BONGO COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER

BART SIMPSON COMICS #92

Written by Max Davison, art by Rex Lindsey, Carol Lay, cover by Jason Ho

Bart pulls a prank on the entire town and discovers that the people he punked can be a lot more forgiving than he ever imagined -- and now he has them right where he wants them. Suckers! And when Bart injures his back and has to use a rolling backpack, he turns weakness into strength as the "Leader of the Backpack Pack."

32 pages, $2.99.

SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #13

Written by Ian Boothby, Thomas Lennon, art by Jim Mahfood and various, cover by Jason Ho.

First, Ned Flanders travels through the pits of Hell, when Rod and Todd are possessed by demons, turning Springfield upside down. Then follow Mr. Burns through the Amazonian rain forest as he goes in search of a fountain of youth elixir. And the Simpsons join a small resolute band of nine, all on a mission to rid Middle-Earth of an unspeakable evil.

40 pages, $3.99.

THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #20

By various, cover by Jason Ho.

If you like zombies, we got Zombies! It's an all-out Zombiefest this month at Bongo! First, Homer leads an ever-diminishing group of survivors in their quest to stay alive against a marauding horde of cannibalistic zombies! And Bart and his friends must fend off the shopping dead while trapped at the Springfield Mall. Then, Homer and Bart must protect the nuclear power plant from a zombie invasion. Finally, a Zombienado strikes Springfield! (Need we say more?) It's a lighthearted, night of the living dead, laugh riot!

48 pages, $4.99.