HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week!

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

Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension

Flash Comics #1 Facsimile Edition, DC. Full-on reprint of a landmark comic that celebrated its 85th anniversary in November. First Flash, first Hawkman, first Johnny Thunder, and more. There are also the requisite foil and sketch covers.

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #12, DC. Sigh, the end of a sweet little era. The final issue of a series that was a love letter to Batman, those meddling kids, and Saturday mornings.

Two-Face #1, DC. I have to admit I’m tired of every villain being turned into an antihero. I really am. But if there’s a “bad guy” who lends himself to the treatment, it’s Two-Face for sure. In this miniseries, Harvey Dent practices underground law, representing various criminals. Screams dark satire and I’m down to check it out. (In Issue #2, he has to litigate the divorce of the King and Queen of the Royal Flush Gang.) By Christian Ward and Fabio Veras.

DC Finest: Green Lantern — The Defeat of Green Lantern, DC. The second wave of Silver Age GL stories, covering Issues #19-39, plus The Flash #143 and The Brave and the Bold #59. I have a decent number of these issues and they’re very entertaining comics. There’s more superheroing and less space traveling, and I’m cool with that.

Shazam! #18, DC. Not disrespect to the artists who have worked on this popular iteration of the World’s Mightiest Mortal, but I would read the hell out of an arc illustrated by Javier Pulido, who did this marvelous variant. (Pun intended.)

Excalibur Epic Collection: Days of Futures Yet to Come, Marvel. Alan Davis, man.

Marvel Holiday Tales to Astonish #1, Marvel. Dig the Lee Garbett wraparound variant cover homage to 1974’s Marvel Treasury Special: Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag #1!

Invasion of Astro Monster Dancing Godzilla 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure, Super7. When it comes down to it, this is my favorite Godzilla flick. Dig that cardback!

Scott Tipton, columnist, 13th Dimension

Aquaman by Peter David Omnibus, DC. Peter David’s Aquaman run doesn’t get the credit it deserves for re-conceptualizing what people now think of as the Sea King.

DC Finest: Justice Society of America — For America and Democracy, DC. The original tales of the first-ever superhero team, collected in full-color softcover for the first time!

Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 3, Marvel. The classic Steve Englehart/Sal Buscema 1970s Cap run, featuring the Secret Empire and the debut of Steve Rogers as Nomad!

Avengers Assemble #4, Marvel. Wonder Man and Monica Rambeau, together again for the first time!

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. I loved Excalibur, with that fantastic Alan Davis art. And MicroMax was a great name with a cool insignia for an Ant-man ripoff.

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