Posted by Dan Greenfield on Mar 18, 2024
HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week!
Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to… — Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-51 Facsimile Edition, DC. Without hyperbole, this just might be the best week of comics we’ll get this year. At least from where I sit. There’s a ton of really groovy stuff, but at the very top is this full-on, full-size reprint of the 1977 treasury edition highlighting the best of the original Ra’s al Ghul saga, including Batman #232, #242, #243 and #244. Amazing storytelling and incredible art by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams, with strong assists from Irv Novick and Dick Giordano. This has long deserved a reprint in exactly this format and I’m incredibly overjoyed that it’s here. The main version is $15, which is a flat out bargain, and there’s a foil-cover edition for $5 bucks more. I’ll be getting both, to be sure, because seeing one of the greatest covers in comics history — and one with this color scheme and visual effects — get that fancy, shiny treatment is impossible to pass up. I’m among those who’d love to see a hardcover version of this, but to me, this format is really the only one that matters. I’m about as enthusiastic as I can be about getting this. I’ve had the date circled on my calendar for months — and I hope it’s so successful, we’ll get more treasury Facsimile Editions. — Nightwing #112, DC. It’s nice seeing Batman and Nightwing teaming up for an arc before Taylor, Redondo and co. leave Bludhaven (and Gotham) later this year. They’re not bitching and moaning. They’re supportive of one another and this is how it should be. Bruce and Dick — greatest team in comics history. — Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #25, DC. This may surprise you, but even as a died-in-the-cowl Batman fanatic, I think Superman should always get top billing. I mean, I accept it for the 1960s Batmania, but that’s pretty much it. C’mon, he’s Superman. Anyway, this oversize ish gives us yet another incarnation of Luthor and the Joker’s first meeting. The difference is that it’s by Waid, Mora and Pugh, which means it’ll still be fab. Plus, a glimpse at the next, Mite-centric arc. Oh, also: There are a bunch of variants, but I’ll take Mora’s William Shatner cover. I’ve always wanted...
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