Any DC Absolutes in the pipeline?

[Darmund]

Originally Posted by MBoyd

I agree but maybe it's the start of the movie tie ins? Or maybe it's just Geoff Johns' turn at the format?

Still wish All Star Supes of Dark Victory would get announced.

All star Supes is definitely getting the Absolute treatment. I think that Dark Victory won't get it unless it's combined with Long Halloween, and honestly I don't think the story or art deserve it. The art is decent, but wouldn't look that great blown up and while the storyline in Halloween is decent, Victory is nothing but a hack 8th rate ripoff of the Godfather.

[Vendetta-AKK]

Originally Posted by Darmund

All star Supes is definitely getting the Absolute treatment. I think that Dark Victory won't get it unless it's combined with Long Halloween, and honestly I don't think the story or art deserve it. The art is decent, but wouldn't look that great blown up and while the storyline in Halloween is decent, Victory is nothing but a hack 8th rate ripoff of the Godfather.

I keep hearing people talking about the potential Absolute All Star Superman, but can't find where they are getting this info. Do you remember where you heard this? Just wondering because I haven't bought Volume 2 yet, and will probably hold off if it is indeed getting an absolute treatment. This was probably my favorite superman book of all time.

[davidh777]

Originally Posted by heavy liquid

Exactly. Another Absolute I'd love to have Y: The Last Man, but that too is being released in new Deluxe hardcovers. They could have easily split it up into 3 Absolutes of 20 issues each + extras. I can dream...

This was on my Absolute wish list as well, but I picked up the first two hardcovers on sale. I do like the readability of this size compared to larger tomes.

[Josh-da-man]

Originally Posted by Vendetta-AKK

I keep hearing people talking about the potential Absolute All Star Superman, but can't find where they are getting this info. Do you remember where you heard this? Just wondering because I haven't bought Volume 2 yet, and will probably hold off if it is indeed getting an absolute treatment. This was probably my favorite superman book of all time.

It hasn't been announced. Everyone is assuming that an Absolute ASS will eventually be made. It's twelve issues, all by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, it's critically acclaimed and a fan favorite.

I'm actually sort of surprised it hasn't been announced yet, unless they're waiting for Frank Miller and Jim Lee to finish up ASBARTBW.

(And I pray that DC doesn't do something stupid like package ASS and ASBARTBW together in the same Absolute Edition like they did with TDKR and TDKSA.)

[davidh777]

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

ASBARTBW

Trying not google here: All-Star Batman and Robin the Black White?

[notvandnobeer]

All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder

[notvandnobeer]

And I would kill for an Absolute All Star Superman. I love Jim Lee, but All Star Batman and Robin sucked pretty bad.

[MBoyd]

Once I got over what I had expected from All Star Batman and Robin, i just accepted it as a twisted parody. I'd buy it in an Absolute, but as I've said before I am DC's bitch when in comes to these things. I'm skeptical of ever being completed though. And now I read on some forum (here?) Holy Terror Batman is being reworked without Batman. Seems Miller is falling out of favor with DC?

[Darmund]

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

It hasn't been announced. Everyone is assuming that an Absolute ASS will eventually be made. It's twelve issues, all by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, it's critically acclaimed and a fan favorite.

I'm actually sort of surprised it hasn't been announced yet, unless they're waiting for Frank Miller and Jim Lee to finish up ASBARTBW.

(And I pray that DC doesn't do something stupid like package ASS and ASBARTBW together in the same Absolute Edition like they did with TDKR and TDKSA.)

Actually an Absolute ASS was announced as coming up by Dan Dido at one of the various comic book conventions.

As for ASB&R by Miller and Lee, wasn't that cancelled and replaced with Morrison's Batman and Robin?

[slop101]

Absolute Justice came out today and it is sexy as all fuck.

[Suprmallet]

In case anyone is curious, I got Absolute Death. It's got the two miniseries (Time of Your Life and The High Cost of Living), the issue where she first appears in Sandman (The Sound of Her Wings), her solo story from Endless Nights, and a one-off Neil did after 9/11 which also features Destruction

Spoiler:

(suggesting perhaps he came back to guide change in the wake of 9/11, or perhaps he even came back specifically to hatch 9/11?).

I would say, if you're not a huge Sandman/Death fan, it wouldn't really be worth it. The existing Death graphic novels are decent, and the only story you can't get anywhere else easily is the one-off. Still, it's got the base level of quality of an Absolute, and as a Sandman fanatic I'm happy to have it.

[Josh-da-man]

Absolute Death is grossly over-priced at $99, though. Should've left out the two Sandman issues (#8 and #20?) and just offered the thing for $50.

[Josh-da-man]

Oh, and before I forget, DC's December solicits came out today, and they have Absolute Planetary Vol 2 and a reprint of Vol 1 listed, at $75 each.

[stingermck]

Originally Posted by slop101

Absolute Justice came out today and it is sexy as all fuck.

Agreed. I read the 3 small HC's that a friend let me borrow, but oversized is incredible.

[MBoyd]

I was browsing half-price books while my wife was in class tonight. They had 2 dinged up copies of Absolute Watchmen and Dark Knight. Sad looking. They were half-price. They'll look even worse within the week I am sure. Surprised they weren't in the glass case.

[MBoyd]

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

Oh, and before I forget, DC's December solicits came out today, and they have Absolute Planetary Vol 2 and a reprint of Vol 1 listed, at $75 each.

Not real interested in having them in this format since they aren't DC/Vertigo, but I am sure they are great. I'll get around to reading it someday.

ABSOLUTE PLANETARY BOOK TWO HC
Advance-solicited • On sale July 7 • 384 pg, FC, $75 US
Written by Warren Ellis
Art and cover by John Cassaday
Snow, Jakita and the Drummer take on their nemeses the Four...then death itself! PLANETARY reaches its conclusion as the field team made a mad decision regarding an old friend. The Absolute Edition Book Two collects issues #13-27 of the stunning series.

ABSOLUTE PLANETARY BOOK ONE HC NEW PRINTING
Advance-solicited • On sale July 7 • 320 pg, FC, $75 US
Written by Warren Ellis
Art and cover by John Cassaday
PLANETARY has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads. These Archeologists of the Unknown delve into secret places most beings fear to tread. Book One is once again available in the Absolute format, collecting issues #1-12 plus the full script from issue #1.

[Suprmallet]

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

Absolute Death is grossly over-priced at $99, though. Should've left out the two Sandman issues (#8 and #20?) and just offered the thing for $50.

Got mine for $62 from Amazon.

And it's issue 8 of Sandman and then the Death portion of Endless Nights, which is available in a hardcover, although somewhere earlier in the thread someone posted that Gaiman mentioned a potential fifth Sandman Absolute that would include all of Endless Nights.

[slop101]

Originally Posted by Suprmallet

Got mine for $62 from Amazon.

Don't shrug at me - that doesn't make Absolute Death any less of a rip-off, as you can alos get the bigger 12 to 20 issue Absolute collections at amazon for $62.

[Suprmallet]

Don't shrug at you?

As I said, it's probably not worth it unless you're a huge Sandman/Neil Gaiman fan, which I am.

[Josh-da-man]

Neil Gaiman thinks it cost too much:

Also, Absolute Death was published this week. It is amazingly beautiful. Yes, I think they overpriced it too and no, pricing decisions at DC Comics are nothing to do with me.

[slop101]

Originally Posted by stingermck

Agreed. I read the 3 small HC's that a friend let me borrow, but oversized is incredible.

This bears repeating: Absolute Justice is an amazing book - it's probably the best Absolute book I've seen yet. It's so beautiful, so well put-together, that you're just left in awe.

This analogy is appropriate for this forum:

Think of the original monthly mini-series as a TV-broadcast, in a cropped 4x3 standard definition format. Then the original trades would be akin the barebones DVDs, released in three separate volumes. And now this Absolute edition is the blu-ray box-set collecting the entire series in a glorious 1080p transfer, with some significant and worthwhile extras.

Anyone with even a marginal interest in comics needs to have this on their shelf. Absolutely amazing.

[MBoyd]

Interesting comment Slop. This is the one they had a contest to design right? Give that guy a job!

[slop101]

No, no - the contest was just to design a print and online ad for the book, not for the actual book.