DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[Johnatellodi]

I wish the black label dark Knight returns hardcover had been released in the states. It was solicited and then pulled. I need a new hardcover edition and there is really no ideal choice for me. The Absolute Dark Knight is one of the rare Absolute releases I don’t love, and then there are the paperbacks and the “box set”, which is sort of a mess, imo.

[EmeraldGladiator]

My copy arrived yesterday, so I can confirm that the book does exist! It's almost 1200 pages too.

Now I am jonesing for JLA Bronze Age 4 to complete the JLA reprints through the Satellite era, any predictions on when it will be solicited???

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES OMNIBUS
Writer: JAMES TYNION IV
Artist: FREDDIE WILLIAMS II
Cover: KEVIN EASTMAN
$99.99 US | 576 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-77951-340-3
ON SALE 12/28/21
Batman and Robin team up with Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael to take on villains from two dimensions! DC Comics and IDW Publishing proudly present the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles omnibus, collecting all three Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover miniseries along with never-before-seen extras.

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

SUPERMAN/BATMAN OMNIBUS VOL. 2
Writers: MICHAEL GREEN, MIKE JOHNSON, JOE CASEY, PAUL LEVITZ, and others
Artists: SHANE DAVIS, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, and others Cover: FRANCIS MANAPUL
$125.00 US | 1232 PGS | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-77951-023-5
ON SALE 12/21/21
Batman has trained extensively to become a feared caped crusader. His Kryptonian friend Superman was born with superhuman abilities that humans could never dream of. Together, they are the World’s Finest. Superman/Batman Omnibus Vol. 2 features some of the duo’s darkest trials from Superman/Batman #44-87 and Superman/Batman Annual #3-5.

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

WONDER WOMAN: THE SILVER AGE OMNIBUS VOL. 1
Writer: BOB KANIGHER, JULIUS SCHWARTZ, JACK SCHIFF, and others
Artists: ROSS ANDRU, MORRIS WALDINGER, HENRY BOLTINOFF, MIKE ESPOSITO and others
Cover: ROSS ANDRU
$99.99 US | 696 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-77951-336-6
ON SALE 12/14/21
These fantastical stories from the 1950s and 1960s take Wonder Woman from Paradise Island to Man’s World, to the bottom of the ocean, and even to outer space, and they introduce Wonder Girl, Wonder Tot, and more! Collects stories from Wonder Woman #98-123, many reprinted in color for the first time!

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN: DARK VICTORY: THE DELUXE EDITION OHC
Writers: JEPH LOEB
Artist: TIM SALE
Cover: TIM SALE
$49.99 US | 416 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-483-7
ON SALE 12/21/21
One of Batman’s greatest mysteries returns to hardcover! This new edition of an all-time classic features the gripping sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween with new cover art by Tim Sale and dozens of behind-the-scenes extras.

[JAG2045]

BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES OMNIBUS
Writer: JAMES TYNION IV
Artist: FREDDIE WILLIAMS II
Cover: KEVIN EASTMAN
$99.99 US | 576 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-77951-340-3
ON SALE 12/28/21
Batman and Robin team up with Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael to take on villains from two dimensions! DC Comics and IDW Publishing proudly present the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles omnibus, collecting all three Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover miniseries along with never-before-seen extras.

Looks good but wish they had also included the Batman Adventures/Turtles Adventures crossover as well!

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

Looks good but wish they had also included the Batman Adventures/Turtles Adventures crossover as well!

Yes, I'm just wondering whether we'll get an Expanded edition at some point. This one is awfully thin for a price tage of $100. Maybe it's something to do with splitting the costs/profits with IDW?

[titansupes]

Haven't been keeping track, but with WW entering the Silver Age for her omnis, does that mean we finally get some Silver Age Supes coming at us?

[JAG2045]

Haven't been keeping track, but with WW entering the Silver Age for her omnis, does that mean we finally get some Silver Age Supes coming at us?

There are no Silver Age Superman omnis currently solicited, the next Golden Age volume is 7

From what we have been told Batman & Superman won't get Silver Age volumes until their Golden Age reprints are completed (Batman may have reached this point now or may have one final Golden Age volume still to follow, we won't know until DC posts the next solicits)

With Wonder Woman I believe there has been restoration issues with the Golden Age material so DC decided to jump ahead to the Silver Age (some of which was already restored for the Wonder Woman: Amazon Princess Archive)

[HandofPrometheus]

It's clear DC is very stubborn when it comes to Omnibuses and collecting overall runs or stories so why don't they just do completed collection TPBs/HCs like Marvel? I've been buying so many completed collections from various Marvel runs and I'm starting to prefer them over Omnibuses. The only time DC has done so, that I'm aware, was the Injustice comics.

Marvel has old runs and modern runs in this format and it helps immensely. I don't understand why DC can't do this. It's less volume coverage since they can fit more issues in one book and I'm sure people would buy them up.

[JAG2045]

I believe for DC it boils down to sales & pre-orders

For example, for Superman they released one volume of Superman: Blue in 2018 (which was listed to be the first of 4 volumes https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...by-karl-kesel/) but no other volumes ever materialised

However they have successfully released near complete run of Wally West's Flash series from issue #62 to #225 across 14 books (the Flash by Waid/Morrison & Millar/Johns) as well as a volume at the start of the run (The Flash: Savage Velocity of issues #1-#18) so hopefully that sold well enough to get the rest of the run (#19-#61 plus the post-Johns issues of #226-#247)

Likewise a large amount of Wonder Woman volume 2 and Batman post-Crisis has almost been completed

[witchboy]

I am hoping for more Silver Age collections from DC.
I've been hoping for more World's Finest omnibuses.

[bob.schoonover]

It's clear DC is very stubborn when it comes to Omnibuses and collecting overall runs or stories so why don't they just do completed collection TPBs/HCs like Marvel? I've been buying so many completed collections from various Marvel runs and I'm starting to prefer them over Omnibuses. The only time DC has done so, that I'm aware, was the Injustice comics.

Marvel has old runs and modern runs in this format and it helps immensely. I don't understand why DC can't do this. It's less volume coverage since they can fit more issues in one book and I'm sure people would buy them up.

Part of it is a vicious circle on DC's part - they don't finish a few runs, then they space out runs WAY too far apart, so fans won't start out subsequent runs. For example, the Superman Red/Blue run didn't get good sales, but I'm inclined to believe that was at least in part because there was no solicitation for a volume 2 to let ANYONE know that DC was committed to the bit.

[EmeraldGladiator]

yea, just got Justice League the Bronze Age #3 but there is no idea when #4 will (if ever be)solicited, sigh.