Bart Simpson #80  (Feb 2013) In a stunning shift of power, the sons of The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club associates (aka the Mafia) move-in on the "bully" trade at Springfield Elementary, and they have their sights set on recruiting Bart Simpson as their newest member. In other tales, Homer tries to make up to Maggie by offering her the Moon, Milhouse imagines himself on the plains of Africa, and Professor Frink pays an unexpected visit to the Simpsons household. Springfield Elementary Shakedown MMMMMMMMPages:  11 Script:  Eric Rogers Pencils:  Nina Matsumoto Inks:  Mike Rote Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Kneading Dough MMMMMMMMPages:  3 Script:  Tony Digerolamo Pencils & Inks:  Mike Kazaleh Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Maggie and the Moon MMMMMMMMPages:  6 Script & Art:  Carol Lay Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Meerkat Milhouse MMMMMMMMPages:  2 Story & Art:  Dean Rankine Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane     Cover Illustration:  Jason Ho, Mike Rote, and Nathan Kane Released:   Feb 27, 2013 Departments:   The Bongo Beat: I Heart Bongo!, Junk Mail,   Bongo Bonus Stamp: #67 Sideshow Bob Bongo Advt's:  Simpsons Comics #200, Futurama Comics #66,   Professor Frink Fantastic Science Fictions #1,   Mylo Xyloto #2, Free Comic Book Day 2013,   Simpsons Comics Supernova Bongo Beat is the same one that appeared in Simpsons Comics #199. Response to fan letter reveals that a Bart Simpson book, a "Manual of Mischief" is "coming to a bookstore near you in the very (not so) distant future!"

Bart Simpson #81  (Mar 2013) Who is Bartman? Find out who the students of Springfield Elementary think he really is? Then, Rod and Todd Flanders get separated from Ned Flanders in downtown Springfield and find themselves on an odyssey to their home, fraught with many dangers (mostly imagined). And Marge's breakfast pancakes lead Maggie on an adventure of her own. Who The Bartman? MMMMMMMMPages:  8 Script:  Arie Kaplan Pencils:  Tone Rodriguez Inks:  Andrew Pepoy Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane The Todd & Rodyssey MMMMMMMMPages:  9 Script:  Mike W. Barr Pencils:  John Delaney Inks:  Andrew Pepoy Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Maggie's Pancakes MMMMMMMMPages:  5 Story & Art:  Carol Lay Colors:  Art Villanueva Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane     Cover Illustration:  Jason Ho, Mike Rote, and Nathan Kane Released:   March 27, 2013 Departments:   The Bongo Beat, Junk Mail,   Bongo Bonus Stamp: #214 Mrs. Pommelhorst Simpson Advt's:  Simpsons Comics #200, Simpsons Illustrated #6,   Bart Simpson Big Shot! Bongo Beat is the same one that appeared in Simpsons Comics #200.

Bart Simpson #82  (Apr 2013) Martin Prince decides to make a move up the Springfield Elementary food chain by auditioning for the role of Bart's second banana. Then, Homer and Bart pull an all-nighter and put themselves on high alert to prevent a potential home invasion. And Marge takes Maggie to get her picture taken by Springfield's preeminent photographer, who has a penchant for premonitions. The Martin Chronicles! MMMMMMMMPages:  10 Script:  Ian Boothby Pencils:  Phil Ortiz Inks:  Mike Rote Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Springfield Babies MMMMMMMMPages:  4 Script:  Tony Digeralamo Pencils:  Dexter Read Inks:  Mike Rote Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Nights of the Dinner Table MMMMMMMMPages:  6 Script:  Ian Brill Pencils:  Rex Lindsey Inks:  Mike Rote Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Nathan Kane Itchy & Scratchy in So Long, Chum! MMMMMMMMPages:  2 Story & Art:  Dean Rankine     Cover Illustration:   Jason Ho, Mike Rote, and Nathan Kane Released:   Apr 24, 2012 Departments:   The Bongo Beat: Take Cover, Junk Mail,   Bongo Bonus Stamp: #232 Leopold Bongo Advt's:  The Malevolent Mr. Burns #1, Simpsons Summer Shindig #7,   Mylo Xyloto #4, Simpsons Illustrated #3, Li'l Homer #1,   Spongebob Comics #7, Spongebob Comics Annual Bongo Beat: Take Cover describes the creative process behind the covers and is the same one that appeared in Simpsons Comics #201.

Bart Simpson #83  (May 2013) Available in May 2013! Principal Skinner resorts to desperate measures get Bart to turn in a book report. And in, literally, another literary tale, Bart and his pals head into the Springfield forest in search of what they believe to be a dead body while Homer gets his lard on while competing in a pie-eating contest.

Bart Simpson #84  (Jun 2013) Available in June 2013! Homer and Bart come up with a plan to ease the summer heat wave sweeping through Springfield with their own mobile car pool. Then, Bart's attempt to purloin some candy from a birthday party pimata goes awry, and after a whack in the cabeza he ends up speaking nothing but Espamol. Ay caramba, indeed!

Bart Simpson #85  (Jul 2013) Available in July 2013! "Exit Through the Comic Shop." Critics herald El Barto as the breakout artist of his generation -- but when someone steps forward to take the credit, the real El Barto has something to "spray" about it. Then Maggie leads a crew of marauding buccaneers on a merry chase on the high seas, and the last beer in the house keeps slipping away from Angry Dad.

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