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Dark Knight Detective Vol 2 came out this week and the contents are as follows:
Detective Comics 583-591
Detective Comics Annual 1
Who's Who entries:
Alfred
Ventriloquist & Scarface
Ratcatcher
Poison Ivy
A few things to note
1. These Detective comics issues are also contained in "Batman by Norm Breyfogle Vol 1" but the Annual/Who's Who entries are NOT
2. The Annual is the first of a 3 part story followed in Green Arrow Annual 1 and Question Annual 1 which are NOT included
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9 issues and an annual is a waste of time, IMO.
Maybe when it's on deep discount.
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[QUOTE=AstonishingXMan;3977097]9 issues and an annual is a waste of time, IMO.
Maybe when it's on deep discount.[/QUOTE]
This TPB has 280 pages. What did you expect? IMO this is a nice opportunity to get all Batman and Detective Comics issues - in chronological order, complete, and including all the Annuals - between CoIE and Knightfall.
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I wish D C would be more consistent though.
They have a soft cover Breyfogle trade out this week and than next month have a hard cover book
with Norm Breyfogle art covering a Detective 608-621 and a few Batman issues.
I already own the single issues, but because I no longer collect singles,
will probably buy both and any future releases.
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[QUOTE=shaboo;3977871]This TPB has 280 pages. What did you expect? IMO this is a nice opportunity to get [B]all Batman and Detective Comics issues - in chronological order, complete[/B], and including all the Annuals - between CoIE and Knightfall.[/QUOTE]
It seems like they will skip A Death in the Family.
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[QUOTE=Mad Hatter;3980910]It seems like they will skip A Death in the Family.[/QUOTE]
Yes, they're skipping everything that's still available in other TPB's, like A Death In The Family, A Lonely Place Of Dying, Year Two etc. Makes sense, as nobody wants to buy these a second or third time.
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What's the binding like on the Geoff Johns GL omnis? Looks like it's going to work out cheaper to get them than to wait for the TPBs.
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[QUOTE=The Cheat;3981302]What's the binding like on the Geoff Johns GL omnis? Looks like it's going to work out cheaper to get them than to wait for the TPBs.[/QUOTE]
Omnis are fine. Nice paper, solid binding and opens up decently and the other selling point is the nice glossy covers. I do not like the cheaper black board on the larger omnis. I don’t mind them for smaller under 800 pages.
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[QUOTE=RamblingMan;3981354]Omnis are fine. Nice paper, solid binding and opens up decently and the other selling point is the nice glossy covers.[/QUOTE]
I bought all three volumes recently and can confirm this.
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[QUOTE=shaboo;3981023]Yes, they're skipping everything that's still available in other TPB's, like A Death In The Family, A Lonely Place Of Dying, Year Two etc. Makes sense, as nobody wants to buy these a second or third time.[/QUOTE]
I haven't been following the others, but the solicit for Batman: The Caped Crusader vol 2 says it includes A Lonely Place of Dying.
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Thanks guys, I'll take the plunge then.
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[QUOTE=Clark_Kent;3983224]I haven't been following the others, but the solicit for Batman: The Caped Crusader vol 2 says it includes A Lonely Place of Dying.[/QUOTE]
Yes, you're right. Odd decision, as the Death In The Family TPB also includes the complete A Lonely Place of Dying storyline. DC really has a tendency to mess things up ...
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[QUOTE=Clark_Kent;3983224]I haven't been following the others, but the solicit for Batman: The Caped Crusader vol 2 says it includes A Lonely Place of Dying.[/QUOTE]
Are they including the issues of New Titans? The story doesn't make much sense if they are omitted.
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Think I might make a custom dust jacket for the Final Crisis omnibus. I can't fathom why DC decided to plaster the 10th anniversary thing all over it.
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[QUOTE=shaboo;3977871]This TPB has 280 pages. What did you expect? IMO this is a nice opportunity to get all Batman and Detective Comics issues - in chronological order, complete, and including all the Annuals - between CoIE and Knightfall.[/QUOTE]
I agree and that is certainly a nice goal. But I prefer comprehensive "collect the whole run" trades to have at least 12-14+ issues. DC seems to skimp on pages, and in today's online discount world if their books were $40 we would still get them at a great price and get more collected with less wait.
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[QUOTE=Rincewind;3983559]Are they including the issues of New Titans? The story doesn't make much sense if they are omitted.[/QUOTE]
Good question. The solicit does not mention New Titans, but says it includes "the legendary story."
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[QUOTE=Clark_Kent;3985238]Good question. The solicit does not mention New Titans, but says it includes "the legendary story." [/QUOTE]
If the number of pages (304) is correct (and judging from what DC has often done in the past), there'll be no Titans. Annual #13 alone has 46 comic pages, leaving 258 pages for 12 Batman issues.
At least you'd get parts 1, 3 and 5 of this storyline, including the beginning and the ending ...
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So I pre-ordered the American Vampire Omnibus. I do not know much about it beyond it being written by Scott Snyder and that it sounded interesting. Going to give it a shot. Anyone here read the series?
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Was thinking about picking up the [I]Superman: Panic in the Sky[/I] trade when I'm at my LCS next week, but just thought I'd double-check with you guys that the material isn't included in the [I]Superman: Exile and Other Stories[/I] omnibus-- And if it isn't, which do I read first?
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[QUOTE=RamblingMan;3987026]So I pre-ordered the American Vampire Omnibus. I do not know much about it beyond it being written by Scott Snyder and that it sounded interesting. Going to give it a shot. Anyone here read the series?[/QUOTE]
I had about the first 8 HC’s that we’re released, I enjoyed it quite a bit and thought that it would get the omnibus treatment one day, so I stopped collecting them and sold them in preparation, good decision, I think it will read better in one big chunk too
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[QUOTE=titansupes;3987050]Was thinking about picking up the [I]Superman: Panic in the Sky[/I] trade when I'm at my LCS next week, but just thought I'd double-check with you guys that the material isn't included in the [I]Superman: Exile and Other Stories[/I] omnibus-- And if it isn't, which do I read first?[/QUOTE]
The omnibus ends 1989 while PitS is from 1992, so first read the omnibus then PitS.
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so i have a (random) question.
DC is producing a bunch of silver age omnibuses, green lantern being one of them. volume 1 was released in 2017 and contained [I]showcase[/I] 22-24, and [I]green lantern[/I] 1-35. volume 2 was released earlier this year, and contained #36-75.
a few months after vol 2 was released, DC put out a [I]green lantern/green arrow: hard traveling heroes[/I] deluxe edition, which i believe is a scaled back version of the same absolute edition they released a few years back. this contains #76-87, #89, and the [I]flash[/I] back-up features.
my question: should i assume this [I]hard traveling heroes[/I] deluxe edition is the de facto volume 3 of their silver age GL omnibus series (even thought it is not, in fact, an omnibus) or do you think DC will put out an actual volume 3 next year covering the exact same material they just released?
the prospect of buying this deluxe edition when a volume 3 may be on its way next year is giving me a shocking amount of anxiety. i'm just not as familiar with DC's collected edition practices.
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I don't think they'd re-release what is essentially the same book with a different title. "Hard Traveling Heroes" is a well known classic, and will continue to be marketed and reprinted as its own thing, I would think.
If you're worried about a massive double-dip (and I don't blame you), wait it out and see if a GL Silver Age Vol. 3 pops up in the solicitations. Again, "Hard Traveling Heroes" is one you shouldn't have to worry about going out of print for awhile; and if it does, there's always another reprint on the horizon for that one.
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[QUOTE=Adset;3987267]so i have a (random) question.
DC is producing a bunch of silver age omnibuses, green lantern being one of them. volume 1 was released in 2017 and contained [I]showcase[/I] 22-24, and [I]green lantern[/I] 1-35. volume 2 was released earlier this year, and contained #36-75.
a few months after vol 2 was released, DC put out a [I]green lantern/green arrow: hard traveling heroes[/I] deluxe edition, which i believe is a scaled back version of the same absolute edition they released a few years back. this contains #76-87, #89, and the [I]flash[/I] back-up features.
my question: should i assume this [I]hard traveling heroes[/I] deluxe edition is the de facto volume 3 of their silver age GL omnibus series (even thought it is not, in fact, an omnibus) or do you think DC will put out an actual volume 3 next year covering the exact same material they just released?
the prospect of buying this deluxe edition when a volume 3 may be on its way next year is giving me a shocking amount of anxiety. i'm just not as familiar with DC's collected edition practices.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=SJNeal;3987313]^ ^ ^
I don't think they'd re-release what is essentially the same book with a different title. "Hard Traveling Heroes" is a well known classic, and will continue to be marketed and reprinted as its own thing, I would think.
If you're worried about a massive double-dip (and I don't blame you), wait it out and see if a GL Silver Age Vol. 3 pops up in the solicitations. Again, "Hard Traveling Heroes" is one you shouldn't have to worry about going out of print for awhile; and if it does, there's always another reprint on the horizon for that one.[/QUOTE]
What SJNeal wrote. I would just add that we'll most likely see a Green Lantern Bronze Age Vol. 1 as GL #76 was from 1970 and that's when the Bronze Age moreorless started. The next GL Omnibus will incorporate all of Hard Travelling Heroes and around 20 more issues.
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I'm also just waiting on GL Bronze Age vol.1 Omni
I did not buy the Hard Traveling Heroes cause I feel certain this book is coming at some point. It may be next year or 3yrs away with a GL movie, I don't know but I can wait it out.
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[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;3987625]What SJNeal wrote. I would just add that[B] we'll most likely see a Green Lantern Bronze Age Vol. 1[/B] as GL #76 was from 1970 and that's when the Bronze Age moreorless started. The next GL Omnibus will incorporate all of Hard Travelling Heroes and around 20 more issues.[/QUOTE]
Ah, good point.
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[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;3987625]What SJNeal wrote. I would just add that we'll most likely see a Green Lantern Bronze Age Vol. 1 as GL #76 was from 1970 and that's when the Bronze Age moreorless started. The next GL Omnibus will incorporate all of Hard Travelling Heroes and around 20 more issues.[/QUOTE]
IIRC the Hard Travelling Heroes collection also featured the updated Neal Adams art so its likely the BA omnibus 1 will feature the original art (the Batman: Brave & the Bold Omni featured the original art rather than the updated versions)
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[QUOTE=JAG2045;3974707]Dark Knight Detective Vol 2 came out this week and the contents are as follows:
Detective Comics 583-591
Detective Comics Annual 1
Who's Who entries:
Alfred
Ventriloquist & Scarface
Ratcatcher
Poison Ivy
A few things to note
1. These Detective comics issues are also contained in "Batman by Norm Breyfogle Vol 1" but the Annual/Who's Who entries are NOT
2. The Annual is the first of a 3 part story followed in Green Arrow Annual 1 and Question Annual 1 which are NOT included[/QUOTE]
Further to this there is also one extra story in Dark Knight Detective vol 2 that is not in the Breyfogle collections - Detective Comics 589 Bonus Book 5 "For the love of Ivy" written by Lewis Klahr & Steve Piersall
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[QUOTE=shaboo;3987157]The omnibus ends 1989 while PitS is from 1992, so first read the omnibus then PitS.[/QUOTE]
Nice, thanks.
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The "new" cover for the [B]Wonder Woman, Diana Prince: The 50th Anniversary Omnibus[/B] has appeared on amazon:
[IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91a5JumWi6L.jpg[/IMG]
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As has the [B]Super Sons Omnibus[/B] cover:
[IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91F15GZJu8L.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=Raffi Ol D'Arcy;3989352]The "new" cover for the [B]Wonder Woman, Diana Prince: The 50th Anniversary Omnibus[/B] has appeared on amazon:
[IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91a5JumWi6L.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I really wish DC would stop with these 'anniversary' omnibuses. It just ruins an otherwise great cover.
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Just started reading Batman Rebirth deluxe hc...is the black guy who gets the yellow costume in the first issue a completely new character? Or was he introduced previously? It's a little jarring reading this complete unknown all of a sudden be in the batcave and know Batman's identity etc.
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[QUOTE=Orion;3992918]Just started reading Batman Rebirth deluxe hc...is the black guy who gets the yellow costume in the first issue a completely new character? Or was he introduced previously? It's a little jarring reading this complete unknown all of a sudden be in the batcave and know Batman's identity etc.[/QUOTE]
That's Duke Thomas, he was introduced in the Snyder run originally as a normal kid who helps Batman during the Zero Year story. Later he becomes a member of the We Are Robin movement before graduating to a new identity of "The Signal"
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How’s the binding on the new edition of the New Teen Titans Omnibus?
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[QUOTE=2nd line g;3999319]How’s the binding on the new edition of the New Teen Titans Omnibus?[/QUOTE]
Great. DC has pretty much fixed their binding problems. Even the new Infinite Crisis and gigantic Final Crisis can stay open without much gutterloss.
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I have a question about the Grant Morrison Batman omnibus. How much of 52 is included? Couple of panels, pages, or whole issues? Are the panels of Wonder Woman meeting some big head of light in a tempel included? I seem to remember such panels from 52 (some time since I read it) inbetween those of Bruce coming out of a cave, saying he's cured.
Also. Is it a heavy book?
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It's not light, but it's not as heavy as the Knightfall omnibii
11 pages of 52 #30, 4 pages of 52 #47. Diana chatting with Tim is included, her getting wisdom from the big head of light is not. Last page of 47 that's included is Bruce exiting the cave
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[QUOTE=bob/.schoonover;4007880]It's not light, but it's not as heavy as the Knightfall omnibii
11 pages of 52 #30, 4 pages of 52 #47. Diana chatting with Tim is included, her getting wisdom from the big head of light is not. Last page of 47 that's included is Bruce exiting the cave[/QUOTE]
Thanks for replying. Sounds like it's a well put together book! :)
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[QUOTE=borntohula;4007907]Thanks for replying. Sounds like it's a well put together book! :)[/QUOTE]
It is. The recap pages for Final Crisis and Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul are well done, too.