DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[Vilynne]

I'd guess the Talon trade has the intention of capitalising on Tynion's name (which is why it's branded as Talon by Tynion). I wonder will that still be the case now that Tynion is no longer exclusive with DC and leaving all his work for hire stuff with them.

Is his name that big now? I knew he's a higher profile writer than when he wrote Talon but I didn't think he was that big. Good for him though.

[JAG2045]

Rod Keith over on MMW posted some pics of the long delayed but finally coming out "Batman: Brave & The Bold Bronze Age Omnibus 3"

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/marv....html#p1367519

Glad to see this one finally materialize!

[SJNeal]

I'd guess the Talon trade has the intention of capitalising on Tynion's name (which is why it's branded as Talon by Tynion). I wonder will that still be the case now that Tynion is no longer exclusive with DC and leaving all his work for hire stuff with them.

I would suspect so. Geoff Johns - and more recently, Scott Snyder - still sell very well in the collections department, even though they're not DC exclusive.

While I would say Tynion's star never rose quite as high as either of theirs during his DC tenure, he's still got a lot of hits under his belt at this point.

[doolittle]

With the 4th and final Byrne collection coming soon, I'd like to think someone at DC is formulating a plan for the next round of collections... but I also know not to get my hopes up.

I really hope we get that gap closed. I'm reading through the Byrne hardcovers now -- my first time with these stories -- and loving them. I have the Exile and D&R omnis as well. I'd love to be able to do a massive read straight through.

[Destro777]

Interesting that DC appears to be done with Geoff Johns' JSA and Green Lantern TPBs - stopping at volume 4 of each. The Vol 4s came out a year ago with no Vol 5 in sight.
Waid's Flash is on Vol 8, but they just give up on the Johns' runs?
Very disappointing.

[slop101]

Interesting that DC appears to be done with Geoff Johns' JSA and Green Lantern TPBs - stopping at volume 4 of each. The Vol 4s came out a year ago with no Vol 5 in sight.
Waid's Flash is on Vol 8, but they just give up on the Johns' runs?
Very disappointing.

People weren't buying them, as those interested already had the Omnis.

[Destro777]

People weren't buying them, as those interested already had the Omnis.

See thats what I dont get. Marvel releases Omnis all the time but then re-releases that material in Epic Collection TPB format. Unless Marvel just sells more books and has more interest overall(?) - Im not a numbers person. Im just not a fan of bulky 1500 page hardcovers.

[shaboo]

People weren't buying them, as those interested already had the Omnis.

But someone must have bought at least the first three TPB's. Otherwise there wouldn't have been a second, third and fourth one.

[Destro777]

But someone must have bought at least the first three TPB's. Otherwise there wouldn't have been a second, third and fourth one.

Good point.
DC has a habit of stranding TPB runs (Peter David's Aquaman, Shade the Changing Man, Books of Magic ongoing, + plenty of others im forgetting) - but you would think someone on the popularity level of Johns' and his best runs would not fall into that category.

[slop101]

But someone must have bought at least the first three TPB's. Otherwise there wouldn't have been a second, third and fourth one.

Each one sells less than the previous one, which gets them to a low enough number to not do another.

[Vilynne]

Good point.
DC has a habit of stranding TPB runs (Peter David's Aquaman, Shade the Changing Man, Books of Magic ongoing, + plenty of others im forgetting) - but you would think someone on the popularity level of Johns' and his best runs would not fall into that category.

PADs Aquaman and Supergirl still hit me hard. As does Spectre...

[Destro777]

PADs Aquaman and Supergirl still hit me hard. As does Spectre...

Oh for sure - it sucks when a line is just abandoned. I also remembered Sandman Mystery Theater got dropped a couple volumes in.

Marvel seems to make right on this kinda stuff. Even for the most obscure stuff. For example Man-Thing by Steve Gerber has an omni out collecting the whole run - and had 2 TPB volumes out, needing a 3rd to complete it. It took Marvel 5 years since Vol 2 but they finally printed that 3rd TPB volume this year in 2021. Stuff like that is just amazing for the fanbase. I highly doubt Man-Thing is setting the sales charts on fire in any format - but they found a way to get it all out there. Youre telling me DC cant do the same for Geoff Johns' JSA and Green Lantern?

I wonder if DC could release this stuff at lower print runs - a bit higher cover price, something like that, people who followed the line for so long would buy it - rather than pissing off fans over and over.

Its not all doom and gloom for DC though - I will forever give DC credit for printing the entire Hellblazer run in TPB (just one more volume to go!). This thing has over a decade long release schedule - and they kept the spines the same and kept the Vertigo logo on there even after it changed to Black Label. Pretty impressive.

[slop101]

Oof, Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore volume 3 was only 2 months away, but now it looks like it's gotten delayed all the way to March 2022.

[Charliemouse]

The spines on the Hellblazer have changed, my volume 3-5 all have DC Vertigo on them instead of just Vertigo.

[SJNeal]

The spines on the Hellblazer have changed, my volume 3-5 all have DC Vertigo on them instead of just Vertigo.

Those are the newer printings.

And if I'm not mistaken, the solicit for Hellblazer vol. 26 has Black Label trade dress, which is going to drive me absolutely insane when I see them all lined up on my shelf.