DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[drd]

Hi everybody,

I'm wondering about DC never collecting Flash: Rebirth or Flashpoint in OHC and would like to hear your opinions.
Rebirth and Flashpoint itself may be a little bit short for an Absolute, but I guess they would be OK for a Deluxe (we have seen smaller Deluxes in the past). Yes, GL Rebirth was also only 6 issues, but I think this was not so well received and DC is aiming for bigger Absolutes now. Another possibility would be to collect everything from Rebirth to Flashpoint in a single collection, but I think this unlikely.
On the other hand, Flashpoint with all the tie- ins would likely be to much for an Omnibus and would be like Doom Patrol or Invisibles regarding page count.

So, are there any suggestions how to best collect these (if at all)? Cheers!

I really enjoyed flashpoint and a complete flashpoint omnibus would be fanastic, preferably I'd like it mapped chronologically but I know some people here arn't a fan of that approach (see the infinite crisis discussion).

[stgeorge602]

I bought the COIE absolute in hopes DC would collect the other crisis events (Crisis, Infinite and Final) in the same format. When they skipped Infinite Crisis and printed Final Crisis in absolute I was a little bummed. Though the Infinite Crisis omnibus was nice, though maybe a tad too big. But I thought having all three in absolute format would be cool.

Well DC released Crisis in the deluxe formate and I got excited. So I sold my Crisis absolute. Here's hoping DC will release Final Crisis in a deluxe edition (with the same material as the absolute and added art pages.

[mtop2036]

I bought the COIE absolute in hopes DC would collect the other crisis events (Crisis, Infinite and Final) in the same format. When they skipped Infinite Crisis and printed Final Crisis in absolute I was a little bummed. Though the Infinite Crisis omnibus was nice, though maybe a tad too big. But I thought having all three in absolute format would be cool.

Well DC released Crisis in the deluxe formate and I got excited. So I sold my Crisis absolute. Here's hoping DC will release Final Crisis in a deluxe edition (with the same material as the absolute and added art pages.

Hate to break it to you, but dc just announced a infinite crisis absolute.

[James]

my copy of wonder woman by george perez omnibus arrived today (i know, i'm way late on this), did a quick flip through and looks great. outside of azzarello's wonder woman, i've never read any wonder woman solo series, so i'm looking forward to getting into it.

[kodave]

Hi everybody,

I'm wondering about DC never collecting Flash: Rebirth or Flashpoint in OHC and would like to hear your opinions.
Rebirth and Flashpoint itself may be a little bit short for an Absolute, but I guess they would be OK for a Deluxe (we have seen smaller Deluxes in the past). Yes, GL Rebirth was also only 6 issues, but I think this was not so well received and DC is aiming for bigger Absolutes now. Another possibility would be to collect everything from Rebirth to Flashpoint in a single collection, but I think this unlikely.
On the other hand, Flashpoint with all the tie- ins would likely be to much for an Omnibus and would be like Doom Patrol or Invisibles regarding page count.

So, are there any suggestions how to best collect these (if at all)? Cheers!

I mean, you could always hope for an Omnibus of some kind or some deluxe books, but I think realistically your best bet is just buying the regular HCs for Flash Rebirth and Flashpoint. Maybe the two regular Flash trades Johns did in between - I think those are in regular HC too. Then just buy the "World of Flashpoint" TPBs to round it all out. Or you could hunt down all the single issues and do some kind of custom bind.

[rtk79]

I disagree about Batman. They included those 2 issues in the RIP trade and hc and they make little sense if you are not familiar with FC. But when you read FC without those Batman issues you won't see Batman for like 5 issues then he only appears for his big finale.

Well I'd say the Batman issues make sense in RIP thematically, if not narratively as a sort of epigraph, a final testimony of the character's spirit, if you will.
I first read Final Crisis in its standard HC edition and didn't regret the Batman issues' absence. I could tell something had happened behind the scenes, but knew enough to assume it wasn't essential to the story at hand. I still feel it isn't, and never reach for RIP when I reread Final Crisis. (Not that they aren't good : I do read them when I delve into Morrison's Batman run.)

[The Whovian]

I wish I had bought the Teen Titans by Wolfman/Perez omnis when they came out.

[FlashingSabre]

my copy of wonder woman by george perez omnibus arrived today (i know, i'm way late on this), did a quick flip through and looks great. outside of azzarello's wonder woman, i've never read any wonder woman solo series, so i'm looking forward to getting into it.

It's very old school, but If you can get past that most of it is pretty great.

[Jbreeny]

I wish I had bought the Teen Titans by Wolfman/Perez omnis when they came out.

You and I are in the same boat there.

[PLEDGE]

I really enjoyed flashpoint and a complete flashpoint omnibus would be fanastic, preferably I'd like it mapped chronologically but I know some people here arn't a fan of that approach (see the infinite crisis discussion).

Im also in the camp that enjoyed Flashpoint..and some of the tie ins are excellent! Would totally buy an omni mapped in chronological order.

[TomSlick]

Hi everybody,

I'm wondering about DC never collecting Flash: Rebirth or Flashpoint in OHC and would like to hear your opinions.
Rebirth and Flashpoint itself may be a little bit short for an Absolute, but I guess they would be OK for a Deluxe (we have seen smaller Deluxes in the past). Yes, GL Rebirth was also only 6 issues, but I think this was not so well received and DC is aiming for bigger Absolutes now. Another possibility would be to collect everything from Rebirth to Flashpoint in a single collection, but I think this unlikely.
On the other hand, Flashpoint with all the tie- ins would likely be to much for an Omnibus and would be like Doom Patrol or Invisibles regarding page count.

So, are there any suggestions how to best collect these (if at all)? Cheers!

They can collect ANYTHING in Absolute. The announcement of Batman: Year One changed the rules.

[Pete Wisdom]

But 634 is a War Games epilogue issue and 800 references the events of War Games but is actually also the first chapter of the City of Crime arc, which has its own trade.

#800 is the last issue of the Gabrych/Woods run. The first chapter of the City of Crime is really #801, but #800 has a back-up by Lapham which I guess is a prelude of sort, and I believe that is in the City of Crime trade, while the main story from #800 was not collected before.

Flipping through the War Crimes trade, it does look like the two Secret Files and Origins pieces are relevant to the story, so it would be kind of bad if DC left those out of the new trade. But like with many DC products I guess we'll never know until the book is in someone's hands.

That update added almost 100 pages to the book, so it's quite possible those two SF&O issues will be in it, although I would prefer Batman #642 and the follow-up in back-ups from Detective Comics #808-810, because a) those are the only Andersen Gabrych's Batman stories that wouldn't be in War Games two-book set, and b) #642 was never collected before, and because it sits between War Crimes and Under the Red Hood, it will probably never be collected if not here.

[mooch]

I wish I had bought the Teen Titans by Wolfman/Perez omnis when they came out.

Then you could have complained about them like everyone else!

[Ari Gold]

Then you could have complained about them like everyone else!

Ha. Exactly what I was thinking.

[Mix_Masta_Micah]

Has anyone on here read Emperor Joker? I love Ed McGuinness' art (he draws one helluva Superman) so I was wondering if it was worth checking out!?