tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post8804282830058451799..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: DC Comics Solicitations for May 2010 - Blackest Night, Final Crisis, and Suicide Squadcollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-21963728591658385102010-02-20T17:28:50.486-06:002010-02-20T17:28:50.486-06:00I'm pretty sure I'll just buy the main boo...I'm pretty sure I'll just buy the main book. If I somehow end up LOVING the idea of Zombie Aquaman and Stripper Wonder Woman,maybe I'll pick up some of the tie-ins,but I'll probably just move on to the next big event that "changes everything!"Kid Nickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-17366051696035134552010-02-18T00:15:38.472-06:002010-02-18T00:15:38.472-06:00It's disappointing, but not getting Titans #15...It's disappointing, but not getting Titans #15 collected isn't a humungous loss. It wasn't anything essential. More of a catch-up on Garth and where he'd been since we last saw him, which really wasn't necessary unless you're a major continuity enthusiast.<br /><br />@MisterSmith: I'm not a fan of the large gap between the singles and the softcover either, primarily being a Softcover buyer, but I understand why it works out that way. With the big books, softcovers are something of an afterthought; while folks like us wait for them, the companies tend to milk the pricier hardcovers for as long as they can before switching over to a softcover version. Batman RIP and Final Crisis were big things, so I'm personally not surprised they took this long to hit softcover.<br /><br />Marvel is guilty of this too and they even have a few of their own quirks that piss me off as well. Chief among them being that everything and everything seems to get a goddamn premier hardcover. They could have a mini about Forbush Man and it would probably get the hardcover treatment. Usually I can look forward more to getting the lower tier books in a bit more timely manner - since they go right to softcover, that skips the nearly six month wait after a Hardcover to hit softcover - but with Marvel this is a bit harder. You have to wait for pretty much everything, even if we're talking collections of really old stories that would normally get a paperback. I mean, I was pleasantly shocked to see Iron Man: Armor Wars II was going to see print - as I've wanted to read the story - and it wasn't hitting in premier hardcover. Even the Infinity Gauntlet lead-in Thanos stories are getting a hardcover (I'm not even sure if Infinity itself saw hardcover); surely with the movie I expected every Iron Man trade to be hardcover for a while, no matter how minor it may have seemed.<br /><br />@Kenny L: I'm similarly upset. I've actually stopped my Green Lantern trade purchases at Sinestro Corps War for the time being because of it. Going to wait and see if there's going to be a more comprehensive collection in the future before going any further; I'd rather wait and not experience the stories in case than get myself ramped up for Blackest Night and end up getting a format I don't really want.dl316bhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14779958088602323101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-92185729808080212552010-02-17T19:25:04.681-06:002010-02-17T19:25:04.681-06:00Personally, I think the gap between the singles an...Personally, I think the gap between the singles and the softcovers on DC's "big" books (Batman, Superman, Green Lanterns, etc.) is ridiculous. Batman R.I.P. ended in Nov. '08 and Final Crisis in Mar. '09. We're talking well over a year here. At least Marvel usually has the HC and TP within a year.<br /><br />But then come to think of it, I haven't actually jumped into the DCU proper as far as buying the trades go. I've been using your incredibly useful timeline to keep note of what to buy when I eventually do decide to drop in. At least I'll have plenty to read once the Blackest Night-related TPs come out in 2012 or so. :PMisterSmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-40707508367691950242010-02-17T18:54:11.887-06:002010-02-17T18:54:11.887-06:00I'll pick up the main stories (Blackest Night ...I'll pick up the main stories (Blackest Night and Green Lantern) as hardcovers, but I think I'll wait for the rest at softcovers. Tomasi's run on GLC simply hasn't wowed me enough to convince me to spend hardcover money on it, I don't care how "essential" it is.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-24018813738239720062010-02-17T18:33:07.172-06:002010-02-17T18:33:07.172-06:00I'm still unbelievably upset that Blackest Nig...I'm still unbelievably upset that Blackest Night and Green Lantern aren't going to be collected in the same book as two volumes.<br /><br />I'll still buy it anyways.Kenny Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699868177682170583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-26397414912592575312010-02-17T16:47:32.805-06:002010-02-17T16:47:32.805-06:00You're a considerably more patient (or masochi...You're a considerably more patient (or masochistic) person than I am. Have you been reading the monthly book, too, or are you really going for the long stretch?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-13297152312080114742010-02-17T16:45:43.585-06:002010-02-17T16:45:43.585-06:00I'll be waiting for the softcovers. :-)I'll be waiting for the softcovers. :-)D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.com