History Comicbook / SuperDinosaur

In the conclusion of issue #23 Kirkman announced that SD '''is not''' cancelled and will return after a hiatus. In addition he teased that he is working on expanding the SD brand '''outside of comics''' which presumably means a series or movie. Indeed, the series received an AllCGICartoon AnimatedAdaptation produced by Creator/SpinMasterEntertainment, Creator/AtomicCartoons and Creator/SkyboundEntertainment, which debuted on Creator/{{Teletoon}} on Spetmber 8, 2018.

!!Tropes:

* InnocentAliens: The Kalish live in Earth's moon, but they landed there out necessity and don't have any bad blood with humans.
* InsectoidAliens: One of the Kalish races. The other look more crustacean than insectoid.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Not only aliens living in the moon, but the reptiloids[[spoiler: who live in Inner Earth]] somehow speak English.

* ArtificialLimbs: Maximus has a cybernetic left arm due to his treatment to [[KickTheDog SD]] and [[TheDogBitesBack the T-rex bites back hard.]] SD's harness also qualifies.

* BadassBoast: Being a T-Rex, SD doesn't really need them, but Issue 17 gives us this.
-->'': If I really wanted to fight--I'd WIN!''

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Doctor Dexter Dynamo, Max Maximus, anyone?

''Super Dinosaur'' marks writer Robert Kirkman's first foray into family-friendly comic books. ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' and ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' creator teams up with artist Jason Howard (having worked together previously on ''ComicBook/TheAstoundingWolfMan'') to deliver a colorful, fun, and very comic-bookey series. ''Super Dinosaur'' as a series realizes its status as a comic book and revels in it. The villains ham it up, one liners abound, and there is a ton of action. While this may sound uninspired Kirkman gives us a number of intriguing characters and plotlines. Sometimes dealing with heavy emotional issues. ''Super Dinosaur'' is often referred to as a Saturday morning cartoon in comic book form.

* EyesOfGold: The Dinos all have these. Sometimes they [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glow]]

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Squidious.

* NeverSayDie: Averted by The Exile ''"Sharkmen -- Kill him!"''

In the conclusion of issue #23 Kirkman announced that SD '''is not''' cancelled and will return after a hiatus. In addition he teased that he is working on expanding the SD brand '''outside of comics''' which presumably means a series or movie.

[[caption-width-right:255:[[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His T Rex Friend]]]]

* ABoyandHisX: A boy and his sentient ''T. rex'' who wears a mech suit.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: SD and Derek's black stealth gear.

* ShoutOut: In #1 SD has an issue of ''TheAstoundingWolfMan'' (Kirkman and Howard's first series) on the floor of his room.

''Super Dinosaur'' marks writer Robert Kirkman's first foray into family-friendly comic books. ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' and ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' creator teams up with artist Jason Howard (having worked together previously on ''TheAstoundingWolfMan'') to deliver a colorful, fun, and very comic-bookey series. ''Super Dinosaur'' as a series realizes its status as a comic book and revels in it. The villains ham it up, one liners abound, and there is a ton of action. While this may sound uninspired Kirkman gives us a number of intriguing characters and plotlines. Sometimes dealing with heavy emotional issues. ''Super Dinosaur'' is often referred to as a Saturday morning cartoon in comic book form.

!This comic provides examples of:
* ABoyandHisX: A boy and his sentient ''T. rex'' who wears a mech suit.

* AnAxeToGrind: There's a reason why one character is [=TriceraCHOPS=].

''Super Dinosaur'' marks writer Robert Kirkman's first foray into family-friendly comic books. ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' and ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' creator teams up with artist Jason Howard (having worked together previously on ''TheAstoundingWolfMan'') to deliver a colorful, fun, and very comic-bookey series. ''Super Dinosaur'' as a series realizes its status as a comic book and revels in it. The villains ham it up, one liners abound, and there is a ton of action. While this may sound boring Kirkman gives us a number of intriguing characters and plotlines. Sometimes dealing with heavy emotional issues. ''Super Dinosaur'' is often referred to as a Saturday morning cartoon in comic book form.

The series follows Derek Dynamo, the son of Dr. Dynamo, mad genius and the man responsible for discovering Dynore, [[AppliedPhlebotinum a powerful new mineral capable of amazing scientific leaps]]. And that's not all; along with it, he discovers Inner-Earth, a mysterious land in the very core of the planet where dinosaurs still thrive and Dynore is abundant.

So naturally, Dynamo's partner, Max Maximus, takes an egg from Inner-Earth and uses Dynore to make the resulting ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' into an intelligent, sentient being and fits it with a robotic arm harness as a prototype for an army of dinosaur minions to help him - you guessed it - TakeOverTheWorld. Dynamo steps in, but in the process, the three humans are injured, leaving Dynamo's brain unable to focus, Derek smarter, and Maximus without one arm. Despite the setback, Maximus escapes custody and sets out to fulfill his evil deeds with his own army of loyal cyborg Dino-Men.

Fortunately, during this, Derek has struck up a strong friendship with the ''T. rex''. As Derek dubs him 'Super Dinosaur,' the two are employed by the government to keep Inner-Earth safe from Maximus and anyone else who may be after the Dynore.

Oh, and we may mention the two mechanics who happen to be staying to help work of SD's harness. One of their daughters, Erica, is none too happy about being forced to live there.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Exile and Oola definitely seem to be more than comrades in arms.

''Super Dinosaur'' marks writer Robert Kirkman's first foray into family-friendly comic books. ''TheWalkingDead'' and ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' creator teams up with artist Jason Howard (having worked together previously on ''TheAstoundingWolfMan'') to deliver a colorful, fun, and very comic-bookey series. ''Super Dinosaur'' as a series realizes its status as a comic book and revels in it. The villains ham it up, one liners abound, and there is a ton of action. While this may sound boring Kirkman gives us a number of intriguing characters and plotlines. Sometimes dealing with heavy emotional issues. ''Super Dinosaur'' is often referred to as a Saturday morning cartoon in comic book form.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the BloodierAndGorier ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' and ''TheWalkingDead'', ''Super Dinosaur'' is kid-friendly.

* CurbStompBattle: Derek and SD's first encounter with Tyrannosaurus X. T-X starts the fight by ripping one of SD's robotic arms off. He later breaks Derek's weapons and throws him off a building. All in all Tyrannosaurus X handed SD and Derek their first flat out defeat and it was a doozy.

* ActionDuo: SD and Derek.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish

* BalefulPolymorph: Minimus

* CollapsedMidSpeech: Derek in Inner Moon.

* EvilIsHammy: Most major villains, but especially Squidious.

* FantasticGhetto: ''The Beneath''

* InterspeciesFriendship: Derek and SD

* LostWorld: Inner Earth

* RescueArc: ''Escape From Inner Earth''.

* StarCrossedLovers: Bool and Slann.

* OhCrap: Issue #5, "''Max Maximus is here.''" Or Issue #10 When Derek Realizes [[spoiler: The Exile has complete control of all of Earth Core HQ.]]

* RootingForTheEmpire: The Exile, while obviously dangerous and a threat to the surface world, is at the end of the day {{spoiler: just trying to liberate his race from his brothers tyranny.]] Almost makes Derek look like the bad guy for not only snatching that chance from under his nose, but obnoxiously taunting him about it.

The Evil Max Maximus wants to get to Inner-Earth! He wants the dinosaurs that live there! He wants the powerful [=DynOre=] mineral that originates there! SUPER DINOSAUR and DEREK DYNAMO are the only ones who can stop him! The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of a ten year-old kid and his best friend, a nine-foot tall Tyrannosaurus Rex who loves to play video games. -- Official description