Are there any issues of the Triangle Era that are omitted by these trade paperbacks?
The Death of Superman
The Return of Superman
World Without Superman
Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite
They Save Luthor's Brain
Transformed
Our Worlds At War Vol 1
Our Worlds At War Vol 2
Emperor Joker
Eradicated
Til Death Do Us Part
Return To Krypton
No Limits
Critical Condition
Trial of Superman
Wedding and Beyond
Panic in the Sky
Death of Clark Kent
Time and Time Again
Versus the Revenge Squad
Dark Knight Over Metropolis
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01-06-2022, 02:51 AM #1Astonishing Member
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Do These Trades Cover All Of The Triangle Era?
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01-06-2022, 07:18 AM #2Mighty Member
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I am sure there are missing issues from that list. I filled in all the gaps of my collection of that era a couple of years ago with a combination of trades and floppies so I had looked pretty extensively into this.
This list of collected editions on Wikipedia will tell you what issues are in all the trades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ected_editions
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01-07-2022, 10:07 PM #3Astonishing Member
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The Triangle Era ran from ~91 if I recall up through 2001. Those trades barely scratch the surface, and unfortunately most of it remains uncollected.
Originally Posted by Timothy Hunter
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01-08-2022, 01:27 AM #4Astonishing Member
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Ok, so I counted all of the issues collected in the Superman trade paperbacks above.
Superman had 55 issues collected.
Action Comics had 55 issues collected.
Man of Steel had 39 issues collected.
Adventures had 45 issues collected.
The number of issues that span from Dark Knight Over Metropolis to Return to Krypton for each title are 130 for Action Comics, 132 for Superman, 120 for Man of Steel, and 131 for Adventures of Superman.
The rough percentage of Triangle Era Superman comics collected:
Superman 41.6%
Man of Steel 32.5%
Adventures of Superman 34.3%
Action Comics 42.3%
I fucked up and included Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite and Dark Knight Over Metropolis, which were a little bit before the Triangle numbering, into my survey sample, so I included them too regardless. Also there might be some slight margin of error due to the fact that They Saved Luthor's Brain collects some issues from Byrne's run years before the Triangle era.
Clark_Kent is right. These collections are hardly comprehensive. I wonder what if the uncollected Triangle Era issues are mainly one and done type stories. I can also imagine that issues that tie into crossovers with the larger DC Universe such as The Final Night, Underworld Unleashed, and and Genesis are omitted from these tpbs.Last edited by Timothy Hunter; 01-08-2022 at 02:25 PM.
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01-08-2022, 02:02 PM #5Relaunched, not rebooted!
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One and done stories were few and far between during this era. And yeah, the trades you listed are frustrating to say the least. Many include "material from" as opposed to full issues, and the covers are either thumbnailed four to a page, or not included at all (a personal pet peeve
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My hope is that DC just starts collecting from post-Exile and goes from there. At this point I don't mind if it's omni's, or standard HC's like the Byrne volumes, just get this **** collected already!
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01-08-2022, 02:33 PM #6Astonishing Member
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Combining all of the issues of Superman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, and Man of Steel under the Triangle banner* adds up to 513 issues. All 21 trade paperbacks collect 194 issues, so that's roughly 37.8%.
*including Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite and Dark Lnight Over Metropolis.
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01-09-2022, 01:59 AM #7Astonishing Member
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I would kill for DC to give the post Exile stuff the same treatment they've been giving to Post Crisis Batman. Just put out some nice chunky trades if they don't think omnis will sell. Originally Posted by SJNeal
One and done stories were few and far between during this era. And yeah, the trades you listed are frustrating to say the least. Many include "material from" as opposed to full issues, and the covers are either thumbnailed four to a page, or not included at all (a personal pet peeve ).
My hope is that DC just starts collecting from post-Exile and goes from there. At this point I don't mind if it's omni's, or standard HC's like the Byrne volumes, just get this **** collected already!"Darkseid...always hated music..."
Every post I make, it should be assumed by the reader that the following statement is attached: "It's all subjective. What works for me doesn't necessarily work for you, and vice versa, and that's ok. You may have a different opinion on it, but this is mine. That's the wonderful thing about being a comics fan, it's all subjective."
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OK, I've done this before, but I'll post it again because DC needs to be pressured to do the right thing by us Superman devotees. Post Exile, here's how I would collect the triangle years into omnibus'.
Superman: The Engagement and Other Stories Omnibus (1989-1990)
Action Comics #647-660
Superman #38-50
Adventures of Superman #461-473, Annual #2
Starman #28
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 1 Omnibus (1991)
Superman #51-62, Annual #3
Adventures of Superman #474-485, Annual #3
Action Comics #661-672, Annual #3
Man of Steel #1-6
Superman: For Earth
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 2 Omnibus (1992)
Man of Steel #7-16, #17 (minus epilogue), Annual #1
Superman #63-72, # 73 (minus epilogue), Annual #4
Adventures of Superman #486-495, #496 (minus epilogue), Annual #4
Action Comics #673-682, #683 (minus epilogue), Annual #4
Superman Special #1
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 3 Omnibus (1992-1993) a.k.a. The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus
Man of Steel #17 (epilogue only), 18-27, Annual #2
Superman #73 (epilogue only), 74-83, Annual #5
Adventures of Superman #495 (epilogue only), 496-506, Annual #5
Action Comics #684 (epilogue only), 685-693, Annual #5
Justice League America #69-70
Green Lantern #46
Legacy of Superman #1
Supergirl and Team Luthor #1
Newstime Magazine
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 4 Omnibus (1993-1994)
Man of Steel #0, 28-37, Annual #3
Superman #0, 84-93, Annual #6
Adventures of Superman #0, 507-516, Annual #6
Action Comics #0, 694-703, Annual #6
Supergirl (mini-series) #1-4
Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #1-3
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 5 Omnibus (1994-1995)
Man of Steel #38-49, Annual #4
Superman #94-105, Annual #7
Adventures of Superman #517-528, Annual #7
Action Comics #704-714, Annual #7
Man of Tomorrow #1
Doomsday Annual #1
Guy Gardner: Warrior #30
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 6 Omnibus (1995-1996)
Man of Tomorrow #2-6
Action Comics #715-726, Annual #8
Man of Steel #50-61, Annual #5
Superman #106-116, Annual #8
Adventures of Superman #529-539, Annual #8
Steel #22
Superman/Toyman #1
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 7 Omnibus (1996-1997)
Superman #117-127, Annual #9
Adventures of Superman #540-550, Annual #9
Action Comics #727-737, Annual #9
Man of Steel #62-71, Annual #6
Man of Tomorrow #7-8
Superman: The Wedding Album #1
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 8 Omnibus (1997-1998)
Man of Tomorrow #9-10
Man of Steel #72-79
Superman #128-135
Adventures of Superman #551-557
Action Comics #738-744
Superman Red/Superman Blue #1
Superman Secret Files #1
Aquaman #43
Challengers of the Unknown #15
Teen Titans #19
Supergirl #20
Steel #50
Team Superman Secret Files #1
Superman Villains Secret Files #1
Superman Forever #1 (minus epilogues)
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 9 Omnibus (1998-1999)
Superman Forever #1 (epilogues only)
Adventures of Superman #558-563, 1,000,000
Action Comics #745-750, 1,000,000
Man of Steel #80-85, 1,000,000
Superman #136-140, 1,000,000, Annual #10
Man of Tomorrow #11, 1,000,000
Superman: Save the Planet #1
Superman: The Doomsday Wars #1-3
Superman: The Triangle Years Vol. 10 Omnibus (1999)
Man of Tomorrow #12-14
Superman #141-150, Annual #11
Adventures of Superman #564-572
Action Comics #751-759
Man of Steel #86-94
Supermen of America #1
Superman Secret Files #2
Superman: King of the World #1
Team Superman #1
Superman: The New Millennium Vol. 1 Omnibus (1999-2000)
Man of Tomorrow #15
Superman #151-159, Annual #12
Adventures of Superman #573-581
Man of Steel #95-103
Action Comics #760-768
Superman: Y2K #1
Superman: Metropolis Secret Files #1
Superman: The New Millennium Vol. 2 Omnibus (2000-2001)
Superman #160-170
Adventures of Superman #582-592
Man of Steel #104-114
Action Comics #769-779
Superman: Emperor Joker #1
Superman: Lex 2000 #1
Superman: President Lex Secret Files #1
Detective Comics #756
And finally:
Superman: Our Worlds at War and Other Stories Omnibus (2001-2002)
Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files #1
Superman #171-177
Adventures of Superman #593-599
Man of Steel #115-121
Action Comics #780-786
Wonder Woman #171-173
JLA: Our Worlds at War #1
World’s Finest: Our Worlds at War #1
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01-11-2022, 07:13 AM #9I'm at least a C-Lister!
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Yeah, the Caped Crusader and Dark Knight Detective collections are awesome, I have them all. Originally Posted by Clark_Kent
The next few volumes will bring us right up to the first Knightfall book, which as a collection covers Fall/Quest/End (FINALLY collected as completely as we're getting), Prodigal, Zero Hour and Troika. I'm hoping after these they cover Bat and 'Tec up to NML. I have the Moench/Jones hardcovers and the weird Dixon one from the middle of his post-Knightsaga run but I'm greedy and want it all.
Also, this year DC are releasing Batman: The Silver Age Omnibus vol 1, so there may be hope for Superman to follow suit.
In a similar vein, I loved the 'Man of Steel' tpbs for Supes and wanted that to continue. I get why they went with the huge Exile hardcover (that annoyingly won't fit on my shelf!) but really wanted either more hardcovers or for a replacement series to at least bring us up to Doomsday.
Also, I think they're done with the City of Tomorrow (my favourite Superman era) tpbs at a whopping 2 volumes, without getting halfway through the original run of tpbs (which I also have). Really annoyed by that, I was hoping for the whole run or at least through Our Worlds At War.
Oooh, and I have Superman Blue vol 1.... Still waiting on vol 2. Lol.Last edited by exile001; 01-11-2022 at 07:21 AM.
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01-11-2022, 10:26 AM #10Relaunched, not rebooted!
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City of Tomorrow Vol. 3 and Superman Blue Vol. 2 are quickly moving up my want list, but I don't have high hopes for either.
If anything, I could see them repackaging the two existing City of Tomorrow books into one omni, then continuing from there.
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