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June 6, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Collecting Comics: June 2018 Edition by Ally Watkins

June 6, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

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Check out these June-releasing comics that your tweens and teens will be clamoring for!

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The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (Knopf Books for Young Readers, June 5). A neighborhood full of kids use ordinary boxes to create amazing costumes and transform their street into the cardboard kingdom! Come along for the ride this summer as these kids have quests and adventures before school starts.

Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Joëlle Jones (DC Comics, June 5). Kara Danvers crash landed to Earth as a child and has all these amazing powers: but she just wants to be a normal teen. Until an earthquake hits her small town. Suddenly, her powers are on overdrive and secrets about her past are coming to light. Who can she trust? And can she save her town? Collects issues #1-#4 of the limited comic book series.

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Mech Cadet Yu, Vol. 1 by Greg Pak, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa (BOOM! Studios, June 5). Once a year, giant robots from outer space bond with cadets from the Elite Sky Corps Academy to help keep the planet safe. But this year, the wrong kid was picked. Stanford isn’t a cadet. He and his mom have been working as janitors at the academy. He’ll have to convince a LOT of people he’s worthy of his new bond. Collects issues #1-#4.

Science Comics: Rockets by Anne Droyd and Jerzy Droyd (First Second, June 12). In another installment of the popular Science comics series, this nonfiction graphic work tackles a topic that’s sure to thrill your kids: rockets! Starting with Newton’s Laws of motion and working its way up to rockets we may see in the future, this book will fly off your shelves into the hands of your nonfiction lovers.

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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 8: My Best Friend’s Squirrel by Ryan North, illustrated by Erica Henderson (Marvel, June 26). Doreen Green is back for another adventure! When her friends Nancy and Tippy-Toe find themselves on an alien world, Doreen must get herself to the other side of the universe to save them! With appearances by fan favorite Loki! Collects issues #27-#32.

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book Five: Get Lost Together (Action Lab Entertainment, June 26). Six weeks have passed since the attack on the ship and the loss of Sunshine. The crew is convinced she’s dead, but she’s actually alive on a mysterious island where not everything is as it seems. Meanwhile, back on the ship, Ximena has been putting off confessing her feelings. But is it too late to make this relationship work?

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Giant Days: Extra Credit by John Allison, illustrated by Jenn St-Onge, Lissa Treiman, and Canaan Grall (BOOM! Studios, June 26). This volume of Giant Days contains shorts and bonus material from university pals Esther, Daisy, and Susan. Includes a special “what if” story in which they never became friends! Your fans of Giant Days will be so excited for bonus stories.

Invincible Iron Man: Ironheart Vol. 2: Choices by Brian Michael Bendis, illustrated by Stefano Caselli (Marvel, June 26). Riri Williams AKA Ironheart is back! She’s determined to take on the world in this second volume of the Ironheart series. Can she defeat villains who have it out for her and an AI that thinks it knows what’s best? Collects issues #6-#11 of the comic book series.

 

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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