Maximum Ride

A manga-styled adaptation of James Patterson's bestselling young-adult novel series, this Tokyopop comic translates the high-flying adventures of genetically engineered kids on the run from a sinister scientific organization. Running nine issues from 2010, the series was illustrated by NaRae Lee, whose dynamic, anime-influenced art brought the winged protagonists' aerial battles and emotional struggles to vivid life. It stands as a key example of the publisher's early-2010s push to adapt Western prose properties into the manga format.