This Week’s Comics: First Two Seconds

Magic is in the air and on this week’s list of new releases. BOOM! Studios lets loose the ninth issue of the magical girl temp series Bee And Puppycat, while Dark Horse Comics releases the second issue of their new magical girl series Zodiac Starforce. Music is magic at IDW Publishing as the first Jem and the Holograms Outrageous Annual makes its debut.

The List:

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Adventures Of Aero-Girl TP, $14.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie #3 (Andrew Robinson Variant Cover), $3.99
Archie #3 (Ben Caldwell Variant Cover), $3.99
Archie #3 (Cliff Chiang Variant Cover), $3.99
Archie #3 (Fiona Staples Regular Cover), $3.99
Archie #3 (Stuart Immonen Variant Cover), $3.99

BONGO COMICS
Simpsons Illustrated #19, $3.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Amazing World Of Gumball 2015 Grab Bag #1 (Cover A Mariel Cartwright), $4.99
Bee And Puppycat #9 (Cover A Rose Besch), $3.99
Bee And Puppycat #9 (Cover B Toril Orlesky), $3.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Zodiac Starforce #2 (Of 4), $3.99

DC COMICS
Wonder Woman ’77 Special #2, $7.99

FIRST SECOND
Secret Coders Volume 1 SC, $9.99 **Weekly Pick**
Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo And Juliet HC, $19.99
Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo And Juliet SC, $12.99 **Weekly Pick**

IDW PUBLISHING
Jem And The Holograms Outrageous Annual #1 (Cover A Agnes Garbowska), $7.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Volume 10 TP, $19.99
Uncle Scrooge #6 (Cover A Jonathan Gray), $3.99

TITAN COMICS
Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #1 (Alex Ronald Regular Cover), $3.99
Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #1 (Blank Sketch Variant Cover), $3.99
Doctor Who The Twelfth Doctor #12 (Rian Hughes Regular Cover), $3.99

VIZ MEDIA
Pokemon Adventures Black And White Volume 9 GN, $9.99
Pokemon Adventures Firered And Leafgreen Emerald Box Set, $54.99

The Picks:

Secret Coders Volume 1 – First Second releases the new title from Gene Luen Yang that combines three elements that are perfect together: mysteries, puzzles and basic programming. At Stately Academy, the founder of the school left many clues and puzzles behind to challenge the students. Hopper and her friend Eni intend to solve the mysteries using their wits and growing prowess with coding. These enterprising students will succeed, no matter what it takes! With his experience as a high school computer programming teacher, Yang has created a series that can cultivate an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) while also being entertaining.

Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo And Juliet – First Second brings back the animal antics of the Stratford Zoo. This time, the performers are taking on the “woeful tragedy” of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but with a spin that only zoo animals could come up with: Romeo is a rooster who lives in a petting zoo while Juliet is a bear who lives in the wilds just outside the zoo. Several of the audience members from the last volume are back, including the Monkey Mother and her two kids, and the vultures.  The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue is a fun series that takes Shakespeare’s classic stories and presents them in a way that is fun and appropriate for kids.

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