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August 31, 2012 by Lori Henderson

All ages comics and manga for 8/29/12

August 31, 2012 by Lori Henderson   Leave a Comment

It’s the last hurrah of summer with the long Labor Day weekend, so stock up on reading material now! Bongo Comics takes fans back in time to see what Bart Simpson’s dad was like as a kid with Li’l Homer. Kodansha completes its run of Gon so the whole series is available in print again, and IDW completes its first mini-series of their new Popeye series. There’s no better way to round out summer.

The Picks:

AMULET BOOKS

Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Volume 2 Big Bad Ironclad GN, $12.95
^^AA Pick^^

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

Betty And Veronica Friends Double Digest #228, $3.99
Sonic Saga Volume 1 Darkest Storm TP, $11.99
Sonic The Hedgehog #240 (Greg Horn Cover), $2.99
Sonic The Hedgehog #240 (Sega Cover), $2.99

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BONGO COMICS
Li’l Homer #1, $2.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Axe Cop President Of The World #2 (Of 3), $3.50

DC COMICS
Superman Family Adventures #4, $2.99

GRAPHIX
Amulet Volume 5 Prince Of The Elves SC, $12.99
Baby-Sitters Club Volume 4 Claudia And Mean Nanine SC (New Printing), $9.99

IDW PUBLISHING
Popeye #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Bruce Ozella), $3.99

KIDS CAN PRESS
Golden Twine GN, $9.95 ^^AA Pick^^
Luz Makes A Splash GN, $8.95

KODANSHA COMICS
Gon Volume 7 GN (Kodansha Edition), $10.99

STERLING PUBLISHING
All-Action Classics Volume 4 The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz GN, $7.95

TITAN PUBLISHING
Lenore Swirlies HC, $17.95

The Picks:

Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Volume 2 Big Bad Ironclad GN – Amulet Books continues to make history fun to read! This time it’s the civil war as Nathan Hale presents “strange but true” facts in an engaging, funny format. This volume covers the ironclad steam warships used during the Civil War. The larger-than-life real historical characters covered include the ship’s inventor with a knack for blowing things up (a historic Mythbuster!) and only 100 days to complete his project, and William Cushing, a prankster who pranked his way through the war! While kids may groan at the thought of reading about history, this volume with its surprising true facts and funny, brave characters will surely draw kids in and help them realize history can be fun! This is a perfect addition to a middle school library or collection.

Golden Twine GN – Who knew string games could be dangerous? Golden Twine is the first book in the new series Cat’s Cradle. Suri is an orphaned girl who earns a living with a traveling caravan. But in this steampunk world where monsters co-exist with humans, she yearns to be a monster tamer. She brags about her first successful taming to a young customer, and he runs off spooked, dropping his ball of golden twine. When he and his family return that night, Suri realizes that they are catsiths, dangerous feline monsters that can disguise themselves as humans, and she has something they want; the twine! Filled with adventure and monsters, this title is not only well suited for a late elementary and middle school library or collection, but for Halloween collections as well!

Images © Amulet Books and Kids Can Press respectively.

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About Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson is a mother of two teenage daughters and an avid reader. She blogs about manga at her personal blog Manga Xanadu as well as contributing and editing for Manga Village. She blogs about all things fandom (mainly Doctor Who) at her other personal blog Fangirl Xanadu. She's been at it so for over 5 years now and counting!

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