Scott and Dan hit up the comics racks from 51 years ago… This week for RETRO HOT PICKS, Scott Tipton and I are selecting comics that came out the week of July 3, 1973. Last time for RETRO HOT PICKS, it was the week of June 26, 1967. Click here to check it out. (Keep in mind that comics came out on multiple days, so these are technically the comics that went on sale between June 30 and July 6.) So, let’s set the scene: The Watergate scandal had hit a fever pitch and the nation was consumed by former White House lawyer John Dean’s testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee the week before. Seen as a hero to the republic by some and an opportunist by others, Dean — who had been granted immunity from prosecution — implicated President Richard Nixon in accusations of obstruction of justice. He also revealed the existence of “Nixon’s Enemies List” of 20 people. The official purpose of the list would be to “screw” the president’s enemies with such maneuvers as IRS tax audits. (It would later emerge there was a much bigger “master list” of 220 people or organizations.) The list, obtained by CBS journalist Daniel Schorr, who was on it, included an array of opponents, such as Leonard Woodcock, president of the United Auto Workers;  Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan; and… actor Paul Newman. (Schorr and Newman both later said it was their proudest achievement.) Nixon on July 1, meanwhile, signed legislation prohibiting funding for the resumption of U.S. military activity in South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia without Congressional approval. The only remaining operation was the U.S. Air Force bombing of Cambodia. On July 4, a 25-year-old Englishwoman named Camilla Shand married British Army Major Andrew Parker Bowles, in a ceremony attended by the Queen Mother and by Princess Anne. More than 50 years later, she is now Queen Camilla, married to King Charles III. The top movie in the U.S. was Roger Moore’s debut as James Bond in Live and Let Die. The eighth official film in the series, the entry is marked by Moore’s naturally charming performance and Paul McCartney’s spectacular title song (which entered the Billboard 100 this week at No. 69). The rest of the film, I gotta say, doesn’t age well. Other films on screens included Scarecrow,...