tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7483915551461709855..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: DC Rebirth Deluxe Hardcovers, Batgirl Stephanie Brown, Batman Year Two, Zero Year, Batwoman by Rucka, Wonder Woman by Byrne, Aquaman by Johns, Justice League of America: Road to Rebirth, more in DC Comics Summer 2017 solicitationscollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-18479468286022610582016-12-07T10:14:42.451-06:002016-12-07T10:14:42.451-06:00Right, she appeared in the Superman team-up book D...Right, she appeared in the Superman team-up book DC Comics Presents, also, shortly before Crisis. Hopefully, there will be a second Bronze Age Supergirl book solicited, to catch all the rest of her Superman Family stories, plus team-ups with Batman and Superman in their respective team-up books. There's also a couple JLA appearances, if they wanted to be complete!Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-22244342241043404072016-12-07T08:45:37.841-06:002016-12-07T08:45:37.841-06:00You know me, I'm looking for completeness. I&#...You know me, I'm looking for completeness. I'm hoping Batman #401 finally gets reprinted in the Legends Companion collection. If Jim Starlin and Max Allen Collins and Mike W. Barr all have to be collected separately, fine, but I'm hoping for something maybe like the Superman: Man of Steel volumes, a tacit effort to collect stories from different titles/authors in continuity-ish order (understanding it was a little easier when it was just John Byrne and/or Jerry Ordway on the Super-titles).collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-80934093440497567352016-12-06T18:15:14.765-06:002016-12-06T18:15:14.765-06:00I recently got the Sandman ten volume box set. It&...I recently got the Sandman ten volume box set. It's very heavy haha, but it's a really nice set. Something like that for Snyder's Batman would be great, though like you questioned, they don't seem at all common..Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470516498331064246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-46932859951669647472016-12-06T02:58:34.767-06:002016-12-06T02:58:34.767-06:00Actually I'm hoping it's just a collection...Actually I'm hoping it's just a collection of Batman by Mike W. Barr, with Detective Comics #569-581 as its core, plus Full Circle and whatever else came later excluding Outsiders stuff and Elseworlds (unless there's room in the book). Its current price is $50, which would suggest a 500-page trade.<br /><br />On the other hand it might turn into $50 hardcover, similar to upcoming Superman: The Man of Tomorrow and Batman and the Outsiders. But I'm really not a fan of mixing runs by various writers from that period, because they're so different, especially across two Bat-titles. It would be like collecting together Snyder, Morrison, Finch and whoever wrote Detective Comics post-Flashpoint as Batman: New 52.Mareknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-15766082776771179242016-12-06T02:48:52.432-06:002016-12-06T02:48:52.432-06:00There's a thread on Marvel Masterworks forums ...There's a thread on Marvel Masterworks forums serving that very purpose, because you know how it is with DC and its collections. That Robin volume contents actually showed up week or two before on Amazon (still, compare that with what was solicited), but for example you wouldn't know that Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Oddyssey has Nightshade Secret Origin story unless you saw the book.Mareknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-41490340717970248642016-12-05T12:04:52.019-06:002016-12-05T12:04:52.019-06:00Not sure. The photos I've seen of these make t...Not sure. The photos I've seen of these make the books look pretty thick. Is it common to have a 10-volume box set? That sounds like it would be unwieldy.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-67712298452884272132016-12-05T12:03:15.169-06:002016-12-05T12:03:15.169-06:00We need an intern that goes into the comics shops ...We need an intern that goes into the comics shops each week and verifies the actual contents of some of these trades of older material! :-)<br /><br />Lemme be really picky and say I wish all three of these Robin books had the same front cover dress; if I'm not mistaken, Vo1. 1 has a new, kind of pared-down logo, and then Vols. 2 and 3 have the traditional '90s logo.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-18313756754470813052016-12-05T11:40:00.161-06:002016-12-05T11:40:00.161-06:00>> Vol. 2 to have only five issues and Annua...>> Vol. 2 to have only five issues and Annual? Gods of collected editions, please save us from this. :o<br /><br />Yeah, I guess as long as they're actually collecting Azrael (so much good stuff lately that it almost doesn't register that they're <em>actually</em> collecting Azrael), grabbing it up in bigger chunks would be better (and make it more likely they'll finish).<br /><br />>> It's not random, it has all the material between Knightsend and Prodigal.<br /><br />Granted. Though still no Troika (I know, I'm getting the Batman Zero Hour material and I'm asking for more).<br /><br />>> And #23-25. And #13-15. And Outsiders #47-49. And possibly Final Crisis: Resist. All of which Rucka is credited for.<br /><br />Going all the way to the Final Crisis material would be fantastic.<br /><br />>> it wasn't me who insisted on including parts of the stories that are hardly readable on their own and barely connected to the main Nighting series narrative so that folks wouldn't be confused by skipped issues.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm one of *those* people. :-)<br /><br />>> And Resurrection Man<br /><br />Hopefully they include that issue.<br /><br />@shagmu, I'd hope any collection of Year Two by default includes Full Circle.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-65690041646728488102016-12-05T11:19:50.299-06:002016-12-05T11:19:50.299-06:00You're welcome! Thanks for saying so.
That Su...You're welcome! Thanks for saying so.<br /><br />That Supergirl book is interesting to me because it's essentially *the* Supergirl, the one mourned for years after Crisis on Infinite Earths. I think she's got just a handful of appearances between that and COIE and I wish those were collected, too. A look at the figurative "day before" the event that Supergirl is arguably most known for would be interesting.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-55661372849061927232016-12-04T17:56:49.302-06:002016-12-04T17:56:49.302-06:00Do you think these snyder/Capullo box sets will ev...Do you think these snyder/Capullo box sets will eventually be released as one oversized box set? I'm considering getting the first one, but they seem quite thin as far as a nice box set actually goes. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470516498331064246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-76926907686723109262016-12-04T10:18:56.665-06:002016-12-04T10:18:56.665-06:00I just picked up Robin vol. 3 yesterday and it col...I just picked up Robin vol. 3 yesterday and it collects Annual #1 and 2, Showcase '93 # 5, 6, 11, and 12, and Robin (ongoing series) #1-5, so vol. 4 won't have Annual #1 in it. Maybe it will have Annual #3? Or maybe if it will include #6 of the ongoing series along with Showcase '94 #5 and 6, which was a 3-part story teaming him up with Huntress again, and #13 of the ongoing series, which was kind of an epilogue to Prodigal.Wayne Lippnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-5567070674279122016-12-04T08:38:38.365-06:002016-12-04T08:38:38.365-06:00I think Batman The Caped Crusader Vol. 1 has a new...I think Batman The Caped Crusader Vol. 1 has a new price now, which makes me think it's going to be more than 300 pages.Mareknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-83053081687920411462016-12-04T07:49:29.703-06:002016-12-04T07:49:29.703-06:00About Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1, what make...About Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1, what makes matters even more confusing is the fact that the placeholder cover image is from Detective Comics #587, a Grant/Breyfogle issue. Right now, my guess it that it will actually collect Detective Comics #568-578, which are the first 11 post-Crisis issues. It would all fit in 300 pages, since #572 was triple-sized, but there wouldn't be room for Full Circle.<br /><br />And including Legion Worlds in the Legion Lost: The Complete Saga TPB wouldn't be feasible because that mini had six double-sized issues. If they added that (plus the two issues Marek mentioned, LoSH Secret Files #2 and Legionnaires #78), they might as well make it a hardcover and call it "Legion by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Omnibus Vol. 1", which I'd pre-order in a heartbeat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-17033521836770672842016-12-04T06:08:31.994-06:002016-12-04T06:08:31.994-06:00"We're still not sure on the contents of ..."We're still not sure on the contents of these, but if Azrael Vol. 2: Requiem went to issue #12, then this could collect issues #13-20, a slightly large trade"<br /><br />8 issues a slightly large trade? Vol. 2 to have only five issues and Annual? Gods of collected editions, please save us from this. :o<br /><br />"Batman: Zero Hour (...) Sort of a random collection"<br /><br />It's not random, it has all the material between Knightsend and Prodigal.<br /><br />"If (Checkmate book) has #1-12, then again it would be the original Vols. 1 and 2, A King's Game and Pawn Breaks, with issues #16-22 left to essentially reprint the original Vol. 3, Fall of the Wall."<br /><br />And #23-25. And #13-15. And Outsiders #47-49. And possibly Final Crisis: Resist. All of which Rucka is credited for.<br /><br />"By Mike Baron with art by Kelley Jones, this is Deadman: Love After Death and Deadman: Exorcism. I wish they had also included Deadman's Batman appearances from about this time by Doug Moench and Jones."<br /><br />Love After Death and Exorcism are 200 pages, the book is supposed to have 400. Plenty of room to include Batman arc and Action Comics Weekly strips by Baron/Jones. Of course, it would make sense to include ACW strips by Baron/Jurgens as well.<br /><br />"This is a great read, no doubt, but a miniseries called Legion Worlds followed Legion Lost's somewhat uncertain ending, and I wouldn't have minded if those were included too (DC pre-solicited a Legion Worlds collection in 2013 but later cancelled it)."<br /><br />So it make sense that Legion Worlds will be coming later with more Abnett/Lanning issues rather than make this one 600 or 700 page tome. Meanwhile this one actually could use to include the first two issues by Abnett/Lanning rather than starting from their third.<br /><br />"New Teen Titans Vol. 7 Collecting "Judas Contract," these paperbacks are still within material that's been collected before."<br /><br />But only in Omnibus, because this one will stop somewhere around #48-50.<br /><br />"Nightwing Vol. 6 Issues #47-60, so parts of the Big Guns and On the Razor's Edge collections."<br /><br />Doubt it will go that far, because there's also 80-Page Giant around #50. But vol. 7 should reach the end of Dixon's run in #70.<br /><br />"Robin Vol. 4 Said to be Robin #0, #7-13, and the Annual #1. Not sure how that'll read in trade"<br /><br />Not very well, but the same can be said about that Nighting book with parts of Cataclysm and Brotherhood of the Fist, and it wasn't me who insisted on including parts of the stories that are hardly readable on their own and barely connected to the main Nighting series narrative so that folks wouldn't be confused by skipped issues. :o<br /><br />With Robin though those issues are quite more important for the whole series. And for example #12, part 8 of Prodigal is a stand-alone story. As for the other problems, less than 20 extra pages from other issues (and honestly, skipping #8) would solve them.<br /><br />More annoying is the fact that all of that is already in other books, expect for the Annual (if there is one in this book, it's #3, the Elseworlds story) and Robin/Huntress story from Showcase issues and #6, but you can't escape that when collecting series from shared universe.<br /><br />"Supergirl Book Three Happily, more of the Peter David/Leonard Kirk Supergirl series. Issues #21-32 delve into the mystery of Comet (former super-horse) and include appearances by the Matrix Supergirl and the Female Furies."<br /><br />And Resurrection Man, whose book crossed-over with Supergirl during that time.<br /><br />Many others look fishy too. Batgirl did some cross-over with Red Robin, and I sure hope that Caped Crusader book is just a collection of Barr's run.Mareknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-84022808388685254192016-12-04T05:58:19.792-06:002016-12-04T05:58:19.792-06:00Cancellation axe happened. :oCancellation axe happened. :oMareknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-65039445081263193492016-12-03T16:17:56.686-06:002016-12-03T16:17:56.686-06:00I know this might be a bit late, but whatever happ...I know this might be a bit late, but whatever happened to the Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion? They still got the Legends Companion solicited.PeterBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-79389847002411001572016-12-03T14:51:25.454-06:002016-12-03T14:51:25.454-06:00I wouldn't worry about DC not finishing a seri...I wouldn't worry about DC not finishing a series of TPBs of anything by Johns. It's just that there's a lot of older material being collected right now, which makes the wait between volumes longer in some cases.<br /><br />And even if it takes a year for DC to release The Flash by Geoff Johns Vol. 4, it still won't be as long as the wait between the first and second Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka TPBs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-52518971898064403912016-12-03T09:06:21.276-06:002016-12-03T09:06:21.276-06:00Some additional thoughts:
Jack Kirby only did th...Some additional thoughts: <br /><br />Jack Kirby only did the first 2 Super Powers mini series, the other had art by Infantino and Pablo Marcos. The 2 Kirby series were collected in Jack Kirby Omnibus vol 2, in HC. So maybe that's why the paperback version. Personally, I would love to see all 3 series collected, which would be 15 issues, I think.<br /><br />The Kamamdi Omni was previously published as two volumes, but is OOP and expensive in the secondary market. This gives me hope that DC will republish the 4 Fourth World omnis, perhaps as two oversized omnis. They are also expensive and I know a lot of people missed out on those. <br /><br />I'd love to see that Cave Carson book! Hope it comes back. Also, I bet that the golden age Sandman is the Wesley Dodds gas mask and fedora version. There was one archive volume but we never got a second, instead getting the Simon & Kirby material as a separate HC. This means we still don't have a handful of GA Sandman collected.<br /><br />It would be awesome to get more GA comics reprinted. There were a fair number of Archives besides the big three, and I would personally love to see GA stories of the Atom, Hourman, and Doctor Mid-Nite. I've been reading the All-Star Comics Archives, starring the JSA, and they're a lot of fun.<br /><br />It would be nice if the Daring Supergirl book also collected the Supergirl movie special, with art by Gray Morrow, but there may be some rights issues that prevent that from happening. The Lois Lane backups were great but I would love to see them in a separate Lois book. Late Silver and Bronze era Lois stories need collecting!<br /><br />Love this blog. Thanks for the hard work put into it.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-47128788207261958152016-12-03T08:46:45.059-06:002016-12-03T08:46:45.059-06:00The superb Silver Age omni is nice too, and also c...The superb Silver Age omni is nice too, and also collects the entire Hawk and Dove series. About a quarter of this book is the less serious SA TT stuff, but around issue 10 or so, Nick Cardy came on board and stories started to improve. Some are a little dated now, but deal with teen issues of the day.<br /><br />Also the SA book has the first origin of Donna Troy and features the debut of her red jumpsuit. <br /><br />Additional art by Neal Adams and Gil Kane.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-28104547332548549282016-12-02T23:57:03.891-06:002016-12-02T23:57:03.891-06:00As it is, the contents listed are the Vol. 1 conte...As it is, the contents listed are the Vol. 1 contents, so maybe this is a re-list of Vol. 1.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-39775776098440874662016-12-02T23:54:53.170-06:002016-12-02T23:54:53.170-06:00Sold me on it, especially the first appearance of ...Sold me on it, especially the first appearance of a lot of those characters.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-83641166230988155312016-12-02T15:54:56.539-06:002016-12-02T15:54:56.539-06:00First, none of these issues have been collected in...First, none of these issues have been collected in color. Some were reprinted in the Showcase Presents second volume, in b&w. The Silver Age Omni goes beyond the two Archives, plus collected the entire Hawk and Dove series. Previously, just the two Ditko drawn issues appeared in his DC Omni.<br /><br />There's a lot of nostalgia for this era in my heart. The second TT series, issues 44-53, were some of the first ones I bought at age 10. Nick Cardy did a lot of the art on issues 25-43, including all the covers, and his work is just a joy to me.<br /><br />This volume will give us first appearances of Lilith, Gnarrk, Mal Duncan (and also his Hornblower and Guardian identities), Karen (Bumblebee) Beecher, and featured returns of the original Bat-Girl, Betty Kane, as well as Beast Boy and Golden Eagle. The original Joker's Daughter joined the team, becoming Harlequin pretty quickly, but then the book was canceled and we saw very little of these characters again.<br /><br />Additionally, the first time I know of where there was an East and West coast division of a team was in Teen Titans, where there was a brief TT East and TT West. <br /><br />Writer Bob Rozakis did a lot of the second run of these stories, and they are pretty standard DC stuff, but rather solid. Good mysteries, good characterization, and a few subplots along the way. Rozakis was resistant to the revamped royalty set up for a long time, I think, so much of his work as been held up from being reprinted. He did so much at DC in this period, writing tons of backups for Action, Adventure, Detective, World's Finest, and many more, as well as the Freedom Fighters first series. Bob Rozakis *is* the Bronze Era DC for me, so I'm glad to get a chance to revisit his work.<br /><br />If you're interested in the recent Titans Hunt trade, the two TT Omni will help lay the groundwork for a lot of what goes on there, as well as the main characters. I loved the Wolfman/Perez New TT, but the original team/run will always be my favorite.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-86557635991923705492016-12-02T15:26:17.006-06:002016-12-02T15:26:17.006-06:00Elseworlds Superman Vol 2? Didn't they cancel ...Elseworlds Superman Vol 2? Didn't they cancel Elseworlds Superman Vol. 1?Josh Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107180893627542545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-17651640733669569442016-12-02T14:31:52.972-06:002016-12-02T14:31:52.972-06:00The Batgirl: Stephanie Brown Vol. 1 collecting #1-...The Batgirl: Stephanie Brown Vol. 1 collecting #1-13 wouldn't be to good for me, since I got the first and third book of the previous print. If I'd buy this I'd still be missing issue #14. I'm also wondering if they'll be recollecting Red Robin.<br />Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III is collecting the previously 3 missing issues that weren't drawn by J.H. Williams III (I currently got them in single issues). This will certainly be a nice addition to my collection.<br />Midnighter and Apollo is one that I'll certainly buy.<br />As a Dick Grayson fan I had to control myself to wait for the TPB (and even harder to avoid spoilers), and it doesn't help that I'm excited by the title of the second Nightwing Volume "Nightwing Vol. 2: Bludhaven (Rebirth)".<br />Superman Reborn seems to confirm that the crossovers will only (or at least first) be collected in Hardcover.<br />Wonder Woman by John Byrne Book One is good to see collected and will be filling up a gap in my collection that I wanted to fill with single Issues, but now I don't have to.<br />I'm hoping the Sandman Mystery Theatre reprints will ultimately collect the previous uncollected Issues #53-70.PeterBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-7276650159867528102016-12-02T14:30:28.309-06:002016-12-02T14:30:28.309-06:00Love that DC is starting to follow in Marvel's...Love that DC is starting to follow in Marvel's footsteps and collect old storylines that have never been reprinted. Ryan Walkernoreply@blogger.com