Dahl, Michael

"Even Superman needs a loyal sidekick. But how did Krypto the Super-Dog become the Man of Steel's best friend? Discover the origin of this superpowered Super-Pet in this action-packed, POW!-WHAM!-BOOM! chapter book for early readers"--Provided by the publisher.

"Years before Krypton explodes, the ruthless super-villain Brainiac shrinks the capital, Kandor, to miniature size and adds it to his collection of cities from across the universe. When Brainiac eventually reaches Earth and turns his shrinking ray on its cities, Superman comes to the resuce and halts his evil plans!"--Publisher provided.

"One day, an alien orphan crash-lands on Earth and is adopted by a human couple, the Kents. Many years, later, the child inside that starship becomes Superman, protector of Earth"--Publisher provided.

A young girl faces her greatest challenge, one that will require all her courage and kindness--school, and a spelling test.

Here's a tale of the robot Krypto, and why this souvenir now stand in the Fortress of Solitude.

This is the tale of the bottled city of Kandor and why this trophy now stand in the Fortress of Solitude.

After escaping from prison, the Riddler uses clever clues to trap Batman and Robin inside a tyrannosaurus rex robot.

A pair of mysterious magic shoes appears every night under Daphne's bed, and they give her the ability to walk through solid objects, like a phantom, but there are consequences for wearing them--and that is only one of the chilling stories in this collection.

When Bradley takes a shortcut through the graveyard one evening, he encounters a mysterious girl who keeps jumping out from behind the gravestones; she is wearing clothes that resemble a doll that Bradley took from his sister and accidentally ruined, and now that doll with the melted face is back for revenge--and the reader will find five more equally chilling stories in this collection.

When her father uses weed killer on their lawn, Lisa dreams that the goblin in the grass that her grandmother told her about will come after her because his home is threatened--and this is just one of the scary stories in this collection.