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Series 1 Episodes
The Wall of Steel
The Trap of Terror
Nuclear Meltdown
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Lair of the Evil Nemesis
The Toxic Chamber
The Jungle Swamp
The Fiery Furnace
Jem, Geraint and Trey
Nuclear Meltdown
Competition

Can you help this week's superhero? If you think you can, you could win the original drawing of Staz's artwork on this page. All you have to do is solve the challenge below, and send it in to us.

The Evil Nemesis has stolen the last remaining pair of Raphus cucullatus birds. The dastardly villain has threatened to blow the priceless birds to smithereens unless she's paid a £1 million ransom. But our hero, the mighty Cyclone, has tracked down the caged birds to a small island surrounded by piranha-invested waters. The Evil Nemesis has cunningly placed the cage on a weight-sensitive trigger next to a bomb.

Our hero must use his telescopic superpowers to switch the cage for a bag of sand. The sandbag must be the correct weight else he will set off the trigger. He knows the cage weighs 5 kilograms and that each bird weighs 10 kilograms.

The Evil Nemesis has stolen the last remaining pair of Raphus cucullatus birds. The dastardly villain has threatened to blow the priceless birds to smithereens unless she's paid a £1 million ransom. But our hero, the mighty Cyclone, has tracked down the caged birds to a small island surrounded by piranha-invested waters. The Evil Nemesis has cunningly placed the cage on a weight-sensitive trigger next to a bomb.

He has a 25-kilogram bag of sand at the ready but hesitates when he sees that the Evil Nemesis has fiendishly covered the cage with a hood. He can't tell if the birds are flying in the cage or not and thinks that if they are he'll need to lose some sand from the bag. How can Cyclone tell if the birds are flying around in there? Can you, as his trusty sidekick, help our hapless hero ensure he has the right amount of sand?

Struggling? Want a clue?

This competition is now closed. The winner was Adele King.

The Solution ...

Raphus cucullatus is the Latin name of the dodo, and dodos can't fly. So tell our hero to leave his 25-kilogram bag of sand well alone – it's the right weight. Grab those birds and get out of there!

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