Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Deadpool/Batman #1, Marvel/DC. One of two one-shots marking the first Marvel/DC team-up in decades. (The second is coming in November.) This thing’ll sell like chimichangas, but I admit I’m more interested in the back-ups: Captain America and Wonder Woman, Daredevil and Green Arrow, and Jeff the Land Shark and Krypto. There will be 1,000,006 covers.
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The Bat-Man: Second Knight #1, DC. I’m really looking forward to this one. Last year’s First Knight was superb and I really want to see how Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins keep this story going. Interestingly, this is now billed as a six-parter, instead of a three-parter.
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Batman #1 Facsimile Edition, DC. Golden Age-size reprint of one of the greatest comic books ever published. With foil and logo covers, natch. This just might be the single comic I’ve read the most in my life. I don’t think the timing was an accident. (See above).
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Batman & Robin: Year One #11, DC. The (latest) modern version of the Dynamic Duo’s earliest days heads toward its conclusion. Boy, that’s a lot of early Batman this week. Cool by me!
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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #4, DC. Really good series. And I love the Dan Mora corner box/”Kryptonite Nevermore” variant. Hee.
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Nightwing #130, DC. I’m sampling Bat-titles this month because of the soft reboots. This is one of them. I loved the Taylor/Redondo run, and Dan Watters’ Batman: Dark Patterns has been great, sooo… If I like what I see here, I may go back and check out what I’ve missed because I jumped off when Tom Taylor did.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #12, Marvel. The Green Goblin Ben Cooper-ish Halloween mask variant cover will be mine!
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #43, DC. Is the first-ever Bizarro Brainiac?
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DC Finest: The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre, DC. Lots of great Spectre tales herein, including the infamous Adventure Comics run from Michael Fleisher and Jim Aparo.
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Marvel Archive Edition: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Gallery Edition, Marvel. So is this an Archive Edition or a Gallery Edition? Either way, it hits my nostalgia button too much for me to pass up.
Dan adds: It’s an Archive Edition, which is a Gallery Edition. Oh, just read this.
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Star Wars: Boba Fett — Black, White & Red #1 (of 4), Marvel. Sometimes you just want a good Boba Fett story. Here’s hoping this is one.
