A Shot in the Arm | This Week’s Comics

A Shot in the Arm, the third volume in the Big Ideas That Changed The World series from Amulet Books, tops this week’s list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels, along with the fourth Cautionary Fables and Fairytales from Iron Circus Comics. Other highlights include Adventure of Dusty Dabbert Volume 1 The Secret Animal Kingdom from Creston Books, a Dutch series available in English for the first time. DC Comics starts a new series for all ages with Batman and Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1 while Marvel Comics continues the adventures of the Asgardian brothers in Thor and Loki Double Trouble #2.

AMULET BOOKS
Big Ideas That Changed The World A Shot In The Arm GN, $13.99 **Weekly Pick**
Earth Before Us Volume 3 Mammal Takeover TP, $9.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest #2, $7.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Mighty Morphin #6 (Cover A In-Hyuk Lee), $3.99
Peanuts Scotland Bound Charlie Brown GN, $9.99

CRESTON BOOKS
Adventure Of Dusty Dabbert Volume 1 The Secret Animal Kingdom GN, $18.99

DC COMICS
Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1 (Of 12)(Cover A Dario Brizuela), $2.99

ETCH / HMH BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Before They Were Artists Famous Illustrators As Kids GN, $17.99

IDW PUBLISHING
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #96 (Cover A Tony Fleecs), $3.99

IRON CIRCUS COMICS
Night Marchers And Other Oceanian Tales GN, $15.00 **Weekly Pick**

LITTLE BROWN BOOK FOR YOUNG READERS
Baloney And Friends GN, $7.99
Sanity And Tallulah Volume 3 Shortcuts GN, $12.99

MARVEL COMICS
Thor And Loki Double Trouble #2 (Of 4)(Cover A Gurihiru), $3.99

PAPERCUTZ
Dinosaur Explorers Volume 8 Lord Of The Skies GN, $12.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
Super Sentai Himitsu Sentai Gorenger The Classic Manga Collection HC, $24.99

TITAN COMICS
Minions Volume 5 Sports #2 (Cover A Renaud Collin), $3.99

VIZ MEDIA
Pokemon Adventures Black 2 And White 2 Volume 3 GN, $9.99
Pokemon Adventures Collector’s Edition Volume 7 TP, $17.99

The Picks:

Big Ideas That Changed The World: A Shot In The Arm – Amulet Books looks at public health’s greatest achievement. The history of vaccinations is the story of the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases. Beginning with humankind’s greatest affliction to date, smallpox, and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, author Don Brown traces the evolution of vaccines, as narrated by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who popularized inoculation in England in the early 18th century. This book examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera and influenza, as well as the achievements of scientists including Louis Pasteur, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Edward Jenner, the “father of immunology.” It tackles the science behind how our immune systems work, the discovery of bacteria, well as the public and political response to vaccination throughout history, such as the anti-vaccination movement. This title is a must for every library science shelf.

Night Marchers And Other Oceanian Tales – Iron Circus Comics continues their Cautionary Fables and Fairytales series with tales from Oceania. This fourth volume contains 17 stories from the folklore of the Pacific that range in tone from sweet to funny to menacing. These lesser known myths and legends from the Philippines, New Zealand, Hawaii, and beyond include ghostly warriors, angry gods, and monstrous tyrants. The tales are reimagined with a variety of artistic styles that give them a modern twist. Readers with a love for mythology will enjoy these retold tales.

Filed under: All Ages