Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
The Art of the Mighty Thor, Dark Horse/Marvel. Constructive criticism time: Dark Horse started its Bullpen Books line with Marvel two years ago, and I gotta say, the publicity for it has been seriously lacking. We got The Art of The Amazing Spider-Man first, then The Art of the Fantastic Four and neither has made much of a blip.
This week is the Thor edition, featuring original and published art by Jack Kirby and Walt Simonson, among many others. And it’s 10″ x 14″, which is close to treasury size. The 200-page hardcover lists for $59.99. Since we believe in giving the people what they want, check out a SNEAK PEEK over here.
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Barbara Gordon: Breakout #2, DC. Read the first issue. I liked it. Taking this one issue by issue.
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Comic Book Creator #44 and RetroFan #45, TwoMorrows. Any kind of Carmine Infantino spotlight and I am there. Plus, I plan to sit on the porch with a Slurpee, my 1976 baseball cards and dig into RF’s Bicentennial issue. (TwoMorrows also has Alter Ego #200 — Roy Thomas spotlights himself — and Back Issue #168, in which there be dragons.)
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Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23, DC. The only reason this is getting reprinted is the rare Adam Hughes variant cover from 2006. Fine by me. The original costs a ton. (There are also foil and logo sketch versions.)
Plus, we get a Super Powers cover out of the deal!
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Supergirl #14, DC. I dropped Supergirl pretty early on — it’s me, I’m not the audience — and I’m not reading Reign of the Superboys because it’s not my thang, either. But it’s a kick that they’re digging Matrix out of the back of the closet — and she’s got a groovy outfit (assuming that’s her on the cover).
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Avengers: Armageddon #1, Marvel. Another Alex Ross Marvel Dimensions cover.
There’re also ones for Mortal Thor #11 and X-Men #31:
Speaking of, I neglected to mention last week that the Doctor Strange one was set for last Wednesday.
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Black Cat #11, Marvel. Another really cool variant, this one by Phil Noto. Love the use of negative space. (For another of the 1,000,006 covers, click here.)
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The Amazing Spider-Man #546 Facsimile Edition, Marvel. The first issue of the Brand New Day period. Because movie! (Just like all the Supergirl stuff.)
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Deluxe Edition Vol. 1, DC. Mark Waid and Dan Mora’s wonderful Superman/Batman series gets the deluxe hardcover treatment it so deserves.
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DC Finest: Team-Ups — The Impossible Escape, DC. I cannot resist a collection of Bob Haney/Jim Aparo Batman team-ups.
Dan adds: Also includes stories from Super-Team Family, #1-7! Neat!
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Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Mirror War (IDW Classic Collections). From David Tipton, Gavin Smith and your humble narrator, this epic tale of the Mirror Universe Enterprise-D crew is back, in convenient 6″ x 9″ format.
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June 8, 2026
Sophie Cambell has said on social media that she did not know about that cover copy, and that Matrix is not back in this issue.
She did say that a Matrix return is in this works, but gave no timeline.
This costume is relates specifically to the current storyline. The homage to the Tom Grummett image was just that – an homage.
June 8, 2026
I am a fan of the Haney/Aparo B&B. The first issue I remember reading was #115, co-starring the Atom.
My one gripe about the Team-Ups volumes is that it appears they are not going to include the issues of World’s Finest that feature Superman and heroes other than Batman (or even Superman, Batman, and a third hero). I consider those stories precursors to the DC Comics Presents series we got a few years later.