This Week’s Comics: Voltron ’66

Pick up some YALSA 2017 Great Graphic Novels for Teens-inspired titles from this week’s new releases. It’s little surprise that BOOM! Studios’ Lumberjanes returns with two volumes that are continued in this week’s issue #34, but IDW’s Jem and the Holograms debuts with their first volume while issue #23 finishes up the latest story arc. Magnetic Press’s third volume of Love: The Fox, made YALSA’s 2017 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, while volume 4, The Dinosaur, is released this week, and Oni Press’s Space Battle Lunchtime makes the cut as the final single issue, #8 comes out.

The List:

BOOM! STUDIOS
Backstagers #6 (Of 8)(Cover A Veronica Fish), $3.99
Gunnerkrigg Court Volume 4 Materia TP, $16.99
Lumberjanes #34 (Cover A Kat Leth), $3.99
Over The Garden Wall #10 (Cover A Lauren Duda), $3.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Avatar The Last Airbender Volume 14 North And South Part Two TP, $10.99
Plants Vs Zombies Volume 6 Boom Boom Mushroom HC, $9.99

DC COMICS
Batman ’66 Meets Wonder Woman ’77 #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Michael Allred), $3.99 **Weekly Pick**
Looney Tunes #235, $2.99
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #22, $2.99

IDW PUBLISHING
Jem And The Holograms #23 (Cover A Meredith McClaren), $3.99
Mickey Mouse Shorts Season One Volume 1 TP, $19.99
My Little Pony Friends Forever #36 (Cover A Tony Fleecs), $3.99

JOE BOOKS
Disney Darkwing Duck #7, $2.99
Disney Pirates Of The Caribbean #3, $2.99

LION FORGE
Voltron Legendary Defender Volume 1 TP, $14.99 **Weekly Pick**

MAGNETIC PRESS
Love Volume 4 The Dinosaur HC, $17.99

MARVEL COMICS
Marvel Tsum Tsum Takeover TP, $15.99
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man Vs The Sinister Six #7, $2.99
Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur #15, $3.99

ONI PRESS
Space Battle Lunchtime #8 (Of 8), $3.99

The Picks:

Batman ’66 Meets Wonder Woman ’77 #1 – DC Comics continues the campy crossovers for Batman ‘66. Batman tries to stop Catwoman from stealing a mysterious book for Ra’s al Ghul but ends up strolling down memory lane to his childhood fight against actual Nazis and his first encounter with one of the greatest heroes the world has ever known: Wonder Woman! Having teamed up with some of the best known crime fighters of the 60s, Batman ‘66 moves into a new decade to get down and boogie with Wonder Woman ‘77. These crossovers are a great way to feed parents’ nostalgia while introducing kids to to some terrific characters they might otherwise pass by.

Voltron Legendary Defender Volume 1 TP – Lion Forge brings Dreamworks’ take on Voltron to the realm of comics. The life of Coran, Princess Allura’s majordomo, is in danger from an ancient enemy. The team will have to fight mountain monsters, space dragons, and brain-sucking mushrooms to find the Yalexian pearl. It will take all of the team’s brains and brawn—and learning a few lessons along the way—to to save Coran. This latest incarnation of Voltron has garnered a following among both old fans and new, and is a great addition to any graphic novel shelf.

Images © DC Comics and Lion Forge respectively.

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