tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post6673824128134862968..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: DC Trade Solicitations for May 2017 - Justice League vs. Suicide Squad, Superboy and the Legion, Action Comics Rebirth Deluxe, New Teen Titans Omnibus New Editioncollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-73926678688764186302017-02-28T21:36:09.714-06:002017-02-28T21:36:09.714-06:00+1 for finishing collecting the Giffen series.+1 for finishing collecting the Giffen series.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-65344048703247432832017-02-28T12:58:00.148-06:002017-02-28T12:58:00.148-06:00In an ideal world they'd do all the other runs...In an ideal world they'd do all the other runs. Pollack, Arcudi, Giffen, even Kupperberg and Byrne which aren't as well regarded. :DSAIDESTROYERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497866804136726652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-92207986619694079702017-02-28T03:43:55.811-06:002017-02-28T03:43:55.811-06:00Totally! The only thing that gives me hope is the ...Totally! The only thing that gives me hope is the example of Animal Man where they did eventually collect the post-Morrison stuff.Oli Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544016467947046308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-56489445873053713332017-02-27T02:05:04.735-06:002017-02-27T02:05:04.735-06:00I hope they do it! 25 issues, they could do them a...I hope they do it! 25 issues, they could do them as a big tpb or two smaller.SAIDESTROYERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497866804136726652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-43529479273870649342017-02-26T06:40:46.927-06:002017-02-26T06:40:46.927-06:00What do we think the chances are of DC just contin...What do we think the chances are of DC just continuing on with the Pollack run after Doom Patrol Vol 3 comes out?Oli Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544016467947046308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29723674841242593922017-02-26T06:38:12.855-06:002017-02-26T06:38:12.855-06:00Super annoyingly the new Perez Wonder Woman collec...Super annoyingly the new Perez Wonder Woman collections omit the Perez written Action Comics #600 (Superman and Wonder Woman go on a date), which was included in the original collections.Oli Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544016467947046308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-27570241084961827262017-02-25T22:49:39.587-06:002017-02-25T22:49:39.587-06:00I'd further mention that George Perez's Wo...I'd further mention that George Perez's Wonder Woman #1-24 were originally collected in four paperbacks, and then all of that was collected in a hardcover omnibus. What you now know as the Wonder Woman by George Perez Vol. 1 paperback collects those first two trades, and this one will collect the second two trades, completing the omnibus in paperback format. <br /><br />By all means, enjoy the format that you like; I only consider the Omnibus Vol. 2 more notable because it collects never-before-collected material, whereas the Vol. 1/Vol. 2 paperback collects material already previously collected twice. But keeping this material in print is surely a good thing. collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-50456232019461288632017-02-25T06:44:48.508-06:002017-02-25T06:44:48.508-06:00Because the Bronze Age started some 40 or so issue...Because the Bronze Age started some 40 or so issues before the contents of this book. Admittedly, the Bronze Age starts for TT and JLA are arbitrary, but Legion's Bronze Age clearly starts with the arrival of Dave Cockrum as artist in Superboy 195 or whichever. My main point was in the manner in which the books were collected. It just seems odd that DC is putting out some excellent Omnibi right now with common dress and all that, but not doing it here. I think it's possible they had contents for Archives 14 ready before that line was canceled and that's why we are getting this book. <br /><br />I think a Cockrum/Grell BA LSH omni would sell fairly well (Superboy 195 - archives 13). This seven issue HC seems slim by recent non-current collections, and would have made sense to collect up to 251 when Brainy goes insane and blows up the HQ. Then collect all the terrible Conway/Thomas stories together up to GDS.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-2001615743276898212017-02-25T04:15:49.243-06:002017-02-25T04:15:49.243-06:00Pretend Superboy and Legion vol. 1 is Legion Archi...Pretend Superboy and Legion vol. 1 is Legion Archives vol. 14. Then you have the Silver Age Omnibi that are about to start that will recollected the Archives. At some point the Silver Age subtitle will change into Bronze Age and it will continue recollecting Legion, including this (and following) Superboy and Legion collection. How is that different from what's up with JLA or Titans?Mareknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-61930753644727307292017-02-25T00:31:07.240-06:002017-02-25T00:31:07.240-06:00Re: the titans omnibus... the new green lantern om...Re: the titans omnibus... the new green lantern omnibus coming out soon combines the two previous omni in the new (great!) trade dress format... I wonder if the new titans Omni will be the same.<br />There is a Bronze Age titans Omni coming in the summer that finishes off the original run. The new printing of "new titans" would pick up after itSeQuential Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601158636046877795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-58939602313238550292017-02-24T22:26:48.709-06:002017-02-24T22:26:48.709-06:00This is not just a WW by Perez thing. DC is doing ...This is not just a WW by Perez thing. DC is doing this with a lot of properties like Golden Age Batman, Silver Age Green Lantern, etc. <br /><br />They are releasing big Omnibus editions. A few months after the first omnibus edition, they release a smaller trade paperback. Usually it takes two or three volumes of the paperback to match the one omnibus. <br /><br />You are not missing out on any special extras. It is all just how you want to collect the material. The Omnibus editions cover more ground faster but are very bulky. The trades take longer to come out but are easier to manage. Money wise, the omnibus make be the best bang for your buck especially if you get a good discount. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219617535851078745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-50111329238007027072017-02-24T21:36:37.011-06:002017-02-24T21:36:37.011-06:00Well, I just preordered it. If it get cancelled, i...Well, I just preordered it. If it get cancelled, it's not gonna be my fault!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546370463396570168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-74624964332249402482017-02-24T21:23:55.308-06:002017-02-24T21:23:55.308-06:00You are going to be pleasantly surprised by Cave C...You are going to be pleasantly surprised by Cave Carson, it's fantastic, and nearly as fun as Doom Patrol. (Mother Panic is unreadable drek, - Shade is great!) - Don't sleep on Cave Carson, hugely enjoyable, great set up, terrific art, and it has Wild Dog in it. <br /><br />Oh, and bad news - Trinity is just as boring as you suspect it is. Fantasy stories are meandering and pointless, I dropped this book at issue 5, because after 5 issue it had gone nowhere and accomplished nothing, I'd recommend skipping it. Michael C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02179301800361938280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-55994596322461179932017-02-24T19:50:45.813-06:002017-02-24T19:50:45.813-06:00Can you explain the deal with the Wonder Woman by ...Can you explain the deal with the Wonder Woman by Perez collections? I have the paperback vol.1 but I didn't realize there was a hardcover version with more content...Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258920665729412167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-53211328190035851622017-02-24T14:00:03.451-06:002017-02-24T14:00:03.451-06:00That's good to hear about the Suicide Squad ba...That's good to hear about the Suicide Squad backups and such; I couldn't tell without benefit of knowing the contents, but it's nice to know there's a way to do it that wouldn't involve double-dipping. I hope that's what DC does. As dography points out below, they did do right (far as I'm concerned, at least) by Night of the Monster Men, so indeed maybe it'll be right here.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-57652570156324022542017-02-24T13:41:01.108-06:002017-02-24T13:41:01.108-06:00Not all of it. There are about 50 issues not coll...Not all of it. There are about 50 issues not collected previously of Superboy & the LSH and the subsequent LSH series: #234 in this volume up to #283 (I think), not including the Ditko issues. That's when the Great Darkness Saga deluxe book comes in with issue #284, and the next book, the Curse, ends at #313. Issues #314 - #325 were published as Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes before the book reprinted the Baxter Direct only book. I think there were a couple of trades for that book, but still a lot of Pre-COIE material from that run, also, that haven't been collected.<br /><br />So, to me, two Omnibus editions with 25 issues each would take us through the second Levitz GDS era, and would have followed in the previously mentioned JLA and TT Bronze Age omnibi format. Just seemed logical to me, but then the Ed Brubaker and Brian K Vaughan Batman books were in paperback, and not like the "Tales of the Batman" HCs featuring Len Wein, Archie Goodwin, etc. I don't understand the inconsistency of format, I guess.<br /><br />Either way, I'm excited, as the Legion is my favorite book ever, along with Teen Titans. Yay!<br /><br />(In the above comment, I kept mentioning The Curse, but I meant Great Darkness Saga.)<br /><br />I wasn't reading comics from about 1988-2011, except for a few runs in and then out around Zero Hour and a few books around 2000-2001. Definitely enjoying reading the comics I read before but also enjoying so much good material that came out in the time I had stopped reading.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449783353273386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-54652126380735301512017-02-24T13:06:02.029-06:002017-02-24T13:06:02.029-06:00It's a good thing that they're finally sta...It's a good thing that they're finally starting to collect crossovers correctly. I only wonder if those will also be printed in TPB later or if they're only going to be collected in HC.PeterBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-40901832422133225432017-02-24T12:26:00.820-06:002017-02-24T12:26:00.820-06:00Ah, you beat me to the punch!Ah, you beat me to the punch!dographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111148487160455021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-56640027771781736882017-02-24T12:25:11.096-06:002017-02-24T12:25:11.096-06:00The backup in Suicide Squad #8 served as a prologu...The backup in Suicide Squad #8 served as a prologue for Justice League vs. Suicide Squad so it's possible they'll include only #4-7 and the main story of #8 in volume 2, the backup of #8 can then be collected in the JLvSS trade, avoiding duplication if volume 3 continues from #11. Given that the Batman/Detective/Nightwing trades all omit the Night of the Monster Men issues, it seems feasible they'd attempt the same logic in other titles?dographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111148487160455021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33493430619268980812017-02-24T12:21:44.994-06:002017-02-24T12:21:44.994-06:00I don't think Suicide Squad vol 3 will collect...I don't think Suicide Squad vol 3 will collect #9-12 because the storyline after Jl vs SS is Burning down the House in #11-15. DC wouldn't split the story in half. Also, I don't think #8 is double-dipping because I'd heard that only the backup to #8 tied into JL vs SS and that the main story was just the end of the previous storyline, which means that Suicide Squad vol 2 will probably only collect the main story while the JL vs SS hardcover will have the backup.<br /><br />As for Justice League, the JL vs SS tie-in issues weren't written by Hitch, (they were written by Tim Seeley) and the next Justice League storyline runs through #15-19. I don't think DC would decide to force readers to double-dip by collecting Justice League #12-19 in Justice League vol 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-38544229478942512412017-02-24T12:08:22.952-06:002017-02-24T12:08:22.952-06:00There's certainly a lot coming out from DC if ...There's certainly a lot coming out from DC if you don't want to read the current stuff; someone who missed the 1990s the first time around has plenty good books to choose from.<br /><br />Isn't the Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes hardcover collecting the Bronze Age stuff you're talking about?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-52565603769664081202017-02-24T12:05:41.896-06:002017-02-24T12:05:41.896-06:00This collection is issues #25-36; the "Mist&q...This collection is issues #25-36; the "Mist" story starts with issue #37, so it should be in the next one.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-34694557914761522272017-02-24T11:48:26.993-06:002017-02-24T11:48:26.993-06:00Does it have the Starman tie in story?Does it have the Starman tie in story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-30591457482979938362017-02-24T11:30:35.045-06:002017-02-24T11:30:35.045-06:00**IDW: http://www.cbr.com/idw-publishing-solicitat...**IDW: http://www.cbr.com/idw-publishing-solicitations-for-may-2017/<br /><br />*Transformers: Most Epic Battles TPB--This should have an asterisk because it doesn't include any battles from IDW's series! This is, unless I'm mistaken, entirely stories from the Marvel comic, which is fine but stuff we've seen before. I'd be surprised if anything from Dreamwave ends up in here.<br /><br />*Transformers: Optimus Prime TPB--This weirdly isn't listed as a "volume 1", even though the title is continuing past this first trade. Formerly this book was "Robots in Disguise", and then it became "Adjectiveless Transformers" when the new animated show got that moniker. <br /><br /><br />**Image: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/02/22/full-image-comics-solicits-may-2017-launching-regression-youngblood-eternal-empire-paklis-samaritan-25c-saga-grrl-scouts-renato-jones-dying-dead/<br /><br />**Valiant: http://www.newsarama.com/33244-valiant-entertainment-may-2017-solicitations.html<br /><br />**Boom Studios: http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/137488-boom-studios-may-2017-solicitations.html<br /><br />I don't have any thoughts about trades from these companies for May but links are included for posterity.<br />doug.glassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018711097234509826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-44056746096733597082017-02-24T11:20:56.818-06:002017-02-24T11:20:56.818-06:00**Marvel: http://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-solicit...**Marvel: http://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-solicitations-for-may-2017/<br /><br />*Star Wars: Yoda's Secret War TPB--In the aftermath of the Final Incursion, Dagobah was incorporated into the Battleworld... okay, obvious joke out of the way, this sounds like a bit of a "Times Past" arc with an Obi-Wan and Yoda team-up. <br /><br />*Punisher by Garth Ennis Omnibus HC--I'm still no fan of Ennis' take on the Punisher, but this does serve as a showcase of the late Steve Dillon's artwork. We're going to see a lot more Punisher collections in the lead-up to his Netflix series and his likely appearance in the Netflix "Defenders" series.<br /><br />*Punisher: Back To The War Omnibus HC--This is a handy all-in-one collection of the Punisher's stories from his creation up to his character's popularity explosion in the mid-80s. A lot of this has been covered in trade format over the past year or so, but it's still good stuff.<br /><br />*Hulk: Planet Hulk Omnibus HC--The upcoming "Thor: Ragnarok" has elements of this character-changing arc, so if you haven't read it, here's another opportunity. It does have some nice bonus issues collected like a Handbook and a What If? for some added value.<br /><br />*Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-In-One Vol 2 HC--I don't have much to say about this specific collection apart from the number of weird guest stars and villains. Along with the introduction of Prester John, who showed up again decades later in Cable and Deadpool to my utter confusion, the Thing and friends fight the Basilisk (whose real name is Basil Elks) and Braggadoom (who I hope is going to show up in "Monsters Unleashed" at some point).<br /><br />*Avengers: Four TPB--I'm largely not going to talk about trades of ongoing titles since I'm endeavoring to avoid spoilers, but this series-within-a-series deserves mention. Mark Waid and Barry Kitson reunite to give the Avengers the "JLA: Year One" treatment, concentrating specifically on the Kooky Quartet of Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. <br /><br /><br />**Dark Horse: http://www.cbr.com/dark-horse-comics-may-2017-solicitations/<br /><br />*Angel Catbird Volume 3: The Catbird Roars HC--I'm waiting until the whole trilogy comes out in paperback before getting it, but "A graphic novel by Margaret Atwood" isn't something I ever imagined typing.<br /><br />*The Black Sinister HC--There's a lot of "evil Batman" stories out there, but we don't get a lot of OGNs anymore. Plus it's written by Kaare Andrews and the premise sounds interesting if not entirely original.<br /><br />*Kill All Monsters! Omnibus Volume 1 HC--Like "Weapon Brown", this is a webcomic-turned-graphic novel thanks to a Kickstarter and huge fan support. And much like "Kaijumax" and "Pacific Rim", it's about people in mecha fighting kaiju. I'll have to take a look at the webcomic first but it sounds neat.<br /><br />*Ether Volume 1: Death of the Last Golden Blaze TPB--Matt Kindt is always reliable for a neat series hook, and "scientist on a world of magic" fits the bill.doug.glassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018711097234509826noreply@blogger.com