Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
Scott’s been on his San Diego sojourn, so I’m solo this week. Let’s get to it!
Justice League of America #200 Facsimile Edition, DC. In treasury size! But you knew that! This gorgeous project sells itself. Foil cover too! (But no Black Canary.)
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Batman/Superman: World’s Finest 2026 Annual #1, DC. Because YOU demanded it! Pa Kent and Alfred team up to rescue Superman and Batman! Actually, I don’t think anyone demanded it but it’s still fun.
And I LOVE this Rahzzah variant. It might be my favorite Kent farm image of all time. Just look at Batman’s body language and expression. Bruce should visit more often:
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DC’s Hawk-Girl Summer #1, DC. I know this summer-fun one-shot has Hawkgirl in the title, but the Batfam variant by Lesley Leirix Li is the party I want to join. Even Damian in his green swim goggles is having a good time!
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DC Finest: Green Lantern — Hard-Traveling Heroes, DC. It’s been reprinted 1,000,006 times — and rightly so, of course — but there was still no way they weren’t going to do a DC Finest edition.
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Aquaman by Geoff Johns: Book One, DC. These were superb Aqua-stories. I read Aquaman for years thanks to the kickstart Johns gave the Swift and Powerful Monarch of the Ocean.
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Predator vs. Planet of the Apes #1, Marvel. How is this supposed to last five issues?
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Ultraman, Marvel. A 60th anniversary omnibus collecting not just Marvel’s comics from recent years, but Harvey’s from the ’90s.
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What If…? Spider-Man #1, Marvel. What if Kraven survived his last hunt — written by J.M. DeMatteis! “Survived” is an interesting way to put it.
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July 27, 2026
Your comment about the newest DC Finest release — that the material’s “been reprinted 1,000,006 times” — describes my thoughts about most of the Finest titles scheduled for the rest of year. While the series in its first year provided us with some very welcome books featuring classic content that had seen no or little reprinting, this upcoming round seems to cover material that has been mined so often that it is readily available in multiple formats or already on many collectors’ shelves. Looking forward to seeing what announcements might be coming soon for 2027 and hoping DC might be getting back on track to including more little reprinted pre-Crisis material in its Finest mix.
July 28, 2026
The Green Lantern DCF isn’t just the Neal Adams run. Mapping didn’t allow for all the Adams issues in one volume. So half of this is half the Gil Kane issues before Neal that have only been reprinted once in black and white.
For the first time, we can have all the Kane run in collected format. (They haven’t released the first DCF volume yet, but those have been collected in color twice already.)
July 28, 2026
The GIl Kane Run is what I am most interested in in this edition. I hve the ‘O Niel/ NealAdams stuff in various reprints and my own personal original comics. but having all the Gul Knae run in high quality reprints is going to be nice!
July 28, 2026
Editing mistake. I said “half” twice. Delete the second “half.”