DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[rtk79]

Do you have the book?

How are the Ra's issues handled? Do we have a recap page for the other crossover issues?

Chris Burnham wrote and drew a recap. While that's a pretty good idea in and of itself, his style is a little jarring here. Still, nice to see DC thinking outside the box for once.

[ER Prest]

Chris Burnham wrote and drew a recap. While that's a pretty good idea in and of itself, his style is a little jarring here. Still, nice to see DC thinking outside the box for once.

That's better than no bridging at all. I kinda wish they just put the other issues in. It would have been, what, 4 or 5 more issues? Just for completionism, but this works out fine

[Russ840]

Any chance of some pics of the book ? What is the spine design like?

[RickyMeister]

As someone who has only read like 20 issues of batman rebirth, am i going to be lost if i pick up the morrison batman omnibus?

[bob.schoonover]

As someone who has only read like 20 issues of batman rebirth, am i going to be lost if i pick up the morrison batman omnibus?

Probably not. It's a self-contained story (the last two issues won't make sense outside of reading Final Crisis, but the rest is self-contained). All you need to know going in is that Bruce had decided he needed to trust people again at the end of Infinite Crisis. The first two issues in the omnibus (from 52) concern how he goes about that, then the story proper begins.

[JoeGuy]

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[mooch]

Any chance of some pics of the book ? What is the spine design like?

If nobody else does, I’ll try to take some tomorrow.

[HuggyBear]

If nobody else does, I’ll try to take some tomorrow.

Thanks! Could you please also take a pic of the binding when open?

Picked it up today, binding is fine, no issue.

Didn't see this til now, but yay!!!! Thanks!

[doolittle]

As someone who has only read like 20 issues of batman rebirth, am i going to be lost if i pick up the morrison batman omnibus?

I've read tons of Batman comics, and Morrison's run up through R.I.P. was largely over my head. It's possible I'm just dumb, but Morrison's stuff usually loses me. If you're a Morrison fan, you'll probably have an easier time than me.

[TomSlick]

So where would you rank Ex Machina in B.K.V's.body of work? I'm leaning more and more towards getting the omni, but I'm worried it's a bit more dour or serious than his other stuff.

It’s brilliant but it you’ll appreciate it more if you like political wonkiness on the local level (rezonings, etc). Regardless, it’s a great read and in my opinion more sophisticated than Y: Last Man which came out at the same time. I suspect a lot of folks will disagree on the last statement but would agree that it was a great series.

[doolittle]

Finally finished the 1st volume of Absolute Sandman. Its pretty good. Nothing groundbreaking quite yet, but it feels.pretty obvious all this was ground work for what's to come. And origin story. Still, really enjoyed it, and I really nees to get the next one.

I had that book for years, and you made it through the whole thing in a day. I'm such a loser!

[JoeGuy]

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[Balakin]

Alright, it sounds good. Is Ex Machina gloomy though? I can read a <500 page story that's gloomy, but committing to over 1400 pages, I need it to be a bit lighter than that.

It is no gloomier than say Gotham Central. I absolutely love being neck deep in human agony and darkness if there is a strong creative voice to it and I think Ex machine is like that (I think it's less depressing than Scalped and I've binged that too)

[JoeGuy]

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[Vilynne]

I had that book for years, and you made it through the whole thing in a day. I'm such a loser!

Two days actually. I had a lot of time off this week, so I spent a solid 4 hours one day pounding through the issues, and finished it the next day. :P still have to read the extras in the back. But I am definitely jonesing for more.