Planet Heroes
Planet Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher-Price designed for children, [1] depicting various heroic characters each identified with a specific planet.
Background
The characters have features related to those of their namesake planets, and are endowed with special powers and form a team to keep the solar system safe from their enemy, Black Hole, aka “Professor Darkness.” [2]
Comic Book
The Planet Heroes site includes an online comic book, “Ace in Space,” that allows users to either click or pull virtual page corners to turn pages. [3] The Planet Heroes are depicted traveling to Pluto to mine pluterium as a means to stop Black Hole’s Megatronic Cloud from destroying the solar system. Users can download a printable version of the comic book that parents can read to younger children. Also on the Web site is a section called the “Solar Lab” that presents facts of interest about each planet, presented in a question-and-answer format to hold the interest of younger visitors.[4]