{"id":128287,"date":"2025-08-06T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=128287"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:37:08","slug":"the-real-superheroes-of-beverly-hills-get-glitzy-debut-at-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/the-real-superheroes-of-beverly-hills-get-glitzy-debut-at-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills’ Get Glitzy Debut at Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 6, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The glittering facade of Beverly Hills just got a serious makeover in the pages of \u201cThe Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills\u201d illustrated novel. Writer and longtime comic-book scribe Steve Stern (\u201cZen Intergalactic Ninja\u201d) said, \u201cIt\u2019s the story of four students at Beverly Hills High who receive some wild powers during a cosmic event at Griffith Observatory, are immediately outed by a tabloid reporter, and then given their own reality TV show.\u201d He added with a smile, \u201cWhat could possibly go wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image caption: “The Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills” illustrated novel debuted at Comic-Con.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim Fletcher, who for years was Creative Director of DC Direct, the collectible merchandise division of DC Comics, teamed up with his daughter Leila to provide the illustrations for the novel. \u201cWe set out to explore what heroism looks like when filtered through the lens of fame, vanity and the age of social media,\u201d Fletcher said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills\u201d is published by 1First Books. Publisher Ken F. Levin, who is also an Executive Producer of the Amazon Prime megahit \u201cThe Boys,\u201d said, \u201cWith its unique concept, this illustrated novel is a great new addition to our growing imprint, and it received a highly enthusiastic reception at Comic-Con.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stern and Fletcher have a long history. The two met decades ago when Fletcher created the packaging art for the \u201cZen Intergalactic Ninja\u201d videogames from Konami and action figures from Just Toys, as well as illustrated all of the covers for the \u201cZen\u201d series published by Archie Comics.<\/p>\n

A genre-bending mix of action, humor, and satire that offers a fresh take on the superhero genre, \u201cThe Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills\u201d is also suitably action-packed, with a revenge-seeking psychopath who employs an army of AI-enhanced henchmen to disrupt events at the Beverly Hills Hotel — as well as at Comic-Con itself.<\/p>\n

Stern, himself a resident of Beverly Hills, said, \u201cWe wanted to really have fun at some of the iconic locations that figure into the book.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s in the future for \u201cThe Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills\u201d? \u201cEveryone who got a copy at Comic-Con invariably asked, \u2018Is this a reality TV show?\u2019\u201d Stern added. \u201cAnd my answer was always, \u201cHopefully, it will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Follow Steve online at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephen.stern1<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stern8506\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephen-stern-61a970bb\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 6, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The glittering facade of Beverly Hills just got a serious makeover in the pages of “The Real Superheroes of Beverly Hills” illustrated novel. Writer and longtime comic-book scribe Steve Stern (“Zen Intergalactic Ninja”) said, “It’s the story of four students at Beverly Hills High who receive some wild powers during a cosmic event at Griffith Observatory, are immediately outed by a tabloid reporter, and then given their own reality TV show.” He added with a smile, “What could possibly go wrong?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10097,"featured_media":128279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,12804,1,10,37,187,389,559],"tags":[7620],"class_list":["post-128287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-publishing-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-california-news","category-entertainment-news","category-los-angeles-news","category-pop-culture-news","category-products-news","tag-comic-books","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3081,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128293,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128287\/revisions\/128293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}