Standard sized
Deluxe
Omnibus
Absolute
DC's full book market catalogue for the rest of 2022 went up on Edelweiss on Friday, and includes the Metal Omnibus. It also included another new printing of Tomasi's Batman & Robin omnibus.
https://www.edelweiss.plus/#catalogID=4696188&page=1
The specific contents of the Metal Omni aren't listed yet, other than to say it "contains the entire Dark Nights: Metal saga" and that "The main story and all tie-ins are collected in this edition". - https://www.edelweiss.plus/#sku=1779517033&page=1
DC have done the following event omnis:
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time 25th Anniversary - Action Comics #703; Adventures of Superman #516; Anima #7; Batman #511; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31; Catwoman (vol. 2) #14; Damage #0, 6; Darkstars #24; Detective Comics #678; The Flash (vol. 2) #0, 94; Green Arrow (vol. 2) #90; Green Lantern (vol. 3) #0, 55; Guy Gardner, Warrior #24; Hawkman (vol. 3) #13; Justice League America #92; Justice League International (vol. 2) #68; Justice League Task Force #16; L.E.G.I.O.N. '94 #70; Legionnaires #18; Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #61; Outsiders (vol. 2) #11; Robin (vol. 4) #10; Steel (vol. 2) #8; Superboy (vol. 4) #8; Superman (vol. 2) #93; Superman: The Man of Steel #0, 37; Team Titans #24; Valor #23; Zero Hour #4–0; material from Showcase '94 #8–10
Infinite Crisis - Day of Vengeance #1–6, Infinite Crisis Special #1; Rann-Thanagar War #1–6, Infinite Crisis Special #1; Countdown to Infinite Crisis; OMAC Project #1–6, Infinite Crisis Special #1; Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #219; Villains United #1–6, Infinite Crisis Special #1; Infinite Crisis Secret Files and Origins 2006; Infinite Crisis #1–7; Action Comics #826, 829; Adventures of Superman #639, 642; JLA #115–119; Superman (vol. 2) #216, 219
Final Crisis 10th Anniversary - Batman #676–683, 701–702; Birds of Prey #118; DC Universe #0; DC Universe: The Last Will and Testament #1; Final Crisis #1–7; Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1–5; Final Crisis: Requiem #1; Final Crisis: Resist #1; Final Crisis: Revelations #1–5; Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1–3; Final Crisis: Secret Files and Origins #1; Final Crisis: Submit #1; Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1–2; The Flash #240–241; Justice League of America (vol. 2) #21; Superman/Batman #76; Teen Titans (vol. 3) #59–60; Terror Titans #1–6
Flashpoint: The 10th Anniversary Omnibus - Flashpoint #1-5, Booster Gold #44-47, The Flash #9-12, Flashpoint: Reverse-Flash #1, Flashpoint: Abin Sur the Green Lantern #1-3, Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #1-3, Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance #1-3, Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #1-3, Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint #1-3, Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #1-3, Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager #1-3, Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1-3, Flashpoint: The Outsider #1-3, Flashpoint: Secret Seven #1-3, Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1, Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1-3, Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #1-3, Flashpoint: Project Superman #1-3, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1-3, Flashpoint: Green Arrow Industries #1, Flashpoint: Grodd of War #1, Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #1-3, and Flashpoint: The Legion of Doom #1-3
Crisis on Infinite Earths was released in a massive box set https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-nov...earths-box-set
Even at ~900 pages, we can probably expect that Dark Knights: Metal omni to run $125. Or $150 if they find a way to pad it to 1000 pages.
I really wish DC had some kind of plan for properly collecting Sgt Rock and Enemy Ace.
Books just forgotten in time.
Ive waited literally decades at this point - I guess its never happening.
Enough of the Batman already - sheesh.
The Showcase books released in the mid 2000s are:
one: impossible to find anymore
and two: printed on terrible newsprint which doesnt last and the ink bleeds when reading it.
Currently Reading:
Milligan's Shade the Changing Man, Vertigo Hellblazer trades, Love and Rockets TPBs, Stray Bullets TPBs, Ellis' The Wildstorm
That could be interesting, but it'd either sprawl (including important tie-ins) or be really incoherent. Unless they did like in Batman by Grant Morrison and had an artist come in and make fill-in/recap pages to cover important events happening outside the main minis.
Somewhat related, but I don't think there was ever an OHC release of Convergence, was there? I have the COIE OHC, then the omnis for ZH, IC, FC, Flashpoint, and I'll get Metal. Would be nice to have Convergence for completeness sake ...
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Dark Nights: Metal Omnibus
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo (Illustrated by)
FRONTLIST | On Sale Date: January 10, 2023
9781779517036, 1779517033
Hardcover
$100.00 USD, $131.00 CAD
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
Returnable: Y
744 pages
1.3 lb Wt
Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Not yet available
Sales Rights: World
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Much Love!
Now that the Young Justice complete collection is (unexpectedly) continuing, let me put out into the universe the desire to see Johns’ Green Lantern and JSA, the Zero Hour Legion, and the Kyle Rayner collections to similarly be raised from the dead. I know the list of abandoned ‘complete collection’ series is vast, but those four hit me hard.
Here are the books that DC is due to release next week, as per Lunar:
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You can find contents, page counts, and creators for each book at the links below:
Dark Nights: Death Metal TP
Future State: Gotham Vol. 1 TP
Gotham Central Omnibus HC (2022 edition)
New Gods Book Two: Advent of Darkness TP
The Sandman Book One TP.
I saw the Sandman book in my local book shop earlier this week, so some shops already have it. It also has a direct market exclusive cover:
I'm still shocked that that New Gods series is actually going to be collected in full...