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So, this new collection of the first six issues of Panic… a great read, and now you know a little of the history behind it! 216-page 8 3/16” x 11” hardcover and now back in color for the first time in decades! Available in January 2016. For this there was a real conflict of interests.” Gaines ultimately selected Feldstein to edit Mad after Kurtzman left, which Feldstein did until he retired in 1985. Gaines, by some convoluted reasoning, decided to double the profit of Mad by doing a Feldstein version of Mad, and he just plundered all of my techniques and artists. Thirty years after this, Kurtzman commented, “ Panic was another sore point. The first six are collected in this new Dark Horse collection. Besides co-opting his chosen creative partners, Panic even parodied Kurtzman’s famous signature! So while Kurtzman had other issues beside Panic with Gaines, Kurtzman eventually left EC and Mad, and Panic was cancelled after 12 issues. Besides Feldstein, writers included Elder, future Mad co-editor Nick Meglin, and Jack Mendelsohn.īut Kurtzman didn’t think Panic was so funny.

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So, Panic wasn’t bad - it looked great and even featured work by some of Mad’s best artists, like Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Wally Wood, plus Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Basil Wolverton, and others. It was edited and (mostly) written by EC Comics’ other editor (and major writer) Al Feldstein. The biggest difference between the two (actually) funny books was that Panic was not edited and (mostly) written by Harvey Kurtzman. Gaines (better known as Bill) obviously noted all of the imitators/competition for Mad and cannily thought he should publish one himself. The EC Archives: Panic Volume 1(Dark Horse): Panic was kind of the bastard cousin of Mad, the super-popular comic book created by Harvey Kurtzman and published by EC Comics in the 1950s that became one of the most popular (as well as the most widely imitated) comic books of that year (and perhaps, all time). Written by Christopher Priest, with art by Kyle Hotz, Sal Velluto, Tomm Coker, Mark Bright, Norm Breyfogle, and Jim Calafiore. Super heroics meet geopolitics as only Priest can mix them. Still suffering, the deposed Wakandan leader finds himself caught in a cat trap with the Avengers and… Deadpool?! Storm of the X-Men offers comfort as Wakanda finds itself on the verge of war with Lemuria and Atlantis - and Klaw, Malice, and Man-Ape threaten to destroy the African Avenger once and for all! Plus: Ross spends a day in Mephisto’s metaphorical shoes (size 12EEEEEE!), and Captain America recounts his never-before-revealed wartime meeting with the former Black Panther, T’Chaka. Ross can save T’Challa’s life - okay, maybe Ross plus Moon Knight, Brother Voodoo, and the Panther God. THIS MONTH IN CLASSIC COMIC BOOK COLLECTIONSīlack Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection Volume 2īlack Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection Volume 2(Marvel): Continuing the greatest modern run of Black Panther! When T’Challa falls to the one foe he’s never beaten, Killmonger earns the right to become the new Black Panther! Now, only Everett K. That bookshelf you have of your favorite superhero comics is lacking something if Superman: Secret Identity is not on it.Ģ44-page 7.0625” x 10.875” color hardcover. If you’ve ever enjoyed a Superman story, you will be immensely rewarded reading this book. It is also the perfect story to highlight the unique talents of its creators. It’s somewhat epic in scope (covering about 40-50 years of Superman’s life - from teen years to his retirement) and like all good epics, it will bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardcore reader. Secret Identity is the Superman story that true-fans have always longed to read, but one that DC could not publish as a regular in-continuity story for various reasons. Nor was it an Imaginary Tale, although it does share traits with that beloved storytelling form for a certain generation of DC readers. During that era, it might have been labelled as an Elseworlds project, although it wasn’t that exactly. Possibly the best-ever collaboration between Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen (with Wade von Grawbadger) - though there’s tough competition for that! It’s a difficult story/project to summarize properly due to its unique structure and setting.

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Originally released as four Prestige Format issues by DC in 2004, and collected in softcover shortly thereafter, but criminally not promoted well - if at all, beyond its original solicitation - this amazing series is long overdue for re-evaluation with this new edition. Superman: Secret Identity Deluxe Edition (DC Comics): Well, it’s only taken 12 years (!), but finally, this wonderfully great Superman coming-of-age/generational saga is being published in a Deluxe Edition format hardcover.

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