tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post571104115965190380..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: DC Trade Solicitations for October 2018 - Mister Miracle, Batman: The Hush Saga Omnibus, Wonder Woman by Phil Jimenez, Aquaman: Search for Mera, Absolute Black Mirror, Young Justice Book Three, Justice League/Power Rangerscollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-16455388196681186232018-08-09T02:15:00.945-05:002018-08-09T02:15:00.945-05:00Re your comment: "I've also got my eye on...Re your comment: "I've also got my eye on two more of the 25th anniversary Knightfall books, Batman: Knightquest: The Search and Batman: Knightsend, getting closer to completing the most definitive collections of Knightfall yet"<br /><br />There are still a few issues missing to make this "definitive" Batman 483 is still missing (it begins the downward slide for Bats leading into Knightfall), Sword of Azrael L.S., Azrael Annual 1 (adds Jean-Paul Valley background, much like the Batman Villains Secret Files added to Vol. 1 it was published at a later date), Justice League Task Force #4 (at least the last page that leads directly into issue #5).<br /><br />Also I would argue for a collection of the 'non-Knightfall' AzBats apps in the DCU (of which there are 18, including Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire)Corinthian Bewlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08983878524066144187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-58238855279158057242018-08-05T15:20:53.078-05:002018-08-05T15:20:53.078-05:00As much as I dislike's Lieberman's GK run,...As much as I dislike's Lieberman's GK run, I like the idea of this omnibus because those issues are relevant connective tissue between the original Hush arc and the character's reappearance in Dini's run. Also, I wonder if the ridiculous misuse of Prometheus as his henchman will annoy me less now that Sterling Gates got that squared out.<br /><br />And I second the motion to collect the first two years of Gotham Knights by Grayson in two trades.shagamuhttp://shagamu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-3651247563922214022018-08-05T07:13:11.294-05:002018-08-05T07:13:11.294-05:00Why does dc keep cancelling James's books?Why does dc keep cancelling James's books?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006143142504553836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33762508660379151792018-08-03T13:51:47.367-05:002018-08-03T13:51:47.367-05:00Tynion announced on Twitter that The Immortal Men ...Tynion announced on Twitter that The Immortal Men was ending with #6.<br /><br />https://twitter.com/JamesTheFourth/status/1021585335199916033Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-24097424227928489232018-08-03T07:41:48.165-05:002018-08-03T07:41:48.165-05:00Hey, if this leads to them collecting more of Goth...Hey, if this leads to them collecting more of Gotham Knights, I'm all in. I really enjoyed Scott Beatty's run (33-49) that directly proceeds the Hush run. And while I know Devin Grayson isn't as high profile as Brubaker or Rucka, two GK by Grayson collections leading up to Murderer? would really fit in well with the collections of the other two. <br /><br />I'm not sure exactly when I dropped out on GK in floppy format, but I know I stayed long enough to develop a long lasting annoyance with Hush that persists to this day. That's a reasonably impressive feat, to be honest.Bob Schoonoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371205595372517089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-10429633588167659642018-08-02T22:08:21.260-05:002018-08-02T22:08:21.260-05:00>> I don't want to dampen your excitemen...>> I don't want to dampen your excitement for the Hush Omnibus, but have you read those Gotham Knights stories before?<br /><br />Don't forget, I just waxed nostalgic for *Superman Blue* stories, of all things.<br /><br />Sure, consensus is that these stories are rough. But I'm a sucker, you know by now, for a big sequential swath of a random comic in collection, and this is that in spades. Like, when was <em>Gotham Knights</em> ever going to get a collection, ever? The sheer fact of it happening is my thing; indeed the fact that it's rough and still getting a collection is a feature, not a bug.<br /><br />Way back when, I reviewed the only <em>Gotham Knights</em> collection, <a href="http://collectededitions.blogspot.com/2006/10/batman-hush-returns-review.html" rel="nofollow">Batman: Hush Returns</a>, a review that stands up amazingly better than others of mine from that time, and which netted us this barn-burner of a paragraph:<br /><br />"Hush Returns begins with the Riddler in Arkham, his life threatened by the returned Hush. The Riddler arranges for the Joker to break him out and protect him -- trading the Joker for the name of the corrupt police officer who killed the Joker's wife -- but not before Hush is able to beat the Riddler severely. After the Joker attacks Hush, Hush hires Prometheus in Star City, bringing Batman briefly in contact with Green Arrow. Hush tries to attack the Riddler again, this time beating up the Joker; Riddler goes to Poison Ivy for help. From here, the trade jumps abruptly to a story where Talia al Ghul forces Hush to save Prometheus from Poison Ivy's toxins so that Talia can get Prometheus's Cosmic Key."<br /><br />Again, that was Joker to Hush to Prometheus to Batman to Green Arrow to Hush to Riddler to Poison Ivy to Talia al Ghul. Now <em>that's</em> a book nuts enough that I want to read it again!collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-71728755573136151992018-08-02T20:50:53.831-05:002018-08-02T20:50:53.831-05:00I don't want to dampen your excitement for the...I don't want to dampen your excitement for the Hush Omnibus, but have you read those Gotham Knights stories before? The Dini issues are pretty decent, and of course the original Hush is beautiful, but yikes on the middle of this collection.<br /><br />Pretty happy about the WW omni. I just tracked down Paradise Lost and Found (but haven't read them yet), so of course this gets solicited. Still happy to get all of the run.<br /><br />Haven't heard much about Liam Sharp's Brave and the Bold run, but the early art looked really good so I think I'll pick it up. Bob Schoonoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371205595372517089noreply@blogger.com