Future Showcase Presents?

[dan bailey]

Poking around a bit just now on the Showcase Presents forum at the Marvel Masterworks site, I came across the following unofficial list of upcoming Showcases (as well as a few other pertinent purported publications) --

SEPTEMBER
Showcase Presents Teen Titans (presumably vol 2)
Showcase Presents Batman And The Outsiders
Sword Of The Atom TPB

OCT
Wonder Woman Archives
Showcase Presents Captain Carrot And His Amazing Zoo Crew
Showcase Presents Metal Men
The Batman Chronicles
The Question TPB (Dennis O'neil, 176 pages)
Superman The Bottle City Of Kandor TPB (Author listed as Edmond Hamilton, so this must be a collection similar to "Daily Planet")

NOV
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus
Batman Archives
The JSA All Stars Archives (doesn't say what's in it, but if I'm doing the math correctly on the Canadian list price, it's a normal-sized Archive)
Showcase Presents The Great Disaster Featuring The Atomic Knights (That's how Chapters lists the title)
Showcase Presents The Suicide Squad (Author listed as John Ostander)

DEC
Showcase Presents Jonah Hex (presumably vol 2)
Showcase Presents The Secret Society Of Super-Villains
Legion Of Super-Heroes: An Eye For An Eye TPB (by Paul Levitz)
Superman/Batman: Saga Of The Super Sons TPB (Bob Haney!)

JAN?
HERO TPB (Will Pfeifer. I didn't expect this to ever get collected. I wonder if it's related to Countdown?)

Interesting, to say the least, perhaps most of all because the Capt Carrot, Batman/Outsiders & Suicide Squad volumes would definitely bypass the 1976 boundary for Showcase Presents. Same, I suppose, for a vol 2 Jonah Hex.

If all of the above indeed show up, I think I'd be buying most of 'em. Heck, I just now got through eyeing prices on the World's Finest Super Sons ishes from Mile High & Lone Star, & I've been pining for a Metal Men Showcase ever since the line started.

Now, how in heck they might stretch the 15 (I think) ishes of SSOSV into a Showcase, I have no idea ... first appearances by the respective members?

Oh, yeah -- another thread in that forum posits that the "Great Disaster" volume will reprint not only the "Atomic Knights" strips but also the Hercules Unbound [/B]run & maybe Kirby's OMAC as well. Most of those I've already got, courtesy of the Atomic Knights reprints in Strange Adventures & the original H. Unbound , but what the heck ...

I summon the giant Dalmations!

[MWGallaher]

Exciting lineup of material, isn't it? The Secret Society book must indeed have some padding, since there's only 395 pages of "authentic" SSOV; that's including the issue from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade, which may not be available (but we can hope), the issue of DC Special Series featuring the team, the unpublished version of issue 1 from Amazing World of DC Comics, and the 3-part JLA/JSA teamup that wrapped up the loose ends from SSOSV. They could pick up another 35 pages by including DC Special #27, which featured SSOSV's token hero, Captain Comet in a contemporaneous team-up with Tommy Tomorrow, bringing us to 430 pages. Still lacking about 100 pages, since this fall's Showcases appear to mostly be dropping down to around 520 pages. DC Super Stars #14 might be deemed appropriate, since Grodd's included; "Secret Origins of Super-Villains" gives 37 more pages for 467. Alternative backup material might be the Captain Comet stories from Superteam Family (i.e., "Showcase Presents SSOSV featuring Captain Comet") or the complete run of Kobra if they want to focus on villain-centered series (saving the Joker's series for a future "Batman Family" installment).

[scratchie]

If all of the above indeed show up, I think I'd be buying most of 'em. Heck, I just now got through eyeing prices on the World's Finest Super Sons ishes from Mile High & Lone Star, & I've been pining for a Metal Men Showcase ever since the line started.I love the Super Sons. I would definitely buy that. That's also another very do-able classic collection; 15-20 issues at most?

Do you think we'll ever see a Doom Patrol Showcase?

[spoon_jenkins]

SSOSV started in 1976, so that should go past the boundary.

I'd like to get the Metal Men Showcase. I'm a fan of the 1970s revival, but the I only have a digest (which I haven't read yet) reprinting a few 1960s stories.

[Scott Shaw!]

This is the first I've heard about SHOWCASE PRESENTS CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW!, but needless to say, I'm delighted. It makes sense, though, since the first issue of CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARC -- by Bill Morrison and myself, with inks by Al Gordon and colors by Tom Luth -- will hit shops in September.

I'm also happy to see that METAL MEN and WONDER WOMAN will both be SHOWCASEd that month...Kanigher, Andru and Esposito at their most enjoyably Oddball!

Let's face it, DC's SHOWCASE PRESENTS and MARVEL ESSENTIALS continue to be the best bathroom reading ever!

Aloha,

Scott!

[dan bailey]

Do you think we'll ever see a Doom Patrol Showcase?

At some point, surely. Those comics have to be considered vastly less obscure than, say, The War That Time Forgot.

As someone in the aforementioned forum pointed out, virtually everything from that list apparently ties into new product spinning out of the events of Countdown (or so I gather ... personally, with every passing Wednesday my resolve to ignore virtually everything that's happened in comics, especially Marvel & DC, in the last 10 years ... hell, maybe the last 30 years -- is growing stronger & stronger).

[dan bailey]

This is the first I've heard about SHOWCASE PRESENTS CAPTAIN CARROT, but needless to say, I'm delighted. It makes sense, though, since the first issue of CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARC -- by Bill Morrison and myself, with inks by Al Gordon and colors by Tom Luth -- will hit shops in September.


As I said, Scott!, the above is highly unofficial, but I gather the source of the info is somewhat knowledgeable, so ... here's hoping!

[Slam_Bradley]

The only one of those (showcase volumes, haven't checked on the others) I've seen listed anywhere besides Chapters is the second Teen Titans volume, which is up on Amazon.

[dan bailey]

The only one of those (showcase volumes, haven't checked on the others) I've seen listed anywhere besides Chapters is the second Teen Titans volume, which is up on Amazon.

Which as it happens I asked about a couple of hours ago in the DC Universe forum, since it's apparently been delayed twice now. I think it was originally scheduled to come out in March or April, then was moved to June, & now is showing September. Seems to have swapped places in the schedule with, possibly, War That Time Forgot, which certainly doesn't bother me in the slightest ...

[Cei-U!]

Showcase Presents Teen Titans (presumably vol 2)
Showcase Presents Metal Men
Showcase Presents The Great Disaster Featuring The Atomic Knights
Showcase Presents Jonah Hex (presumably vol 2)

This are the ones that jumped out at me. I already have runs of BATO and SSoSV. The Captain Carrot collection isn't a high priority (sorry, Scott) but I'm sure I'll pick it up sooner or later.

I summon the giant Dalmations!

A-hem!

Cei-U!
I summon the stolen schtick!

[dan bailey]

Caught me *choke* red-handed, you did, but actually I've been using it sporadically for awhile now ... it's too good to pass up!

[dan bailey]

Anyway, in my case a purchase of the SSOSV volume would hinge on what else is included. I'm missing only #1 from the series.

[FanboyStranger]

Wow. An O'Neill Question collection? That's been on a lot of peoples' wish lists for a long time. Plus, an Ostrander Suicide Squad showcase? Another must have. I hope these listings are legit, although I remember hearing something about the SS Showcase a while back.

Also, I love Great Darkness, so is there any further information on the Levitz Legion volume?

[Captain Jim]

I dunno; after being inundated by cool Showcase volumes this spring and summer, there isn't much here that interests me. I'd rather see more of the older material than all this more modern stuff. Only thing here that interests me is proabably Metal Men. Where is the second volume of Superman Family? That's what I'm waiting for.

[Citizen V]

If the Jonah Hex volume is true,then i am buying it.I might look into the Teen Titans also.

[jam]

Also, I love Great Darkness, so is there any further information on the Levitz Legion volume?

Yeah -- what storyline is this "Eye for an Eye" anyhoo?

[The Confessor]

If the Jonah Hex volume is true,then i am buying it.

Yeah, I'll definitely be getting that one too. I just hope they don't pad it out with any non-Jonah Hex western comics like they did with Vol. 1. That sucked! :mad:

[matt levin]

Metal Men!
Jonah Hex!

Metal Men!
Jonah Hex!

Metal Men!
Jonah Hex!

Metal Men!
Jonah Hex!

ummm, and so on!
whew.

Matt

[Tawky Tawny]

I checked two of the listed books, the 'Super-Sons' and the Legion; Amazon lists them as 'not available', but they have an isbn no. and a page count, and so does isbndb.com. Perhaps there's some truth to this rumor.

[Perry Holley]

I'll definately be getting the Jonah Hex collection, and possibly the SSoSV and Atomc Knights collections as well.

I would dearly love to pick up an Essential Doom Patrol collection some day.

[Captain Jim]

Wow, I really hated those super-sons stories.

[Loren]

Details on October's Showcases:

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE GREAT DISASTER FEATURING THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS TP
Writers: John Broome, Jack Kirby, Gerry Conway, David Michelinie, Cary Bates, Sheldon Mayer, David Kraft, Paul Levitz, Steve Skeates, Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, Len Wein, Robin Snyder, Mike Bentley, George Kashdan, Wyatt Gwyon, Paul Kupperberg, Roger McKenzie, Jack Oleck and Elliott S. Maggin
Artists: Murphy Anderson, Jack Kirby, José Luis García-López, Walter Simonson, Pablo Marcos, Mike Nasser, Alex Saviuk, Vicitan, Bill Draut, Alfredo Alcala, Jack Sparling, Rich Buckler, Howard Chaykin, A.B. Magpali, Howard Bender, J.M. Matucenio, Steve Ditko, Buddy Generale, Paul Kirchner, Jeff Aclin, Frank Miller, Alex Niño, Curt Swan, Danny Bulanadi, Wallace Wood, D. Bruce Berry, Andy Mushynsky, Frank McLaughlin, Bob Layton, Bob Smith, Steve Mitchell, Bob Oksner, Terry Austin, Joe Rubinstein, Vince Colletta, Tex Blaisdell, Bob Wiacek, and Danny Bulanadi
Collects: FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL #1, HERCULES UNBOUND #1-10, SUPERMAN #295, DC COMICS PRESENTS #57, and stories from KAMANDI #43-46, STRANGE ADVENTURES #117, 120, 123, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156 and 160, WEIRD WAR TALES #22, 23, 30, 32, 40, 42-44, 46-49, 51-53, 64, 68, 69 and 123, HOUSE OF MYSTERY #318, HOUSE OF SECRETS #86, 95, and 97, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #215 and 221, and THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #12.
$16.99 U.S., 576 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: METAL MEN TP
Writers: Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney
Artists: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito and Ramona Fradon & Charles Paris
Collects: SHOWCASE #37-40, METAL MEN #1-15 and THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #55
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages

[The Adventurer]

Oh god, great stuff coming down the pipe.

Suicide Squad, Metal Men, Jonah Hex Volume 2, The Atomic Knights

Personally I could do without all the really silverage Superman/Batman/JLA stuff. Give me more of this 70s goodness. The 70s, when comics really got creativly AWESOME.

Checking the Wiki page on the Atomic Knights, adding the the main title "The Great Disaster" might mean well see a Herculese Unbound or Kamandi Showcase in the future under the same title. As they all take place in the same universe.

[Reptisaurus!]

Personally I could do without all the really silverage Superman/Batman/JLA stuff. Give me more of this 70s goodness. The 70s, when comics really got creativly AWESOME.



Right. Because who needs Enemy Ace, Sugar and Spike and Captain Action when you could have Gerry Conway writing everything. :)

[dan bailey]

Checking the Wiki page on the Atomic Knights, adding the the main title "The Great Disaster" might mean well see a Herculese Unbound or Kamandi Showcase in the future under the same title.

Not sure why this would be needed, as the 10 ishes of Hercules Unbound are supposed to be included in the Atomic Knights volume.

[Kid Kyoto]

This is the first I've heard about SHOWCASE PRESENTS CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW!,
Scott!

It's great it's being reprinted but it's a shame you had to hear the good news from strangers.

I fondly remember the book, I'll have to pick it up for my neice.

[Kid Kyoto]

Yeah -- what storyline is this "Eye for an Eye" anyhoo?

I would guess (only a GUESS) it's the issues of the 80s LSH immediately following the Great Darkness Saga (roughtly 295-300 or so). It had an Emerald Emperess storyline, art by Giffin when he was in his George Perez-like detail phase.

Less likely but possible are the Emerald Emperess story from the mid 80s (LSH v3 somewhere in the 30s) or late 80s (LSH v3 51 or so).

The mid 80s story was pretty undistinguished so I consider it unlikely. The late 80s one was very interesting, Giffin returned to the Legion, significantly redesigned all their costumes and tech and the storyline was pretty edgy with many members leaving. But again I consider it unlikely. The early 80s story has the 'classic' versions we're seeing in the current JLA story.

[FanboyStranger]

Details on October's Showcases:

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE GREAT DISASTER FEATURING THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS TP
Writers: John Broome, Jack Kirby, Gerry Conway, David Michelinie, Cary Bates, Sheldon Mayer, David Kraft, Paul Levitz, Steve Skeates, Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, Len Wein, Robin Snyder, Mike Bentley, George Kashdan, Wyatt Gwyon, Paul Kupperberg, Roger McKenzie, Jack Oleck and Elliott S. Maggin
Artists: Murphy Anderson, Jack Kirby, José Luis García-López, Walter Simonson, Pablo Marcos, Mike Nasser, Alex Saviuk, Vicitan, Bill Draut, Alfredo Alcala, Jack Sparling, Rich Buckler, Howard Chaykin, A.B. Magpali, Howard Bender, J.M. Matucenio, Steve Ditko, Buddy Generale, Paul Kirchner, Jeff Aclin, Frank Miller, Alex Niño, Curt Swan, Danny Bulanadi, Wallace Wood, D. Bruce Berry, Andy Mushynsky, Frank McLaughlin, Bob Layton, Bob Smith, Steve Mitchell, Bob Oksner, Terry Austin, Joe Rubinstein, Vince Colletta, Tex Blaisdell, Bob Wiacek, and Danny Bulanadi
Collects: FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL #1, HERCULES UNBOUND #1-10, SUPERMAN #295, DC COMICS PRESENTS #57, and stories from KAMANDI #43-46, STRANGE ADVENTURES #117, 120, 123, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156 and 160, WEIRD WAR TALES #22, 23, 30, 32, 40, 42-44, 46-49, 51-53, 64, 68, 69 and 123, HOUSE OF MYSTERY #318, HOUSE OF SECRETS #86, 95, and 97, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #215 and 221, and THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #12.
$16.99 U.S., 576 pages
[B]


Wow. Is that like the most amazing list of artists compiled in one book ever, or what? (I know there's been a lot EC volumes put out lately, but look at that list!) Other than Kirby's Kamandi and Simonson's Hercules Unbound (talk about elaborate costumes), with which I am already familiar, would you say that the art ranks amongst the best of (or at least in line with) many of the artists' more famous work, or was this more of a rent-paying gig? I'm asking because the sheer amount of talent involved has my curiousity piqued.

[MWGallaher]

Wow. Is that like the most amazing list of artists compiled in one book ever, or what? (I know there's been a lot EC volumes put out lately, but look at that list!) Other than Kirby's Kamandi and Simonson's Hercules Unbound (talk about elaborate costumes), with which I am already familiar, would you say that the art ranks amongst the best of (or at least in line with) many of the artists' more famous work, or was this more of a rent-paying gig? I'm asking because the sheer amount of talent involved has my curiousity piqued.

The only significant work by big name artists in this volume will be Anderson (Atomic Knights), Kirby (Atlas, from First Issue Special), Garcia-Lopez/Wood and Simonson (Hercules Unbound) and Swan (Superman). Marshall Rogers does a series of backups set in Kamandi's world of talking animals, but it is very early, very rough work. Don't get too excited about the other big names in the list: they are mostly (if not all) from a filler feature called "The Day After Doomsday" that ran in Weird War Tales and the "House of" and Unexpected. Most are only 2 pages long, and served as training grounds for the likes of Miller and Chaykin, or as "rent-paying gigs" for the likes of Alcala, Nino and Ditko. You'll notice a lot of unfamiliar names on that list, too: a lot of these are people who, for whatever reason, didn't make it very far past their training ground assignments. It's still something to look forward to, but there's going to be a lot of rookie-quality artwork. This is far from the magnificent artistic showcase you might have anticipated based on the lineup.

[Kan-Man]

Official info on a few others mentioned...

THE JSA ALL STARS ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC
Writers: Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Sheldon Mayer, Charles Reizenstein, John Wentworth and Bill O'Connor
Artists: Stan Aschmeier, Bernard Baily, Ben Flinton, Sheldon Mayer, Hal Sharp, Irwin Hasen and Leonard Sansone
Collects: Stories starring Johnny Thunder, Hour-Man, the Red Tornado & Scribbly, Dr. Mid-Nite, Mr. Terrific, Wildcat and the Atom from FLASH COMICS #1-4, ADVENTURE COMICS #48-52, ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #19-29 and SENSATION COMICS #1-5
$59.99 U.S., 256 pages

THE QUESTION VOL. 1 TP
Writer: Dennis O'Neil
Artists: Denys Cowan & Rick Magyar
Collects: THE QUESTION #1-6
$19.99 U.S., 176 pages

SUPERMAN: THE BOTTLE CITY OF KANDOR TP
Writers: Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Jerry Siegel, Leo Dorfman, Len Wein and Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Al Plastino, Curt Swan, Stan Kaye, George Klein, Kurt Schaffenberger, Pete Costanza, Wayne Boring, Frank Chiaramonte and Marshall Rogers
Collects: Stories from ACTION COMICS #242 and 245, SUPERMAN #158 and 338, SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #53 and 69, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #143, SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #21, 76, and 78, and SUPERMAN FAMILY #194
$14.99 U.S., 200 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: CAPTAIN CARROT VOL. 1 TP
Written by Roy Thomas, E. Nelson Bridwell and others
Art by Mike Sekowsky, Scott Shaw, Alfredo Alcala and others
Cover by Shaw, Bob Smith & Ross Andru
Experience the adventures of Captain Carrot and his Zoo-Crew battle Frogzilla, the Armordillo, the alien Bunny from Beyond and many more in this volume collecting NEW TEEN TITANS #16 and CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE ZOO CREW #1-20!
Advance-solicited; on sale September 26 • 520 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS VOL. 1 TP
Written by Mike W. Barr and Marv Wolfman
Art by Jim Aparo, George Pérez, Bill Willingham and others
Cover by Aparo
In this hard-hitting, value-packed volume, witness Batman’s formation of the original Outsiders! Metamorpho, Black Lightning, Katana, Halo and Geo-Force star in these stories from BATMAN & THE OUTSIDERS #1-19, BRAVE & BOLD #200 and NEW TEEN TITANS #16!
Advance-solicited; on sale September 12 • 552 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

SWORD OF THE ATOM TP
Written by Jan Strnad
Cover by Kane
Art by Gil Kane, Pat Broderick and Dennis Janke
Collected for the first time in a single graphic novel! Sword of the Atom #1-4 and Sword of the Atom Special #1-3 take readers on a fantastic journey into the heart of a Central American jungle, where a race of 6-inch-tall aliens treats The Atom as their protector against titanic beasts and primeval sorcery!
Advance-solicited; on sale September 5 • 232 pg, FC, $19.99 US

[Cei-U!]

THE JSA ALL STARS ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC
Writers: Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Sheldon Mayer, Charles Reizenstein, John Wentworth and Bill O'Connor
Artists: Stan Aschmeier, Bernard Baily, Ben Flinton, Sheldon Mayer, Hal Sharp, Irwin Hasen and Leonard Sansone
Collects: Stories starring Johnny Thunder, Hour-Man, the Red Tornado & Scribbly, Dr. Mid-Nite, Mr. Terrific, Wildcat and the Atom from FLASH COMICS #1-4, ADVENTURE COMICS #48-52, ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #19-29 and SENSATION COMICS #1-5


Okay, this I gotta have.

Cei-U!
I summon the drool cup!

[Kan-Man]

More Official Info...

THE BATMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 7 HC
Writers: Bill Finger and others
Artists: Bob Kane, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney and Charles Paris
Collects: Stories from DETECTIVE COMICS #136-154
$49.99 U.S., 256 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS VOL. 1 TP
Writers: Gerry Conway, David Kraft, Bob Rozakis and Paul Levitz
Artists: Pablo Marcos, Rich Buckler, Arvell Jones, Dick Ayers, Mike Vosburg, Ric Estrada, Bob Smith, Vince Colletta, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Bob McLeod, Jack Abel, Romeo Tanghal, Joe Orlando, Frank McLaughlin, Ernie Chua and others
Collects: THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS #1-15, DC SPECIAL #27, DC SPECIAL SERIES #6, SUPER-TEAM FAMILYI #13 and 14, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #166-168 and a story from CANCELLED COMICS CAVALCADE #2
$16.99 U.S., 520 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 TP
Writers: John Ostrander, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Luke McDonnell, Keith Giffen, Erik Larsen, Dave Hunt, Karl Kesel, Bob Lewis, Al Gordon and Malcolm Jones III
Collects: SUICIDE SQUAD #1-18, the DOOM PATROL AND SUICIDE SQUAD SPECIAL, and a story from JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #13
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages

THE MAD ARCHIVES VOL. 2 HC
Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
Artists: Will Elder, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, Basil Wolverton and Bernard Krigstein
Collects: MAD #7-12
$49.99, 224 pages

[dan bailey]

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS VOL. 1 TP
Writers: Gerry Conway, David Kraft, Bob Rozakis and Paul Levitz
Artists: Pablo Marcos, Rich Buckler, Arvell Jones, Dick Ayers, Mike Vosburg, Ric Estrada, Bob Smith, Vince Colletta, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Bob McLeod, Jack Abel, Romeo Tanghal, Joe Orlando, Frank McLaughlin, Ernie Chua and others
Collects: THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS #1-15, DC SPECIAL #27, DC SPECIAL SERIES #6, SUPER-TEAM FAMILYI #13 and 14, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #166-168 and a story from CANCELLED COMICS CAVALCADE #2
$16.99 U.S., 520 pages


Just out of curiosity, have any of the other Cancelled Comics Cavalcade stories seen the light of (mass-distribution) day?

[annihilator]

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 TP
Writers: John Ostrander, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Luke McDonnell, Keith Giffen, Erik Larsen, Dave Hunt, Karl Kesel, Bob Lewis, Al Gordon and Malcolm Jones III
Collects: SUICIDE SQUAD #1-18, the DOOM PATROL AND SUICIDE SQUAD SPECIAL, and a story from JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #13
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages


wow....i thought they only made these for silver age comics....wow.
i have been waiting for something like this for a long time.

[Captain Jim]

Hmm, as much as I prefer the earlier stories in general, I may have to pick-up the Suicide Squad volume. Great stuff, as I recall, and I don't think I had them all.

Have you noticed that this seems to demonstrate a change in DC's Showcase reprint policy? To date, they've been pretty much sticking with a super-hero each month (usually an iconic one) and a non-super-hero each month. Now it suddenly looks like we're tying in with upcoming revived titles (which I guess makes sense sales-wise, but I hope they don't forget about the older material).

[Scott Shaw!]

I wish that DC would include the ORIGINAL "Suicide Squad" stories -- by Kanigher, Andru and Esposito -- from THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD in that collection.

But I'm delighted that they're reprinting CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE ZOO CREW!, even if seeing my twenty-five-year-old artwork makes me cringe a bit. Between that and CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARC -- by Bill Morrison, myself, Al Gordon and Tom Luth -- also to be published in September, it demonstrates that DC is really going all-out to support the property and our new project with the characters that Roy Thomas and I co-created.

(And to those who are pooh-poohing the new series, I guarantee that, between our commentary on the comic book industry, Bill's script, my art and the mini-series' final pages, you'll be more satisfied with the results than you ever thought possible.)

Aloha,

Scott!

[Michael P]

According to The Beat, these are coming in December:

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: JONAH HEX VOL. 2
Writers: Michael Fleischer, John Albano and David Michelinie
Artists: George Moliterni, Bill Draut, Luis Dominguez, Ernie Chua, José Luis García-López, Oscar Novelle, Tony DeZuñiga, Romeo Tanghal, Vicente Alcazar, Danny Bulanadi, Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano and Val Mayerik
Collects: JONAH HEX #1-22 and stories from WEIRD WESTERN TALES #34-38
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2
Writers: Mike Friedrich, Bob Haney, Neal Adams, Steve Skeates, Marv Wolfman and Robert Kanigher
Artists: Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, Sal Amendola, Dick Dillin, Jim Aparo, Wallace Wood and Joe Giella
Collects: TEEN TITANS #19-36, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #83 and 94 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #205
$16.99 U.S., 520 pages

Yay! More Jonah Hex!

[Reptisaurus!]

Yay! More Jonah Hex!

And Yay! The one issue of Brave and the Bold from between 50 and 100 that I don't have a reprint (or an original) of.

[dan bailey]

Hmmmm. So Teen Titans v2 has been pushed back again ... originally from May or so to September, & now from September to December?

Doesn't bother me or anything, but I find it a bit odd.

[Stephane Garrelie]

I wish that DC would include the ORIGINAL "Suicide Squad" stories -- by Kanigher, Andru and Esposito -- from THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD in that collection.

But I'm delighted that they're reprinting CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE ZOO CREW!, even if seeing my twenty-five-year-old artwork makes me cringe a bit. Between that and CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARC -- by Bill Morrison, myself, Al Gordon and Tom Luth -- also to be published in September, it demonstrates that DC is really going all-out to support the property and our new project with the characters that Roy Thomas and I co-created.

(And to those who are pooh-poohing the new series, I guarantee that, between our commentary on the comic book industry, Bill's script, my art and the mini-series' final pages, you'll be more satisfied with the results than you ever thought possible.)

Aloha,

Scott!
I was very happy to see that Captain Carrot got the Shaw...the ShOwcase treatment. You did a very good job there Scott, and Roy is one of my favorite writers.
And there's a new mini serie coming you say? Excelent :)

[Scott Shaw!]

Thanks, Stephane. Unfortunately, Rascally Roy won't be involved in the new series, Fortunately, Roy's assembling a special issue of ALTER EGO that examines the original series, complete with a new cover by Yours Truly.

Aloha,

Scott!

[Mutate]

Personally I could do without all the really silverage Superman/Batman/JLA stuff. Give me more of this 70s goodness. The 70s, when comics really got creativly AWESOME.



I couldn't agree more! Where are the NEW teen titans showcase?

[Citizen V]

Okay, this I gotta have.

See-You!
I type the cheesy username!

I know,is that Golden Age comics?Ive only read 2 or 3 in my whole life.:eek:

The Showcase win for the sheer number of pages 500+? Fantastic.

[Maestro]

I want to see some Sgt. Rock here. It's like the best war comic ever