DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

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BATMAN: THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS VOL. 10
Written by BILL FINGER, EDMOND HAMILTON, WILLIAM WOOLFOLK, and others
Art by BOB KANE, DICK SPRANG, SHELDON MOLDOFF, and others
Cover by WIN MORTIMER
$100.00 US | 688 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-309-9
ON SALE 9/12/23
The Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder return for another thrilling tome of adventures that close out the Golden Age of comics. In this volume, marvel at the voyage of the first Batmarine, see the Dark Knight fall head over heels in love, fight the likes of the Joker and Catwoman, and meet Ace the Bat-Hound, Mad Hattter,and the Batmen of All Nations for the very first time! This long-awaited and final omnibus in the Batman: The Golden Age series collects full-color restorations of the Dark Knight's capers in Batman #86-100, Detective Comics #211-232, along with a brand-new foreword by the originator and executive producer of the Batman film franchise, Michael Uslan.

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BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL OMNIBUS VOL. 1 (2023 EDITION)
Written by DOUG MOENCH, CHUCK DIXON, and ALAN GRANT
Art by JIM APARO, NORM BREYFOGLE, GRAHAM NOLAN, and others
Cover by KELLEY JONES
$150.00 US | 960 pages | 7 1/4" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-340-2
ON SALE 9/19/23
Offered again! The Dark Knight’s deadliest enemies have escaped Arkham Asylum! The Joker, Two-Face, the Mad Hatter, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Firefly, and Zsasz—one by one, Batman must face them in mortal combat. But lurking at the end of this seemingly endless gauntlet is the deadliest menace of all—a mysterious man-mountain known as Bane who has one goal: to break the Bat! Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 1 includes the bestselling storyline from Batman #484-500, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18, Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1, Detective Comics #654-666, and Showcase ’93 #7-8.

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THE DEAD BOY DETECTIVES OMNIBUS (THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE CLASSICS)
Written by TOBY LITT, MARK BUCKINGHAM, JILL THOMPSON, NEIL GAIMAN, ED BRUBAKER, and others
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM, JILL THOMPSON, BRYAN TALBOT, CHRIS BACHALO, and others
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
$100.00 US | 800 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-452-2
ON SALE 10/10/23
Stepping out of the pages of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, the Dead Boy Detectives are thrust into the mystery of a lifetime.
Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine were murdered at boarding school, but that hasn’t stopped them from living out their dreams. While avoiding Death (literally) they enjoy a ghostly afterlife by reading mystery novels, watching thrillers, and hanging out in their clubhouse. Aspiring to the (un) life of a detective, the two will take on their first case and unwittingly fall prey to supernatural horrors galore and a life(less)long obsession with solving creepy, scary capers.
The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus (The Sandman Universe Classics) collects The Sandman #25, The Children’s Crusade #1-2, The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives #1-4, Dead Boy Detectives #1-12, and Jill Thompson’s The Dead Boy Detectives; an original middle chapter to the Children’s Crusade from Free Country: A Tale of the Children’s Crusade; stories from Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #3, Ghosts #1, Time Warp #1, and The Witching Hour #1; and pages from Death: At Death’s Door, Swamp Thing Annual #7, and Doom Patrol Annual #2. Featuring a brand-new introduction by Mark Buckingham and a brand-new cover by Chris Bachalo, along with an extensive behind-the-scenes gallery of never-before-seen artwork, sketches, proposals, and more!

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BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL OMNIBUS
Written by JAMES TYNION IV, SCOTT SNYDER, TIM SEELEY, and others
Art by TONY S. DANIEL, PAUL PELLETIER, SCOT EATON, and others
Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
$100.00 US | 624 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-303-7
ON SALE 9/19/23
Taking place after Batman Eternal, Batman & Robin Eternal follows former Boy Wonder Dick Grayson rallying together Red Hood, Red Robin, Robin, Bluebird, Cassandra Cain, and the rest of the Bat-Family as they strive to maintain order in a Gotham without Batman. With no Dark Knight to guide them, do they stand any chance of defeating a long-forgotten foe named Mother, whose specialty is turning trafficked humans into weapons? Join the all-star creative team of James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley, Tony S. Daniel, and more in this complete volume collecting Batman & Robin Eternal #1-26 and Batman: Endgame Special Edition #1.
Features a brand-new cover by Tony S. Daniel!

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WONDER WOMAN: BLOOD AND GUTS: THE DELUXE EDITION
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art and cover by CLIFF CHIANG
$49.99 US | 360 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-316-7
ON SALE 10/10/23
When Wonder Woman is willing to take a stand against Hera, queen of the gods, she makes herself an enemy. But Hera isn’t the one Wonder Woman should be worried about…Hera’s daughter, Eris, has a secret that will shatter Wonder Woman’s life. Plus, Hades and Poseidon need to settle who will be king of the gods, and Wonder Woman can’t let their turf war decimate the realm of man! And what true story of the gods is complete without a little trip to hell? Read all this and more in Wonder Woman: Blood and Guts: The Deluxe Edition, collecting Wonder Woman #0-12 and featuring a brand-new wraparound cover by Cliff Chiang!

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DCEASED: THE DELUXE EDITION
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
$39.99 US | 296 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-335-8
ON SALE 10/3/23
Six hundred million people. That’s how many fall victim when a mysterious techno-organic virus is unleased on Earth. Six hundred million infected. Six hundred million turned into mindless, rampaging killers bent on death and destruction.
And that's just the beginning.
Cities. Nations. Undersea kingdoms and paradise islands. One by one, they fall to the monstrous hordes. Now only Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League stand between Earth and utter annihilation…
But for how long?
Nothing they’ve ever faced has prepared them for an onslaught of this magnitude. Nothing they've ever seen can match the scale of the tragedy and terror that have been unleashed. As heroes and villains, gods and monsters are wiped out, only one question remains: What happens to the World’s Greatest Heroes if the world ends? Collects DCeased #1-6 and DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 along with a massive variant cover gallery and an extensive behind the scenes featuring never-before-seen artwork and more!

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THE NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE: THE DELUXE EDITION
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by ÁLVARO MARTÍNEZ BUENO
$49.99 US | 424 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-157-6
ON SALE 10/17/23
From Eisner Award-winning horror maestro James Tynion IV and his artistic collaborator Álvaro Martínez Bueno comes a tale of psychological terror that plays on the anxieties of the 21st century. Walter has always seemed a little strange. But after he invites 10 friends to a weekend getaway at a secluded house on a lake, they discover just how different he is when he reveals his true face and announces that life as they knew it will never be the same again. This deluxe edition hardcover collects the entire 12-issue first cycle and features a brand-new cover, original character outlines, and a gallery of development art and behind-the-scenes extras.

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BATMAN: ONE DARK KNIGHT
Written by JOCK
Art and cover by JOCK
$19.99 US | 168 pages | Softcover | 8 1/2" x 10 7/8" | ISBN: 978-1-77952-052-4
ON SALE 9/19/23
Iconic Batman artist Jock delivers a bare-knuckle brawl through the blacked-out streets of Gotham! Batman just has to get the dangerous electromagnetic super-villain E.M.P. across the city and into Blackgate Prison during a citywide power outage…but Gotham’s gangs, and even a dangerous subset of its police, have very different plans for E.M.P.’s abilities! Collects the complete limited series Batman: One Dark Knight #1-3.

[Captain Craig]

Yeah for WW Golden Age vol. 5 w/matching dust cover
Yeah for WW Silver Age vol.2
Yeah for Batman Golden Age vol. 10.....BOOOOO on that non-matching dust cover. Yes, I'm one of those and yes it matters. Content great to get, why do they muck up this last volume dust jacket! *screams at clouds*

[Adset]

Having missed out on previous Knightfall editions, I’m all over that.

[bob.schoonover]

Did we know Death Metal was getting an omnibus so soon?

https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779523075

[JBatmanFan05]

Did we know Death Metal was getting an omnibus so soon?

https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779523075

The problem with this and the Metal Omnibus is that I think these two particular events are better when reading less issues, like reading mostly only (though perhaps not entirely) the Scott Snyder entries. It's a problem with a lot of comics events though. But I will be most curious about the order they use for this Death Metal one.

Snyder's runs are interesting in that things are connected but not so clearly or overtly. I view Death Metal as the real end to Snyder's JL run (which is basically a sequel to his Batman/All Star/Metal/Last Night on Earth run).

[bob.schoonover]

The problem with this and the Metal Omnibus is that I think these two particular events are better when reading less issues, liking reading mostly only (though perhaps not entirely) the Scott Snyder entries. It's a problem with a lot of comics events though. But I will be most curious about the order they use for this Death Metal one.

Snyder's runs are interesting in that things are connected but not so clearly or overtly. I view Death Metal as the real end to Snyder's JL run (which is basically a sequel to his Batman/All Star/Metal/Last Night on Earth run).

I don't disagree about the reading order/completionist thing, but since DC decided never to publish a version of Dark Nights: Metal that was all of Snyder's stuff (they always omit the two Dark Days books at minimum), I grabbed the first omni. This second one I'll waffle back and forth about for a few more months - there's some interesting stuff in DM, but (1) I felt it really paid short shrift to Snyder's JL run by ignoring a lot of the developments in favor of more BWL and (2) it got so quickly ignored that it's hardly essential.

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BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL OMNIBUS
Written by JAMES TYNION IV, SCOTT SNYDER, TIM SEELEY, and others
Art by TONY S. DANIEL, PAUL PELLETIER, SCOT EATON, and others
Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
$100.00 US | 624 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-303-7
ON SALE 9/19/23
Taking place after Batman Eternal, Batman & Robin Eternal follows former Boy Wonder Dick Grayson rallying together Red Hood, Red Robin, Robin, Bluebird, Cassandra Cain, and the rest of the Bat-Family as they strive to maintain order in a Gotham without Batman. With no Dark Knight to guide them, do they stand any chance of defeating a long-forgotten foe named Mother, whose specialty is turning trafficked humans into weapons? Join the all-star creative team of James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley, Tony S. Daniel, and more in this complete volume collecting Batman & Robin Eternal #1-26 and Batman: Endgame Special Edition #1.
Features a brand-new cover by Tony S. Daniel!

Does anyone have any thoughts on the quality of this material? I missed out reading Batman Eternal and this one, but am thinking about picking this one up and would like to get Batman Eternal when it gets reprinted. Thoughts on both would be most welcome.

[bob.schoonover]

Batman Eternal was, imo, overly long, a bit too convoluted, and has highly variable art (to be kind).

I liked Batman and Robin Eternal much more - it's a tighter story that flows much better. It's set in a very specific point in time - while Dick is a secret agent, Bruce isn't Batman, and We Are Robin was going on - you'll need to know those things going in.