The Captain Sun Adventures, Book 1 - Rescue Me! -- A New TOS Review!!

My children have really enjoyed having and reading their own comic book, Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith, which is the first book of three in The Captain Sun Adventures!! This short and intriguing story focuses on the power of faith in our own lives as read the adventure of Captain Sun.

There are eight fully illustrated chapters in what looks and acts more like a graphic novel, but with a twist. After ever few pages of the story you are "interrupted" by a newspaper graphic that is really a devotional. And who doesn't love superheroes ... I know all of my kiddos do ... and they were intrigued by the story of how Black-Out was going to be conquered and learning more about Captain Sun as he comes to the rescue and save Capital City from the darkness enveloping it that was created by Black-Out.

Author Bryce Morgan and illustrator Mitch Martin are the perfect team weaving Biblical truths within the cover of a superhero comic.  Some topics they have conquered in Book 1 of The Captain Sun Adventures are what is sin, who is the only one who can truly rescue us, and who the REAL hero is, and they all point to Scriptures which are printed on the devotional pages throughout the story. These devotional pages look like the front page of a newspaper and the main article being published in the Capital City Chronicle. At the end of the book there are 2 questions about each chapter of the book. One dealing more with comprehension and the other focusing on applying the truth taught about in the chapter.

Question in devotional

Scripture in every devotional page

Just because this is a short book does not mean it is not full. All three of my children have enjoyed reading it both on their own and having another read it to them, but what I've liked most are the conversations that have come after. This is where they are questioning and investigating their own life to see if they are relying on Jesus to rescue them from sin or whether they are portraying themselves as part of the 'super team' and being real heroes ourselves.

My son has gone through this book by doing a chapter at a time every few days and then we'd spend the in between time trying to delve into the lesson of that chapter. This might mean going over the question raised in the lesson or in the back of the book or re-reading the Scripture that was pointed out.

My daughters have both primarily read the book on their own, but did occasionally like to get read to as well. Having all of us read the book has really been helpful when talking about a theme of a chapter and using it as a devotional time.

My son can not wait to get his hands on further books in The Captain Sun Adventures series, but for now he'll just grab our copy of Book 1, Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith and read it again and again! I encourage you to check them out on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube. Oh and don't miss reading other reviews of the Crew by clicking the link below!