KC’s Westfield Columns (2019)
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December 2019: KC looks at some of the comics out the week of December 18
KC covers the specialized Overstreet Price Guide to Batman
November 2019: KC recommends some items from the December Previews catalog for items coming in February, including a number of Marvel #1s and another Archie/rock band crossover
Back in the day, KC edited Zero Hour, the massive, DC universe-revamping crossover, and now it’s ALL been collected in the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus, which is over a thousand pages of comics
October 2019: Out this week are a couple of big volumes, plus KC looks at what’s coming up in December
KC thinks there are some interesting comics coming out this Wednesday, including a new X-Men #1
KC provides a brief history of Doctor Strange
September 2019: KC recommends some comics out this week, including the final issues of Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur and Scooby-Doo Team-Up
KC covers Marvel Comics #1000
KC reviews Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium
August 2019: KC recommends some items from the September Previews catalog for items coming in November, including the new Legion of Super-Heroes series and some new DC graphic novels for kids
KC runs down some omnibus volumes and other big comic collections
KC enjoys Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop and Gustavo Duarte
July 2019: KC has thoughts on the August Previews catalog for items coming in October, including the new DC horror line Hill House Comics
KC considers Marvel’s Secret Warps crossover issues
KC comments on some DC and Marvel items solicited in the July Previews catalog for items coming in September
June 2019: The Legion of Super-Heroes is coming back, and KC has thoughts on the franchise he worked on
KC enjoys The Marvel Art of Skottie Young as “the most fun art book you will read this year.”
KC comments on some DC and Marvel items solicited in the June Previews catalog for items coming in August
May 2019: KC looks at what’s coming up from Archie Comics in the May Previews catalog
What’s coming out this Wednesday, May 1, that looks good?
April 2019: KC looks at the May Previews for interesting items coming in July or later from Marvel and DC, including Year of the Villain
KC points out some good comics out this week, including The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck and some series launches and endings
A $500 comic crate? It’s the Crisis on Infinite Earths box set!
March 2019: KC covers the six special one-shot comics spotlighting Marvel Comics’s 80th anniversary with non-superhero genres
February 2019: KC talks about Captain Marvel: Ms. Marvel — A Hero Is Born Omnibus, a just-over-700-page collection of the first Ms. Marvel series, as well as a history of the Marvel Floating Super-Hero Poker Game
KC looks back at Legends, the 1987 DC event by John Ostrander, Len Wein, John Byrne, and Karl Kesel
What’s coming out this Wednesday, February 6, that looks good?
January 2019: KC looks at the February Previews for interesting items coming in April or later from DC and Marvel, including War of the Realms
KC likes Young Justice #1 and has high hopes for the other Wonder Comics
KC looks at the January Previews, with special attention to the Zero Hour anniversary