Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Batman ’66 Compendium, DC. Softcover that improves upon the Batman ’66 Omnibus. Collects the entire 2013-16 comic-book series, plus Batman ’66: The Lost Episode, material from Solo #7, Batman ’66 Meets Wonder Woman ’77 #1-6 and Batman ’66 Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes #1 — the first time all of these stories have been published together.
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The ‘Nam: 1966-1969 Omnibus, Marvel. First-ever ‘Nam-nibus collects the initial 45 issues of the ground-breaking series that launched in the ’80s, plus the precursor stories from Savage Tales #1 and #4.
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Action Comics #23 Facsimile Edition, DC. The first appearance of Lex Luthor! (With foil and sketch covers.)
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Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One Vol. 8, Marvel. The Thing vs. Batman! Wait, that’s not right… is it?
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Wednesday Comics, DC. The oversize hardcover collection is back in print! What a great series.
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The X-Men #138 Facsimile Edition, Marvel. Exit Cyclops!
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold — The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 1, Fantagraphics. Carl Barks’ very first Donald Duck stories!
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Peacemaker Presents: The Vigilante/Eagly Double Feature! #5, DC. With the new season finally here, I have to catch up with this.
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The Spectacular Spider-Man by J.M. DeMatteis and Sal Buscema Omnibus, Marvel. One of the best and most underrated Spider-Man runs is finally collected!
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Green Lantern #26, DC. Is Kyle Rayner riding an energy shark? I’m in.
August 25, 2025
I REALLY hope they do The Nam in other more “manageable” reading formats besides the unwieldy Omnibus format that some of us absolutely hate…it’s such a great series it would be great to see as a Marvel Epic Collection series…
August 25, 2025
There were three ‘Nam trades that covered issues #1-30. Probably not quite what you want, but I bet you can still find them.
There’s also a trade called “The Punisher Invades the ‘Nam” which includes the later issues that incorporated Frank Castle.
August 27, 2025
Completely agree. If The Nam were in an Epic TPB format, it would be an easy purchase.
August 25, 2025
Wait, is Kyle wielding a Warhammer 40k energy sword??
August 25, 2025
That isn’t a shark Kyle is riding: It’s Ion, the avatar of the green light spectrum/willpower that gives the Green Lanterns their ring. But Ion has never been depicted with teeth before.
Guy is riding Parallax (the Fear/Yellow light avatar) and Star Sapphire is atop the Predator (the Love/Violet light avatar).
August 26, 2025
You mean Hal is riding Parallax.
August 29, 2025
I stand corrected. Sorry. Hal would make much more sense.
Also, I guess I missed the story where Parallax was killed and this is a new fear avatar created by the other avatars from their fear of Parallax’s death and what it could mean for them.
August 25, 2025
I am afraid that the Omnibi format is almost unreadable, far too heavy to comfortably hold. A real shame. Anyway, it looks like there’s a lot worth buying this coming week!
August 25, 2025
Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis and Buscema!!! Waited quite some time for this to be properly collected.
August 25, 2025
I hope there aren’t any problems with the Action Comics #23 facsimile. I have to say that not only because of the mistake with the Adventure Comics #210 facsimile (duplicating a page from the Green Arrow story at the expense of a page from the Aquaman story), but there was a screw-up with the recent Detective Comics #880 facsimile as well: the ads on the inside front and inside back covers were transposed.