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Marvel Universe Avengers: Spider-Man and Avengers Digest
Marvel Comics - $9.99
ISBN: 978-0-78515-813-4
Release Date: 6/13/12

In these all-ages superhero adventures, Spider-Man battles the Lizard alone - and fights alongside the Mighty Avengers! First, Dr. Curt Connors lures Peter Parker and J. Jonah Jameson deep into the Florida Everglades in a retelling of Spider-Man's inaugural encounter with the Lizard! Then, when Dr. Connors reverts to his reptilian alter ego, only Peter can help. But even Spider-Man might not stand a chance against every reptile in New York City. Plus: The Wrecker, the U-Foes and the Juggernaut all hate the Avengers. When these vicious villains join forces, the heroes might not survive the onslaught. And when villains challenge the Norse Gods, the Avengers come to the aid of their teammate, the Mighty Thor - and mortals and gods alike face Ragnarok!


Power

Power Rangers Super Samurai Vol. 1 - Memory Short
Papercutz - HC: $10.99; SC: $6.99
ISBN: HC: 978-1-59707-332-5; SC: 978-1-59707-331-8
Release Date: 6/20/12

As the relaunched TV series on Nickelodeon is #1 with tween boys, the Power Rangers arrive in comics in the first all-new graphic novel from Papercutz with an all-new story based on the TV show. On a rare day off, the Power Rangers attend a free rock concert dressed as civilians, blending in with the rest of the attendees. Unbeknownst to the Rangers, the evil Master Xandred has been watching them closely, and plans to trap them by turning the crowd of thousands against them. Can the Rangers stop Master Xandred's plot without harming any of their fellow teens?


Winx

Winx Club Vol. 1
Viz - $6.99
ISBN: 978-1-42154-159-4
Release Date: 7/4/12

The animated series comes to graphic novels in these original stories. Before Bloom became part of the Winx Club, she was living a normal teenager's life. All that changed one day when she discovered that she's actually a fairy! Now Bloom's life is anything but ordinary as she uses her magic to fight wicked villains!"


Hale

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Vol. 1 - One Dead Spy
Amulet Books - $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-41970-396-6
Release Date: 7/18/12

Nathan Hale (the author's namesake) was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In Hale's Hazardous Tales, author Hale channels his historical doppelganger to present history's roughest, toughest, craziest stories in graphic novel format for kids. This first book tackles the story of Hale himself, who was an officer for the American rebels in the Revolutionary War and was eventually hanged for spying. These stories each have elements of the "strange but true," highlighting the larger-than-life characters and the weird, gross, and just plain unbelievable truth of American History.


Peanuts

Peanuts Vol. 1
BOOM! Studios/kaboom! - $13.99
ISBN: 978-1-60886-260-3
Release Date: 7/25/12

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the rest of the Peanuts gang's return to comic books is all here in one volume. Collecting the first four issues, this trade brings brand-new adventures and classic Sunday strips from Schulz himself. This is one book that will delight old and young fans alike, from the most devoted fans to readers picking up their first comic book.


Cardboard

Cardboard
Graphix - HC: $24.99; SC: $12.99
ISBN: HC: 978-0-54541-872-0; SC: 978-0-54541-873-7
Release Date: 7/25/12

When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster.  Cam's down-and-out father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows it's the worst present ever. So to make the best of a bad situation, they bend the cardboard into a man - and to their astonishment, it comes magically to life. But the neighborhood bully, Marcus, warps the powerful cardboard into his own evil creations that threaten to destroy them all!


Batman

All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold Vol. 2 - Help Wanted
DC Comics - $12.99
ISBN: 978-1-40123-524-6
Release Date: 8/22/12

This volume collects more issues from the all-ages Batman comic, based on the Cartoon Network animated series. In Help Wanted, Batman teams with Green Lantern Alan Scott, Aquaman, Hawkman, wild west gunslinger Jonah Hex, and Zatanna the magician.


Rust

Rust Vol. 2 - Secrets of the Cell
Archaia Entertainment - $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-93639-358-9
Release Date: 8/29/12

In an alternate reality, the dysfunctional Taylor family struggles to keep their small farm afloat after a devastating world war when a mysterious boy with a jet pack, Jet Jones, crashes into their barn, setting off a chain of events that forces them to re-evaluate what's important to them. But Jet's odd behavior causes youngest brother Oswald to suspect there is more to him than meets the eye!

 


Benny

Benny and Penny in Lights Out!
Toon Books - $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-93517-920-7
Release Date: 8/29/12

It's nearly time for lights out but Benny and Penny just can't settle down. The moon has gone missing, there's a flashlight to play with, Benny can't sleep without his favorite pirate hat-and he left it inside the spooky backyard playhouse! Geoffrey Hayes' loveable mice are about to find out just how many adventures can be packed in before bedtime in the latest volume of this Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning series.


Amelia

Amelia Rules! Vol. 8 - Her Permanent Record
Pocket Books - HC: $19.99; SC: $10.99
ISBN: HC: 978-1-41698-615-7; SC: 978-1-41698-614-0
Release Date: 8/29/12

Jimmy Gownley present the final volume of Amelia Rules! Amelia Louise McBride has weathered her share of storms. Then Aunt Tanner disappears, humiliated by an ex-boyfriend's tell-all book, sending Amelia into full panic mode. And when she boards a bus on an epic journey to find Tanner - with frenemy Rhonda in tow, and a little help from a certain boy she never thought she'd see again - it quickly becomes clear that if Amelia has learned anything in her eleven years, it's that life is never through with surprises.