismantled in the combat.
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Chapter 6 Dig

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Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina; Razorwark; Mr. Lim (D. J. father); Mrs. Lim (D. J.'s mother); Louis; Dexter; Jennifer; Lisa
Synopsis: Hilo reassembles himself, and remembers that in his old home he had been battling Razorwark, who wanted to hurt Hilo's friends. They return to D. J.'s home for a frantic meal with D. J.'s high-achieving family. D. J. sadly tells Gina that just as he doesn't fit in with his family, or with Hilo, he doesn't fit in with her. She and all the others are outstanding in various ways, while he is only boring and ordinary.
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Chapter 7 Run

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina; Razorwark (in flashback); giant robot bugs
Synopsis: Hilo figures out that the unusual meteor shower earth is experiencing is actually bringing pieces of giant robots, which are then being assembled in order to attack. With help from Gina and D. J., Hilo defeats several of the robots. But then they discover that the robots are assembling another robot, even more gigantic.
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Chapter 8 I Stop Them When They Go Wrong

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Character(s): D. J. Hilo; Gina; giant robots
Synopsis: Faced with the obliteratron robot, Hilo remembers his own story. He is a robot, created to battle evil robots. But for all his efforts, he failed on his own world. Razorwark destroyed all life, and the frightened Hilo fled through a dimensional portal to earth. Now Razorwark has sent his minions to destroy life on this planet. Hilo removes D. J. and Gina to safety, then attacks despite his fears. Destroying the robots, he returns to his own world, once again to face Razorwark.
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Chapter 9 Gone

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: D. J. is devastated at Hilo's departure, isolated even from Gina. But Hilo contacts him with a warning. Razorwark has opened a portal, and he's coming to Earth.
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Hilo; Judd Winick; Pam King; the Catman; the Tuff Little Kitten
First Line: Judd Winick grew up on Long Island, where he spent countless hours doodling, reading X-Men comics and the newspaper strip Bloom County, and watching Looney Tunes.
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"Don't miss the next adventure"

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Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina
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Character(s): D. J.; Hilo; Gina
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"Meet Hilo, D.J., and Gina!"

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Character(s): D.J.; Hilo; RANT
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Disclose Notes: Back cover

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