Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Batman #244 Facsimile Edition, DC. The finale of the original Denny O’Neil-Neal Adams Ra’s al Ghul saga and one of the single greatest Bat-comics of all time. That is not hyperbole, either.
Cannot wait to see it in foil and the sketch cover is a downright groove. Makes even clearer why Adams’ approach to the logo coloring was so effective. Read all about the late artist’s views on this cover here.
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DC Compact Comics: Gotham Central, DC. I don’t read Compact Comics because I prefer larger art and these old eyes can’t take the strain. But I know they reach a younger audience, and I’m all for that — especially when you’re offering one of the very best series of the 21st century.
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Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #51, DC. Now it can be told: I’ve never read an issue of Warlord. Just not my cuppa, generally speaking. But back in the day, fans in the Brave and the Bold letters columns used to clamor for a Batman/Warlord team-up and it never happened. So here we are!
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Silver Surfer #3 Facsimile Edition, Marvel. The first appearance of Mephisto! Man, what a cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott — and probably colored by the great Marie Severin.
Nice Phil Noto variant, too:
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The Book of Jusko, Image. Not only is our pal Joe Jusko a helluvan artist, he’s a big-time Yankees fan. Alright, Joe! You can put this 240-page paperback right on the coffee table next to your vintage 1976 Yankees yearbook.
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Teen Titans: The Bronze Age Omnibus, DC. A new printing of some of the ’70s grooviest (if inconsistent) comics.
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Marvels: The Novelization, Abrams ComicArts. Steve Darnall gives Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross’ classic miniseries a prose spin.
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Zorro #1, Alien Books. Is there an artist working today better suited to a Zorro book than Jorge Fornes? Certainly not. That writer could end up being someone someday, too.
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Spider-Man ’94: The Return, Marvel. Any excuse for more J.M. DeMatteis Spidey stories is fine by me.
Dan adds: Collects the five-issue miniseries. If they can do this, can they please find a way to do Spider-Man ’67? Pretty please? With webbing on top?
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DC Finest: Sgt. Rock — The Rock of Easy Co., DC. DC’s greatest war comics, from Robert Kanigher, Bob Haney and Joe Kubert. Nothin’s ever easy for Easy.
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Doctor Doom Epic Collection: Revolution in Latveria, Marvel. More of the best Silver Age Doc Doom tales, from a Murderers’ Row of legendary Marvel creators!
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May 18, 2026
I really do wish that we had also gotten a facsimile of Batman #243 as well.
May 18, 2026
Yes. But I’d be okay with the whole run of the Bronze Age. And for those wondering…. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_Vol_1_243
May 18, 2026
242 and 243, yeah. Hey, anything’s possible over time.
May 18, 2026
@Dan – very good point. I’m just so used to having Batman 243 right before Batman 244 from my Neal Adams hardcover collections. (I know. Those re-colorings) But I still have a lot of nostalgia for when I first bought those books. But now that I’m getting to read these stories with more faithful colors, it’s like a whole new experience.
@Buck – yes! That would be awesome!! Though I am absolutely thrilled that we are FINALLY getting a Bronze Age Batman omnibus. So who knows? Maybe we’ll get lucky with a full run of facsimiles?
May 18, 2026
Be prepared for the art on Spider-Man 94…oof.
May 18, 2026
Looking forward to the Book of Jusko!
May 18, 2026
I wonder if DC will ever reprint facsimile editions of Batman 232 and Batman 251?
if memory serves, we weren’t given the option of a foil cover variant of those.
May 18, 2026
Correct. I expect that someday they’ll get another release.
May 19, 2026
Inexcusable, imo, to not do facsimiles of all the Adams Batman stories, especially the full Ra’s Al Ghul story. And what is getting released is way too far apart.
May 19, 2026
@D Preece – I fully agree. At the very least DC should dedicate at least a year or more to print all of Neal Adams Batman and Detective Comics in facsimile.
It’s getting to the point where what has come out already has been spread so far apart I’ve lost track of what is in which long box.
I guess I should just be grateful that we are finally getting the Bronze Age omnibus and the two absolute edition of Neal’s Batman.
May 19, 2026
SILVER SURFER #3 is my all time favorite comic. I really wish I had been asked to paint a variant cover. Damn. GO, YANKEES!