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For the ones rhat have it, can someone post some pics of Absolute Joker and luthor?
"You don't ever quit. Not even to your last drop of blood. You got folks relyin' on you then you just can't afford to." Sean Noonan-Hitman #47
I really wish DC would come out with something similar to Marvel's epics, when I look at my DC collection it's so puny compared to my Marvel books and it makes me sad . I'm glad the DC Omnibus range is picking up steam but given the poor bindings and often bizarre choices of what to Omnibus I have a preference for cheaper trades.
Vertigo seems to be handled a lot better in collected editions than DC main, everything good seems to be in multiple formats, so I have things like Y, 100 Bullets in deluxe & Preacher in the smaller hardcovers. I can pick and chose what format to buy in which is great for a fussy collector. I've also recently started buying the Hellblazer trades, I can pick these up pretty cheap and some volumes have a pretty good amount of issues in so I can see myself collecting the whole run, I'd love to see Green Lantern or Supes etc be collected similarly.
I have to say that lately I think Image is putting out my favorite collected editions, I go nuts for those Deluxe OHCs w/ 12 issues in them. Chew, Invincible, and TWD are my go-tos.
I wish DC would do collections like that, but I don't know what books (currently being published) would warrant that treatment. Snyder/Capullo's Batman, Morrison's Action and John's Aquaman/Justice League come to mind... Any thoughts?
Last edited by wrkngclasshero; 05-01-2014 at 11:40 AM.
"A working class hero is something to be..." - J. Lennon
"You don't ever quit. Not even to your last drop of blood. You got folks relyin' on you then you just can't afford to." Sean Noonan-Hitman #47
I guess my biggest gripe w/ DC collections is the inconsistency of collected monthly titles. DC is reasonably good at collecting story arc or crossovers, but the monthly books (unless you like standard size HC or SC) aren't collected too well.
I cited Image earlier, but i suspect when you have a consistent creative team for 100+ issues it's easier to standardize the manner in which you collect a monthly book. That being said I would love DC to do two soft cover trades (six issues per trade) each year (per title) and for those titles selling well enough also release a OHC collecting the two trades (and please make the spines match!!!). Pipe dream I know but hey, if CBR can change, anybody can right??
Not wanting to sound completely negative... DC's Absolute line is Absolutely Fantastic (see what I did there) and I really enjoy a lot of their omnibuses too.
"A working class hero is something to be..." - J. Lennon
Yes, you're correct. On the DC thread it might not be that big of a problem as I think the discussion for the most part will focus on the omnis, Absolutes and OHCs, but at that Marvel thread folks have already consumed pages of discussion talking about the "Epic" tpbs. That's fine, it's just not my cup of tea.
YES!!!!
There is the General Omnibus thread for Image, IDW, Dark Horse etc . It's here:
http://community.comicbookresources....cussion-vol-II