Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
DC Finest: Wonder Woman — The Legend of Wonder Woman, DC. Not only does this reprint a heap of pre-Crisis WW for the first time, it also includes the wonderfully charming miniseries from Kurt Busiek and Trina Robbins.
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Gotham City Sirens: Unfit For Orbit #1, DC Comics. This looks goofy and fun.
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Captain America Epic Collection: The Swine, Marvel. Jack Kirby’s wacky and awesome 1970s Cap run concludes! Arnim Zola makes his debut!
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Godzilla vs. Thor #1, Marvel. Of all the recent Godzilla/Marvel mashups, I have to admit this one is the most intriguing to me for some reason.
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Fantastic Four: First Steps #1, Marvel. A groovy in-universe MCU comic — by Matt Fraction and Mark Buckingham, with a Phil Noto cover — that preps you for the much-anticipated July 25 movie.
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Fantastic Four #50 Facsimile Edition, Marvel. Also just a couple weeks ahead of said movie…
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JSA #9, DC. I read JSA #8 because it was basically a standalone story that took place during World War II, and I dug it. I’d love some opinions on the series as a whole. Thanks!
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Astro City #1 Facsimile Edition, Image. A reprint of the very first issue from 30 years ago. There’s also a foil cover.
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Captain America #1, Marvel. Featuring this Luciano Vecchio variant that riffs on 1976’s Bicentennial Calendar — and one that presents John Romita’s original image:
June 30, 2025
Jeff Lemire’s JSA has been a good read, though I have a feeling it will read better when it’s collected. I do wish the series had a consistent artist, even if the art has been good. Issue 8 has probably been my favorite of the bunch because we got a World.War II adventure with guest appearances by Sgt. Rock and the Unknown Soldier (I really want some DC Finest: Unknown Soldier volumes).
All that said, I still really miss the pre-Crisis Earth-2 and its JSA and Infinity, Inc. Forty years after the Crisis, and I still miss that JSA.
June 30, 2025
The Bronze Age JSA is my JSA. I wish there had been more stories told. I’ve never felt a connection since Crisis. Just not the same characters….
June 30, 2025
Hoping that this talk about an upcoming “crisis” at DC puts the JSA and associated characters back on an Earth-2 separate from the current situation…
June 30, 2025
JSA has been a slow build, which is why #8 stood out so much. Instead of micro arcs that create a sweeping story, with each issue I need to remind myself what happened last month. And yet, as always, I am full on JSA!!!
June 30, 2025
Looking forward to the new FF and Superman movies and hope they are way better than previous comic books movies!
June 30, 2025
You caught me by surprise! I thought the FF #50 facsimile was coming out on 7/23. And I had absolutely no idea there was going to be a facsimile of Astro City #1! Is this the first time Image has published a facsimile edition?
July 1, 2025
The Astro City Facsimiles were canceled by the publisher with no explanation
July 1, 2025
They were listed for the week, but thank you for the update!
July 1, 2025
Yeah, I was bummed out. I had pre ordered both cover versions