For many it seemed as if the universe completely realigned when earlier this year Marvel and DC announced omnibus editions of their many crossover stories! With both companies now being directly controlled by their parent corporations, what was already a difficult process to untangle and made for a lot of red tape to wade through, …
Continue reading DC vs Marvel Omnibus: The Superman Stories- A Few Thoughts
I met Kurt Busiek at Emerald City Comic Con 2010. With me were copies of Avengers #1, Superman #650 and #654, all of which he autographed. I had already fallen in love with both of the aforementioned runs, and had also read his modern classic Marvels (which admittedly was more for the Alex Ross art …
Continue reading Superman by Kurt Busiek Vol.1- A Few Thoughts
From 2016-2018, we really had a good thing going. Superman Rebirth was being published several times each month by two brilliant creative teams who did justice to the character and which fans loved. Sales were strong on both Action Comics and the main Superman title… only to then have DC editorial give both books to …
Continue reading Superman: Lois and Clark: Doom Rising- A Review
This week at ComicsPRO, an industry conference for comics retailers, DC Comics had a great deal of news to announce. The piece that caught my attention the most, however, was the launching of a comprehensive line of thick trade paperbacks called DC Finest, similar to Marvel's Epic Collections. I have long been a fan of …
As I’ve said many times, we really are living in the golden age of comics collected editions. That doesn’t mean collected editions just came out, however. I recall seeing ads for them in comics I was reading in the 90s, and I always knew they existed. Omnibuses- huge, oversized books containing 20-30 issues- definitely didn’t …
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