tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post881321727909851568..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-78263716257856974152010-05-24T20:55:28.600-05:002010-05-24T20:55:28.600-05:00I read Batman and related titles in monthlies, eve...I read Batman and related titles in monthlies, everything else in trade. If the Blackest Night: Batman mini is indicative of the rest, I'll probably get the two Black Lantern Corps trades in pb. <br /><br />I hope Brightest Day and Generation Lost aren't in HC. My 'weekly format' shelf is pb only!Bob Schoonoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371205595372517089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-8682549898254933522010-05-24T13:11:38.241-05:002010-05-24T13:11:38.241-05:00Ultimately I'll decide when I'm looking ri...Ultimately I'll decide when I'm looking right at them on the shelf (full or empty wallet in hand), but right now I'm leaning toward picking all of them up. <br /><br />Even as I don't think the "Prelude to Blackest Night"-bannered GLC: Emerald Eclipse should have been bumped to hardcover, I'm entirely OK with Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps being hardcover -- one warrants it, in my opinion, and one doesn't. My hope is that Green Lantern Corps then reverts to paperback after Blackest Night, but I'm guessing not -- probably both Green Lantern and GLC will be hardcover, and any other new Green Lantern spin-offs, and possibly Brightest Day, too.<br /><br />I'm just one customer, but bottom line DC has to decide either fewer hardcovers, more affordable hardcovers, or I (and maybe other customers) am forced to buy fewer books. That's the trade-off (let's intend the pun) as I see it.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-53079254492903497122010-05-24T13:03:50.132-05:002010-05-24T13:03:50.132-05:00CE- have you decided how much of Blackest Night yo...CE- have you decided how much of Blackest Night you'll be getting in HC? I'm in the same boat you are - don't want GLC in HC, but was planning on getting Blackest Night in HC in July. <br /><br />I'm not sure what to do about the BN GLC book, or the tie-ins . . .Bob Schoonoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371205595372517089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-41599131268455005962010-05-24T09:27:25.804-05:002010-05-24T09:27:25.804-05:00Oh yeah, it'd definitely be considered a sorta...Oh yeah, it'd definitely be considered a sorta luxury item to most people. (A can of Coke here would be about just under two ringgit, for instance.) Which is why I pretty much scaled back my comics purchases as soon as I moved back to Malaysia from Australia. And why that Absolute All-Star Superman is going to <i>hurt</i>...Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-83180338546749460602010-05-24T08:55:43.798-05:002010-05-24T08:55:43.798-05:00Well, given that I'm advocating Green Lantern ...Well, given that I'm advocating Green Lantern Corps remaining in paper, it seemed only right to link as such. <br /><br />85 ringgits (?) for a hardcover? Wow. Help me to understand: something that's $85 US would be considered (in my opinion) getting toward a luxury item -- that is, one might spend $5 for a burger and fries every day, but not $85; that's close to my entire monthly comics budget as is. Is there a difference in "unit value" (i.e., what we think of in the US as $25 is what they think of in Malaysia as 85 ringgits) or would a hardcover really be considered a luxury item?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-64923967665480209552010-05-24T08:11:56.466-05:002010-05-24T08:11:56.466-05:00Lucky you. I'm still not planning on buying it...Lucky you. I'm still not planning on buying it. As you said, the sudden price jump is a bit much, and while I found Tomasi's run so far to be fairly solid, I didn't think it was worth paying US$24.99 for (convert to Malaysian money and it's like 85 bucks, ugh). Incidentally, the Amazon links you put up go to the paperback version.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.com