Posted By Dan Greenfield on Aug 19, 2019 | 1 comment

Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…

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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension

Batman #232 Facsimile Edition, DC. Of course this classic by Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano tops the list. It’s not only DC’s first in a new line of Facsimile Edition reprints – featuring original ads, letter columns and whatnot – it’s one of the great issues in comics history. (Click here for an EXCLUSIVE INSIDE LOOK at the edition.)

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History of the Marvel Universe #2, Marvel. The rise of the Marvel Age is covered in this second installment. Mark Waid and Javier Rodriguez take you from the turn of the 20^th century to the emergence of Doctor Doom.

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Superman: Year One #2, DC. The first issue was the best story I’ve read by Frank Miller in many years. Sure, it trod some well-worn ground, but it did it very well – and with a surprising amount of heart. Things have a chance to veer off in this second issue, so I’m taking it as it comes. Art by John Romita Jr.

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The Land That Time Forgot 1975 #1, American Mythology. Well, this is funky. Marv Wolfman and Sonny Trinidad’s 1975 adaptation of the film for the black-and-white Marvel Movie Premiere #1 gets reprinted as a two-issue series. Far out. Cover by Nick Cardy!

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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension

Linus: A Peanuts Collection, Boom! Studios. I seem to remember this really strange sequence from Peanuts in the 1960s when Linus’ blanket was hiding in a tree and attacking Lucy when she tried to throw it in the trash burner. I really hope that’s included in this collection of Linus-centric strips.

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Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Mystery of the Black Panther, Marvel. Another great collection of Silver Age Stan Lee/Jack Kirby classics, featuring not just the debut of Black Panther, but also the first appearances of Blastaar, Ronan the Accuser and Adam Warlock!

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Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One, Vol. 4, Marvel. I stand by my assertion that Marvel Two-in-One was one of the most underrated Marvel comics of the 1970s. This volume includes the debut of Project Pegasus — and Jim Starlin’s classic clash between Thanos and most of the Marvel Universe!