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I was only referring to the fact that people tend to love or really hate Morrison. I used to hate Morrison with a burning passion and sweared that I'm never gonna touch any of his crap again, than things changed an now I'm a pathetic GM fanboy.
RoBW impressed me because I thought it will only be a cute little adventure but at the end it was almost FC all over again (just on a smaller scale), which was quite surprising for me. I also liked the "first truth of Batman" thing, it came out reall nice and made INC a logical follow up emotionally too.
I just hate that they went straight to Absolue for Batman Inc. instead of giving us the two new52 trades in one deluxe hardcover to match (almost) all of the rest. It's maddening.
just checked my Planetary omnibus, and it looks the same after 2-3 month on the shelf.
My IDW deluxe hc which was really wavy when it arrived flattened out really smoothly and my newer Marvel omnis are flat too (Iron man, WCA, but maybe they are pressed together a bit tighter than Planetary. I'm just mentioning them, because of the thin paper).
Had the same thing with my Planetary Omnibus. Took it out of the shrink wrap and the next day it got all wavy (it was tightly arranged on the shelf). Started reading it a week ago and finished it yesterday, put in back on the shelf and now the waves are almost gone, go figure...
(reposting from the old thread for posterity)
5 Omnibuses that DC NEEDS to put together, STAT!
- Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
- Superman by John Byrne
- Wonder Woman by George Perez
- Justice League by Giffen/DeMatteis & Maguire/Huges
- Hitman by Ennis & McCrea
BOOM!!!
I am not extremely bothered by this since the Absolutes are popular but am a bit surprised they went this route. I don't particularly care for the format but that's just me.
And after all DC never re-released the standard size Resurrection of Ra's Al Gul or the Time and the Batman hardcovers up to the deluxe size. I had long assumed DC would've repackaged the RIP material with the Time and the Batman by producing another Deluxe release after they put out the Batman Black Glove Deluxe but that never came to pass. Just goes to show how terrible I am at guessing publisher's release patterns right?
I prefer absolutes and I'm happy to see Bat Inc. (with new Burnham pages!) get the treatment so soon. My wish is to see all of Morrison's Batman run done this way. I'm getting impatient waiting to see when the rest comes out. I think there is about 26 issues or so that could be covered in 1 or 2 editions.