tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post5382965880156401331..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: DC Future State collections, final Flash by Mark Waid, Death of Iris West, DCeased: Hope at World's End, Fourth World by Byrne, Suicide Squad movie tie-ins, Superman omnibus with Earth Stealers, more in Summer 2021 solicitationscollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-87515883136782848932020-11-30T18:15:12.927-06:002020-11-30T18:15:12.927-06:00The Keith Giffen Suicide Squad volume is the one w...The Keith Giffen Suicide Squad volume is the one with Sgt. Rock in the Rick Flagg role (sort of). I predict that Sylvester Stallone's mystery role in the new movie is Sgt. Rock, and that's why this is being reprinted now.Jeff Metznerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999238508906021766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-23997587156340482020-11-29T03:17:48.052-06:002020-11-29T03:17:48.052-06:00I think the Batwing omnibus may actually be cheape...I think the Batwing omnibus may actually be cheaper than current speculator prices for issue 19...Leauxbeauxhttp://www.yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-28536856862425626712020-11-28T13:46:39.264-06:002020-11-28T13:46:39.264-06:00Preacher omnibus vol. 2 for me. An Ostrander Suic...Preacher omnibus vol. 2 for me. An Ostrander Suicide squad omnibus would have been perfect. I'd love to see more Hellblazer omnis too. Perhaps Delano's run.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887710916789180286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-410263201691129432020-11-27T15:15:56.199-06:002020-11-27T15:15:56.199-06:00Flash by Mark Waid Book 8 for me, and I'm glad...Flash by Mark Waid Book 8 for me, and I'm glad that they'll be actually finishing out Waid's 90s monthly run (although one more book collecting the uncollected Augustyn annuals plus The Life Story of the Flash would be more than welcome... <br /><br />Might pick up the Bizarro Comics Deluxe and the Giffen Suicide Squad series. <br /><br />No new volumes of once continuing series of trade paperbacks disappoints be a bit more, now that Young Justice book 5 which was supposed to collect the series to the end stopped 10 or more issues before what was solicited. <br /><br />You know what'd brighten my day? A collection of issues after the ones published in Superman Exile and other Stories Omnibus. Or a new volume of Superman Blue. <br />Aalok Madhusudan Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837619279211378828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-3508892117408371622020-11-27T09:52:09.907-06:002020-11-27T09:52:09.907-06:00Sad state of affairs at DC, and I hope the lower n...Sad state of affairs at DC, and I hope the lower number of collected editions does not mean that they are on the way to dramatically reducing their collected edition output (as they are with their periodicals). As of now, there are no real experienced staff members in their collected editions department. Every time I pick up a DC collection now, the first thing that comes to me is a sadness.....in now knowing if there will be another volume....Also, I would be thrilled with an All Star Squadron or Infinity Inc omnibus set. Loved both of those series back in the day......Samir Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05803216539305240396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-26929458963533268842020-11-26T15:45:08.110-06:002020-11-26T15:45:08.110-06:00I'm hopeful that the reduced output has to do ...I'm hopeful that the reduced output has to do with the fact that there are only two (three if you count The Green Lantern) ongoing series' collections, less than usual, with DC's probably-gonna-happen relaunch in early 2021. Lot of ongoings have been cancelled (for hopeful relaunch) and many others don't have new creative teams attached (Flash, JL, Supes/Action, Aquaman, among others). Probably we'll be seeing a more full winter 2021 catalogue.<br /><br />Not that I'm uninterested in what IS on this catalogue. As a Flash fan, it's nice to see Bronze Age material getting some love after the entire Silver Age and most of the Modern Age has been collected in some form. Also the Giffen SS book means (I think) that every Suicide Squad issue has been collected at some point.Aymeric McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484209253540406909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-23726609828159530172020-11-26T13:48:31.899-06:002020-11-26T13:48:31.899-06:00While I'm very relieved to see The Flash by Ma...While I'm very relieved to see The Flash by Mark Waid Book Eight listed, its contents certainly surprised me. After seven volumes collecting only stories Waid wrote or co-wrote and skipping many annuals and other stories he didn't write, I was expecting the last one to include the rest of his original run (issues #151-159, #162 and the lead story from The Flash Secret Files #2) plus his brief comeback run (All-Flash, The Flash #231-236 and a story from the Infinite Halloween Special).<br /><br />Instead, Book Eight is stopping at #162 and including issues #160-161, written by Bryan Augustyn and Pat McGreal respectively, and Annual #12, written by Augustyn. While it's cool that they're including these issues that would remain uncollected otherwise, I wonder why they only decided to change their approach for the very last volume, when the previous ones could have also included other stuff Augustyn wrote solo like Annuals #10-11 and the New Year's Evil: The Rogues special. Also, why not also include issue #163 (another uncollected fill-in by McGreal) and the DC Retroactive '90s special (by Augustyn, and set during the "Dark Flash Saga") in this volume?<br /><br />Lastly, I hope they're saving Waid's second run for a thick trade collecting the entire "Wild Wests" period of The Flash, which went up to issue #247. Those last four issues written by Alan Burnett have yet to be collected, and Waid's six issues were only collected in hardcover, with no paperback edition.shagamuhttp://shagamu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-66811272500418901422020-11-26T10:40:14.984-06:002020-11-26T10:40:14.984-06:00Man, this catalog was almost a gut punch. Hopefull...Man, this catalog was almost a gut punch. Hopefully it's so spare because they're working on a big relaunch of their collected line, but this is grim. Beyond the sort of obvious ones (Batman by Snyder & Capullo v2; a Batman by Snyder side collection w/Black Mirror, ASB, etc.; Metal Omnibus), why not release an Ostrander Suicide Squad omnibus with the other SS stuff? Are we getting a second volume of the Wally West Flash series covering the pre-Waid run? Anything with the LoSH in 2021 besides the one Before Darkness collection? The last Flash by Johns collection? Or a Barry/Flash omni by Johns? <br /><br />Flash by Waid, Gotham City Monsters, and the two Wonder Woman collections. That's it for four months. Maybe some Future State stuff if the reviews are good. Maybe. Bob Schoonoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371205595372517089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-77402669250910547142020-11-26T06:26:50.442-06:002020-11-26T06:26:50.442-06:00You're right; that had slipped my mind.You're right; that had slipped my mind.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-84961783135259747092020-11-26T03:23:39.571-06:002020-11-26T03:23:39.571-06:00Regarding GL Mosaic, even though I'd love to h...Regarding GL Mosaic, even though I'd love to have it, I hope that DC will not reprint anything that would generate any royalties for Gerald Jones, for obvious reasons.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023341219306132881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-39960962561653823522020-11-26T00:00:24.685-06:002020-11-26T00:00:24.685-06:00It is with great sadness that I announce that ther...It is with great sadness that I announce that there is little here that I am interested in (re-)reading, much less adding to my bookshelves. "The Death of Iris Allen" is a surprise and in a way gives me hope for future bronze age material. (I keep hoping for a complete Mr. and Mrs. Superman collection.) Still no 80th anniversary acknowledgement for the Justice Society. You'd think DC would recognize the first super-hero team with an All-Star Squadron omnibus or a 1992 series collection, at the very least. The "Demise of Justice" collected edition gives me hope that we may eventually see the Strazewski/Parobeck volume at some point.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137701960852470073noreply@blogger.com