Posted by Dan Greenfield on May 25, 2026
HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week!
Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to… — Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension JLA/Avengers #1 Facsimile Edition, Marvel/DC. Probably the year’s most anticipated Facsimile Edition. Issues #2 and #3 come in July, with #4 in August. — Swamp Thing ’89 #2, DC. AKA Swamp Thing #89, this continues Rick Veitch’s notoriously aborted final arc from the ’80s. Art by Tom Mandrake and colors by Trish Mulvihill. (Veitch cover.) — Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 Facsimile Edition. Where Alan Moore’s run really kicked off. — Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #4 Facsimile Edition, DC. I’m getting the Super Powers variant. But don’t sleep on the Miller cover, which I really dig: — Superman/Spider-Man #1 Second Printing, DC/Marvel. Good week for variant covers and this one is in my pull file, because obviously. — Archie’s TV Laugh-Out #79 Facsimile Edition, Archie. Archie does Jawsmania! There are a couple variants, but this foil job is the, ahem, killer: — Detective Comics #1109, DC. To be candid, I’m behind. But I’ve been enjoying the book. So there you go. This latest arc is Batman teaming with Green Arrow and Black Canary. — Doomquest #1, Marvel. Has Doctor Doom been taken over by a symbiote yet? Given that Doom is in virtually every title now, and that everyone else has been taken over by a symbiote at one point or another, it seems like the Marvel Universe would fold in on itself if it happened. Dig the Francesco Mobili variant. — Batman #163, DC. For those still paying attention: Concluding the first part of Hush 2, which began, what, 1,000,006 years ago? — Superman: Father of Tomorrow #1, DC. A new, 6-ish Elseworlds series where Jor-El is the sole survivor of Krypton, by Kenny Porter and Danny Earls. It’s not a particularly novel take, but I’m putting it on the radar because if it gets buzz, I’ll go back and pick this up. — Zatanna #2, DC. Another terrific variant this week. Adam Hughes, of course. I would pay good money to watch Zatanna play Dueling Banjos. — The Rocketeer: The Island #3, IDW. The Dave Stevens variant, natch. — Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension Battleworld, Marvel. This modern-day riff on Secret Wars got my vote just for the return of Hank Pym. — DC Finest: Deadman — How Many Times...
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