▁save ▁the ▁world , ▁others ▁may ▁wish ▁the ▁situations ▁felt ▁less ▁cl ich éd ." < ref >" Children ' s ▁Book ▁Re views ," ▁Publish er ' s ▁Week ly , ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 .</ ref > ▁Thom ▁Cre ed ▁was ▁named ▁# 5 ▁on ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁L GB T ▁Book ▁Char acters . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁somewhat ▁reserved ▁pra ise , ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Hero ▁won ▁a ▁L ambda ▁Liter ary ▁Award ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁L GB T ▁Children ' s / You ng ▁Ad ult ▁novel ▁of ▁the ▁past ▁year . ▁ ▁Se qu els , ▁and ▁film ▁and ▁television ▁adapt ations ▁Moore ▁told ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁that ▁he ▁planned ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁book ▁sequ els ▁featuring ▁Thom ▁Cre ed . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁many ▁reports ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁might ▁be ▁adapted ▁for ▁other ▁media . ▁Moore ▁said ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁that ▁a ▁motion ▁picture ▁adaptation ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁stages . ▁Moore ▁announced ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁might ▁be ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁television ▁program . ▁" It ▁looks ▁like ▁we ’ re ▁going ▁to ▁do ▁a ▁TV ▁series . ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁networks ▁that ▁we ▁pitch ed , ▁and ▁we ▁got ▁two ▁offers ." ▁Vari ety ▁confirmed ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁that ▁Moore ▁and ▁Marvel ▁Comics ' ▁Stan ▁Lee ▁were ▁officially ▁developing ▁a