Have updated second post with future releases for DC/Vertigo Hardcovers out to February 2015
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Have updated second post with future releases for DC/Vertigo Hardcovers out to February 2015
Thanks for all your work NZ. I still can't get used to these new forums.
Anyway, for someone who wasn't a big fan of absolutes, just bought my third one: HUSH. Same price i paid for All-star supes and Watchmen: $35! If I keep winning at such low prices, I'm definitely not passing up these wonderful books.
A question. Do you guys sell your TPB after you get the absolute of a certain story? I don't know whether its worth it to keep them around if I'm always going to read the absolutes.
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;39211]Well it is, so I'm guessing they are thinking about it.
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
Collecting Green Lantern Rebirth #1-6, Green Lantern Corps #1-5, Green Lantern #1-25, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman Prime #1, Green Lantern Corps Sinestro Special #1 and Green Lantern Secret Files 2005
1008 pg, $99.99 US[/QUOTE]
Oh right, now I remember - DC's solicitation for this is so nonsensical that I probably blocked this solicit from my mind. I assume it collects GLC: Recharge 1-5, not GLC 1-5, as the former were co-written by Johns. So you get those *completely* unrelated issues, but you don't get any of the *essential* GLC Sinestro Corps War issues or essential Tales of the Sinestro Corps (except for SP) because they weren't written by Johns. This makes this omnibus completely worthless.
[QUOTE=alb2009;39789]Thanks for all your work NZ. I still can't get used to these new forums.
Anyway, for someone who wasn't a big fan of absolutes, just bought my third one: HUSH. Same price i paid for All-star supes and Watchmen: $35! If I keep winning at such low prices, I'm definitely not passing up these wonderful books.
A question. Do you guys sell your TPB after you get the absolute of a certain story? I don't know whether its worth it to keep them around if I'm always going to read the absolutes.[/QUOTE]
Yeah a lot of people complain about the RRP but you can easily buy these books for reasonable prices, even when OOP a few years back Absolute Watchmen/Kingdom Come where available at $40-50 shipped to NZ. New Frontier and others still have a $75 RRP so its easy to assemble a few Absolutes for about double the price of their equivalent trades which imo is a bargain. I was just admiring Deviates Absolute collection in the shelf porn thread, they certainly stand out when you have a few in a row.
I sold my TPBs as I got my Absolutes, helps pay for them :) I don't see the point in double dipping and I'm happy to lend my mates the Absolutes providing they look after them. Though its a bit different here as TPBs hold their value more than in the States.
[QUOTE=Orion;39838]Oh right, now I remember - DC's solicitation for this is so nonsensical that I probably blocked this solicit from my mind. I assume it collects GLC: Recharge 1-5, not GLC 1-5, as the former were co-written by Johns. So you get those *completely* unrelated issues, but you don't get any of the *essential* GLC Sinestro Corps War issues or essential Tales of the Sinestro Corps (except for SP) because they weren't written by Johns. This makes this omnibus completely worthless.[/QUOTE]
They could include those in a Green Lantern Omnibus v2 by Geoff Johns and Tomasi, if DC are thinking clearly.
So I'm going to start working on the OOP books section, I will take any and all suggestions for oversized DC Hardcovers that are OOP.
[QUOTE=alb2009;39789]Thanks for all your work NZ. I still can't get used to these new forums.
Anyway, for someone who wasn't a big fan of absolutes, just bought my third one: HUSH. Same price i paid for All-star supes and Watchmen: $35! If I keep winning at such low prices, I'm definitely not passing up these wonderful books.
A question. Do you guys sell your TPB after you get the absolute of a certain story? I don't know whether its worth it to keep them around if I'm always going to read the absolutes.[/QUOTE]
What condition do you usually get them in? I'm a bit reluctant to order from ebay, but if I can save a quite a bit on a book I want it's tempting. What condition do you guys who order from ebay expect your comic books to show up in?
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;39867]They could include those in a Green Lantern Omnibus v2 by Geoff Johns and Tomasi, if DC are thinking clearly.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately even that would not be thinking clearly, as it would be collecting Chapters 1,2,4,6,8,10,12 in the first omnibus, and then chapters 3,5,7,9,11,13 in the next one however many months/year later.
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;39869]So I'm going to start working on the OOP books section, I will take any and all suggestions for oversized DC Hardcovers that are OOP.[/QUOTE]
a few i can think of (some are not oversized):
starman omnibus v 1-3
superman: red son deluxe edition
jack kirby's fourth world omnibus v 1-4 (hardcovers)
legends of the dark knight: jim aparo
batman & robin deluxe edition v 1-2
batwoman: elegy deluxe edition
JLA deluxe edition v 1-2
saga of the swampthing v 1, 3-6 (hardcovers)
[QUOTE=Orion;39905]Unfortunately even that would not be thinking clearly, as it would be collecting Chapters 1,2,4,6,8,10,12 in the first omnibus, and then chapters 3,5,7,9,11,13 in the next one however many months/year later.[/QUOTE]
Oh I though the GLC stuff started before Sinestro Corp War, not at the start of the run. Guess it wouldn't work then.
This reading order seems to agree with me:
[url]http://www.readingorders.com/ReadingOrder/GreenLantern[/url]
So they could be collecting it all then, guess we will never know unless someone asks DC.
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;39869]So I'm going to start working on the OOP books section, I will take any and all suggestions for oversized DC Hardcovers that are OOP.[/QUOTE]
Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths
Absolute Dark Knight
Infinite Crisis Omnibus
I'm deliberating as to whether to purchase Justice League of America Omnibus Vol 1 and Absolute Final Crisis. I can purchase them for around £40 ($67) and £33 ($56), respectively incl. shipping. Could anyone share their thoughts as to the pricing and any pics (I know there were some pics in the previous incarnation of our thread). For example, how well does the JLA Omnibus read? What else, if anything, needs to be read alongside Final Crisis? Thx.
[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;40370]What else, if anything, needs to be read alongside Final Crisis? Thx.[/QUOTE]
You need nothing else, everything is in the absolute (even the Batman issues after RIP) + even 7 new pages for the main event. I'm monitoring it's price for 3 month now and £33 is the cheapest I saw so far in Europe.
[QUOTE=Orion;39838]Oh right, now I remember - DC's solicitation for this is so nonsensical that I probably blocked this solicit from my mind. I assume it collects GLC: Recharge 1-5, not GLC 1-5, as the former were co-written by Johns. So you get those *completely* unrelated issues, but you don't get any of the *essential* GLC Sinestro Corps War issues or essential Tales of the Sinestro Corps (except for SP) because they weren't written by Johns. This makes this omnibus completely worthless.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the omni needs to end at GL 20 and omni 2 weave GLC (where relevant) through.
[QUOTE=Balakin;40388]You need nothing else, everything is in the absolute (even the Batman issues after RIP) + even 7 new pages for the main event. I'm monitoring it's price for 3 month now and £33 is the cheapest I saw so far in Europe.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the Final Crisis info. I'm wondering whether to bite or wait. I just spent a packet on 6 Marvel Omnibuses/OHCs, therefore my coffers have been rapidly diminished :eek:
Since someone asked about the Justice League of America Vol 1 Omnibus, and since my copy arrived today, here are some pic. All up I'm pretty please with it. The only disappointment is they have used that black embossed card for the cover under the dust jacket. Any blurry patches are due to my inability to figure out how to get my camera to focus properly.
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[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;40513]Thanks for the Final Crisis info. I'm wondering whether to bite or wait. I just spent a packet on 6 Marvel Omnibuses/OHCs, therefore my coffers have been rapidly diminished :eek:[/QUOTE]
I was tempted to buy it for the oversized format and the 7 extra pages, but I'm not so crazy about the 3D issues, so I just bought the hc (hope it will be in good shape when it arrives. It was really annoying trying to find the right edition, with the crossovers for a good price, since a lot of the online sellers are listing the 240 page version with the same isbn :mad: )
[QUOTE=Balakin;40557]I was tempted to buy it for the oversized format and the 7 extra pages, but I'm not so crazy about the 3D issues, so I just bought the hc (hope it will be in good shape when it arrives. It was really annoying trying to find the right edition, with the crossovers for a good price, since a lot of the online sellers are listing the 240 page version with the same isbn :mad: )[/QUOTE]
I didn't know there were two versions of the standard hardcover.
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Thanks for the pics momaw. Nice looking Omnibus with a beautiful cover, although the card underneath as you say doesn't look too great. Those are some seriously large white borders on the inside.
Wait, the origin of the JLA is that they are tree people? Hope that makes it into the movie ;)
[QUOTE=momaw;40564]I didn't know there were two versions of the standard hardcover.[/QUOTE]
I think the 240 pages long is the europian eiditon with Darkseid on the cover, instead of Superman with Batman's corpse, published by Titan.
[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;40577]Thanks for the pics momaw. Nice looking Omnibus with a beautiful cover, although the card underneath as you say doesn't look too great. Those are some seriously large white borders on the inside.[/QUOTE]
The Silver Age Green Lantern omni's have huge boarders too. That's why the glued binding on those doesn't bother me because there's no gutter loss. I wish they hadn't stopped at Vol 2. I need to find some time the read this JLA omni. Flicking through it, it looks like so much fun.
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;40590]Wait, the origin of the JLA is that they are tree people? Hope that makes it into the movie ;)[/QUOTE]
You didn't know this? Sheesh, call yourself a comic book fan. :rolleyes: :p
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;40230]Oh I though the GLC stuff started before Sinestro Corp War, not at the start of the run. Guess it wouldn't work then.
This reading order seems to agree with me:
[url]http://www.readingorders.com/ReadingOrder/GreenLantern[/url]
So they could be collecting it all then, guess we will never know unless someone asks DC.[/QUOTE]
Given DC's latest track record, I suspect this will get corrected prior to publication. The case to include GLC and the specials is way more compelling than the first few JSA issues. That being said I will likely cancel my order if the omnibus doesn't include the GLC stuff.
latest haul and a late bday present... signed Batman & Son HC! I have awesome friends.
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[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;40230]Oh I though the GLC stuff started before Sinestro Corp War, not at the start of the run. Guess it wouldn't work then.
This reading order seems to agree with me:
[url]http://www.readingorders.com/ReadingOrder/GreenLantern[/url]
So they could be collecting it all then, guess we will never know unless someone asks DC.[/QUOTE]
I have no idea what you're talking about now. That web site explicitly shows that the Sinestro Corps War is laid out exactly as I explained. The first omnibus according to your socilit goes to the very end of the Sinestro Corps War, but doesn't include any of the GLC chapters or the other 3 Tales chapters.
Of course Green Lantern Corps itself started before the Sinestro Corps War, but it doesn't start intertwining story-wise with Johns' GL until then.
[QUOTE=NZ_InFerno;39869]So I'm going to start working on the OOP books section, I will take any and all suggestions for oversized DC Hardcovers that are OOP.[/QUOTE]
Infinite Crisis omnibus seems to OOP by all accounts.
I don't know about the status of the other volumes but the usual suspects are JLA Deluxe Volume 2, Ex Machina Deluxe Volume 4 (with these getting TPB reprints now I don't see DC keeping the hardcovers in print) and Gotham Central Volume 2.
I know the last ones not oversized but its a perennial white whale in these parts.
[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;40513]Thanks for the Final Crisis info. I'm wondering whether to bite or wait. I just spent a packet on 6 Marvel Omnibuses/OHCs, therefore my coffers have been rapidly diminished :eek:[/QUOTE]
I'm a big fan of Final Crisis. It's a book that you will (likely) read multiple times, and the Absolute format is incredible. It was my 2nd Absolute purchase.
[QUOTE=Ari Gold;42201]It's a book that you will (likely) read multiple times[/QUOTE]
or set it on fire and throw out of the window.
But if you like it, you should check The Return of Bruce Wayne, it's as much of a continuation/aftermath of FC than part of the Batman storyline.
[QUOTE=alb2009;39789]
A question. Do you guys sell your TPB after you get the absolute of a certain story? I don't know whether its worth it to keep them around if I'm always going to read the absolutes.[/QUOTE]
Depends. I have some that I sold off or gave away and some that I have kept. An absolute does not leave the house for any friend or family to borrow. If I want to share something that I wish to promote, then the smaller books are the ones that I can let go out of the house.
Thanks for your input everyone. I think I'll sell off my tpbs. Its not like my friends or family respect it as a medium so I have no one to lend to.
[QUOTE=danmar85;39890]What condition do you usually get them in? I'm a bit reluctant to order from ebay, but if I can save a quite a bit on a book I want it's tempting. What condition do you guys who order from ebay expect your comic books to show up in?[/QUOTE]
I gotta say I've been very lucky (and attentive) in this regard. All-Star superman was from a glitch so brand new, for Hush and Watchmen i simply looked at the pictures the sellers had provided on ebay. Both were in excellent condition. Also another great thing about the absolutes are those slipcases, so even if there is any damage the book inside will be unscathed. Now I want to get New Frontier and Long Halloween before DC increase their MSRP for the next reprint.
Does anyone here have the Justice League International HCs? What is the binding? Is there any supplemental material? Pics would be greatly appreciated.
[QUOTE=Orion;41221]I have no idea what you're talking about now. That web site explicitly shows that the Sinestro Corps War is laid out exactly as I explained. The first omnibus according to your socilit goes to the very end of the Sinestro Corps War, but doesn't include any of the GLC chapters or the other 3 Tales chapters.
Of course Green Lantern Corps itself started before the Sinestro Corps War, but it doesn't start intertwining story-wise with Johns' GL until then.[/QUOTE]
Ah I was reading the wrong numbers, too many late nights. Bugger they've really screwed the pooch haven't they.
[QUOTE=Balakin;42227]or set it on fire and throw out of the window.
But if you like it, you should check The Return of Bruce Wayne, it's as much of a continuation/aftermath of FC than part of the Batman storyline.[/QUOTE]
I loved FC. Every time I read it I find something new. RoBW on the other hand didn't impress me that much.
[QUOTE=momaw;43356]I loved FC. Every time I read it I find something new. RoBW on the other hand didn't impress me that much.[/QUOTE]
I was only referring to the fact that people tend to love or really hate Morrison. I used to hate Morrison with a burning passion and sweared that I'm never gonna touch any of his crap again, than things changed an now I'm a pathetic GM fanboy.
RoBW impressed me because I thought it will only be a cute little adventure but at the end it was almost FC all over again (just on a smaller scale), which was quite surprising for me. I also liked the "first truth of Batman" thing, it came out reall nice and made INC a logical follow up emotionally too.
I just hate that they went straight to Absolue for Batman Inc. instead of giving us the two new52 trades in one deluxe hardcover to match (almost) all of the rest. It's maddening.
[QUOTE=Orion;43905]I just hate that they went straight to Absolue for Batman Inc. instead of giving us the two new52 trades in one deluxe hardcover to match (almost) all of the rest. It's maddening.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure they'll put out a deluxe of the new 52 series. Don't see why an absolute had to come first though..