The J. Michael Straczynski run is very good, with the exceptions (to me) of Sins Past, The Other and One More Day. The rest is pretty enjoyable at worst and straight-up classic at its best. The chunky "complete collection" trades might be harder to find but I often see the old, slimmer paperbacks on sale or on eBay for pretty cheap prices.
Did anyone else pick up the recent Daredevil - Root of Evil Epic Collection?
My copy arrived over a week ago from DCBS, but I just got around to opening the box last night. I was appalled by how thin it was before even removing the plastic wrap. Then I realized that was because of the ridiculously thin tissue paper it's printed on. I'm also assuming they've skimped on the cover stock as well, considering they're both curling already. I have 4 or 5 other Epic Collections pre-ordered, as they're currently my favorite line of reprints, but if this is the "standard" going forward, I'll probably be canceling them...
Disappointing. It appears they could be experimenting with paper or dealing with multiple printers. I have Captain America Hero or Hoax? which just came out in July and it seemed to have thicker than usual paper (based on how thick it is compared to other epics I had with similar page count). The paper felt the same to me though.
It turns out that this Epic is a bit of a dud all around. You can find more about the various complaints regarding the quality here.
My copy is on its (long) way from IST.
I think Sins Past would be just a "bad" story had it gone as originally intended. But as it stands, it's indeed awful for all characters involved. I blame Quesada/editorial. At least I really like Dedoato's art, since it was before his photorealistic/(traced?) style fed me up.
Regarding One More Day, it's a status quo return that has absolutely no redeeming qualities and is on my shelf for exclusive completion purposes
Quite a few people on the MMW Forum are completionists and will buy all of, if not most of the MMW HCs and Epic Collection TPBs. I ordered it knowing this to be IMHO the worst period of Daredevil ever (DG Chichester and "Alan Smithee") as I'm a Daredevil fan and completionist.
Agreed.
Agree completely with this. Even more so with the entire point of the Epic Collections being a consistent collection of these books. That should extend to the quality of the book as well. You'd think if Marvel was going to use a new printing company, they'd at least make sure they can reproduce the book quality beforehand.
My Hickman Avengers was bound in a brilliant way.