Beat the heat with some cool books from this week’s new releases. Get in the camping spirit with Archie Comics and their release of Archie’s Campfire Stories. Make a wish with Image Comics as they finish the mini series Penny Dora and the Wishing Box, or escape to the skies on the back of a dragon with Titan Comics’ fifth volume of Dragons Riders of Berk.

The List:

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie’s Campfire Stories TP, $10.99
Betty And Veronica Comics Double Digest #234, $4.99
Sonic Universe #77 (Ben Bates Epic Connecting Poster Part 5 Variant Cover), $3.99
Sonic Universe #77 (Justin Harder Super Group Variant Cover), $3.99
Sonic Universe #77 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $3.99
World Of Archie Jumbo Comics Double Digest #51, $6.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Adventure Time #41 (Cover A Jake Wyatt), $3.99
Adventure Time #41 (Cover B Melanie Herring), $3.99
Regular Show Volume 4 TP, $14.99
Uncle Grandpa Pizza Steve Special #1 (Cover A Kelsey Dieterich), $4.99

DC COMICS
Batman ’66 #24, $2.99

GRAPHIX
Baby-Sitters Club Volume 1 Kristy’s Great Idea HC (Color Edition), $24.99
Cleopatra In Space Volume 2 The Thief And The Sword HC, $22.99
Cleopatra In Space Volume 2 The Thief And The Sword SC, $12.99 **Weekly Pick**

HARPER COLLINS
Neil Gaiman Chu’s First Day Board Book HC, $7.99

IDW PUBLISHING
Donald Duck #2 (Cover A Dave Alvarez), $3.99
Jem And The Holograms #4 (Cover A Sophie Campbell), $3.99
Johnny Boo Meets Dragon Puncher HC, $9.99 **Weekly Pick**
Skylanders #10 (Cover A Fico Ossio), $3.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures #24 (Cover A Dario Brizuela), $3.99

IMAGE COMICS
Penny Dora And The Wishing Box #5 (Of 5), $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man Web Warriors #8, $2.99

TITAN COMICS
Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Volume 2 Serve You HC, $19.99
Doctor Who The Tenth Doctor #12 (Kevin Wada Regular Cover), $3.99
Dragons Riders Of Berk Volume 5 GN, $6.99
Minions Digest Volume 1 TP, $6.99

The Picks:

Cleopatra In Space, Volume 2: The Thief And The Sword – Graphix continues the future adventures of young Cleopatra. Picking up where Book One left off, Cleo is determined to get back the ancient sword that a mysterious thief stole after she had recovered it, but her teachers at Yasiro Academy forbid it. Stuck at school, she tries to adjust to her newfound popularity and responsibility, and she learns more about the prophecy that names her the savior of the galaxy. She goes on a dangerous journey to find the time tablets that could decide her fate—before they fall into the wrong hands. The first book, Target Practice, was a lot of fun. Cleo is a great lead, and her friends act as good support for her. I expect this volume to be no less entertaining than the first.

Johnny Boo Meets Dragon Puncher – IDW releases the crossover to end all crossovers! Johnny Boo, “the best little ghost in the world” and the robot-kitty-warrior, Dragon Puncher, team up to take on a terrifying Ice Dragon. When these two meet up, the result is an explosion of adventure and fun, and the Kochalkaverse will never be the same! James Kochalka creates stories that appeal to both young readers and adults, and putting these two amazing characters together just ramps the fun up to the next level.

Images © Graphix and IDW Publishing respectively.