DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[TheTemp]

Waiting on Amazon to update a new listing for that Morrison Animal Man omnibus!

[Destro777]

Im holding John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 26 in my hands. Pretty unbelievable this actually happened. The entire 26 Volume, 300 issue run printed. It took 11 years! The first trade volume of this line came out in March 2011.

I have to give DC their props here - and they even somehow kept the Vertigo logo on every edition even though the imprint vanished years ago. Outside of the minor changes to the Vertigo logo, the 26 book spines are all the same.

Vertigo Hellblazer is maybe, quietly, the greatest comic run of all time. There are no mid-run reboots or relaunches - its all one continuous 300 issue story. The consistency and quality of each creative team is at the top of their game through the entire thing. I always felt like there was alot of pressure the creators of the Hellblazer book. This is where writers in comics had to prove their writing chops. Outside of maybe Daredevil, its the only book that generated and demanded that level of writing quality.

Im happy to finally have the entire thing - and re-read it for years to come...

[Brian]

There have been around another 28 additions to the PRH listings. Many are collections of current series, as you'd expect, but here are the previously unlisted Deluxes and Omnis that I could see:

Superman: Birthright The Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517432
Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516978
American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516848
Batman: Curse of the White Knight Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516817
New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516725
Harley Quinn: 30 Years of the Maid of Mischief The Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517180

There's also a paperback Complete Collection of Wonder Woman: Earth One - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516916.

[TheTemp]

It feels like forever since we had some DC Omni announcements. What on earth is going on over there?

[JCinOntario]

Im holding John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 26 in my hands. Pretty unbelievable this actually happened. The entire 26 Volume, 300 issue run printed. It took 11 years! The first trade volume of this line came out in March 2011.

I have to give DC their props here - and they even somehow kept the Vertigo logo on every edition even though the imprint vanished years ago. Outside of the minor changes to the Vertigo logo, the 26 book spines are all the same.

Vertigo Hellblazer is maybe, quietly, the greatest comic run of all time. There are no mid-run reboots or relaunches - its all one continuous 300 issue story. The consistency and quality of each creative team is at the top of their game through the entire thing. I always felt like there was alot of pressure the creators of the Hellblazer book. This is where writers in comics had to prove their writing chops. Outside of maybe Daredevil, its the only book that generated and demanded that level of writing quality.

Im happy to finally have the entire thing - and re-read it for years to come...

Well said. I’m in the middle of a reread also. One of my all time favs along with sandman and doom patrol.

[titansupes]

There have been around another 28 additions to the PRH listings. Many are collections of current series, as you'd expect, but here are the previously unlisted Deluxes and Omnis that I could see:

Superman: Birthright The Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517432
Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516978
American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516848
Batman: Curse of the White Knight Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516817
New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516725
Harley Quinn: 30 Years of the Maid of Mischief The Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517180

There's also a paperback Complete Collection of Wonder Woman: Earth One - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516916.

OMG a Birthright deluxe. About damn time, and now not altogether unexpected given Waid's return to DC and essentially doing a BR sequel in Black Label.

DoS deluxe might be cool, but I imagine I'd stick to the omni.

[SJNeal]

Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516978

Ok but why? There are a dozen tpb versions out there, as well as 3 (4?) omnibus printings at this point. I guess they felt they had to put *something* on the shelves for the 30th Anniversary...? And unless that solicit is wrong, it excludes Justice League America #69.

I'd have rather seen a different Triangle Era collection; perhaps picking up where "Reign..." left off?

[Brian]

Ok but why? There are a dozen tpb versions out there, as well as 3 (4?) omnibus printings at this point. I guess they felt they had to put *something* on the shelves for the 30th Anniversary...? And unless that solicit is wrong, it excludes Justice League America #69.

I'd have rather seen a different Triangle Era collection; perhaps picking up where "Reign..." left off?

I don't think DC have enough staff to work on new classic collections. They've only had one dedicated collection editions editor since the layoffs in 2020, and that person is probably focused on collections that will sell well and/or are easier to put together. It's probably no coincidence that most of the collections released or to be released this year are either from current series or new versions of previously released collections.

Case in point; that Death of Superman book looks like it'll be a Deluxe version of the 2016 trade - https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-nov...an-new-edition. Even the solicit text is similar, though I believe the published version was different and included JLA 69. The solicit for the New TT Omni reprint is the same; it's a copy of the 2011 and 2017 solicit text even though in both cases the published version ended up with different contents.

[SJNeal]

Ah, good points. I should know by not to to put too much faith in solicited contents...

[Brian]

I thought we were passed the stage of "guess the contents", but I suppose not.

[Brian]

There have been another 30 or so additions to PRH. Again, most are from current or recent series, but here are the Deluxes and Omnis I've managed to find:

Sleeper Omnibus (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517425
Grayson The Superspy Omnibus (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517326
The Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus Vol. 1 - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779513632
Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517258
Batman: The Long Halloween Haunted Knight Deluxe Edition - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516381
House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 3 - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779511324
Harley Quinn & The Gotham City Sirens Omnibus (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516763

And here's a trade that I think will make some people very happy:
Young Justice Book Six - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779517227

Ad I can't remember if this trade had already shown up, but I'll include it just in case:
Kamandi by Jack Kirby Vol. 1 - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516312

Finally, the Brightest Day and Animal Man by Grant Morrison omnis are up on PRH:
Brightest Day Omnibus (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516336
The Animal Man Omnibus (2022 Edition) - https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781779516329

I think that’s close to being the full catalogue for the rest of 2022. There will still be some updates, if for no other reason than to add in some books to tie in with the Shazam sequel in December, but I wouldn’t expect a large number of additions, like the last two updates. And of course, we always have to leave room for the occasional surprise in the monthly solicits .

It’s interesting to see DC lean so much into bringing omnis back into print. It makes sense too; the demand is there for these books, and they should be relatively straightforward to put together. It seems to have come at the expense of Compendiums though. The second Starman due for July seems to be the last new one on the horizon. Then again, I thought Animal Man and Sleeper would be good candidates for future Compendiums, so it might be a case of DC deciding to increase their revenues for the time being, with the higher priced omnis. Hopefully Compendiums will make a return in 2023.

[Adset]

Mark Waid Flash omnibus! One of those series I will gladly buy the omni even though I just finished picking up all eight (?) trades.

[TheTemp]

Is Waid’s Flash run as long as Johns’ Green Lantern run or how many Omni’s do we think this will take?

[titansupes]

Oooh okay yeah, even though I'm largely out of the comic hobby now, Waid's Flash is one of the big runs I've never dipped into, so that could be tempting.

[JAG2045]

Flash by Waid was collected into 8 TPB's

1. The Flash Special #1; The Flash vol. 2 #62–68, Annuals #4–5; The Flash TV Special #1
2. The Flash vol. 2 #69–79, Annual #6; Green Lantern vol. 3 #30–31, #40; Justice League International Quarterly #10
3. The Flash vol. 2 #80–94
4. The Flash vol. 2 #0, #95-105, Annual #8
5. The Flash vol. 2 #106-118; Impulse #10-11
6. The Flash vol. 2 #119-129; Green Lantern/Flash: Faster Friends #1; Flash/Green Lantern: Faster Friends #1; Flash Plus Nightwing #1; a story from DC Universe Holiday Bash #1
   
   Set between vol 6 & 7 - The Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar: The Flash vol. 2 #130-141; Green Lantern #96; Green Arrow #130
   
   
7. The Flash vol. 2 #142-150; Speed Force #1; The Flash Secret Files and Origins #1; Flash 80-Page Giant #1
8. The Flash vol. 2 #151-163, The Flash Annual #12, The Flash Secret Files and Origins #2

This omnibus collects The Flash #62-91; The Flash Annual #4-6; Green Lantern#30-31, #40; The Flash Special #1; and Justice League Quarterly #10 (essentially most of the first 3 TPBs up to #91 just before Impulse shows up)

So there would probably be 2-3 more omni's to collect everything (they could also potentially include Underworld Unleashed 1-3 and Waid's return from #231-#237 also)