Scott and Dan hit up the comics racks from 55 years ago… This week for RETRO HOT PICKS, Scott and I are selecting comics that came out the week of March 11, 1971. Last time for RETRO HOT PICKS, it was the week of March 4, 1978. Click here to check it out. (Keep in mind that comics came out on multiple days, so these are the comics that went on sale between March 8 and March 14.) So, let’s set the scene: THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY! And for once, it lived up to the hype. On March 8, the worlds of sports, popular culture and politics intersected for a powerhouse night at Madison Square Garden, where Muhammad Ali, stripped of his heavyweight crown in 1967 for refusing to be drafted into the Vietnam War, made his comeback title bout against Joe Frazier, who had since become champ. Both fighters were undefeated and, in the public’s mind, stood for diametrically opposed viewpoints. Ali gleefully represented the rebellious counterculture while Frazier, who backed U.S. involvement in the war, was adopted as a stand-in by more conservative elements. Ali, meanwhile, had fought just twice since returning to the ring the previous fall after his forced 3 1/2-year layoff, and, at 29, was two years older than Frazier, who held three belts and was at the top of his game. Frazier and Ali had actually been friends, with Smokin’ Joe lending his buddy money while the latter was in exile, and rigorously pushing for his right to fight. But in the lead-up to the event, Ali blasted Frazier as an Uncle Tom and Frazier insisted on calling the former champ by his birth name, Cassius Clay. It was ugly, so naturally it captured the attention of the masses. The bout was televised at venues internationally on closed-circuit and the Garden itself drew a raft of the biggest stars in the world, among them Burt Lancaster (who served as color commentator!), Bob Dylan, Robert Redford, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Miles Davis, Gene Kelly, Dustin Hoffman, Hugh Hefner, and Woody Allen. The top tickets cost $150 apiece, or $1,200 in 2026 dollars. Most famously, Frank Sinatra photographed the fight for Life magazine — because, the story goes, even the Chairman of the Board couldn’t get a ringside seat. (That...