Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Planet of the Apes Adventures Epic Collection, Marvel. Scott’s off this week, so I’m flying solo. Here goes: This is basically a softcover version of last year’s omnibus, collecting Marvel’s 1970s series Adventures on the Planet of the Apes. It goes like this: The stories, which adapt the original 1968 movie and 1970’s Beneath the Planet of the Apes, first ran in Marvel’s black-and-white POTA magazine. They were then reprinted in the 11-issue, standard-size Adventures series, only in color. It’s those 11 color issues that we’re talking about here. By Doug Moench, George Tuska and Alfredo Alcala, with an E.M. Gist cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man #256 Facsimile Edition, Marvel. Continuing the yearlong black-suit saga. By the way, did you hear about Marvel’s new trade program collecting Facsimile Editions? Yeah, there’ll be a line of Gallery Editions called Marvel Masterpieces and the first two will feature the black-suit saga and Secret Wars. They’ll use the Facsimile Edition scans and include all the ads and whatnot. Starts in 2025. (Gallery Editions are a shade smaller than classic Bronze Age treasury editions.)
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Captain America Epic Collection: Bucky Reborn, Marvel. A new printing of the collection that chronicles Cap’s transition from the Silver Age to the Bronze Age (1969-71).
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Adventures of Superman by George Perez, DC. A new hardcover printing of Perez’s Superman stories from the ’80s (plus the New 52).
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Back Issue #151, TwoMorrows. The “Dreams and Nightmares Issue,” focusing on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. Will be in shops within the next couple weeks but it starts shipping directly from TwoMorrows on Wednesday. Click here to order.
May 13, 2024
Not a fan (never purchased or read) the Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, however, that issue of Back Issue shipped last week. I am looking forward to reading it, if the time will just present itself. Never opposed to discovering something “new” I might have missed back in the day.
May 14, 2024
Buck, I did not read Sandman when it first came out but have picked it up through TPB (checked it out from the local library) and the series is a great read. It gets pretty addictive once you get into it. I highly recommend it. I have always been more into straight up super hero comics but read the occasional Tales from the Crypt reprint and this series scratches both of those itches.
May 16, 2024
I will. I’ve discovered more “new to me” stuff to read from the best era of comics (+/- a few years) from this site. It’s the only exposure I’ve ever had with fandom. Thanks for the suggestion.