In previous years, this was a memory box so we didn't miss any good nominations for the Cappies. With the Cappies hypertimed away, that doesn't mean we have to discontinue these threads. I've always liked going back at the end of the year and seeing the books and stories and moments that people really champion -- including plenty of stuff that I've forgotten about come Christmastime.
So have at it, Legionnaires! It's a bold new year! What in 2017 has knocked you out?
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This volume collects Convergence: Swamp Thing #1-2, Swamp Thing #1-6 and the Swamp Thing Winter Special, as well as the never-before-collected Swamp Thing (v2) #94 & #100 (Kelley Jones' debut on the character) and Batman #521-522 by Doug Moench and Jones (guest-starring Swamp Thing), plus the unpublished layouts with surviving pencils for Len wein & Bernie Wrightson's never-complete return to the character, Swamp Thing: Deja Vu.
'Nuff said!
Oh, man. That Spectre omnibus is really tempting!
The Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics:
This new volume in Fantagraphics' and Marvel’s collaborative Atlas Library presents Girl Comics #1-12, a long unseen subversion of romance comics beautifully designed for a new generation of readers!
In 1950, Timely/Atlas/Marvel took a typical romance title called Girl Comics and turned it into a sister companion to its successful men’s-adventure comics: an empowering girls’-adventure comic! Mystery, adventure and suspense was promised and delivered! At the hands of a stellar artistic line-up, including John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, and Bernard Krigstein, Girl Comics evolved from heart-stricken love stories to hair-raising girl-power thrill rides like “The Death Plunge!,” “The House of Shadows!,” “I was a Murderer’s Daughter!,” “They Called me a Spy!,” “The Dead Hands at the Controls,” and “The Dark Hallway.”
This volume also features the story behind the stories, with editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo’s essays on Marvel publisher Martin Goodman’s enthusiastic relationship with romance comics and magazines at a time when the artform was cementing itself into American youth culture!
Just stopping by to post this Amanda Connor variant cover for Batman Deadpool 1 (DC version) -- my favorite of the variants for these new intercompany crossovers.
The book itself is fine -- the Harley Hulk crossover is fun, Hayden Sherman delivers some great art for the Constantine/Doctor Strange story, and there's a terrific Nightwing/Wolverine (the former X-23) story by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. Plus, the main event -- by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora -- brings back an old piece of Morrison-adjacent continuity as the maguffin, which is fun.
THE DEMON TRILOGY:
I don't think I've ever mentioned it before but, other than the initial storyline, I've never had much use for Ra's al Ghul (or his daughter Talia, either). But so much continuity is based on these three graphic novels (Son of the Demon, Bride of the Demon, Birth of the Demon) mades this three-in-one edition too hard to pass up.
I just reread Son of the Demon as part of DC Finest: Batman: The Killing Joke, and it was more effective than I remembered -- and sucnh a contrast from the more lighthearted stories Mike W. Barr was telling in his Detective Comics run. Man, that Jerry Bingham guy can draw.
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