Big Bad Ironclad!: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2): A Civil War Tale

Big Bad Ironclad!: Bigger & Badder Edition, the second volume in Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales graphic novel series, returns in an oversize deluxe format with 16 pages of new content. This children’s history comic explores the American Civil War’s naval arms race, when wooden ships proved too vulnerable to cannon fire. Both Union and Confederate forces scrambled to construct iron-plated warships, culminating in the famous clash between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formerly the Merrimack).

Readers meet key figures like President Lincoln and Navy Secretary Gideon Welles as the ironclads steam toward their historic confrontation. The book’s vivid artwork and engaging narrative bring boats, ships, and 19th-century warfare to life for young fans of United States history, graphic novels, and transportation stories. This bigger and badder edition sheds new light on a battle that forever changed naval combat.