I’m sorry.  I’m just not a fan. The same publisher puts out a similar series of early chapter books based on classic super heroes, of which I really am a fan.  But this pet spin-off seems pointless.  The characters are a speedy turtle who is meant to be the pet of The Flash, and two newts who want to be pets to the villain Professor Zoom.  After hiding in Zoom’s bag, the newts find their way into his laboratory and start mucking around with his giant robot, but they’re in over their heads and set it loose on the city without really having it under control.  Speedy comes to the rescue by causing the robot to crash into some electrical lines and fry itself.  I found the characters undeveloped and the story line a bit lame.  Maybe I’m a purist, but there didn’t really seem to be a point to the whole pet angle.