Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Superman Smashes the Klan #3, DC. Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru’s take of the old Superman radio show is required reading for adults and kids alike.
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American Mythology Archives Presents Zorro: 1958 Dell Four Color #882 #1, American Mythology. This might be the most confusing title of a comic ever. But ll you really need to know is that this is classic Alex Toth.
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Wolverine #1, Marvel. Younger Man Logan finally, finally, finally returns to solo action. By Ben Percy, Adam Kubert, Viktor Bogdanovic and co.
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Archie Meets the B-52s #1, Archie. Sometimes things in retrospect seem inevitable. This one-shot is by our pal Alex Segura, Matthew Rosenberg, Dan Parent. J. Bone, Glenn Whitmore and Jack Morelli.
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Legion of Super-Heroes #4, DC. Brian Michael Bendis continues to lay out his vision of the 31st century with a new Legion origin. It’ll be nice and pretty too, with art by Ryan Sook, Mike Janin, Wade von Grawbadger and Jordie Bellaire.
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Dollar Comics: The New Teen Titans #2, DC Comics. Those first few issues of Wolfman and Perez’s New Teen Titans were magic, and this issue was no exception, with its introduction of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke the Terminator in a surprisingly sad and brutal little tale. (Dan adds: I dig that this is a Dollar Comic, but this is one case where a Facsimile Edition would have been a better play. Great, classic issue.)
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Taskmaster: Anything You Can Do… TPB, Marvel. I have always loved the Taskmaster, and especially that period when he was running a henchman training school for other supervillains. I love a supervillain with a good business plan. This collection of Taskmaster stories comes in conjunction with his MCU debut in Black Widow, which I’m very excited about. By a coterie of creators, including David Michelinie and George Perez.
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Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men Vol. 12, Marvel. This one is a must-buy just for the two amazing Asgardian specials from X-Men and New Mutants by Chris Claremont and Arthur Adams.
February 17, 2020
A one-shot story starring Archie and the B-52s? Count me in! 🙂
February 17, 2020
Is it just me or are Deathstroke from DC and Marvel’s Taskmaster VERY similar characters? It makes me think one comic company was copying the other…again. I wonder which one came first?
February 18, 2020
Taskmaster was designed first by George Perez. Deathstroke came later when Perez moved from Marvel to DC. I thought I read that Deathstroke was colored incorrectly by the colorist and coincidentally replicated those of Taskmaster’s uniform.