Audiobook Review:Molly Danger Episode 1 by Jamal Igle

Audiobook Publisher: AudioComics

Publication Date: October 2013

Molly Danger is the world’s oldest 10 year old – that is, she’s been fighting bad guys and Supermechs and protecting Coopersville since her ship crash landed on earth twenty years ago. She now works for D.A.R.T. (Danger Action Response Team) and loves her job and her fandom, but what she’d love even more is to have a normal life. Sure she wears pink and pigtails, but she’s no mere prancing princess. She’s a feisty superhero that any young boy or girl (or grown up) can love and my daughters are now big fans.

We first met Molly Danger on Free Comic Book Day, but recently had the pleasure of rereading the story, accompanied by the very fun audio narration. I’m a big fan of audiobooks, but I had wondered how well narration would work for a comic book. Molly Danger Episode 1 removed all my doubts with a full cast narration, complete with sound effects. My girls initially read along with the comic in hand, but soon enough, they were happily acting things out themselves.

Huge praise goes to Olivia DuFord, the voice of Molly herself. The other voice actors did their part, but as the main character telling her own story, DuFord’s crisp an snappy delivery lifts the Molly right off of the page.