“Flash Chronicles” among upcoming collected editions
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “Flash Chronicles,” reprinting the original adventures of the Barry Allen Flash, is among the highlights of DC Comics’ collected editions discussed at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting.
Barry Allen’s first appearance in “Showcase” #4 kicked off what’s considered the Silver Age of Comics, and Flash joins Superman, Batman and Green Lantern in the “Chronicles” line. The first volume is scheduled to ship in September.
Other highlights from the Collected Editions presentation:
- A one-volume collection of “Batman: Hush” by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee in August
- The first Zuda collection, “High Moon” vol. 1, written by former University of Oklahoma student David Gallaher, is scheduled for October.
- The all-ages “Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade,” is scheduled for December.
DC’s black-and-white “Showcase” collections are going to move toward one release per month rather than two per month. The volumes scheduled through the rest of the year are Bat Lash in July; Eclipso in August; Warlord in September; House of Secrets vol 2 in October; DC Comics Presents Superman Team Ups in November; and Wonder Woman vol 3 in December.
The panel also offered sneak peeks into 2010, including an “Adam Hughes Cover to Cover” art book; “Absolute Green Lantern Rebirth;” and new editions of “Sandman” implementing the recoloring done for the Absolute editions of the series.
– Matt Price
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[...] confirms that Flash Chronicles will feature Barry Allen. Since the Chronicles line of trade paperbacks is supposed to start at the beginning and run [...]
It would have been cool to have had the jay garrick run of Flash reprinted, but – would anyone except a few fanboys buy it compared ro the ones who’d buy the silver age adventures ( moreso because of the recent bringing back of Barry to the DCU ).
As for the SHOWCASE editions – I really doubt that they’ll release a “Bat Lash” edition, as most editions cover 20-25 issues – and the series itself only ran 5 or 6 issues PLUS an issue of Showcase, plus the odd guest appearance over the years. I’d expect if they are doing it, to release it in one of those special DC editions that they’ve used to reprint Kirby’s OMAC amongst other smaller run books or classic runs.
WARLORD – is an amazing idea, but I just doubt it. It’ll get cancelled at the last minute, you see.
I was really hoping the Flash Chronicles would be starting at the beginning with Jay instead of reprinting Barry’s adventures a third time (the Showcase and Archives series are both still available). Oh, well.