tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post909426695498895976..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Final Crisis collection details change, Batman RIP hardcover newscollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-53055447465776852332009-02-20T23:35:00.000-06:002009-02-20T23:35:00.000-06:00Yeah, I like the deluxe as well, I'm just vaguely ...Yeah, I like the deluxe as well, I'm just vaguely annoyed that it doesn't match my other 2 morrison batman books (batman and son, the black glove). It just looks like a bad job of collecting (by myself or DC) and annoys my sense of uniformity in trade dress....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-32979758611073365682009-02-19T19:50:00.000-06:002009-02-19T19:50:00.000-06:00DC went straight to deluxe for Batman RIP, Nova, w...DC went straight to deluxe for Batman RIP, Nova, which I'm actually in favor of. For the same price, it'd make a hardcover far more worth it for me if it was semi-oversized.<BR/><BR/>Great answers, Jeffrey. Thanks for all the info.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-26686786999031643852009-02-19T00:14:00.000-06:002009-02-19T00:14:00.000-06:00yeah, just got the deluxe RIP edition (was there a...yeah, just got the deluxe RIP edition (was there a regular edition i missed somewhere?) and it's got the last rites story. which, as JHQ points out, makes for a bizarre collection.<BR/><BR/>as for final crisis, there seem to be no details in the last rites story, so we'll see. but the internet pretty much spoiled FC for me, not that it'll stop me from reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-23128681860819547982009-02-18T23:19:00.000-06:002009-02-18T23:19:00.000-06:001) Yes and no. It's hard to explain without spoili...1) Yes and no. It's hard to explain without spoiling but I'll try. There's a very short scene where Batman's investigating the death of a "being from a higher world", but no body is shown. It DOESN'T explain how Batman got into the situation he's in, but I'm thinking that it's not strictly necessary to know how he got to this point, the question is HOW he gets out of it. And even that is pretty vague. Like... all of R.I.P.<BR/><BR/>2) No mention of Final Crisis whatsoever, other than in the author credits section. Which is probably the way to go, I think.<BR/><BR/>3) No Morrison notes like in Seven Soldiers, sadly. There's only a sketchbook section on Tony Daniels's art, though we do see some of Morrison's layout suggestions. But that's it.<BR/><BR/>4) Nope.<BR/><BR/>5) The format's the same size as Jeff Smith's Shazam!, i.e. it's smaller than an Absolute but bigger than a Marvel oversized HC. Much higher quality paper stock. But essentially it's just a bigger version of the regular HC, complete with the fake stitch-binding. (As in all of DC's hardcovers other than the Absolutes have that appearance of stitch binding, but if you look closely it's really glue holding the pages together.) Still, for the price of a regular HC it's worth it.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-61571547308340419632009-02-18T19:56:00.000-06:002009-02-18T19:56:00.000-06:00As someone on the "other side" of Batman: RIP now,...As someone on the "other side" of Batman: RIP now, Jeffrey:<BR/><BR/>- Did you feel like the hardcover spoiled a large part of Final Crisis for you (no spoilers here, of course)? <BR/><BR/>- Is there anything in Batman RIP to explain Final Crisis? <BR/><BR/>- Are there annotations at the end, a la the Infinite Crisis and Sinestro Corps hardcovers?<BR/><BR/>- Is there an introduction?<BR/><BR/>- What's the deluxe size like, as opposed to a regular hardcover?<BR/><BR/>Inquiring minds want to know! Thanks.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-34667500227255883462009-02-18T10:23:00.000-06:002009-02-18T10:23:00.000-06:00re: the change in Final Crisis HCThank GOD. It's c...re: the change in Final Crisis HC<BR/><BR/>Thank GOD. <BR/><BR/>It's clear (after the whole thing came out) that the 12 issues that Morrison wrote (FC 1-7, Batman 62-683, Superman Beyond 1-2 and FC: Submit) are all meant as one big 12-issue series. <BR/><BR/>This is not perfect, but a step in the right direction. Smart move, DC. Also, I will no longer have to buy the Companion.stampedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359033279087804833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-85752383503852245492009-02-17T23:21:00.000-06:002009-02-17T23:21:00.000-06:00I forgot to mention, Last Rites (the final Morriso...I forgot to mention, Last Rites (the final Morrison Batman stories) are included in R.I.P. So, yeah, for someone like me who hasn't read a single page of Final Crisis, it makes for a bizarre collection. Which I actually thought was rather fitting given the wonderfully demented R.I.P. storyline.Jeffrey Hardy Quahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011880432832659089noreply@blogger.com