All ages comics and manga for 12/28/11

2011 ends with a bit of bang with plenty of good titles to read-in the new year. Return to the world of The Dark Crystal as Archaia releases a collection of prequel stories that delve deeper into this fantasy world. Kodansha releases the next volumes of their titles for pre-teen readers, and ending with the year, Boom! Studios releases the final issue of Space Warped.

The List:

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Princeless #3, $3.99

ARCANA STUDIO
Ralph Filmore GN, $14.95 ^^AA List^^

ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT
Fraggle Rock Classics Volume 1 TP, $9.95
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Volume 1 Creation Myths HC, $19.95

ARCHIE COMICS
Archie #628 (Archie Meets KISS Part 2)(Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Archie #628 (Archie Meets KISS Part 2)(Francesco Francavilla Variant Cover), $2.99
Betty & Veronica Battle Of The BFFs TP, $9.99
Sonic The Hedgehog #232, $2.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #13, $3.99

BONGO COMICS
Bart Simpson Comics #66, $2.99
Simpsons Super Spectacular #14, $2.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Space Warped #6 (Of 6), $3.99

KODANSHA COMICS
Animal Land Volume 3 GN, $10.99
Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus Volume 2 TP, $14.99

MARVEL COMICS
Dorothy And The Wizard In Oz #4 (Of 8), $3.99
Muppets Presents The Treasure Of Peg-Leg Wilson, $5.99 ^^ AA List^^

The Picks:

Ralph Filmore GN – Arcana introduces a new paranormal investigator for all ages. Ralph Filmore is your average, everyday 12-year-old obsessed with paranormal phenomena. He takes on all things strange and bizarre with the help of his best friend/partner in slime, Booker, his robotic supercomputer Z and his ghostly canine companion Specter, and is still in bed by 9PM. when his supernatural sleuthing gets him grounded for Halloween, he must risk the wrath of disobeying his mom’s orders to stay in his room to stop the long forgotten evil of Mortimer Bain, vengeful magician who is turning all of the townsfolk of Hollow Creak into zombie creatures. This is a true all ages title that both kids and adults will enjoy, with fun characters and story, and an animation art style to match.

Muppets Presents The Treasure Of Peg-Leg Wilson – The Muppets are back with more zany antics! In this giant-sized comic, Kermit takes on the “bad to the bone look”, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew takes on the savage Animal, and the rats take on the hunt for the elusive treasure of Peg Leg Wilson, and dig up the theater in the process! Add to this Pigs in Space, the Swedish Chef, and catapulting penguins and exploding chickens and you have one wild read! Fans of the Muppets and just plain great humor will want to pick this issue up.

Images © Arcana Studio and Marvel Comics respectively.

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