BONGO COMICS FOR AUGUST

BARTMAN: SPECTACULARY SUPER SECRET SAGA

Written by Max Davison, art by Rex Lindsey, cover by Jason Ho, Nathan Kane.

In a sweeping, superhero saga spanning decades (and dozens of pages!), Bartman faces the most mysterious criminal mastermind of his career! Fates will be revealed! Loyalties will be tested! Identities will be mistaken! It's, first and foremost, the latest and greatest Bartman story ever told!

$7.99, in stores on August 15.

SPONGEBOB COMICS #83

Written by Chuck Dixon, Corey Barba, art by Vincent DePorter, Corey Barba, cover by Gregg Schigiel.

Plankton has taken over another issue! In "The Goo, The Bad, and the Ugly," the little green megalomaniac tastes success at last as Bikini Bottom tastes the Chum Bucket's new amazing spicy sauce! Then, in "Plankton's Country Cousin," microscopic hillbilly relative Rupert makes time with Plankton's very own computer wife, Karen! Can SpongeBob help Plankton find a different love match for Rupert? Plus: 6 pages of Sponge-insanity from Bill Wray, "SpongeFunnies" by James Kochalka, and ocean facts by Maris Wicks!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on August 8.