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I have a young niece, and in a couple of years I will pass this on to her. She is proficient on safe uses of the Internet, under careful supervision of her mother. As she enters her early teens, this will be a fun introduction to the computer world as we know it. My involvement with social networking sites is well known in my family, and I would take comfort knowing she has the knowledge bestowed by this graphic novel.

Hackerteen deals with safety of information, real world problems; such as banking and running a business, as well as genetic coding and the infiltration of evil large corporations into our society.

On the first few pages I noticed footnotes to hackerteen website, explaining key terms such as 'DNS (domain name servers).' The information on the website is well written for the young audience and thorough.

Hackerteen as a graphic novel does not disappoint. The art and colors are beautiful and the story as it folds out is cool. A team of young hackers (which is not used as a bad term) put their problem solving skills to the test as they contribute ideas to solving a global problem. At the very least, this promotes open source to our future programmers, but at the most it was a fun read! At one time being a 14 year old with my trusty old Commodore 64 cataloging my comic collection, this would have been a welcome addition to my shelf.

I've composed this review without spoilers, but that being said, Hackerteen Volume 1 does what all good comics do: leave you waiting for the next issue. I look forward to that day, and hope it is not too far away.

Hackerteen left me with a positive outlook on the future of computers in our society, and the hope we can give our next generation of Hackers.