Hilo
#1 - The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
(2015)
Random House,
2015 Series
- Price
- 13.99 USD; 16.99 CAD
- Pages
- 208
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Random House
- Brand
- Random House
- ISBN
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978-0-385-38617-3
- Barcode
- 9780385386173 51399
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Manufactured in China. Book design by John Sazaklis.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Judd Winick; John Sazalkis (design)
- Inks
- Judd Winick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Characters
- Hilo; D. J.; Gina
- Reprints
in 
in 
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hilo Book 1
- Characters
- D. J.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Title page, front matter
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the Catman and the Tuff Little Kitten
- Characters
- The Catman; the Tuff Little Kitten
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Dedication
Chapter 1 Aaaaaah!
Hilo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hilo; D. J.
- Synopsis
- Flash-forward to the day Hilo and D.J. meet, when they are chased by a giant robot.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Robot
in Chapter 2 Good at One Thing
Hilo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Family
Chapter 3 Boom
Hilo / comic story / 38 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; elementary school
Chapter 4 Gina
Hilo / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; cheerleaders; elementary school; family
Chapter 5 Nothing New Ever Happens Here
Hilo / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; robot
Chapter 6 Dig
Hilo / comic story / 32 pages
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; family; robot
Chapter 7 Run
Hilo / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; robot
Chapter 8 I Stop Them When They Go Wrong
Hilo / comic story / 42 pages
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; dimensions; robot
Chapter 9 Gone
Hilo / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- 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.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Alien; dimensions; robot
[no title indexed]
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 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.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Hilo; Judd Winick; Pam King; the Catman; the Tuff Little Kitten
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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["Hilo Book 1"]
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["For the Catman and the Tuff Little Kitten"]
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Chapter 1 Aaaaaah!
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Chapter 2 Good at One Thing
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Chapter 3 Boom
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Chapter 4 Gina
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Chapter 5 Nothing New Ever Happens Here
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Chapter 6 Dig
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Chapter 7 Run
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Chapter 8 I Stop Them When They Go Wrong
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Chapter 9 Gone
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["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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[no title indexed]
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"Meet Hilo, D.J., and Gina!"
This issue was modified by
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kirk House
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