This Week’s Comics: Mystery of Science

It’s no prank! There are lots of great books being released this week! Amulet dares to release the next volume in its Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series, Alamo All-Stars. Marvel Comics stars a new secret war in their all ages Marvel Universe imprint with Ultimate Spider-Man Contest of Champions, while Titan Comics releases trade paperbacks of Doctor Who for both the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, with new companions and new stories.

The List:

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Nutmeg #7, $3.99

AMULET BOOKS
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Volume 6 Alamo All-Stars HC, $12.95
Poptropica Volume 1 Mystery Of The Map HC, $9.95 **Weekly Pick**

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie Comics Double Digest #267, $4.99
Jughead #5 (Cover A Erica Henderson), $3.99
Jughead #5 (Cover B Elliot Fernandez), $3.99
Jughead #5 (Cover C Thomas Pitilli), $3.99
Sonic Universe #83 (Cover A Tracy Yardley), $3.99
Sonic Universe #83 (Cover B Rafa Knight), $3.99

FIRST SECOND
Science Comics Coral Reefs Cities Of The Ocean SC, $9.99
Science Comics Dinosaurs Fossils And Feathers SC, $9.99 **Weekly Pick**

IDW PUBLISHING
Jem And The Holograms #13 (Cover A Sophie Campbell), $3.99
Jem And The Holograms #13 (Cover B Jen Bartel), $3.99
Skylanders Superchargers #6 (Cover A Rob Duenas), $3.99
Skylanders Superchargers #6 (Cover B Scott Ball), $3.99

MARVEL COMICS
Marvel Universe Guardians Of The Galaxy Digest Volume 1 TP, $9.99
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man Contest Of Champions #1, $2.99
Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #5 (Amy Reeder Regular Cover), $3.99
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 (Erica Henderson Regular Cover), $3.99

NOBROW PRESS
Hilda And The Troll TP, $10.99
Hildafolk Volume 1 HC, $11.00

TITAN ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Volume 1 After Life TP, $14.99
Doctor Who The Tenth Doctor Volume 1 Revolutions Of Terror TP, $14.99
Dragons Riders Of Berk Collection Volume 2 TP, $12.99

The Picks:

Poptropica Volume 1 Mystery Of The Map HC – Amulet Books lets readers loose on a new series of graphic novels. While taking a ride on a hot-air balloon, Oliver, Mya, and Jorge end up crash-landing on an unknown island filled with extinct animals and a horde of angry Vikings. Poptropica, an uncharted group of islands, has been hidden from the rest of the world, leaving the three friends to embark on a perilous search for a way home. They soon discover why they were brought to the island, and the reason threatens the very existence of Poptropica and their ability to ever make it off the island. Poptropica started as an online role-playing game for kids that was created by Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and has expanded to other game platforms as well as winning awards for being educational as well as fun. This is the series’ first foray into graphic novels.

Science Comics Dinosaurs Fossils And Feathers SC – First Second continues to make Science fun! Dinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers explores the history of paleontology, looking at dinosaur science for the last 150 years of dinosaur hunting. It illuminates how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed and continue to change. While the history of paleontology might sound boring, it’s anything but! It’s exciting to follow the first paleontologists as they start to piece together the greatest mystery of them all: What happened to the dinosaurs? Seeing it in comic form only makes it more exciting for kids and adults!

Images © Amulet Books and First Second respectively.

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