Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
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Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
I've been a fan of these books for a while, especially the Batman ones. Right now a lot of them seem to be out of print on Amazon. Is this line of books finished?
Kind of a different subject here, but what about Marvel Essentials? A lot of those seem to be out of print too.
Kind of a different subject here, but what about Marvel Essentials? A lot of those seem to be out of print too.
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Re: Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
Batman Chronicles Vol 11 just came out in January 2013 after a two year hiatus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat...e_paperback%29
Flash Chronicles Vol 4 came out in April 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flash_Chronicles
So it looks like DC is still publishing them, just at a very slow process. DC has always been rather slow at releasing tpbs.
Marvel tends to churn out the tpbs a lot faster than DC, and Marvel shows a lot of future solicitations for their Essential line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_essentials
Personally I feel that the Essential line is basically pointless now that Marvel has started releasing the Masterworks line in tpb format at a rate of one per month. The biggest disadvantage of the Masterworks line before was that it was only available in expensive hard cover format, but that disadvantage is gone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Masterworks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat...e_paperback%29
Flash Chronicles Vol 4 came out in April 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flash_Chronicles
So it looks like DC is still publishing them, just at a very slow process. DC has always been rather slow at releasing tpbs.
Marvel tends to churn out the tpbs a lot faster than DC, and Marvel shows a lot of future solicitations for their Essential line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_essentials
Personally I feel that the Essential line is basically pointless now that Marvel has started releasing the Masterworks line in tpb format at a rate of one per month. The biggest disadvantage of the Masterworks line before was that it was only available in expensive hard cover format, but that disadvantage is gone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Masterworks
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Re: Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
They recently released a Superman Omnibus which houses basically the Chronicles releases #1-4. I wish I had just waited for that. I stopped collecting the GL and Flash versions when the GL omnibus was released. I figured they are just going to stop them and likely go to omnibus releases. I like the Superman and Batman Chronicles releases but waiting for them sucks.
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Re: Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
I like the idea of the Chronicles series but don't actually own any of them since they're earlier than my collecting sweet spot.
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Yep, I wish they would start covering more Bronze Age material. DC seems very reluctant to collect long-running, popular series from that era in omnibus format. There seems to be licensing and royalty issues with anything published after a certain point in the 1970s.
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Re: Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
They recently released a Superman Omnibus which houses basically the Chronicles releases #1-4. I wish I had just waited for that. I stopped collecting the GL and Flash versions when the GL omnibus was released. I figured they are just going to stop them and likely go to omnibus releases. I like the Superman and Batman Chronicles releases but waiting for them sucks.
Yep, I wish they would start covering more Bronze Age material. DC seems very reluctant to collect long-running, popular series from that era in omnibus format. There seems to be licensing and royalty issues with anything published after a certain point in the 1970s.
I'm leaning towards getting rid of a sizable chunk of my single issues and concentrating on collections; but I think I'll always want every single issue appearance of you and my other favorite characters.
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Re: Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
I almost only buy trades and hardcovers these days. I am probably missing out on good comics that way but there are too many long-term problems with buying individual issues anymore. I still keep the dozens of longboxes I once accumulated as a memento. As for digital issues, I have a very tough time paying for ephemeral content which I only have a license to access.
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Re: Is DC Comics going to continue their "Chronicles" collections?
I love these myself and wish they'd keep them in print - I'm still hunting a few of the earlier volumes of the Batman series but not going to pay $70 on eBay for them!