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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Bright, J. E.

  Brain freeze! / by J. E. Bright.

  p. cm. — (Step into reading. Step 2)

  “DC Super Friends.”

  Summary: Batman, Superman, Cyborg, the Flash, and the Green Lantern must battle Mr. Freeze when he encases Metropolis’s central computer in ice and shuts down the city.

  ISBN 978-0-375-86221-2 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-96221-9 (lib. bdg.)

  ISBN: 978-0-307-97960-5 (ebook)

  [1. Superheroes—Fiction.]

  I. Title.

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  CONTENTS

  Dedication

  Copyright

  Title Page

  First Page

  It is a big day

  in Metropolis.

  A new computer will

  control everything.

  The computer

  is called the Brain.

  It will run the trains.

  It will control

  the traffic lights,

  the water supply,

  and the power.

  Superman pulls

  the switch that turns

  on the Brain.

  Mr. Freeze wants

  to give Metropolis

  brain freeze!

  Mr. Freeze fires

  his ice cannon.

  The Brain is

  frozen solid!

  The city’s water

  stops running.

  The power

  goes off.

  A train speeds

  out of control!

  Superman and the Flash

  zoom into action.

  Superman stops

  the train.

  The Flash helps

  the riders.

  Cyborg tells the cars

  when to STOP.

  Green Lantern tells

  them when to GO.

  Batman swings down

  on Mr. Freeze.

  Mr. Freeze uses

  his ice blaster!

  Batman’s feet

  get frozen.

  Superman breaks

  the ice.

  Batman smashes

  the ice blaster.

  Mr. Freeze runs

  to his ice cannon!

  Superman uses

  his heat vision

  to melt the cannon.

  “Get ready to cool off

  in jail,”

  Batman says.

  Superman thaws

  the Brain.

  It still works!

  Teamwork saves

  the city.

  The Super Friends

  celebrate

  with ice cream!

 

 

  J. E. Bright, Brain Freeze! (DC Super Friends)

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