Scott and Dan pick the comics they’re most looking forward to…
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Dan Greenfield, editor, 13th Dimension
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Batman #12, DC. Enter Verity Pennyworth, the new head of the Wayne household! I have nothing to base this on, but I wonder with writers’ and artists’ disdain for AI, this is a way of allowing AI Alfred to shuffle off this mortal coil for good. I don’t think Alfred would have approved, anyway. (That said, they never should have killed him off to begin with.)
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Fantastic Four #15, Marvel. Celebrating the FF’s 65th anniversary, which is Aug. 8. The ish, by Ryan North and Humberto Ramos, will utilize classic images by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Byrne and Steve Epting “in an entirely new way,” according to Marvel. Comes out in tandem with…
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Fantastic Four: 65 Years of the World’s Greatest Comic Covers! #1, Marvel. … this one-shot, which presents every main Fantastic Four cover ever published. That’s more than 700.
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Mary Jane: Face It, Tiger #1, Marvel. A 60th anniversary one-shot celebrating the sexiest woman ever to grace a mainstream comic. (Or at least one of the sexiest.)
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Power Girl: New Beginnings and Old Friends Omnibus, DC. Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner gave us the definitive Power Girl — funny, sexy and badass. Nobody has done PeeGee as well.
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Detective Comics #27 Facsimile Edition, DC. I have enough copies of the ‘Tec ’27 Facsimile Edition, but I am totally down for the Super Powers variant. Hope they make this fig in McFarlane’s final wave.
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Jughead Piemaggedon One-Shot, Archie. Dig this video:
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Scott Tipton, contributor-at-large, 13th Dimension
Lobster Johnson Omnibus Volume 2, Dark Horse. The pulp hero running through the backgrounds of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy comics has always been a favorite.
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Aquaman Vol. 2: Justice League Blue, DC. My buddy Jeremy Adams writes a great Aquaman.
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Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 5, Marvel. Perhaps my favorite era of Mantlo’s ROM, with returning legend Steve Ditko on pencils, and every major name in the Bullpen at the time clamoring to get a chance to provide inks.
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DC Finest: Justice League of America: Crisis on Earth-X, DC. Any JLA/JSA team-up is a must-buy.
Dan adds: Great Satellite Era stuff! Introduces Earth-X, among many other stories.
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