Not only that, but think about if you were trying to put together a Frank Miller DD run. Issues 158 and 168 combined would pretty much cost the same as the discounted omnibus.
Ha ha. Yes, but that's one whole book of Roger Stern awesomeness. You need nothing else!
By Who?? Sure they're great works, but I think most people would rank Miller's early Batman as some of his best. Zenith is great and I'd certainly recommend it, but that's Morrison in his early years. He certainly hadn't hit full cylinder at that point. Just my two cents.
I have the complete edition they put out last year and it is not oversized, it will be a little bigger but that is due to the fact that it is 2000 AD and the Prog is a little bigger width wise but the reprint is slightly less the width 2000 AD Prog it is about the same size all 2000 AD reprints about the size of the prog. I would be surprised if these new hardcovers are bigger or smaller but it is a great read and well worth getting.
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I prefer Miller's Batman over Sin City but no doubt Sin City is considered one of Miller's best work. As for Zenith I agree I wouldn't say it is best work but you do see a lot of ideas laid out in that book that would be used through all his other works especially in Phase 3 with the multiverse and Lloigor laying the ground work for lots of ideas he would use again but if you like Morrison Zenith is a must read.
"You don't ever quit. Not even to your last drop of blood. You got folks relyin' on you then you just can't afford to." Sean Noonan-Hitman #47
I can't speak to the Morrison Doctor Who issues since I haven't read them, but I have the Dave Gibbons Doctor Who hardcover and while I've only read a couple of the stories in it so far, I thought they were very good and imitated the tone of the 4th doctor episodes quite nicely.
Just some random thoughts:
I've recently discovered I don't want to go back to ancient eras like the Golden age or Silver age anymore. It's nice to have a few collections to remind you of where comics came from, but there's something about them that prevents me from truly caring anymore. Maybe it's a combination of a few things: simpler art, simpler characterizations (see: Golden Age DC), history that gets re-written anyway, too innocent, predictable because you know the future of the character. I've slowly learnt that whenever I order trades, I jump immediately to the current stuff and burn through those in an instant, and the old classics get read last, if I even have the patience to read them at all. This includes books like Moore's Swamp Thing. I don't know, does anyone else feel the same?
I also wanted to ask: most of you seem to buy hardcovers over trades. I'm not ashamed to admit that I buy trades simply because they're cheaper (less money spent per booK = more books). But alot of you with more cash buy hardcovers. Is there a practical reason for this? Do trades start falling apart after a few years? I don't re-read the stuff I have much, but I may soon have a generation of nephews interested in pulling out my books. Was wondering if there's a specific reason why you guys seems to prefer hardcovers on your shelves.
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