Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 8, 2024 | 1 comment

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

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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension

The Brave and the Bold #54 Facsimile Edition, DC. The Teen Titans before they were the Teen Titans! A seminal book in comics history, courtesy of Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani (with a little assist from Charles Paris). The Titans have long been my favorite super-team, so this is one I’m eager to pick up. I have an original, but now I can get one I can drop on the floor without losing my mind. (I’ll also be getting the sketch cover and foil cover for this one.) This issue’s 60th anniversary is later in April and we’ll be back with much more. As our pal Chris Franklin said to me: “60 years. All because that town wouldn’t deliver some poor old man his feathers!”

Scott adds: First appearance of the Teen Titans! Facing the villainy of “Brom Stikk,” a.k.a. Mister Twister! The team caught on, the villain did not.

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Breaking Bold and Brave, Becky Books. Speaking of The Brave and the Bold, our pal Jim Beard has a new book out that summarizes and critiques the entire 200-issue run of the series. It’s an excellent, high readable book. You can click here to order (it’s a mere $13) and click here to check out an EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT about B&B #64 — the Batman/Eclipso issue. Because, y’know, the eclipse!

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The Bat-Man: First Knight #2, DC. Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins’ first issue was a good, solid start. We’ve got monster men on the loose, which always means Hugo Strange is around the corner. Except I have this nagging feeling that the team has a curve ball in store for us. Mayhap this issue — there are only three — will give us an answer.

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Planet of the Apes Little Golden Book, Golden Books. OK, this I gotta see. “Mommy, what’s nuclear armageddon?” “Well, Timmy, when two countries hate each other very much…” Now, according to the solicitation, this is a “kid-friendly reimagining” geared to 2-to-5-year-olds, so I absolutely have to find out what that means. Oh, hey, look at all the cute bunnies and elephants and stuff down the spine! I wonder if they can talk and enslave humans too!

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Scott Tipton, columnist, 13th Dimension

Fantastic Four #19, Marvel. I really don’t see Sue Storm as a noir femme fatale, but the Alex Ross cover has me curious.

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Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #2, Marvel. I’m hearing good things about this series. Plus, Mojo!