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I see Brave and the Bold Bronze Age Omnibus volume 3 is back up on Amazon with a September release... Don’t see why they cancelled it in the first place.
Would be great if they brought out one that contained the issues before Batman was on it.
It's not back; they just forgot to remove it from amazon.co.uk. It has completely disappeared from amazon.com and has a release year of 2080 on amazon.de (like all releases that get cancelled, but not removed). I bet there'll be no Brave and the Bold Bronze Age Omnibus volume 3 in 2019.
I kinda wish I hadn't bought the Sandman Absolute editions, then I would've just gotten the new Omnibuses instead, and gotten more content.
Also, Absolutes are more about the art, and as great as Sandman was (one of the greatest comic book series of all time), a lot of it's art was mediocre to just plain bad (some good art here and there, but that was the exception), IMO.
What material are you missing that the Omnibus version has? Omnibus Three, from my understanding, is essentially Absolute Sandman Volume 5, Absolute Death, and Absolute Sandman Overture. So a full set of either version should have the same material.
Generally I'd agree that if the art isn't spectacular, an absolute edition is overkill. But I love the Sandman enough that for me the Absolute versions are still warranted. That and Absolute Sandman Overture is just jaw dropping. J.H. Williams art in Absolute format is unreal.
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Last edited by JoeGuy; 10-22-2019 at 02:54 PM.
First, your tastes are never wrong. You like what you like, and that's fine. Not everything is going to be for everyone!
Secondly, you are right that the story does meander a lot. There's a lot of shifting focus throughout the series. I will say that Gaiman does a good job of bringing back disparate characters from the first half of the story again in the second half. So by the end you do see more a throughline with how he tells the story. But Gaiman's style definitely takes detours and winding pathways, so if you're not super keen on that kind of storytelling, Sandman won't be totally for you.
The cover for Golden Age Superman vol 6 has finally been revealed
https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Gold...gateway&sr=8-1