Standard sized
Deluxe
Omnibus
Absolute
If we get Flash by Waid v7-8 (or by Waid and Augustyn v1-2) properly done, we'd have Flash 62-225 all in "Flash by XXX" volumes. Sure, there are a couple fill-in issues that wouldn't technically fall within the "by Waid" rubric, but it'd be silly for DC to omit a couple issues from the run. Once that's all out, it'd make some sense to go back and do a "That's where it all started" collection since there's clearly an audience for Wally archival material (and equally clearly, no non-archival Wally material worth reprinting).
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The Baron/Messner-Loebs stuff is so trippy compared to Waid/Johns. Wally is a smug womanizer, his powers seemingly come and go at will (an exaggeration, but I think he loses them like three times in those first 60 issues), that thing when he starts growing spikes out of his body, Chunk, the Captain Cold Detective Agency (or whatever the heck it was called), both his crazy mom and his even crazier father... the supporting cast in general is just interesting. Doesn't he hang out a lot with his accountant? And that old vigilante? Waid definitely did some spring cleaning with the cast when he came aboard. Glad he kept Linda around, of course.
I totally recommend Baron/Messner-Loebs' run, btw. It's trippy, and different, but I enjoyed it. It captures the point of being a young superhero taking over the mantle of a fallen mentor really well. I'm pretty sure Jay was dead at the time, so he really didn't have the support system Waid would later give him with the Flash family. It was just Wally, figuring it all out.
The cover for DC UNIVERSE: THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS BY JACK KIRBY:
^^^^
This Omni, DC Universe by Jack Kirby Bronze Age, is going to contain material that hasn't been reprinted in some time and wouldn't be still if Kirby's name wasn't on it, yeah? So, opinions on some of this stuff? Original Sandman? OMAC? Losers(was this the title Warren Ellis updated)? ATLAS? Spirit World?
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" - Optimus Prime
I lost belief in anything D C solicits when
It comes to omnibuses
I should have Impulse omnibus...... I do not
I should have Justice Leauge Of America Bronze Age vol.3 omnibus.....I do not
I should have Hush omnibus .......... I do not
I should have New Teen Titans vol.4 omnibus.......I do not
The list grows and grows And the
Re-re-re-re-issuing of watch Men and
Dark Knight Returns and Neal Adams
Green Lantern / Green Arrow soldier on
Yes, that's very depressing!
Looks like DC is abandoning all the plans they may have had with omnibus (and many TPB) releases. Not only did they cancel Hush, Batman Brave And Bold Vol. 3 and JLA Vol. 3, but there are also no announcements regarding further Flash, Green Lantern, Supergirl, Legion Of Super Heroes etc. omnibusses, so I guess this whole thing is coming to a complete and quite abrupt stop.
But yes, of course we are getting black label, DC Essential, Anniversary, Deluxe and Absolute Editions of Dark Knight Returns and similar stuff. DC's release strategy (if there is any) is just a complete, messy catastrophe
Golden Age Batman vol.7 Omni is now up at IST
I just placed my order.
The finish line is near. Rumor mill is that the GA Batman line only needs 9 total volumes to complete. So if DC does 2 more volumes next year like they've done this year we will be ready for Silver Age Batman Omnis in 2021!!! Superman is a volume behind, volume 6 this summer, if its also going to be 9 volumes(no rumor mill on that that I've heard). WW is 7 volumes, volume 4 comes out later this year.
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" - Optimus Prime
DC's Oversized Collected Editions sales in May 2019:
127. Absolute Batman: The Black Mirror - 712
136. Crisis On Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Vol. 2 OHC - 670
159. Superman Rebirth Deluxe Collection OHC Book 4 - 591
187. Wonder Woman by Azzarello & Chiang Omnibus - 509
My copy of Blackest Night, 10th Anniversary Omnibus has just been delivered... This is one serious slab of reading material!