question regarding Batman Vol. 7 vs Joker Endgame HC editions

[DarkKnight85]

this may have been asked already and I skimmed around but didn't see any posts about it, but I was just looking for information regarding these two HC editions.

From what I hear, everything in Vol. 7 is in Joker Endgame. I basically came online to ask if that's actually really true? Cause I mean if so, there isn't a point to buying both of them anymore.

[JBatmanFan05]

True. I don't like the tieins or backups or the ordering, so I'm getting Vol 7.

I think Snyder might say Vol 7 is the truest way it's meant to be read (kinda like GMo said the Final Crisis new ed is how FC is meant to be read). I think DC is more behind the tieins and such, and Snyder can't of course disavow those. I bet if a Snyder Omni is done someday, you'll just be seeing Vol 7's contents.

[MajorHoy]

From what I hear, everything in Vol. 7 is in Joker Endgame. I basically came online to ask if that's actually really true? Cause I mean if so, there isn't a point to buying both of them anymore.

I haven't looked through them yet, but didn't those issues of Batman have back-up features? I'm guessing the main Snyder-written stories are in Batman Vol. 7, and the back-up stories from those same issues are combined with the special Endgame tie-ins and the Batman Annual for the separate Joker Endgame collection. (It would make more sense to me if DC chose to do it that way.)

[DarkKnight85]

yea I mean, I see the two HC's over at Amazon and the Joker Endgame one is only like 2 dollars more. The thing that was weird is that I remember when I bought the Court of Owls trades that main title batman issues in the book Night of Owls did not collect all the main issues of that from the Batman arc. I just remember it as something weird DC did, so I wanted to make sure here.

[mtop2036]

Unfortunately I bought both due to incorrect solicitations. Vol 7 has only the main issues without backups. I would definitely get the joker endgame. Has everything that vol 7 has plus backups tie ins and the annual. I mean for only a few bucks more I couldn't see why not.

[DarkKnight85]

well that seals the deal for me then. I'll just get the Joker Endgame trade that has everything in it. Thanks everyone for the help! Let's hope this story is a good one.

[SpideyZERO]

Wait what? I thought Joker: Endgame only contain all the tie ins like Night of The Owl did...but now it has the regular issues plus tie ins? Ugghh

I am already rather displeased when Vol 7 left out the back up stories

[Kingcrimsonprog]

I bought the Batman Vol. 7 and it was succinct and straightforward and I rather liked it, now I'm curious about the tie ins, but if I read the tieins first, I wonder if it would have been a bloated mess... I really din't like the owls tie-in book and that put me off getting these extra books.

[MajorHoy]

Unfortunately I bought both due to incorrect solicitations. Vol 7 has only the main issues without backups. I would definitely get the joker endgame. Has everything that vol 7 has plus backups tie ins and the annual. I mean for only a few bucks more I couldn't see why not.

When I was looking at the size of the Joker Endgame collection in Barnes & Noble, it was slightly thicker than the Batman Vol. 7 one, but it didn't quite seem thick enough to also include

* all the back-up stories from the Batman issues
* four issues worth of tie-ins (Arkham Manor, Batgirl, Detective Comics, and Gotham Academy)
* as well as Batman Annual #3

but since they didn't have any unsealed copies, I couldn't confirm one way or the other.