Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
American Movie Comic Books (1930s-1970s), TwoMorrows. Our pal Peter Bosch’s new book, a sequel to his 2022 American TV Comic Books (1940s-1980s), covers exactly what the title says — and it’s dang groovy. Click here for a SNEAK PEEK.
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Archie Comics Digest #1, Archie. There’s much understandable mourning over the demise of Archie’s classic digest line. You never want to see a beloved format end. I myself am quite nostalgic about it. Being completely practical, though, I’m interested in checking out the new series, which is a larger size. These old eyes find it really hard to read digests anymore.
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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #3, DC. This miniseries has lived up to my expectations. If you haven’t been reading it, track down the first two issues and pick this up. Well worth your time.
I prefer the Niko Henrichon variant
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Batman and Robin: Year One #10, DC. The penultimate penultimate issue. (Is there such a thing?)
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Detective Comics #1100, DC. An extra-length anthology issue, featuring talents such as Tom Taylor, Greg Rucka, Dan Watters, Mikel Janin and Bill Sienkiewicz, among others.
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Back Issue #161, TwoMorrows. Mutants aplenty!
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Black Cat #1, Marvel. I’ll always give a new Felicia Hardy series a chance.
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DC Finest: Hawkman: Wings Across Time, DC. Silver Age Hawkman stories by Fox, Kubert and Anderson! This is good stuff.
Dan adds: It really is. Silver Age Hawkman is the best Hawkman.
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Marvel All-On-One #1, Marvel. As a longtime Marvel Two-in-One fan, I can’t pass this up.
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Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #42, DC. Waid’s return to the Bizarro World has been a real treat.
August 18, 2025
I so agree with Dan, the Silver Age Hawkman is the best Hawkman with two incredible artists, Anderson and Kubert. If there can be an Earth 1 and Earth 2 Atom, Flash and Green Lantern why could there not have been two Hawkmen, one on Earth 2 from Egypt and another on Earth 1 from Thanagar?
August 18, 2025
Yes, why not? That’s the way I’ve always viewed the two Hawkmen. To me, the introduction of COIE created more continuity problems than it attempted to fix. The existence of an Earth 1 and Earth 2 with same yet similar super-heroes fit far more easily into my comprehension of the DC Universe. There was so much lost in the demise of the original Earth 2.
August 18, 2025
Yeah, Hawkman really suffered there. The two world approach worked best. That said, the reincarnation solution they use now is solid, too.
August 19, 2025
I agree. Earth-1 and Earth-2 weren’t confusing. And those early Silver Age Hackman stories can’t be beat.
August 18, 2025
Looking forward within the next couple of days to learn just what is the actual content of the Hawkman Finest. There are two different versions of what that content is to be spread out among what are normally reliable sources and historically unreliable sources alike (I’m looking at you, DC). Is it actually one of these two content descriptions, an amalgamation of both, or something slightly different from what’s been seen to date. Is it that DC just likes to surprise us?
August 18, 2025
Amazon says, “This collection includes stories from The Brave and the Bold #34-36, #42-44; Mystery in Space #87-90; The Atom #7; Hawkman #1-16.”