The following is an incomplete list of collections that DC Comics should make available to me posthaste. Please note that I am aware of legal and financial issues surrounding several of them, but I care very little for Man’s Law in a case like this. Only Ape Law must prevail in the grim battlefield that is the published future.
- Showcase Presents: Sugar And Spike - Sterling and I will hold onto this dream until our dying days. So much of this material could be collected in digests or, ideally, Showcase volumes and be thrown at small children (not literally) and adults with a stunted maturity level and filthy money would be waiting in their grubby paws. I don’t want an Archive of this material : I want it cheap and accessible.
- Showcase Presents: The Losers - I’m a nut for this war team, especially as Kirby handled their adventures, and as they’re featured heavily in the opening of New Frontier, which is getting a direct to DVD movie, now is a perfect time to give the readers a slab of black and white awesome.
- Swing With Scooter - Let me get this straight. DC has a mod comic complete with scooters, awesome fashion, and cute girls and they’ve not tried to capitalize on this? Seriously. Sell it as a kitsch item aimed at the same people who buy romance comics collections “ironically.” Speaking of…
- Romance Comics - Marvel did it and got pretty highly praised for their efforts. While DC could neatly avoid the whole “remixed story” thing that wore thin after 3-4 issues, they’ve go a large enough library that can be cherry-picked for series of “Best Of” volumes.
- The Adventures Of Jerry Lewis and The Adventures of Bob Hope - Not just for Will Pfeiffer do I wish such a thing to happen. I enjoy these goofy, lighthearted romps very much. That sort of gag-driven writing in actual stories is increasingly rare and, again, a cherry-picked “best of” may find an audience outside of comics fans.
- Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Archives - No, not the Byrne series, ass. Give me three or four volumes of beautifully reprinted material collecting everything The King did with his most ambitious creation and I will gladly hand over stacks of money belonging to myself and others. I’ve got the black and white reprints, the Mando paper reprints of the late 80s, and a few original issues. Help me consolidate this material, please.
Showcase Presents: The Challengers Of The Unknown(September 27th! Witness my power!) - Four men living on borrowed time, again featured heavily in New Frontier, desperately in need of a collection that isn’t an Archives edition. Lots of fun stories and some great Kirby art, even ifhe was in a bit of a slump at the time.- Crime Comics - I’d love for DC to revive the Pulp Fiction line of trades (which failed after the Mystery In Space volume, sadly) and take on crime. I mean, it’d mean more people actually got to own the amazing story of Little Joe Little, and isn’t that a public service that will do more good than any stupid ad where Green Arrow tells kids to not piss on the third rail or knife hobos or whatever? Seriously.
- Showcase Presents: The Flash - Just do it. Give me massive, cheap doses of Carmine Infantino in his prime. Please. This Elongated Man volume is good, but I want more. Much more.
- Third Eye Mojo DMT: The Collected DC Universe Stories of Grant Morrison - Stories from Secret Origins and other odds and ends, put together nicely. Hell, do a few volumes and give people Aztek so I can finally send Doug the copies I’ve had for over a year.
- Warlord - I don’t even like the character and think he’s getting short shrift in paperback. Pitch him to the Conan and Red Sonja crowd. I dare you. I double dare you.
Dan Didio: I’ll be at SDCC this year. Ask for me at the BOOM! booth or look for the man holding a flask, demanding to know why the hell that fat dude can dress like Spider-Man but they won’t accept me, The Amazing Flask Holder.
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