Super Dinosaur

Super Dinosaur is an American comic book series published by Image Comics' Skybound imprint beginning in 2011. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Jason Howard, who had previously worked together on Image's "The Astounding Wolf-Man".
Publication history.
The idea for "Super Dinosaur" originated approximately two years prior to the series debut. Jason Howard drew a picture of a Tyrannosaurus with a cape for his then-five-year-old son. Howard shared the sketch with Robert Kirkman, who suggested the dinosaur's natural small arms could control larger robotic ones. "It was that goofy visual that was the beginning of the concept," Kirkman told "USA Today". 
Both Kirkman and Howard wanted to create a comic that they could read with their children and enjoy together. 
Kirkman described "Super Dinosaur" as "a Pixar movie on paper ... I want it to be a true all-ages book in that it's appropriate for kids young enough but still able to read, and it's still something that my fan base will probably enjoy."
Plot synopsis.
Scientists Doctor Dynamo and Max Maximus discovered a hole in the Earth that led to Inner Earth, a place where dinosaurs live. In addition to dinosaurs, Inner Earth is home to DynOre, a valuable deposit of solar power contained in a rock. 
While conducting experiments there, Maximus genetically altered a Tyrannosaurus, with which he tried to take over the world. Doctor Dynamo and his son, Derek, stopped him and formed a team with the Super Dinosaur to protect Inner Earth from Maximus. As Kirkman explains: 
Characters.
Heroes
Villains
Reception.
Doug Zawisza of Comic Book Resources described the first issue of the series as "compelling and fun, and oh, so very comic booky. This is the type of all ages comic that truly plays well to all ages without pandering, demeaning, or flat-out lying. There’s enough conflict and suspense for more experienced comic readers and lots of wonderful images, scenes, characters, and gadgets for newer readers." 
Bleeding Cool's Rich Johnston said, "at its heart, this is a drama about two entwined families dealing with all manner of antagonists. And it's so much deeper and richer for it." 
Newsarama's Shanna VanVolt criticized the Derek Dynamo character, calling him "unlikeable" and adding, "if 'kids these days' are even half as full of themselves as young Dynamo, I am sincerely worried about our future."
TV series.
On November 22, 2017, Canadian toy company Spin Master and broadcaster Corus Entertainment announced an animated adaptation by Atomic Cartoons which was first released on September 8, 2018 on Teletoon.
Mobile game.
On October 24, 2018, Canadian mobile game studio Big Blue Bubble launched Super Dinosaur: Kickin' Tail, a mobile battle game featuring characters and locations from the Super Dinosaur TV series. The game was released in Canada for free on the App Store and Google Play.