Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to… — Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension Batman & Robin: Year One — Dynamic Duos #2, DC. Man, what a freakin’ great cover by Chris Samnee. The story’s barely gotten started but it is so much fun to see Catwoman in her classic purple dress. Samnee even manages to make it look almost practical. I would love this as a virgin variant, but mayhap there will be a second printing. Scott adds: So great to see the return of the Golden Age/Bronze Age Catwoman costume. Speaking of variants, there have been so many great ones going back to the beginning of the first series that I think DC would do well with a collection of them. I’d even make it in comic-book form, if I were Boss for a Day. This one is a new one by David Talaski: — Batman #251 Facsimile Edition, DC. The second Facsimile release of the greatest single comics issue of all time (I will brook no dissent). What makes this a must-buy is that, like all of DC’s Facsimiles now, the UPC symbol is on the back. Just as importantly, we get this Neal Adams beaut — one of his best two or three covers ever — in foil for the first time. Plus, a sweet-looking logo sketch cover. Check out BATMAN #251: Towering Evidence the Bronze Age Is the True Golden Age and BATMAN #251: How Fans Reacted to the Return of THE JOKER. Scott adds: One of Neal Adams’ most famous Batman covers is hard to pass up. — Batman: Bad Seeds — Gotham Central #1, DC. You had me at “Gotham Central.” It’s not a return of that fantastic series, mind you, but this two-ish offshoot of the current Bat-event focuses on Officer Jim Gordon and his young partner. And that’s good enough for me. — Green Lantern Corps #20 ‘Lanterns’ Variant Cover, DC. Are you watching Lanterns? You should be watching Lanterns. (Cover by Jahnoy Lindsay.) — Barbara Gordon: Breakout #5, DC. I’m just going to assume that at some point, this will morph into Barbara Gordon: Batgirl. Because she can’t stay in prison forever, right? And it is called Breakout, right? Right?? — Doomquest #4 Steve Rude Variant Cover, Marvel. The House of Ideas takes a 2000 illo by...
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN! By KERRY CALLEN The great thing about creating commissions for other people is I never know what kind of requests I’ll get. This latest surprise was to take the cover to 1974’s UFO Flying Saucers #5 by Luis Dominguez and replace the scary alien with QUISP! Quisp, and his cereal “rival” Quake, first appeared in 1965. Here they are in their very first TV commercial: As kids, when the cereals were on the grocery shelves, my older brother would usually get Quake, while I got Quisp. We kept the “rivalry” alive in our own household. I loved Quisp! How could I not? It was a sugar-filled cereal that sometimes came with a comic book inside the box! The comics were long and skinny and on newsprint. They were essentially a regular-size comic cut into thirds, which is no doubt how they printed them. Their popularity didn’t last forever. Quake cereal was pulled from grocery shelves in 1973. Quisp made it all the way to 1979. Thank you Quisp for all the QUAZY times we had together! — Want more SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN? Come back next week! Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — MORE — GHOST RIDER: Eat the Rich! Click here. — The Cheeky Reason WONDER WOMAN Took the STAR-SPANGLED KID to Court. Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic...
