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.