This Week’s Comics: Family Goosebumps

The end of summer is just around the corner, as are some of books on this week’s list. Action Lab Entertainment finishes the runs of Adventures of Aero-Girl and Kids of the Roundtable, while IDW Publishing finishes the first arc of Jem and the Holograms.  Capstone Press has something for younger readers with books featuring stories and activities about Superman and the March Grand Prix.

The List:

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Adventures Of Aero-Girl #4 (Of 4), $3.99
Kids Of The Round Table #4 (Of 4), $3.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Betty And Veronica Comics Annual Digest #236, $5.99
Sonic Boom #11 (Diana Skelly Regular Cover), $3.99
Sonic Boom #11 (SEGA Variant Cover), $3.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Regular Show #27 (Cover A Julian Robinson & Dan Ciurczak), $3.99
Regular Show #27 (Cover B Marc Ellerby), $3.99

CAPSTONE PRESS
Amazing Adventures Of Superman Magic Monsters SC, $3.95
Amazing Adventures Of Superman Supergirl’s Pet Problem SC, $3.95
Amazing Adventures Of Superman The Bubble Trouble SC, $3.95
Amazing Adventures Of Superman The Day Of The Bizarros SC, $3.95
DC Super Heroes Origami 46 Folding Projects SC, $14.95
DC Super Heroes Superman Lex Luthor’s Power Grab TP, $5.95
March Grand Prix The Fast And The Furriest Complete GN, $14.95
March Grand Prix Volume 1 The Race At Harewood GN, $5.95
March Grand Prix Volume 2 The Baker’s Run GN, $5.95
March Grand Prix Volume 3 The Great Desert Rally GN, $5.95

DC COMICS
Bat-Mite #4 (Of 6), $2.99

GRAPHIX
Goosebumps Graphix Full Color Volume 1 Slappy’s Tales Of Horror SC, $12.99 **Weekly Pick**

IDW PUBLISHING
Jem And The Holograms #6 (Cover A Sophie Campbell), $3.99
Skylanders Rift Into Overdrive HC, $12.99

MARVEL COMICS
Groot #4, $3.99

TITAN COMICS
Doctor Who Event 2015 Four Doctors #4 (Of 5)(Neil Edwards Regular Cover), $3.99
Doctor Who The Tenth Doctor #15 (Elena Casagrande Regular Cover), $3.99
Dragons Riders Of Berk Volume 6 Underworld GN, $6.99
Home Volume 1 TP, $6.99

VIZ MEDIA
Hello Kitty Fun And Friendship Box Set Volume 1, $39.99
Pokemon Black And White Box Set Volume 3, $25.99
Pokemon XY Volume 4 GN, $4.99

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Family Pets GN, $9.99 **Weekly Pick**

The Picks:

Goosebumps Graphix Full Color Volume 1 Slappy’s Tales Of Horror – Graphix brings back a classic horror series for kids. Four Goosebumps-raising tales by the master of horror, R.L. Stine are adapted into full color comics, including the origin story of the collection’s namesake Slappy, evil ventriloquist dummy, in “The Night of the Living Dummy.” “A Shocker on Shock Street” features a brother and sister doing their dream job, testing rides at a theme park, where the special effect almost seem real. “The Werewolf of Fever Swamp” is a spooky story about a boy and his dog who go to explore and lonely swamp and hope they will live to regret it. Finally, “Ghost Beach” is about a brother and sister who go to investigate a local legend and discover a terrible secret about their family. All four stories are adapted by creators such as David Roman, Jamie Tolagson, Gabriel Hernandez, and Ted Naifeh, who use their talents to up the creepy factor past 11. It’s the perfect addition to any school library or graphic novel collection.

Family Pets GN – Zenescope Entertainment, through their all ages imprint Silver Dragon Books, releases a new title filled with animals and adventure. Thomasina lost her parents on her fifth birthday, but has been dreaming that something amazing would happen in her life to make up for all the pain she’s been through. She gets her wish when after turning sixteen, she wakes up one morning to find her foster family turned into pet animals, and her favorite pet snake has become a dashing young man. Her ordinary life has turned into an extraordinary adventure. This volume collects all 6 issues of the series and was originally a digital only release on Comixology. Recommended for fans of Smile, Lumberjanes and Ms. Marvel, this title is sure to please.

Images © Graphix and Zenescope Entertainment respectively.

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