Waitin’ for the trade
For those of you who find single issues (or “floppies”) to sticky and tedious to handle, DC Comics has dropped a list of their upcoming collections.
52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN TP – $19.99, 144 pages
THE ALL-NEW ATOM: THE HUNT FOR RAY PALMER TP – $14.99, 128 pages
BATMAN VS. TWO-FACE TP – $19.99, 192 pages
BATMAN: THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH TP – $19.99, 192 pages
BATMAN: THE RESURRECTION OF RA’S AL GHUL HC – $29.99, 256 pages
BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE TP – $17.99, 144 pages
BOOSTER GOLD: 52 PICK-UP HC – $24.99, 160 pages
CHECKMATE VOL. 3: THE FALL OF THE WALL TP – $14.99, 168 pages
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. 1 TP – $19.99, 296 pages
GREEN LANTERN: NO FEAR TP – $12.99, 176 pages
INFINITY INC. VOL. 1: LUTHOR’S MONSTERS TP – $14.99, 128 pages
JACK KIRBY’S O.M.A.C. HC – $24.99, 176 pages
JUSTICE VOL. 1 TP – $14.99, 160 pages
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: 1,050 YEARS OF THE FUTURE TP – $19.99, 224 pages
THE SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY ARCHIVES VOL. 3 HC – $59.99, 272 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: GREEN LANTERN VOL. 3 TP – $16.99, 528 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE HAUNTED TANK VOL. 2 TP – $16.99, 560 pages
THE STARMAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC – $49.99, 448 pages
SUPERMAN: ESCAPE FROM BIZARRO WORLD HC – $24.99, 160 pages
SUPERMAN: WORLD OF KRYPTON TP – $14.99, 192 pages
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER VOL. 1 HC – $29.99, 240 pages
BATMAN: JEKYLL & HYDE TP – $14.99, 144 pages
COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: THE SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER TP – $17.99, 160 pages
THE QUESTION: THE FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD HC – $19.99, 128 pages
THE DOOM PATROL ARCHIVES VOL. 5 HC – $49.99, 208 pages
GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR VOL. 2 HC – $24.99, 192 pages
GREEN LANTERN: TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS HC – $29.99, 200 pages
THE JOKER: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD TP – $19.99, 192 pages
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE INJUSTICE LEAGUE HC – $19.99, 144 pages
METAMORPHO: YEAR ONE TP – $14.99, 144 pages
SHADOWPACT VOL. 3: DARKNESS AND LIGHT TP – $14.99, 144 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: BATMAN VOL. 3 TP – $16.99, 552 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE FLASH VOL. 2 TP – $16.99, 552 pages
SUPERMAN: CAMELOT FALLS VOL. 1 TP – $12.99, 128 pages
SUPERMAN: LAST SON HC – $19.99, 160 pages
TANGENT COMICS VOL. 3 TP – $19.99, 208 pages
TEEN TITANS: TITANS OF TOMORROW TP – $14.99, 144 pages
WORLD’S FINEST DELUXE EDITION HC – $29.99, 176 pages
THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 HC – $99.00, 616 pages
FABLES VOL. 10: THE GOOD PRINCE TP – $17.99, 240 pages
LOVELESS VOL. 3: BLACKWATER FALLS TP – $14.99, 224 pages
VERTIGO FIRST CUT TP – $4.99, 168 pages
DEMO TP – $19.99, 328 pages
JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER: THE FEAR MACHINE TP – $14.99, 240 pages
JACK OF FABLES VOL. 3: THE BAD PRINCE TP – $14.99, 128 pages
THE VINYL UNDERGROUND VOL. 1: SNOGGING FOR ENGLAND TP – $9.99, 128 pages
Y: THE LAST MAN VOL. 10: WHYS AND WHEREFORES TP – $14.99, 168 pages
HEROES TP – $19.99, 240 pages
TOM STRONG BOOK 6 TP – $17.99, 160 pages
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY VOL. 2 TP – $19.99, 144 pages
EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC – $29.99, 272 pages
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER — THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC – $99.00, 200 pages
THE PROGRAMME VOL. 1 TP – $17.99, 144 pages
BATMAN AND SON TP – $14.99, 200 pages
BATMAN: GOING SANE TP – $14.99, 160 pages
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE TP – $17.99, 192 pages
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. 2 TP – $19.99, 296 pages
COUNTDOWN: ARENA TP – $17.99, 168 pages
DIANA PRINCE: WONDER WOMAN VOL. 2 TP – $19.99, 176 pages
THE FLASH: THE WILD WESTS HC – $24.99, 160 pages
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL VOL. 2 HC – $24.99, 208 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: HAWKMAN VOL. 2 TP – $16.99, 560 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: HOUSE OF SECRETS VOL. 1 TP – $16.99, 544 pages
SUPERMAN AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES HC – $19.99, 168 pages
THE TRIALS OF SHAZAM VOL. 2 TP – $14.99, 144 pages
WONDER GIRL: CHAMPION TP – $17.99, 144 pages
ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 1 TP – $12.99, 160 pages
ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 2 HC – $19.99, 160 pages
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD VOL. 2: THE BOOK OF DESTINY HC – $24.99, 160 pages
COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS TP – $17.99, 144 pages
THE DEATH OF THE NEW GODS HC – $29.99, 256 pages
DR. FATE: COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY TP – $17.99, 192 pages
JLA VOL. 1: THE DELUXE EDITION HC – $29.99, 256 pages
METAL MEN HC – $24.99, 200 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN VOL. 4 TP – $16.99, 648 pages
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE ATOM VOL. 2 TP – $16.99, 528 pages
SIMON DARK VOL. 1: WHAT SIMON DOES TP – $14.99, 144 pages
THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 25 HC – $59.99, 256 pages
SUICIDE SQUAD: FROM THE ASHES TP – $19.99, 192 pages
SUPERGIRL: BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL TP – $17.99, 176 pages
THE SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOL. 5 TP – $14.99, 192 pages
AMERICAN VIRGIN VOL. 4: AROUND THE WORLD TP – $17.99, 224 pages
ARMY @ LOVE VOL. 2: GENERATION PWNED TP – $12.99, 168 pages
DMZ VOL. 5: THE HIDDEN WAR TP – $12.99, 144 pages
JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER: THE LAUGHING MAGICIAN TP – $14.99, 128 pages
THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: THE DEAD BOY DETECTIVES TP – $12.99, 104 pages
TESTAMENT VOL. 4: EXODUS TP – $14.99, 144 pages
ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 1 HC - $29.99, 256 pages
THE AUTHORITY: PRIME TP – $17.99, 144 pages
WILDSTORM: REVELATIONS TP – $17.99, 144 pages
WORLD OF WARCRAFT VOL. 1 HC – $19.99, 160 pages
AMERICA’S BEST COMICS PRIMER TP – $4.99, 168 pages
DEATHBLOW TP – $19.99, 224 pages
MIDNIGHTER VOL. 2 TP - $14.99, 160 pages
There are some good deals here (notably a Vertigo and America’s Best Comics primer, even though that line is defunct…for now) and some big releases, like the Starman Omnibus for completist freaks like me.
– Greg Elwell
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There’s some great stuff coming out. That Kirby OMAC omnibus will go great with the Fouth World collections that have been released. I’m also glad to see another volume of The Haunted Tank. I think the Showcase trades are a welcome addition to DC’s backissue publishing. I hope they continue putting out more of their War and hopefully Western comics. I second the Starman Omnibus. That series was terrific and I bet they will look great collected in nice, hardcover volumes.