DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[victorxd1999]

I got all of them: Superman, Lois Lane, Batman, Joker, The Flash, Shazam and (50 years of) Teen Titans. Upcoming are Robin, Green Lantern, JSA, The Spirit and hopefully some more. I would have expected at least Lex Luther also coming in 2015, but was disapointed by the last solicits. We will have to see, if DC will publish some more in the next years.

First of all: They are NOT OHC, but standard size.

They give a good overview of the characters through the ages, but the material is non-consistent at times, picking single issues from longer runs, etc. These are books for people who have an interest in the past and want to see the characters evolve, but if you want to read the stories than you are maybe better of by picking other books of these characters.

What is contained in the Shazam one?

[legion_quest]

I got all of them: Superman, Lois Lane, Batman, Joker, The Flash, Shazam and (50 years of) Teen Titans. Upcoming are Robin, Green Lantern, JSA, The Spirit and hopefully some more. I would have expected at least Lex Luther also coming in 2015, but was disapointed by the last solicits. We will have to see, if DC will publish some more in the next years.

First of all: They are NOT OHC, but standard size.

They give a good overview of the characters through the ages, but the material is non-consistent at times, picking single issues from longer runs, etc. These are books for people who have an interest in the past and want to see the characters evolve, but if you want to read the stories than you are maybe better of by picking other books of these characters.

Not OHC? I could have sworn The Flash one was, granted it was on a shelf, but still. Shame they aren't really. Id snap them up if they were but I dont buy normal sized stuff to, that's me SOL

[Ari Gold]

They give a good overview of the characters through the ages, but the material is non-consistent at times, picking single issues from longer runs, etc. These are books for people who have an interest in the past and want to see the characters evolve, but if you want to read the stories than you are maybe better of by picking other books of these characters.

This was something I could not be less interested in . . . then somehow reading this made me think it might be a really cool read.

Do you feel good thought went into picking which issues/incarnations were used? Or are some of the books kind of random in their choices?

Thanks.

[Nateallen30]

It is oversized but the binding is awfully tight. Still, I love to have it in ohc but the rest of the run is standard sized (BD, Century, Nemo's, although BD has an absolute edition but I heard it's not the best of the line) so for the sake of shelf uniformity maybe you should buy the 2 volume standard edition? Probably cheaper. But I wouldn't advise against buying the omni.

Thanks for the replies everybody. Will probably pull the trigger on it.

[JohnHorus]

RIP comes before Batman & Robin. It would be preferable to do Batman & Son/Black Glove/RIP in one Absolute and Time & the Batman and Return of Bruce Wayne in another. Resurrection of Ra's only has two Morrison issues and could be thrown in but the whole crossover is totally unnecessary and not very good anyway.

While it would contradict the way the story was published, it would be pretty awesome to have the "Death and Rebirth of Batman" in one Absolute like Kodave said. After all, The Return of Bruce Wayne was meant to be read in simultaneous with Morrison's last issues of B&R, but they weren't published in that Absolute and no one died. You just add a disclaimer after RIP saying "Please read the Batman and Robin Absolute, now on sale, before proceeding".

[KentilZha]

Yep. Johns does a great job making his works accesible. JSA is my favorite work from him though 1/3rd of the first omni isn't written by him (it's done by other very capable writers though so it's definitely not a waste).

Thank you. Looks like I'll be buying a few DC omnibi. That wailing sound you hear in the background is my bank account crying out in mortal terror.

[RIPLynott]

It's oversized, but glued. Naturally the binding is fairly stiff, but I'm happy to have it.

Can anyone confirm the trim size? I owned it at one point and would have sworn it was regular sized not oversized but i cant compare anymore.

[Racci]

Can anyone confirm the trim size? I owned it at one point and would have sworn it was regular sized not oversized but i cant compare anymore.

It is oversized.

[Russ840]

While it would contradict the way the story was published, it would be pretty awesome to have the "Death and Rebirth of Batman" in one Absolute like Kodave said. After all, The Return of Bruce Wayne was meant to be read in simultaneous with Morrison's last issues of B&R, but they weren't published in that Absolute and no one died. You just add a disclaimer after RIP saying "Please read the Batman and Robin Absolute, now on sale, before proceeding".

I think it would be fine to release an absolute with all the content. It could be branded as simply 'Batman By Grant Morrison' to go with 'batman and Robin' and 'Batman Incorporated'. Plus it works as one long story if you insert 701 and 702 straight after the final issue of RIP and then from 702 straight into Return. I personally wouldn't include the 'last Rites' issues as they are in the 'final Crisis' Absolute.

Issue 700 is hard to place but as its its own story it could simple be at the end.

[awalk1227]

It is oversized.

Off-topic, but how is Crawl Space? Had no idea that book was so big, and it's going at a great price on IST. Great looking format.

[Pertl]

What is contained in the Shazam one?

It contains 21 different stories beginning in 1940 up to 2013, most notably the first appearance of Captian Marvel in Whiz Comics and also first appearances of Mary Marvel (1942), Mr Mind and the Monster Society of Evil (1944), Black Adam (1945) and other characters as well as other stories from the early years. There is one part of the Jeff Smith Monster Society (if you interested in that I would recommend the Deluxe Edition), Superman vs. Shazam and a JSA story.
I am not really a Shazam fan, but bought the book because it is part of the series, so I don't want to give any advice.

[victorxd1999]

It contains 21 different stories beginning in 1940 up to 2013, most notably the first appearance of Captian Marvel in Whiz Comics and also first appearances of Mary Marvel (1942), Mr Mind and the Monster Society of Evil (1944), Black Adam (1945) and other characters as well as other stories from the early years. There is one part of the Jeff Smith Monster Society (if you interested in that I would recommend the Deluxe Edition), Superman vs. Shazam and a JSA story.
I am not really a Shazam fan, but bought the book because it is part of the series, so I don't want to give any advice.

Thanks! Did it make sense to you as a casual Cap Marvel reader? I haven't read a lot either and I was wondering if it's a nice hc to read some of his best stories.

[Pertl]

Thanks! Did it make sense to you as a casual Cap Marvel reader? I haven't read a lot either and I was wondering if it's a nice hc to read some of his best stories.

I would say it is a good book to get introduced to the character and then decide if you want to go further and buy some other stuff.

[janj]

Dial H Deluxe Edition - does anyone know, is Justice League #23.3: Dial E issue included in the book?
Because that issue was in the second tpb, but no information on the deluxe edition.

[RedNave]

Dial H Deluxe Edition - does anyone know, is Justice League #23.3: Dial E issue included in the book?
Because that issue was in the second tpb, but no information on the deluxe edition.

I didn't see them listed on the back of the book when I looked at it yesterday.