DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[ER Prest]

"Books"?? Did the second volume come out and I missed it...???

I assumed they had released another...my bad!

[kodave]

I assumed they had released another...my bad!

Maybe they'll just solicit an Omnibus instead of a 2nd volume, then cancel that too!

I don't know they just don't adopt OHC as the standard hardcover format. Marvel doesn't even have premiere standard trim hc's anymore

Marvel still has premiere standard trim HCs. I believe Aaron's Doctor Strange, Aaron's Thor, and Bendis' Iron Man books are all making the standard HC cut still. But it is almost non-existent at this point. It seems like they gave up on that part-way through the Marvel Now stuff.

[The Flicker Fade]

I don't know they just don't adopt OHC as the standard hardcover format. Marvel doesn't even have premiere standard trim hc's anymore

Unfortunately they do, and they're useless, and all they do is delay the trade from coming out making it really hard to keep up if you're a trade reader and want to read multiple series simultaneously (also necessary because of crossovers and such). I haven't met any collector who will say they want them to exist or who would miss them if they were gone, and I usually find piles of them at HPBs that were obviously dumped as overstock. I can't begin to comprehend why Marvel (or DC) still prints them.

[Thesanmich]

Unfortunately they do, and they're useless, and all they do is delay the trade from coming out making it really hard to keep up if you're a trade reader and want to read multiple series simultaneously (also necessary because of crossovers and such). I haven't met any collector who will say they want them to exist or who would miss them if they were gone, and I usually find piles of them at HPBs that were obviously dumped as overstock. I can't begin to comprehend why Marvel (or DC) still prints them.

Yeah trade waiting for Marvel is horrid. I don't know this from personal experience as I don't buy Marvel trades, but from the people on here who do. I know DC tends to have less of a time gap between hc and trade but it would just make things so much easier if both companies did away with them. I do notice more series going straight to trade which is good.
IMO I feel like the industry would benefit from stopping standard trim hc's and single issues altogether. Digital is the future and would remain for people who want their weekly/monthly fix, trades for the majority of people who just want to read them collected, and oversized for collectors. IDK any casual reader or collector who'd prefer a standard trim over a trade or OHC...

[Balakin]

Yeah trade waiting for Marvel is horrid. I don't know this from personal experience as I don't buy Marvel trades, but from the people on here who do. I know DC tends to have less of a time gap between hc and trade but it would just make things so much easier if both companies did away with them. I do notice more series going straight to trade which is good.
IMO I feel like the industry would benefit from stopping standard trim hc's and single issues altogether. Digital is the future and would remain for people who want their weekly/monthly fix, trades for the majority of people who just want to read them collected, and oversized for collectors. IDK any casual reader or collector who'd prefer a standard trim over a trade or OHC...

oh you would be surprised how many people still say floppies are the real comics and everything else is heresy. Or some stuff shouldn't be oversized because it means a higher price and that particular book doesn't worth the price for them. Or lots of casual readers have no idea what a trade is.
Also lots of people buy the 6 issue trades when it's actually affordable so more like Image stuff, not Marvel. My LCS's owner just complained that she can't stock hardcovers because people are more likely to buy the 6 issue trades eve though it's not the cheapest option in the long run (she doesn't sell floppies though).

[WinterSoldier76]

oh you would be surprised how many people still say floppies are the real comics and everything else is heresy. Or some stuff shouldn't be oversized because it means a higher price and that particular book doesn't worth the price for them. Or lots of casual readers have no idea what a trade is.
Also lots of people buy the 6 issue trades when it's actually affordable so more like Image stuff, not Marvel. My LCS's owner just complained that she can't stock hardcovers because people are more likely to buy the 6 issue trades eve though it's not the cheapest option in the long run (she doesn't sell floppies though).

A comic shop that doesn't sell comics (aka floppies)?!?!? That's bananas!

[Vilynne]

A comic shop that doesn't sell comics (aka floppies)?!?!? That's bananas!

I have a shop in the city that does not get new trades. All the trades they have are used, and they're never anything you want. Its Cry for Justice level material.

[Hawkgirl_70]

A comic shop that doesn't sell comics (aka floppies)?!?!? That's bananas!

Wow!!!! I thought ALL comic shops carried Floppies??? I thought that's what made a comic book store a comic book store???
DISCLAIMER (I've never been in an actual Comic Book store only. Nothing close to my town).
But still.... Wow!

[Hawkgirl_70]

QUESTION?

What makes DC decide if there is going to be an OMNIBUS made of a particular collection?

I've been organizing a couple small collections for Dick Grayson to help me create and send off my own hardcovers.
I'm looking at maybe doubling what I'm going to send him now with stuff I already have.

But... for future reference, when TPB collections such as Nightwing by Chuck Dixon, Robin also by Chuck D, Supergirl by Peter David, etc etc, (all pre-NEW52), finish coming out, I'm wondering if they will ever be made into Omni's?
What qualifies what to be made into an Omni?

[TomSlick]

QUESTION?

What makes DC decide if there is going to be an OMNIBUS made of a particular collection?

I've been organizing a couple small collections for Dick Grayson to help me create and send off my own hardcovers.
I'm looking at maybe doubling what I'm going to send him now with stuff I already have.

But... for future reference, when TPB collections such as Nightwing by Chuck Dixon, Robin also by Chuck D, Supergirl by Peter David, etc etc, (all pre-NEW52), finish coming out, I'm wondering if they will ever be made into Omni's?
What qualifies what to be made into an Omni?

If it's got Geoff Johns' name on it. After that Grant Morrison gets collected and then your guess is as good as ours.

[Hawkgirl_70]

If it's got Geoff Johns' name on it. After that Grant Morrison gets collected and then your guess is as good as ours.

So I guess its safe to say my lesser known collections won't ever be made into Omni's? (Unless I get my homegrown ones created).

[FlashingSabre]

So I guess its safe to say my lesser known collections won't ever be made into Omni's? (Unless I get my homegrown ones created).

Who knows? Sometime some weird stuff gets put out, like Dial H or the Silver Age Suicide Squad. For the most part, nothing is likely and nothing is off the table.

[legion_quest]

DC seems to have started going chronologically for the Trinity - so anything worth reading should be along in about 27 years (yes, I'm being funny, some of the Golden Age stuff is alright.....maybe).

Anything outside the big three is just name value of creator - Johns/Morrison - and after that, as other's said, it's total and complete guess work with no particular rhyme or reason

[Vilynne]

So I guess its safe to say my lesser known collections won't ever be made into Omni's? (Unless I get my homegrown ones created).

Also, anything with a TV show or movie coming out will probably have something big related. For example, I'm sure that Perez Wonder Woman Omnibus v.2 will be released before the WW film. I wouldn't be surprised if Morrison's JLA run will have an omni format when the JL film is released. Things like that.

[Hawkgirl_70]

Also, anything with a TV show or movie coming out will probably have something big related. For example, I'm sure that Perez Wonder Woman Omnibus v.2 will be released before the WW film. I wouldn't be surprised if Morrison's JLA run will have an omni format when the JL film is released. Things like that.

That figures, after I'm trying to finish up collecting the JLA Deluxe TPB format of it.
That wouldn't make me mad though, as I'm going to have those custom bound too eventually.