Standard sized
Deluxe
Omnibus
Absolute
For those wondering about this weeks release of Batman: The Caped Crusader vol 2 it contains Batman 432-439 & 443-44 and Annual 13 (meaning that it skips the "Lonely Place of Dying issues including the Teen Titans crossover issues)
It also contains Who's Who for
Batman
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Robin (Jason Todd)
Alfred
Commissioner Gordon
Barbara Gordon
Vicki Vale
The standard hcs feel so nice, the paper is not shiny but the books themselves just feel really well put together. I've decided to sell them (not because of the content, I'm just simply downsizing like crazy) so not sure about the recolouring but it looked pretty good when I flipped through (saying that, I'm not a big fan of Adams although I absolutely respect his role in comicbook history).
I thought the 3-volume set of Adams was fine. I'm in the minority here, but I've said before that the recoloring didn't bother me at all and I actually liked the more sophisticated palette. To me, it enhanced the atmosphere of the stories. It can be a bit disjointed as many of DC's artist-focused trades tend to be, but the Ra's and Man-Bat arcs are just divine, so really liked having nice copies of those storylines.
Wait, didn't the description say Lonely Place of Dying would be included? I like these books but I have to buy 2 books at once to get the full issues. Still need to buy the last release + A Death in the Family, which I read back when they were released but I don't have a copy now.
They still have it at the store for a tiny bit below list price. Guess it wasn't super popular here.
Thanks for the replies. I'll see if they can give me a discount for the volume set. If not, I'll get the omnibus since the content is the same anyways.
Have the following received oversized hardcover releases or any inkling of an oversized hc release in the future?
DK III
Batman White Knight
Ellis' The Wildstorm (and any titles related to it)
Very disappointed with DC cancelling Absolute Swamp Thing was so looking forward to it.
Maybe they're going to swap Swamp Thing in Absolute for an omnibus instead?
Pull List: Daredevil, Radiant Black, Rogue Sun, No One, Time Before Time
“We never lose our demons. We only learn to live above them"
In the MMW forums they‘re putting their faith in the sentence “At least these Big Books having their orders cancelled will be resolicited” from the article. But to me the whole article is kind of ambiguously phrased.