Undercover Combat: Courageous Spies of World War I

Description: A dynamic, hi-lo graphic novel featuring three stories about the most courageous spies of the World War I, including Richard B. Tinsley, Karl Krüger, and Louise de Bettignies.

Brief description: The author of the Amazon best-selling hardcover Batman: A Visual History, Matthew K. Manning has contributed to many comic books, including Beware the Batman, Spider-Man Unlimited, Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties, Justice League Adventures, Looney Tunes, and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? When not writing comics themselves, Manning often authors books about comics, as well as a series of young reader books starring Superman, Batman, and the Flash for Capstone. He currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and their two daughters, Lillian and Gwendolyn. Visit him online at www.matthewkmanning.com.

Review Quotes: Short text descriptions and speech bubbles combine with a graphic-novel format to present the stories of three WWI spies in this volume from the high/low Spy Story Graphics series (4 titles). A brief introduction to the Great War features a map and helps readers understand the nations affiliated with the Central and Allied powers. Successive chapters spotlight influential Allied spies: Louise de Bettignies, who set up a spy base known as the Alice Network in Lille, France; Richard B. Tinsley, a British secret agent working in the Netherlands for a group that became known as MI6; and Sylvanus Morley, an American archaeologist who gathered German intelligence in Mexico and Central America. A limited color palette reinforces the time period, while the expressive illustrations emphasize each spy's harrowing experiences.--Angela Leeper "Booklist"