Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Action Comics #1100, DC. Superman’s been away for a bit, but now he’s back — and just in time for Action #1100. It’s almost like they planned it that way! Dig the Ryan Sook wraparound cover:
The David Talaski variant is pretty cool too. Clever:
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Detective Comics #1111, DC. Taken on its own merits, this has been a decent arc. But I am weary of stories about characters from the early days that we never knew existed — until now! Retcons like this rarely land because they ask us to invest in the emotional impact of heroes/villains/civilians who have no real history whatsoever. Comics have been doing this since the Golden Age, and sometimes it works. More often, it feels hollow.
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Little Archie #1 Facsimile Edition, Archie. First released 70 years ago, a Bob Bolling classic.
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Swamp Thing 1989 #4, DC. Wrapping up Rick Veitch’s story properly — 37 years later.
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JLA/Avengers #3, Marvel/DC. Part 3…
… along with its Alex Ross (left side) connecting cover:
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The Flash #35, DC. I dig these “Flash Fact” variant covers by Juni Ba.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #1 Pocket Book Facsimile Edition, Clover Press/Marvel. The release date keeps bouncing around. I had it listed in last week’s HOT PICKS, in fact. Here’s what I wrote, in part: Yes, the second one will be released too.
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Zorro Remastered Edition, Alien Books. The complete run of Gold Key’s 1960s Zorro! Plus a bonus tale from Howard Chaykin and Eduardo Risso!
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DC Finest: Suicide Squad — The Nightshade Odyssey, DC. The DC Finest imprint continues re-presenting the incredibly influential Suicide Squad run from John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell.
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Captain America Omnibus Vol. 5, Marvel. This brick of Bronze Age goodness includes the legendary Roger Stern/John Byrne Cap run, brilliant and all too brief. Two covers to choose from — Frank Miller/Joe Rubinstein (top) and Frank Robbins/Terry Austin (bottom):
Dan adds: Y’know, Terry Austin inking Frank Robbins is a great combination.
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July 20, 2026
I’m really glad I decided to also preorder a set of JLA/Avengers cover B as well. The Alex Ross covers are gorgeous!!!
Thank you again for all the heads up and continuous updates.
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July 20, 2026
I completely agree with the sentiment that trying to write in a retcon that inserts some never seen before character feeling hollow.
Too many writers have used this trick in recent years. And I’ll be honest. I’m getting rather tired of it. I think one of the worst cases was giving Bruce Wayne a Frenemy to travel the world with when he was on his journey abroad training to be Batman. So unnecessary, and just diminished Bruce as a character. I haven’t been following this recent run of Detective Comics. I tried the first issue. And when it teased some great reveal about yet another discovery about Bruce’s parents that we never knew about until now, I said NO THANKS. lol
July 20, 2026
I’m a huge Alex Toth fan, so I backed the Zorro book on Kickstarter and received my copy a few weeks ago (I got the recolored edition as well as the black and white version with gray tones that’s a hardcover reprint of the edition that Eclipse Comics put out in the late 1980s). The stories are kinda dumb, but Toth’s artwork (which is far from his best work) is amazing. Recommended.