DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[ShooCat]

I can't answer this question but according to the solicits it actually has LESS material than the TPB. Notice the lack of "and other stories" in the OHC's title. Beginning to regret selling the book. Still, DC and their solicits, who knows?

Yep, when I saw the Amazon fish/Hachette catalog I intended to sell my Mad Love standard-sized hardcover, but then I noticed the lower page count as well.

[NZ_InFerno]

Have added the future upcoming HCs from the edelweiss catalogue, going out to August 2015 on to the first page. These may change as books are solicited, but some interesting stuff coming up.

[Bri]

About the edelweiss catalogue, I noticed the "announced 1st Print:" of the books. With the exception of the Absolutes (10-15k) DC is printing from 20,000 to 125,000 of the first printings of these books. According to the sales figures I've heard on the Mayo report the sales in the direct market rarely top 5k for collected editions, in fact many books sell less then 1000 copies in initial orders. Even with re-orders these sales account for a small portion of the print runs. Either DC is has a huge warehouse stacked to the rafters with books, or the bookstore/amazon sales are doing very well. Is there any way to find out the sales outside of the direct market? If DC is really selling the amount of books it would take to justify these high print runs it seems that the comics publishing industry is much healthier than many of us thought.

[MartinNL]

Is DC also reprinting those Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibuses? Volume 1 showed up on this month's previews order from on the diamond comics website with item number NOV140344.

http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/...emID=nov140344

[Diamond]

Is DC also reprinting those Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibuses? Volume 1 showed up on this month's previews order from on the diamond comics website with item number NOV140344.

http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/...emID=nov140344

Oh yes, yes. The world needs more Jack Kirby (and I've still need to collect his Fourth World comics).

[slop101]

Because it hasn't been done in a while (and these are always fun), my top 5 unannounced omniboo wish list (in no particular order):

Mine:


- 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


*(I guess WW is coming, but I haven't seen any sort of listing or pre-orders yet)

[victorxd1999]

Mine:


- 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


*(I guess WW is coming, but I haven't seen any sort of listing or pre-orders yet)

It's not up for pre-order yet but it is listed here
http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.co...sku=1401255477

[Bri]

It's not up for pre-order yet but it is listed here
http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.co...sku=1401255477

All this plus Flash by Waid, and the Messner-Loebs issues too. Wouldn't mind some Impulse collections as well. Not necessarily omnis but at least some TPBs.

[Captain Planet]

Everything since then has been sewn, does this mean they open as nicely as Marvel omnibus? Not always (some people here would argue hardly ever) no, binding is not the be all and end all of how well a book opens.

Every single Absolute is sewn and of the utmost quality.

What other factors determine how well a book opens other then the binding??

DC omnibuses are sewn now and have been for some years but for the most part they still then glue them to the ribon/backing for reinforcement and it negates much of the benefit from the stitching. This allows the books to open more than glued bindings but they are still pretty tight and don't open flat like a purely sewn binding, especially in the front and back of the book.

[TomSlick]

Mine:


- 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


*(I guess WW is coming, but I haven't seen any sort of listing or pre-orders yet)

I, too, would like a Byrne Superman collection. What would that entail, though? After kicking off with Man of Steel and jumping into Superman (proper) didn't he also write Action and Adventures, too?

[Bri]

I, too, would like a Byrne Superman collection. What would that entail, though? After kicking off with Man of Steel and jumping into Superman (proper) didn't he also write Action and Adventures, too?

Yeah plus annuals, minis etc. Byrne wrote and/or drew well over 80 Superman related comics. 2 large omnis, at least. Maybe 3.

[TomSlick]

Yeah plus annuals, minis etc. Byrne wrote and/or drew well over 80 Superman related comics. 2 large omnis, at least. Maybe 3.

That's right. Forgot about those minis like "world of Smallville," etc.

[The_Dark_Knight]

Is DC also reprinting those Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibuses? Volume 1 showed up on this month's previews order from on the diamond comics website with item number NOV140344.

http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/...emID=nov140344

And in HC too! Huzzah! I missed these the first time around and I've come close to spending too much for them on eBay. Great news. Now just give me a reprint of New Teen Titans omni 1.

[Azrael]

Mine:


- 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


*(I guess WW is coming, but I haven't seen any sort of listing or pre-orders yet)

Swamp Thing Omnibus! I want that so bad...

[Bri]

That's right. Forgot about those minis like "world of Smallville," etc.

I say if they are going to do it to everything. They have to do World of Krypton, written by JB and drawn by Mike Mignola. Or maybe do a Superman by JB Omni (or 2) plus a companion to collect the side-items.