It's DC Comics' Fall 2019 catalog hardcover and trade paperback solicitations! Nothing from the eagerly awaited list this time around ("Titans Hunt" is another swing and a miss), but a few interesting books I'll be looking forward to.
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A couple that we already knew about include the very large
Crisis on Infinite Earths Box Set, which we just talked about for
DC's June 2019 solicitations and which includes both the "Crisis on Multiple Earths" stories and also all the tie-ins. Speaking of tie-ins, the previously cancelled
Zero Hour 25th Anniversary Omnibus is also back, collecting the miniseries and all its tie-in issues. I'm also still eager for that
Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus, which includes the Doom Patrol's post-
Crisis encounters with both Superman and the Suicide Squad, leading up to
Invasion!.
Among some good surprises is
Batman: Gotham Knights: Transference, collecting Devin Grayson's first
Gotham Knights stories; if we had to lose the latter
Gotham Knights material from the
Hush Saga Omnibus, these issues are probably more worthy of trade. There's
Green Lantern/Green Arrow by Denny O' Neil & Mike Grell Vol. 1, the stories that followed the famous "Hard-Traveling Heroes." Keith Giffen's short
Suicide Squad run gets a trade, and also DC's collecting Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire's
Justice League International again (maybe they'll complete it this time). Kurt Busiek's
Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis might be collected in full; we also see the
Batman: Family miniseries, a
Batman Arkham: Black Mask trade that fills some gaps, a big collection starts off Peter Tomasi's
Detective Comics run with
Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Arkham Knight, plus Jeph Loeb's
Superman: The City of Tomorrow and Nancy A. Collins'
Swamp Thing.
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• 80 Years of The Flash
Interestingly, the solicitation calls this
Showcase: 80 Years of the Flash. One wonders if this will be solely a Flash collection or if it will have other
Showcase Comics-related features a la the
Detective Comics: 80 Years of the Batman book.
• Absolute Art of Adam Hughes
Slipcased Absolute edition.
• Absolute Batman: Arkham Asylum (30th Anniversary Edition)
Slipcase hardcover edition of the Grant Morrison/Dave McKean book.
• Absolute Batman: The Dark Knight: The Master Race
Collects
Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1-9, the insert comics reproduced at normal size, and
Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade.
• Absolute Death
Collects
Death: The High Cost of Living and
Death: The Time of Your Life, plus
Sandman #8 ("The Sound of Her Wings") and #20 ("Facade"), "Death and Venice" from
Sandman: Endless Nights, and the never-collected stories "Winter's Tale" and "The Wheel." Introduction by Amanda Palmer.
• Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 1
Previously solicited and cancelled, this is now resolicited for October of 2019 (which is why sometimes I take cancellations with a grain of salt). Alan Moore's
Swamp Thing #20-34 and Annual #2 in Absolute format. Brand new coloring, too — I think that's new coloring exclusive to this edition.
• Adventures of the Super Sons Vol. 2
Issues #7-12 by Peter Tomasi and Carlo Barberi.
• Animal Man by Jeff Lemire Omnibus
Say what you will about the New 52, but Jeff Lemire's
Animal Man was a superb take on the character, right up there with Grant Morrison's, and totally worthy of this omnibus. With Buddy Baker not really bopping around the DCU right now, I'm glad to see him get this recognition. Lemire's
Animal Man is also another great example of how to do horror in the DCU, something I found lacking reading the Rebirth
Hellblazer series.
• Aquaman Vol. 2
Issues #48-52 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Robson Rocha.
• Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis Book One
Only six issues of Kurt Busiek and Jackson Guice's swords-and-sorcery take on a young Aquaman were ever collected; though the direction didn't last, I enjoyed what I read of it. This collects
Aquaman #40-49 of that post-
Infinite Crisis era; Tad Williams went on to write another eight issues, which'll likely be collected in Book Two. I'm getting this, no question.
• Batgirl Vol. 6
Issues #30-36 by new team of Mairghread Scott and Paul Pelletier.
• Batman & Robin Aventures Vol. 4
Issues #26-31 and Annual #3 of the animated series tie-in comic.
• Batman & Robin by Tomasi & Gleason Omnibus
The contents of this seem exactly the same as the 2017 release of this omnibus (this solicitation doesn't mention the annuals and some short stories, but I'm skeptical anything was removed). Seems like a re-release mainly, understandably, because Peter Tomasi is now writing
Detective.
• Batman and the Justice League Vol. 3
Third volume of the manga story by Mangaka Shiori Teshirogi.
• Batman and the The Outsiders Vol. 1
Hopefully indeed the first collection of Bryan Hill and Dexter Soy's
Batman and the Outsiders series, issues #1-6, due out in December. With Black Lightning, Katana, Signal, and Orphan Cassandra Cain.
• Batman Arkham: Black Mask
This seems somewhat reaching with a collection of stories about Black Mask, but I'm sure it's sparked by his upcoming appearance in the Birds of Prey/Harley Quinn movie. The line-up's pretty good, too — collects
Batman #386-387 and
Detective Comics #553 (crossover, Black Mask's first appearances, by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake on
Batman and Moench and Klaus Janson on
Detective), #484-485 (by Moench and Tom Grindberg, not so far off from "Knightfall"), #648 (an issue from Judd WInick's Red Hood-focused run, with Doug Mahnke), and
Catwoman #16 (Selina's definitive confrontation with Black Mask, by Ed Brubaker and Cameron Stewart) and #83 (later
Blackest Night tie-in by Tony Bedard).
• Batman by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo Omnibus Vol. 1
Well deserving of omnibus, this is "the first 33 issues" of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's
Batman run, so the paperback volumes 1 through 5, to the end of "Zero Year." This run went through issue #52, so the second omnibus would be shorter than the first (though I agree with how they split it), though annuals and etc. have to be in there, too.
• Batman Vol. 10: Knightmares
Issues #61-63 and #66-74 by Tom King and company, apparently now in hardcover, due in October, skipping over the "Price of Justice" crossover with
Flash.
• The Batman Who Laughs
Hardcover collection of the six-issue miniseries by Scott Snyder. I'd have to think the
Batman: Grim Knight special is in there too.
• Batman/Superman: The World's Finest Team-Ups
Surprised this isn't just volume one; seems DC could mine this for quite a while. We've got
World's Finest Comics #6 (1942) and then
Superman #168 and
Detective Comics #756 (crossover by Jeph Loeb and Greg Rucka, from 2001),
Superman #10-11 (Superman, Batman, Jon, and Damian, by Peter Tomasi, from 2016), and
Batman #36-37 (Tom King's engagement issues, from 2017). Maybe there's more to this collection, but that's a heck of a spread that leaves a lot in the middle that could still be collected.
• Batman: Black & White Omnibus
Stories from
Batman: Black and White #1-4,
Batman: Black and White Vol. 2,
Gotham Knights #17-49, and
Batman: Black and White (2013) #1-6.
• Batman: Damned
Hardcover collection of the controversial three-issue Black Label miniseries by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo.
• Batman: Death of the Family Saga
Previously billed as an Essential Edition, I think, this is the
Batman issues plus tie-ins:
Batman #13-17,
Batgirl #14-16,
Nightwing #15-16,
Batman and Robin #15-16, pages from
Batgirl #13,
Nightwing #14,
Red Hood and Outlaws #14-15, and
Teen Titans #16.
• Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Arkham Knight
I'm not so sure about the story yet, but I've got to say, this feels like the way to do a #1000 issue — not, as with
Action Comics, just a special that didn't necessarily tie in to ongoing comics (short of the Bendis story, which felt kind of light), but instead something that continues straight from and straight into the comics around it. This hardcover collects Peter Tomasi and Doug Mahnke's
Detective Comics #994-999, a story from issue #1000, and then #1001-1006. Twelve-plus issues is heady; that makes me much more excited about this than I was.
• Batman: Eternal Omnibus
This was a giant Batman weekly. In the final tally I liked it a lot, but it was huge, and especially reading it three trades (the amount of material, consider that fills seven or eight trades regularly) made it feel unending. Omnibus buyers will get their money's worth.
Contextually, the book follows
Forever Evil and ends just before
Batman: Endgame; with contributions by Scott Snyder, James Tynion, and Tim Seeley, the series seems an oft-forgotten piece of Snyder's run (except now getting this new collection). The series closed also just before the New 52 became DC You, and there's lots of proto-DC You material here if you were a fan of that era -- lead-ins to a more grounded Catwoman,
Gotham by Midnight, etc., as well as shades of Tynion's later Rebirth
Detective Comics.
One wonders if maybe a
Batman and Robin Eternal omnibus might be next, maybe with "Robin War" issues included.
• Batman: Family
Eight-issue miniseries that ran during the "Hush" era, by John Francis Moore, with characters such as Spoiler, Orpheus, Black Canary, Huntress, Robin Tim Drake, Nightwing, and Oracle.
• Batman: Gotham Adventures Vol. 1
A new edition of the previously collected
Batman: Gotham Adventures tie-in to the animated series.
• Batman: Gotham After Midnight 10th Anniversary Edition
Collects the 2008 horror miniseries by Steve Niles and Kelley Jones.
• Batman: Gotham Knights: Transference
As recompense perhaps for the fact that we lost the
Gotham Knight-spotlighting
Hush Omnibus, here's
Batman: Gotham Knights: Transference, collecting the first twelve issues of Devin Grayson's run (yes, I know Grayson's run is at the front end and the "Hush" issues were at the back end by A. J. Lieberman; it's the principle of the thing). Anyway, this is a long-woefully-uncollected slice of the post-"No Man's Land" Batman era by Grayson with art often by Dale Eaglesham, a Bat-family team book for people who don't like team books (as it was billed), including Nightwing, Oracle, Batgirl Cassandra Cain, Robin Tim Drake, Huntress, and Hugo Strange.
I'll be in line for this and hoping for another; Grayson's run goes to issue #32.
• Batman: Hush (New Edition)
Well, we lost that
Hush Omnibus and instead got another "Hush" paperback, collecting
Batman #608-619. I'm good, thanks.
• Batman: Nightwalker (The Graphic Novel)
Graphic novel by Marie Lu and Christian Wildgoose, based on Lu's YA novel. I really, really enjoyed Wildgoose's art on Hope Larson's
Batgirl and I'm sure he'll be excellent here.
• Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 3
Collects
Batman #445-454, including "Penguin Affair" (crossover with
Detective Comics #615, also collected here), which was the first appearance of Harold; plus NKVDemon and the Joker (first appearance since "Death in the Family") and Peter Milligan and Kieron Dwyer's "Dark Knight, Dark City" (which factored into both Grant Morrison's run and also
Dark Nights: Metal). Also
Batman Annual #14, a truly great Two-Face origin by Andrew Helfer and Chris Sprouse.
• Batman: The Dark Prince Charming
Collection of the two-part miniseries by European comics creator Enrico Marini.
• Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 6
Batman #21-25,
Detective Comics #82-92, and
World's Finest #12-14, where among other things Batman and Robin stop cattle rustlers.
• Batman: The Killing Joke (New Edition)
Apparently the DC Black Label hardcover edition of
Killing Joke.
• Batman: Universe
Collection of the Walmart-exclusive Batman stories by Brian Michael Bendis and Nick Derington. Apparently the sequential first appearance of
Young Justice's Jinny Hex.
• Batman: Zero Year: The Complete Collection
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Zero Year" Batman origin story all in one paperback for the first time, issues #21-27 and #29-33 from the New 52
Batman.
• Batwoman: Elegy New Edition
A new collection of the "Elegy" and "Go" stories,
Detective Comics #854-857 and #858-860 respectively, early stories of Batwoman Kate Kane, by Greg Rucka and J. H. Williams. Glad to see all of this reprint material in time for (hopefully) the new CW series.
• Batwoman: Haunted Tides
Collects issues #0-11 of the inaugural New 52 series by J. H. Williams and Hayden Blackman, the
Batwoman Vol. 1: Hydrology and maybe also
Batwoman Vol. 2: To Drown the World. This is a solid collection, seeming like one of those DC Essential Edition collections of earlier material under a new name, except this is likely timed for the
Batwoman CW series instead.
• Birds of Prey: Black Canary
Tying in to the new
Birds of Prey movie, a collection of Brendan Fletcher and Annie Wu's entire DC You
Black Canary series (previously collected in two trades), in which Dinah goes on the road as a rock star.
• Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn
Appears to reprint the first issues of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's New 52 series, issues #1-7 and the
Harley Quinn: Future's End tie-in.
• Birds of Prey: Huntress
Greg Rucka's
Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood miniseries with Rick Burchett, in the wake of "No Man's Land."
• Birds of Prey: Mystery & Murder
Gail Simone's debut on
Birds of Prey, issues #56-67, being the
Of Like Minds and
Sensei and Student trades (short, perhaps, the one-off issue #68).
• Black Canary: Ignite
DC Zoom graphic novel by Meg Cabot and Cara McGee.
• Black Orchid
Seems to be a new edition of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's pre-
Sandman series.
• The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman
Paperback collection of the Liam Sharp miniseries.
• Catwoman Vol. 2
Issues #7-12 by Joelle Jones.
• Crisis on Infinite Earths Box Set
Holey moley. This is 14
Crisis-related hardcovers, being the six previously published
Crisis on Multiple Earths paperbacks, now in hardcover, plus a
Crisis on Infinite Earths hardcover, plus character-specific re-cuts of the recent
Crisis on Infinite Earth Companion books. The re-cuts of the companion books are especially notable, because many decried the somewhat random groupings of the original companions, and now here they are more character-specific. It seems inevitable these books will be released individually, too, which might pique early adopters of the original companion books.
That's a lot of
Crisis on Infinite Earths on the market, but then again, I think
Crisis is going to be big come next November/December ...
•
Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 1
Justice League of America #21-22, #29-30, #37-38 and #46-47
•
Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 2
Justice League of America #55-56, #64-65, #73-74 and #82-83
•
Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 3
Justice League of America #91-92, #100-102, #107-108 and #113
•
Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 4
Justice League of America #123-124, #135-137 and #147-148
•
Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 5
Justice League of America #159-160, #171-172 and #183-185
•
Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 6
Justice League of America #195-197, #207-209 and
All-Star Squadron #14-15
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: All-Star Squadron
All-Star Squadron #50-60
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Green Lantern
Green Lantern #194-198,
Legion of Super-Heroes #16 and #18, and
Omega Men #31 and #33
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Justice League
Fury of Firestorm #41-42,
Detective Comics #558,
Wonder Woman #327-329, and
New Teen Titans #13-14
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Legends
Losers Special #1,
Swamp Thing #44 and #46,
Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1,
Blue Devil #17-18, and
Amethyst #13
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Infinity, Inc.
Infinity, Inc. #18-25,
Infinity, Inc. Annual #1, and
Justice League of America #244-245
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Superman
DC Comics Presents #78, #86-88 and #94-95,
Superman #413-415, and
Justice League of America Annual #3
•
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Behind the Crisis
History of the DC Universe #1-2, pre-
Crisis appearances of the Monitor, behind-the-scenes material, and more
• Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Vol. 3
Collects
Amethyst #13,
Blue Devil #17-18,
Wonder Woman #327-329,
Swamp Thing #46,
Legion of Super-Heroes #16 and #18,
Superman #413 and #415,
DC Comics Presents #87, #84, #88 and #95,
Justice League of America Annual #3, and
The Omega Men #31 and #33. I'd have liked to have seen
History of the DC Universe here, since it's in the box set.
• Damage Vol. 3
Online solicitations have this at issues #13-18 and Annual #1, but that'll just be till issue #16, the last of the Robert Venditti "New Age of Heroes" series.
• DC Comics: The Art of Jim Lee Vol. 1
Previously solicited as "Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Jim Lee," this new name certainly seems to brand it better. Said to collect work from Wildstorm on down to today.
• DC Halloween Collection
With Tim Seeley, Bryan Hill, and James Tynion, among others.
• DC Holiday Vol. 3
Seems to collect at least the
DC Nuclear Winter Special, if not more.
• DC Poster Portfolio: Frank Cho
Twenty covers, with Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman among others. Granted Cho engenders a lot of controversy, but some of his cross-hatch
Harley Quinn covers have been particularly impressive.
• DC Poster Portfolio: Jim Lee
Covers at 12 x 16, able to be pulled out and framed.
• DC Super Hero Girls: At Metropolis High
DC Zoom by Amy Wolfram and Yancey Labat.
• Deathstroke: Arkham
Issues #36-40 of Christopher Priest's ongoing
Deathstroke series. This concludes just before the "Terminus Agenda" crossover with
Teen Titans.
• Dial H For Hero
Issues #1-6 from Brian Michael Bendis' Wonder Comics imprint, by Sam Humphries.
• Diana: Princess of the Amazons
DC Zoom by Shannon and Dean Hale and Victoria Ying.
• Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus
Collects
Showcase #94-96,
DC Comics Presents #52,
Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #7-9,
Doom Patrol #1-18,
Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1,
Superman #20,
Doom Patrol Annual #1,
Secret Origins Annual #1,
Superman Family #191-193, which follows from the Silver Age Doom Patrol collections and includes both pre-
Crisis and post-
Crisis stories.
While I haven't always gone for these "era" collections, the "Modern Age" part of this book has a lot of appeal to me, collecting the Doom Patrol's immediate post-
Crisis appearances, including crossovers with John Byrne's
Superman and John Ostrander's
Suicide Squad, and ending with
Invasion! tie-ins just before Grant Morrison's Vertigo run started.
• Doomsday Clock
The Geoff Johns/Gary Frank miniseries, in hardcover and scheduled for November 2019.
• The Dreaming Vol. 2
Issues #7-12 of the Sandman Universe series by Simon Spurrier and Bilquis Evely.
• Female Furies
Cecil Castellucci's six-issue modern take on the Female Furies, with Adriana Melo.
• The Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1
The Flash #164-191, The Flash: Iron Heights #1, The Flash: Our Worlds at War #1, The Flash Secret Files and Origins #3 and
DC First: Flash and Superman #1 by Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, and company. This is the
Wonderland,
Blood Will Run,
Rogues, and
Crossfire trades, ending just before
Blitz; there was previously a three-volume
Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus set, but this omnibus collects all of the first of those and half of the second (so maybe we're looking at a two-volume set now instead of three).
• The Flash of Two Worlds Deluxe Edition
Deluxe reprinting of the Silver Age team-ups of Flashes Barry Allen and Jay Garrick. Collects
Flash #123, #129, #137, #151, and #173.
• The Flash Vol. 10: Force Quest
Issues #58-63 and #66-69 by Joshua Williamson, skipping over the "Price of Justice" crossover with
Batman.
• The Flash Vol. 11: No Hope
The solicitation describes the "Price of Justice" crossover with
Batman, but this actually takes place well after that, with issues #76-81. The "Year One" story, collected separately, falls between this and Vol. 10.
• The Flash: Reverse Warfare
This seems again rather like an Essential Edition that's lost the Essential Edition branding. This is the New 52
Flash #13-24 and #23.2 by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, being the
Vol. 3: Gorilla Warfare and
Vol. 4: Reverse collections. This follows what was branded an Essential Edition, Manapul and Buccellato's
Flash: Starting Line (issues #1-12); together these finish their joint run on
Flash.
• The Flash: Year One
Collecting the story from within Joshua Williamson's
Flash ongoing, with art by Howard Porter. I can see why it would behoove DC to have books with "Year One" in the title for all their major properties and recently they rebranded Greg Rucka's inaugural Rebirth
Wonder Woman run accordingly. But if this will be semi-tied to current events, like Tom King's
Batman Vol. 4: Year of Jokes and Riddles, then I'd have preferred they put a volume number on it. Said to be issues #70-75.
• Freedom Fighters Vol. 1: Death of a Nation
By Robert Venditti, presumably issues #1-6 of the 12-issue miniseries. I'd as soon see it collected all together.
• Goddess Mode Vol. 1
Issues #1-6 of the Vertigo series by Zoe Quinn and Robbi Rodriguez.
• Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book Two
Green Lantern #4-20 by Geoff Johns, parts of the
No Fear,
Revenge of the Green Lanterns, and
Wanted – Hal Jordan trades, ending just before the
Sinestro Corps War crossover.
• The Green Lantern Vol. 1: Intergalactic Lawman
Paperback of issues #1-6 by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp.
• The Green Lantern Vol. 2
Issues #7-12 in hardcover by Morrison and Sharp.
• Green Lantern/Green Arrow by Denny O' Neil & Mike Grell Vol. 1
It seems high time these stories should be reprinted, a later-1970s string of Green Lantern/Green Arrow stories by Dennis O'Neil and Mike Grell — less political but still highly notable given the creative team. This says "Vol. 1," but is also said to collect
Green Lantern/Green Arrow (formerly
Green Lantern) #90-106, which is about all of these stories give or take one or two, so I'm not sure what would be in another volume.
• Green Lantern: Legacy
DC Zoom title by Minh Le and Andie Tong.
• Green Lantern: Rebirth Deluxe Edition
Deluxe edition of the six-issue Geoff Johns miniseries plus material from
Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins #1.
• Green Lantern: The Silver Age Vol. 4
Green Lantern #36-48, including Hal Jordan meeting Alan Scott.
• Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica
Six-issue miniseries by Paul Dini, Marc Andreyko, and Laura Braga.
• Harley Loves Joker by Paul Dini
Paul Dini and Marc Andreyko's backups to
Harley Quinn #17-25 and
Harley Loves Joker #1-2.
• Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey (Mass Market TPB)
Seems to be a collection of previously released stories starring Harley Quinn, Black Canary, the Huntress, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra Cain.
• Harley Quinn by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti Omnibus Vol. 3
Said to be
Harley Quinn #1-42, the
Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary special, and a story from the
Batman Day Special — but Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's run ended with issue #34, and the solicitation description sounds like Frank Tieri's "Angry Birds" story that followed.
• Harley Quinn Vol. 3
Issues #55-60 from the new Sam Humphries run, apparently guest-starring both Batman and Harley's family.
• Harley Quinn Vol. 4
Issues #61-66, including a team-up with the post
Wedding Catwoman.
• Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
DC Ink graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki (the excellent
Supergirl: Being Super) and Steve Pugh.
• Hawkman Vol. 2
Second collection by Robert Venditti and Bryan Hitch.
• Heroes in Crisis
In hardcover, issues #1-9, due out in October.
• Heroes in Crisis Companion Book
Though labeled as the "Heroes in Crisis Companion Book," this paperback is said to collect
Batman #64-65,
Flash #64-65, and
Flash Annual #2 -- give or take, the "Price of Justice" crossover. I'm somewhat surprised that crossover wasn't collected in a book by the same name, and that this volume isn't perhaps instead less prominent
Heroes in Crisis tie-in stories like the
Flash annual and
Green Arrow #45.
• Hex Wives
Issues #1-6 of the Vertigo title by Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfo.
• House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2
Issues #112-154 from the 1970s.
• Injustice 2 Vol. 6
Issues #31-36 and Annual #2.
• Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe
Tim Seeley and Freddie Williams' six-issue miniseries.
• Injustice: Gods Among Us Omnibus Vol. 1
Just in time for Tom Taylor's
DCeased, a 1,000+ page collection of the first three years of the
Injustice digital-first series.
• Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Five – The Complete Collection
Issues #1-20
• Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two: The Deluxe Edition
Issues #1-24 of the Tom Taylor series.
• iZombie Book One
New larger paperbacks of the
iZombie series, this one collecting the first two trades, issues #1-12. There's only two more trades, through issue #28, so I'd guess this one will be "done in two."
• John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 22: Regeneration
Collects
Hellblazer #250-260 and
Hellblazer Special: Chas —
The Knowledge #1-5, by Peter Milligan and Simon Oliver, respectively, and others.
• The Joker: His Greatest Jokes
Anthology collection of Joker stories in time for the Joaquin Phoenix movie. Wait till they get a load of this. Said to be
Batman #8, #67, #145, #260, #353, and #366;
Detective Comics #388 and #833-834 (a Batman/Zatanna story by Paul Dini);
Spectre #51 (the Spectre inside Joker's soul, by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake); and
Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Harley Quinn vs. Joker.
• Justice League by Scott Snyder Book One Deluxe Edition
Demonstrating that the "Rebirth Deluxe" hardcovers are not gone, just changed, this is issues #1-12 of the "New Justice" series, the "Totality" and "Graveyard of the Gods" trades.
• Justice League Dark Vol. 2: Lords of Order
Second collection of the James Tynion series.
• Justice League International Book 1: Born Again
This is interesting; another collection of the start of Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire's 1980s
Justice League, collecting
Justice League #1-6,
Justice League International #7-17,
Justice League Annual #1,
Justice League International Annual #2 and
Suicide Squad #13.
The last set of trades went up to
Justice League International/America #35 and
Justice League Europe #11 before cutting off; in 2017 we got an omnibus that only collected through
League #30 and
Europe #6. This new trade, due in January 2020, collects through about the middle of the third smaller trade.
• Justice League Odyssey Vol. 2
Second collection by Joshua Williamson and Philippe Briomes.
• Justice League of America: The Nail: The Complete Collection
Paperback, following the recent deluxe edition by Alan Davis —
JLA: The Nail #1-3 and
JLA: Another Nail #1-3.
• Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth
Paperback, following the hardcover, collecting
Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #1,
Justice League #10-12,
Aquaman #40-41,
Titans #28 and
Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth #1. As with the hardcover solicitation, I think this actually means to say
Aquaman #41-42.
• Justice League: Unite the League
Issues #0-12 of the New 52 Geoff Johns/Jim Lee
Justice League, the
Vol. 1: Origin and
Vol. 2: Villain's Journey trades.
• Legends of the Dark Knight: Steve Englehart
Detective Comics #469-476, #478, #479, and
Batman: Dark Detective #1-6, spanning the late 1970s to the 2000s.
• Lucifer Omnibus Vol. 1
Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1-3,
Lucifer #1-35, and
Lucifer: Nirvana #1, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross.
• Lucifer Vol. 2
Issues #7-12 of the Sandman Universe series.
• Luthor (DC Black Label Edition)
Black Label edition of the five-issue miniseries from 2005 by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo.
• Man and Superman: The Deluxe Edition
This one, originally released as a "100-Page Special," initially confused me because I thought it was one of the Walmart exclusives, but apparently it wasn't. Now in deluxe hardcover instead of periodical, by Marv Wolfman.
• Naomi
Issues #1-6 of the Wonder Comics series by David F. Walker, Brian Michael Bendis, and Jamal Campbell.
• New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 4
New Teen Titans #10-31, Annuals #1-2, and
Omega Men #34, including a
Crisis on Infinite Earths tie-in, a trip to Tamaran for Starfire's wedding(?!), Jason Todd, that
Omega Men crossover, and Brother Blood. Continuing this omnibus series now past where the previous one ended.
• Nightwing by Peter Tomasi
Nightwing #140-153, shortly before Nightwing took the mantle of the Bat in the Grant Morrison era, by new
Detective Comics writer Peter Tomasi. Being the
Freefall and
Great Leap trades, I enjoyed these very much at the time.
• Nightwing Vol. 1
The second "Ric Grayson" collection by Scott Lobdell and company, collecting issues #57-62.
• Orion Book Two
Issues #12-25 of the Walt Simonson series, plus back-up stories and other extras. Includes a
Joker: Last Laugh tie-in.
• The Outsiders by Judd Winick Book Two
Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files (the solicitation appends "Teen Titans Hunt" to this for some reason), and
Outsiders #8-19. That's the
Sum of All Evil and part of the
Wanted trade.
• Pearl Vol. 2
Issues #7-12 by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos.
• Powers OGN
New graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.
• Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book Two
Issues #13-24 by Alan Moore and J. H. Williams.
• Red Hood: Outlaw Vol. 2: Prince of Gotham
Second volume of the re-titled and it-seems-they're-serious
Red Hood: Outlaw, collecting issues #32-38. The description for this trade, however, discussing Venom and a missing Starfire, is I'm almost certain actually the description for the final collection of the original
Red Hood and the Outlaws series.
• Road to Watchmen: The Question & Blue Beetle
One wonders if DC will keep going with these. The solicitation, notably, ties this to the new HBO
Watchmen series and not to
Doomsday Clock. This is
Captain Atom (1966) #83-86,
Blue Beetle (1967) #1-6,
Mysterious Suspense #1,
Charlton Premiere #3,
Charlton Bullseye (1975) #1 and #5,
Charlton Bullseye (1981) #1,
Americomics #3, and
Americomics Special #1, in hardcover.
• Sandman Vol. 0: Overture 30th Anniversary Edition
Funny to see this called "Vol. 0"; I understand it takes place prior to
Preludes and Nocturnes, but as it was published later, it seems it should be narratively later — a flashback, not a prologue.
• Sandman: Dream Hunters 30th Anniversary Edition (P. Craig Russell)
Graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novella with art by P. Craig Russell.
• Sandman: Dream Hunters 30th Anniversary Edition (Prose Version)
The original prose version of
Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman with art by Yoshitako Amano.
• Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 6
Issues #31-36 by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, the final issues of the series.
• Scooby-Doo 50th Anniversary (Mass Market TPB)
Collection of Scooby-Doo comics throughout the years.
• Scooby-Doo Team Up: It's Scooby Time!
Issues #43-48 by Sholly Fisch, who's doing God's work with this series, including appearances by Mister Miracle and Big Barda, the Doom Patrol, and Black Lightning.
• The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid
Kirk Scoggs' DC Zoom graphic novel about a kid Swamp Thing. It'd be great if this kid was not actually Swamp Thing, but rather could meet Swamp Thing in the course of his adventures.
• Shazam! Vol. 1: Shazam & the Magic Lands
Issues #1-6 of the new Geoff Johns/Dale Eaglesham series.
• The Silencer Vol. 3
Issues #13-18 by Dan Abnett. the final collection of the last "New Age of Heroes" series.
• Stargirl by Geoff Johns
Ahead of the DC Universe TV series, I imagine, this collects the entirety of Geoff Johns'
Stars and STRIPE series, plus
JSA: All-Stars #4 and related stories from
DCU Heroes Secret Files and
DCU Villains Secret Files. Courtney Whitmore goes by Star-Spangled Kid through the majority of this book and I wonder if that'll be surprising to readers who pick up this collection post-show.
• Suicide Squad by Keith Giffen
This is another unexpected one (that I hope makes it to print), Keith Giffen's 2001 twelve-issue
Suicide Squad series that spun out of the Superman event "Our Worlds at War" and had some later resonance for Robin and Spoiler.
• Super Friends: Saturday Morning Comics Vol. 1
The original
Super Friends cartoon tie-in comics,
Super Friends #1-26, plus the promo
Aquateers Meet the Super Friends #1, and
Limited Collectors’ Edition #C41 (possibly just the cover), by E. Nelson Bridwell.
• Super Sons: The Foxglove Mission
DC Zoom title, sequel to the previous, by Ridley Pearson and Ileana Gonzalez.
• Supergirl Vol. 2
Issues #27-32 by Marc Andreyko, spinning off from Brian Michael Bendis' Superman series, with an appearance by the Omega Men.
• Superman of Smallville
DC Zoom title by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani.
• Superman Vol. 1: The Unity Saga: Phantom Earth
Paperback of Brian Michael Bendis'
Superman #1-6.
• Superman Vol. 2: The Unity Saga: The House of El
Superman #7-14 by Brian Michael Bendis, featuring you-know-who.
• Superman: Action Comics Vol. 1: Invisible Mafia
Paperback of Brian Michael Bendis and Patrick Gleason's
Action Comics #1001-1006.
• Superman: Action Comics Vol. 2: Leviathan Rising
Brian Michael Bendis'
Action Comics #1007-1011 and the
Leviathan Rising special.
• Superman: For Tomorrow 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Deluxe edition of the Brian Azzarello/Jim Lee arc from the early 2000s. I believe this is the first time all 12 issues have been collected together in one volume in hardcover outside of the Absolute edition (and a paperback compendium).
• Superman: Red Son (New Edition)
A new printing of the Mark Millar/Dave Johnson miniseries.
• Superman: Secret Origin Deluxe Edition
Deluxe hardcover edition of the post-
Infinite Crisis series by
Doomsday Clock's Geoff Johns and Gary Frank.
• Superman: The City of Tomorrow
For Superman fans like myself who thrilled to "Dark Night Over Metropolis," "Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite," "Death of Superman," and then one day found ourselves with "Millennium Giants" (if you were there, you'd know), Jeph Loeb and company's Superman was a giant breath of fresh air. The solicitation says every issue of Loeb's Superman is collected in this trade, but the issues only seem to be
Superman #151-154,
Superman: Y2K #1,
Superman: The Man of Steel #95-98,
Adventures of Superman #573-576 and
Action Comics #760-763, the
Superman: No Limits and
Superman: Endgame trades.
• Superman: Up in the Sky
Tom King and Andy Kubert's original Walmart-exclusive story, now in trade.
• Superman: Year One
Hardcover of Frank Miller and John Romita's Black Label series.
• Swamp Thing by Nancy A. Collins Omnibus
First ever collection of novelist Nancy Collins run on
Swamp Thing, issues #110-139 and Annuals #6-7. Following that would be Grant Morrison's and Mark Millar's runs, before the iteration of the title that included the Alan Moore run would be brought to a close.
• Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Vol. 3
Batman #349-359 and
Detective Comics #515-526. This means the book includes the fourth part of the story that first introduced Killer Croc,
Detective #526, which was missing from the
Batman: Arkham: Killer Croc trade, plus the first pre-
Crisis appearance of Jason Todd.
• Teen Titans Go!: Weirder Things
Issues #31-36 by Sholly Fisch.
• Teen Titans Vol. 2: Turn It Up
The second collection of Adam Glass and Bernard Chang's "New Justice" series.
• Teen Titans/Deathstroke: The Terminus Agenda
The new-new
Teen Titans/Deathstroke crossover by Christopher Priest and Adam Glass, said to collect
Deathstroke #41-43 and
Teen Titans #28-30.
• Teen Titans: H.I.V.E. Conquest
Dan Jurgens' Teen Titans stories from the Walmart-exclusive compendiums.
• Transmetropolitan Book Two
Issues #13-24 by Warren Ellis.
• Wonder Twins
Issues #1-6 of Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne's Wonder Comics series.
• Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Just War
The first collection of G. Willow Wilson's
Wonder Woman run, with the trades renumbered apparently. Maybe that's the trend now -- don't renumber the periodical series in order to preserve legacy numbering, but renumber the trades to designate runs and prevent "high-number suspicion." Issues #58-68 (which seems like a lot) with art by Cary Nord.
• Wonder Woman: Come Back to Me
Collection of Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Chad Hardin's Walmart-exclusive Wonder Woman stories.
• Wonder Woman: Diana Prince: Celebrating the '60s Book One
Issues #178-194 by Dennis O'Neil, Robert Kanigher, Mike Sekowsky, and more, from the era that Wonder Woman became secret agent Diana Prince and trained under I-Ching.
• Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4
Sensation Comics #70-91,
Comic Cavalcade #23-29, and
Wonder Woman #26-36.
• Wonder Woman: Warbringer (The Graphic Novel)
Graphic novel adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's YA novel, with involvement of Louise Simonson.
• Y: The Last Man Omnibus
The entire 60-issue series by Brian K. Vaughn, Pia Guerra, and company.
• Young Justice Book Four
Post-"Sins of Youth," this is issues #20-32, which sees the team at the Olympics in Zandia, out in space, and meeting the Forever People, plus a silent issue and an appearance by Spoiler.
• Young Justice Vol. 1
Never really thought I'd be holding an in-continuity
Young Justice Vol. 1 trade again. Issues #1-6 by Brian Michael Bendis.
• Zero Hour 25th Anniversary Omnibus
The five-issue miniseries plus all the tie-in issues. This is supposed to be
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4-0,
Steel #8,
Outsiders #11,
Detective Comics #678,
Batman #511,
Superman: Man of Steel #37,
Superboy #8,
Green Lantern #55,
The Flash #94,
Superman #93,
The Flash #0,
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31,
Hawkman #13,
Legionnaires #18,
Valor #23,
Adventures of Superman #516,
L.E.G.I.O.N. ’94 #70,
Green Arrow #90,
Guy Gardner: Warrior #24,
Team Titans #24,
Legion of Super-Heroes #61,
Action Comics #703,
Justice League of America #92,
Justice League Task Force #16,
Justice League International #68,
Robin #10,
Anima #7,
Catwoman #14,
Damage #6,
Darkstars #24,
Green Lantern #0, and stories from
Showcase '94 #8-10. See my
previous run-down for more details.
