Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
DC and Marvel Present: Superman and Spider-Man (aka Marvel Treasury Edition #28) Facsimile Edition, DC/Marvel. Last month, we got the 1976 original, now we get the 1981 sequel. In March and April, it’ll be the brand-new Superman/Spider-Man #1 and Spider-Man/Superman #1, respectively. Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk can’t be far behind, can it?
In addition to a foil variant, there’s Brian Bolland’s alternate and a sketch logo cover:
Side note: There’s a GREAT variant cover by Steve Rude this week — for The Amazing Spider-Man #21. You gotta see it!
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Batman #6, DC. The return of Hugo Strange and his Monster Men! I really dig that main cover by series artist Jorge Jimenez, too. It’s, shall we say, dynamic.
Among the variants is the latest Jimenez gadget cover:
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JSA #16, DC. Jeff Lemire and Gavin Guidry are doing a terrific job with a new take on the Justice Society’s origins. First-rate.
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Action Cat & Adventure Bug: Let’s Do This!, PaperCutz. Our pal Franco and his pal Art Baltazar — he’s actually our pal too — kick off the Aw Yeah Comics Universe with PaperCutz. With new stories and classic tales! Comes in both hardcover and paperback flavors.
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
DC Finest: Wonder Woman — Enter the Cheetah, DC. More bold and bizarre Golden Age Wonder Woman tales from her creators William Moulton Marston and H.G. Peter.
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Darwyn Cooke’s The Complete Spirit: Connoisseur Edition, Act 4/Image. A must for any Darwyn Cooke fan, this beautiful, slip-cover hardcover volume collects the artist’s entire DC Spirit run, as well as the criminally underrated Batman/The Spirit one-shot. This is larger than a DC Absolute Edition, at 9″ x 13″.
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Avengers #35, Marvel. Again, the Russell Dauterman cover has me sold.
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Fantastic Four Epic Collection: Back to the Basics, Marvel. John Byrne’s legendary run on the FF begins here!
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Planet of the Apes vs. Fantastic Four #1, Marvel. It’s a Madhouse! A MAAAAADHOOOOOOUSE!
Dan adds: A lot of covers for this one, but I prefer the variants by German Peralta…
… and Phil Noto:
February 2, 2026
Darwyn Cooke’s The Spirit is one of my most anticipated books this year. I hope someone writes an illustrated biography of Cooke someday (in the same style as that three-volume IDW biography of Alex Toth about 15 years ago). He was an amazing talent gone too soon.
February 2, 2026
If the Spiderman/superman Facsimile is like the one before with whole panels lost in a gutter loss that I haven’t seen even in the tightiest of omnibi then it’s a pass for me
February 2, 2026
I believe the Spirit book has been delayed until next month. Amazon has a sale date of March 3rd.
February 3, 2026
Amazon gets their books later. I got my be from CheapGraphicNovels and mine is arriving Thursday.
February 3, 2026
Loving the rerelease of crossover tabloids!
Fingers crossed we get Batman Hulk next.
And all fingers crossed hoping the X-men Teen Titans rerelease gets upscaled to tabloid size (like DC did with the Intold Legend of Batman)!