Not much grabs me in the regular series this month (though I'm afraid these crossovers will kill my interest in Aquaman and Supergirl), but some good trades this month. The complete Shade mini, the awesome early issues of Impuse (those that don't cross over with Flash storylines, anyway), and the Superman Vs. Shazam trade, all $19.99 apiece. If DCBS goes 50% off on those, I may get all 3 (esp. the Superman/Shazam one, even though I think I have everything it reprints).
Oh, and I see they're finally starting to collect the 80s Animal Man series past the Morrison run. Nice! Been wanting to read those for awhile.
Cool to see some never before collected (at least in the States, not sure about overseas) Animal Man issues getting into trade:
ANIMAL MAN VOL. 4: BORN TO BE WILD TP Written by PETER MILLIGAN and TOM VEITCH Art by CHAS TRUOG, MARK FARMER and STEVE DILLON Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND On sale FEBRUARY 13 • 288 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS Continuing Buddy Baker’s surreal adventures, this volume features stories from ANIMAL MAN #27-37! In these tales, Animal Man becomes trapped in a prehistoric jungle in his bathroom, saves his daughter from the villainous Notational Man, and explores the mystery of the dead birds that seem to be everywhere.
To be honest, these are not the strongest issues. Though the Morrison run was a hard act to follow. Though I hope they continue with trades and get the Jamie Delano stuff into collections for the first time, as I think that was the best the series ever was (better than the Morrison issues) and is absolutely the template that Lemire is working from now as far as being a mix of horror book and family drama.
AME-COMI GIRLS #4: FEATURING POWER GIRL - Cleavage included
Ha! I've been reading those issues digitally and while they ARE heavy on the fanservice at times, they're actually really well-written (and drawn!). I'm planning on double dipping and picking up the eventual trade.
This month I'm happy to see they're releasing the 2nd Batman trade (Night of the Owls) as a separate purchase from the previous month's release that collects the multi-title saga. We've got a choice now of which way we want to read the story. So I dumped the previous month's book to pick this one up on my next order because Snyder's Batman has been just awesome!
SUPERMAN VS. SHAZAM! TP Written by ROY THOMAS, JOEY CAVALIERI and GERRY CONWAY Art by GIL KANE, RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO Cover by RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US • It’s the Man of Steel vs. the World’s Mightiest Mortal in this collection featuring Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Black Adam and more! • Collects ALL-NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITION C-58, DC COMICS PRESENTS #33-34 and 49, and DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #3.
Never read those issues - but am interested in those crazy characters. Also the talents involved rock my boat.
THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN VOL. 3 HC Written by LESLIE S. KLINGER THE SANDMAN written by NEIL GAIMAN Art by JILL THOMPSON, VINCE LOCKE, P. CRAIG RUSSELL and others Cover by DAVE McKEAN Advance solicited • On sale JUNE 19 • 520 pg, B&W, 11.5” x 11.75”, $49.99 US • MATURE READERS In THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN VOL. 3, Leslie Klinger provides historical insights into issues #40-55 of THE SANDMAN, along with THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and “How They Met Themselves” from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #3.
SUPERMAN VS. SHAZAM! TP Written by ROY THOMAS, JOEY CAVALIERI and GERRY CONWAY Art by GIL KANE, RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO Cover by RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US • It’s the Man of Steel vs. the World’s Mightiest Mortal in this collection featuring Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Black Adam and more! • Collects ALL-NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITION C-58, DC COMICS PRESENTS #33-34 and 49, and DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #3.
The All-New Collector's Edition is one of those tabloid-sized comics DC put out in the 70s and I'm pretty sure it has never been reprinted, so the book will be worth it just for that, but all those DC Comics Presents stories are good, too, particularly the annual.
If the current take on Shazam is going to get them to reprint older material like this, then I just became a bigger fan of the new stuff,
I'm just really happy to see JH Williams doing art for Batwoman again. I thought he'd be off the book by now, especially because December's issue had a fill-in artist (or "alternate artist", if you prefer).
Other than that, I'm liking the solicits for my usual titles. Wonder Woman looks to be a great read as usual, and I'm happy it's a Chiang-drawn issue. The cover to Batman Inc. looks amazing and I'm sure the story will be unique; I love the idea of Leviathan recruiting a bunch of bratty kids.
Glad to see that Fury Max by Ennis and Parlov is still going. I had thought that ended, so that is cool to see.
It's a bummer that all the Icon books are MIA in January. I don't know when the hell we're going to see the next issue of Scarlet, and Brilliant is rolling out very, very slowly. Oh well.
I probably won't buy it, and I don't usually buy Deadpool, but that Killustrated mini looks like a fun idea. Hopefully that'll be on the Digital Comics Unlimited sometime.
Some of the X-books, like Astonishing and X-Men, already felt a bit fringey. Sort of the "oh, is there still an Astonishing?" books of the line. But now with the new NOW books, and many of them double-shipping, some of those X-books really seem like they are hanging around too long.
The Remender/JRJR Cap book sounds like a lot of fun.
SILVER SURFER BY STAN LEE & MOEBIUS #1 Stan Lee (W) • Moebius (A/C) • Galactus has converted humanity into his followers, and he's leading them to their doom! • His only challenger is the hero he himself trapped on Earth: the Silver Surfer! • It's a war for Earth's worship, but how much will be left when it's over? • Collecting SILVER SURFER: PARABLE #1-2. 104 PGS./ Rated T+ ...$7.99
Moebius :x
Image
ONE TRICK RIP-OFF / DEEP-CUTS HC – GEM OF THE MONTH story PAUL POPE art / cover PAUL POPE JANUARY 16 288 PAGES / FC / T+ $29.99 US Young lovers Tubby and Vim want to escape – escape the mistakes they've made, the lives they've lived, and the dirty city weighing them down. Their plan is simple –all they have to do is rip-off Tubby’s pals, the One Tricks – the toughest street gang in LA. If they pull it off, they're set for life. If not, their lives won't matter much anyway. What was going to be a smooth, straight-forward heist becomes a fast-paced battle to the death. From Eisner Award-winning writer/artist PAUL POPE (Batman: Year 100, THB, Heavy Liquid, 100%) and presented for the first time in color by JAMIE GRANT (All-Star Superman). ONE TRICK RIP-OFF/DEEP-CUTS is 288 pages of raw power, of which over 150 pages are comprised of new, rare, and never before seen stories created during POPE’s time traveling the world in the ‘90s. Included in the "Deep Cuts" section is a bounty of unpublished and rare work POPE did in the '90s, including the legendary "Supertrouble" manga, created for Kodansha in Japan, appearing here in print for the first time. It's a tour de force of pure, kinetic storytelling that will keep your eyes peeled until the very last page.
old Paul Pope....must read
Image has a lot of great books out - I'll wait for the trades 8->
Dark Horse
nothing on order right now - but I will end up getting Buffy, Hellboy and some Star Wars in the future (in trade or HC)
Going to pick up the Answer and Star Wars for sure, possibly the black beetle if I have enough funds. Usually don't pick up any from Dark Horse.
Marvels new books have me excited and DC has me picking up WW for the Orion story and aqua man for the crossover with the justice league.
With all the new stuff coming out from marvel, the dc fourth wave and eventual crossover, and the image books announced at NYCC, I have no idea how I'm going to stick to my budget in 2013!
I am a fan of this format and try to buy as many as possible ( which is not enough ) but why the West Coast Avengers Omnibus? I love the intial mini and the first year or so was fun but to preserve it in this format? Who was clamoring for Al Milgrom's very basic art. With so much to choose from and after last month's Bob Layton Iron Man run getting the treatment, next up West Coast Avengers? Though admitedly I will get if if I see it at 50% off somewhere, I love the Omnibus of all kinds! I just see this and wish for better choices with tweny runs from Marvel off the top of my head critically and commercially and sentimentally better choices.
I am a fan of this format and try to buy as many as possible ( which is not enough ) but why the West Coast Avengers Omnibus? I love the intial mini and the first year or so was fun but to preserve it in this format? Who was clamoring for Al Milgrom's very basic art. With so much to choose from and after last month's Bob Layton Iron Man run getting the treatment, next up West Coast Avengers? Though admitedly I will get if if I see it at 50% off somewhere, I love the Omnibus of all kinds! I just see this and wish for better choices with tweny runs from Marvel off the top of my head critically and commercially and sentimentally better choices.
I am interested in the West Coast Avengers omnibus.
I am a fan of this format and try to buy as many as possible ( which is not enough ) but why the West Coast Avengers Omnibus? I love the intial mini and the first year or so was fun but to preserve it in this format? Who was clamoring for Al Milgrom's very basic art. With so much to choose from and after last month's Bob Layton Iron Man run getting the treatment, next up West Coast Avengers? Though admitedly I will get if if I see it at 50% off somewhere, I love the Omnibus of all kinds! I just see this and wish for better choices with tweny runs from Marvel off the top of my head critically and commercially and sentimentally better choices.
I am interested in the West Coast Avengers omnibus.
I imagine there will be fans of this collection, I myself enjoy much of the above run and binded the two annuals in a collection of mine. I just think it feels abritray and out of place to collect a relatively unheralded run like this when so much Marvel is untouched by the Omnibus format. I'd much rather see Stern's Hobgoblin stuff from Amazing or a collection of 80's 4 issue minis like Falcon, Iceman,Gargoyle...... But I said pretty much the same thing when they Omnibused ( nice word) Atlantis Attacks and that sits proudly on my shelf!
G.I. JOE: The IDW Collection, Vol. 1 Larry Hama & Chuck Dixon (w) • Tom Feister, Mike Hawthorne, Andrea Mutti, Agustin Padilla, Rick Ketcham, & Robert Atkins (a) • Nick Runge (c) It's a new era with new challenges, and to face these challenges the United States military has forged a new group of the best of the best, G.I. JOE. Starting with G.I. JOE: ORIGINS read from the beginning the whole story of how G.I. JOE came to be and their realization of a shadowy group that keeps popping up wherever trouble is.
Thank you!!!! If these are set up like the Tranformers hardcovers, the contents should set up in a pretty decent reading order. Can't wait to get this series of hardcovers going.
Comments
I will put my lil gift to me money towards the complete Death of Superman Omnibus.
Matthew
Oh, and I see they're finally starting to collect the 80s Animal Man series past the Morrison run. Nice! Been wanting to read those for awhile.
I'm continuing to get the same stuff as usual, though the new Threshold series looks interesting. The Superman vs Shazam trade is very, very tempting.
Superman vs Shazam
Batman vol 2 HC
Teen Titans Games
Of course now I am 100% sure that there will be a couple $ 40 or $50 dollar Hardcovers come out from an independent that I must have.
This month I'm happy to see they're releasing the 2nd Batman trade (Night of the Owls) as a separate purchase from the previous month's release that collects the multi-title saga. We've got a choice now of which way we want to read the story. So I dumped the previous month's book to pick this one up on my next order because Snyder's Batman has been just awesome!
SUPERMAN VS. SHAZAM! TP
Written by ROY THOMAS, JOEY CAVALIERI and GERRY CONWAY
Art by GIL KANE, RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO
Cover by RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO
On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US
• It’s the Man of Steel vs. the World’s Mightiest Mortal in this collection featuring Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Black Adam and more!
• Collects ALL-NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITION C-58, DC COMICS PRESENTS #33-34 and 49, and DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #3.
Never read those issues - but am interested in those crazy characters. Also the talents involved rock my boat.
THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN VOL. 3 HC
Written by LESLIE S. KLINGER
THE SANDMAN written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art by JILL THOMPSON, VINCE LOCKE, P. CRAIG RUSSELL and others
Cover by DAVE McKEAN
Advance solicited • On sale JUNE 19 • 520 pg, B&W, 11.5” x 11.75”, $49.99 US • MATURE READERS
In THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN VOL. 3, Leslie Klinger provides historical insights into issues #40-55 of THE SANDMAN, along with THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and “How They Met Themselves” from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #3.
I collect all things Sandman.
If the current take on Shazam is going to get them to reprint older material like this, then I just became a bigger fan of the new stuff,
(you'll go blind!)
Other than that, I'm liking the solicits for my usual titles. Wonder Woman looks to be a great read as usual, and I'm happy it's a Chiang-drawn issue. The cover to Batman Inc. looks amazing and I'm sure the story will be unique; I love the idea of Leviathan recruiting a bunch of bratty kids.
Glad to see that Fury Max by Ennis and Parlov is still going. I had thought that ended, so that is cool to see.
It's a bummer that all the Icon books are MIA in January. I don't know when the hell we're going to see the next issue of Scarlet, and Brilliant is rolling out very, very slowly. Oh well.
I probably won't buy it, and I don't usually buy Deadpool, but that Killustrated mini looks like a fun idea. Hopefully that'll be on the Digital Comics Unlimited sometime.
Some of the X-books, like Astonishing and X-Men, already felt a bit fringey. Sort of the "oh, is there still an Astonishing?" books of the line. But now with the new NOW books, and many of them double-shipping, some of those X-books really seem like they are hanging around too long.
The Remender/JRJR Cap book sounds like a lot of fun.
Matthew
SILVER SURFER BY STAN LEE & MOEBIUS #1
Stan Lee (W) • Moebius (A/C)
• Galactus has converted humanity into his followers, and he's leading them to their doom!
• His only challenger is the hero he himself trapped on Earth: the Silver Surfer!
• It's a war for Earth's worship, but how much will be left when it's over?
• Collecting SILVER SURFER: PARABLE #1-2.
104 PGS./ Rated T+ ...$7.99
Moebius :x
Image
ONE TRICK RIP-OFF / DEEP-CUTS HC – GEM OF THE MONTH
story PAUL POPE
art / cover PAUL POPE
JANUARY 16
288 PAGES / FC / T+
$29.99 US
Young lovers Tubby and Vim want to escape – escape the mistakes they've made, the lives they've lived, and the dirty city weighing them down. Their plan is simple –all they have to do is rip-off Tubby’s pals, the One Tricks – the toughest street gang in LA.
If they pull it off, they're set for life. If not, their lives won't matter much anyway.
What was going to be a smooth, straight-forward heist becomes a fast-paced battle to the death.
From Eisner Award-winning writer/artist PAUL POPE (Batman: Year 100, THB, Heavy Liquid, 100%) and presented for the first time in color by JAMIE GRANT (All-Star Superman). ONE TRICK RIP-OFF/DEEP-CUTS is 288 pages of raw power, of which over 150 pages are comprised of new, rare, and never before seen stories created during POPE’s time traveling the world in the ‘90s.
Included in the "Deep Cuts" section is a bounty of unpublished and rare work POPE did in the '90s, including the legendary "Supertrouble" manga, created for Kodansha in Japan, appearing here in print for the first time.
It's a tour de force of pure, kinetic storytelling that will keep your eyes peeled until the very last page.
old Paul Pope....must read
Image has a lot of great books out - I'll wait for the trades 8->
Dark Horse
nothing on order right now - but I will end up getting Buffy, Hellboy and some Star Wars in the future (in trade or HC)
Marvels new books have me excited and DC has me picking up WW for the Orion story and aqua man for the crossover with the justice league.
With all the new stuff coming out from marvel, the dc fourth wave and eventual crossover, and the image books announced at NYCC, I have no idea how I'm going to stick to my budget in 2013!
I am interested in the West Coast Avengers omnibus.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=41795
G.I. JOE: The IDW Collection, Vol. 1
Larry Hama & Chuck Dixon (w) • Tom Feister, Mike Hawthorne, Andrea Mutti, Agustin Padilla, Rick Ketcham, & Robert Atkins (a) • Nick Runge (c)
It's a new era with new challenges, and to face these challenges the United States military has forged a new group of the best of the best, G.I. JOE. Starting with G.I. JOE: ORIGINS read from the beginning the whole story of how G.I. JOE came to be and their realization of a shadowy group that keeps popping up wherever trouble is.
Thank you!!!! If these are set up like the Tranformers hardcovers, the contents should set up in a pretty decent reading order. Can't wait to get this series of hardcovers going.