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MBoyd 12-16-11 10:22 AM

Re: Any DC Absolutes in the pipeline?
 
I think I'd rather see the Miller and Lee Goddamn Batman as an Absolute. :lol:

davidh777 12-18-11 04:01 PM

Re: Any DC Absolutes in the pipeline?
 
Nice. My Absolute Hush came in a protective cardboard box within the mailing box. :up: First Absolute/Omnibus I've gotten this way.

fujishig 12-20-11 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 11044677)
They're really scraping the bottom of the barrel... Sinestro Corps War and Batman & Robin?

Okay... I can sort of see Batman & Robin, but that storyline is kind of useless without being taken in the greater context of Morrison's Batman run. Plus, DC seems to have fucked up what he was trying to do when the rebooted their universe with 52.

I would think they would release an absolute of Morrison's Batman run first... did I just miss it?

That Absolute Final Crisis is really a head scratcher to me... that series was pretty much retconned/forgotten a few months after it came out (the only consequence being the "death" of Batman), and that was way before the new 52. I guess they really want to milk Morrison fans or something. And who the heck is going to buy Johns' Green Lantern series in Omnibus form? I mean, I like the series, but the tpbs/hcs I have are good enough for me.

The last few Absolutes I've gotten have been in those white cardboard boxes... I think my reissue Planetary ones were.

Strapped4Cash 12-24-11 09:52 PM

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The Infinite Crisis Omnibus Hardcover $150.00

Publication Date: July 3, 2012, 1152 pages.

This omnibus colllects: Day of Vengeance #1-6, Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1, Rann/Thanagar War #1-6, Rann/Thanagar War:Infinite Crisis Special #1, DC Countdown #1, OMAC Project #1-6, Omac Project:Infinite Crisis Special #1, Wonder Woman #219, Villains United:Infinite Crisis Special #1, Villains United #1-6, Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 #1, Infinite Crisis #1-7.

MBoyd 01-23-12 08:30 PM

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Here's the official solicitation. Probably most everyone here is filing it in their heads under "Do Not Want"


ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR HC
Written by GEOFF JOHNS, DAVE GIBBONS and PETER J. TOMASI
Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER, IVAN REIS, PATRICK GLEASON, ANGEL UNZUETA, OCLAIR ALBERT, PRENTIS ROLLINS and DREW GERACI
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
ADVANCE SOLICITED • On sale SEPTEMBER 26 • 368 pg, FC, 8.25” x 12.5”, $99.99 US
This massive, slipcased edition collects GREEN LANTERN #21-25, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14-19 and GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL #1! Sinestro – Hal Jordan’s former mentor and archnemesis – has gathered an army of soldiers fueled by the fear they instill in others, including Arkillo, Karu-Sil, the Cyborg- Superman and more of the most terrifying villains the universe has ever seen!

stingermck 01-23-12 08:39 PM

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Im getting it. This, Rebirth, and Blackest Night (eventually) will make a great Absolute trilogy.

davidh777 02-13-15 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 8351240)
Y The Last Man Omnibus? -pray-

Sorry for the ancient bump, but I'd just been talking about having the first two deluxe editions and gradually completing the set, and now this comes along. I'll probably pass on the size and price, though.

http://www.cheapgraphicnovels.com/im...20VOL%2001.jpg

Y THE LAST MAN ABSOLUTE EDITION VOL 01 HC
PUBLISHER DC COMICS / VERTIGO
WRITER Brian K. Vaughan
ARTIST Pia Guerra & Jose Marzan, Jr.
RELEASE DATE JUNE 16, 2015
CONDITION NEW

Retail Price $125.00


Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan (LOST, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.

This Absolute Edition will feature the first twenty issues of this action-packed series along with special script pages, character sketchs and cover gallery.

Collects Y: THE LAST MAN #1-20.

Josh-da-man 02-13-15 07:54 PM

Re: Any DC Absolutes in the pipeline?
 
Now that they've jacked the prices up to $125, I hope they can get the quality control problems with these Absolute books worked out.

Nah... Who am I kidding?

Mike86 02-13-15 08:01 PM

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I've always thought the Absolutes were sort of a cool novelty but have never really felt compelled to buy one for the price.

MBoyd 02-13-15 08:21 PM

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I have enough. I think I have everything I would want honestly.

madcougar 02-23-15 10:23 AM

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They are wonderful shelf porn, but not practical for reading in my opinion.

PhantomStranger 02-27-15 12:26 AM

Re: Any DC Absolutes in the pipeline?
 

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 12394984)
Now that they've jacked the prices up to $125, I hope they can get the quality control problems with these Absolute books worked out.

Nah... Who am I kidding?

DC has been pretty erratic with their quality control. It's like interns put these collections together without doing any research. Lack of supplementary material, known missing pieces, occasionally suspect art reproduction- DC fans have come to know them well. It applies to their trades and hardcovers more than the Absolute line, but even the Absolutes have had a checkered history at times.

Saying all that I still cherish my Watchmen and Crisis Absolutes.

slop101 11-14-19 10:38 AM

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So after so many horrible collections of Moore's Swamp Thing run, the first (of 3) volume of the Absolute edition is now available, and it looks great!


cultshock 11-14-19 01:37 PM

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Awesome, finally a really nice presentation of these stories. I love Moore's run on Swampy, so these will be mine!

Josh-da-man 11-14-19 08:55 PM

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That's making me hard.

PhantomStranger 11-19-19 09:18 PM

Re: Any DC Absolutes in the pipeline?
 
Not an Absolute, but anyone picking up the massive and fantastic-looking DC's $500 Crisis On Infinite Earths hardcover collection? I want it but that is a lot of coin to pick up something I already have most of in some form.

https://www.instocktrades.com/TP/DC/...-SET/APR190537

In Absolute news, I see DC reissued the New Frontier Absolute for its 15th anniversary this week. Cheap at Instocktrades.

Trevor 11-20-19 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 13643006)
Not an Absolute, but anyone picking up the massive and fantastic-looking DC's $500 Crisis On Infinite Earths hardcover collection? I want it but that is a lot of coin to pick up something I already have most of in some form.

https://www.instocktrades.com/TP/DC/...-SET/APR190537

In Absolute news, I see DC reissued the New Frontier Absolute for its 15th anniversary this week. Cheap at Instocktrades.

I picked up the Crisis set, half price pre-order. Same hesitation here, I’m sure I own 90+% of it in physical and digital. But Crisis is pretty much my favorite mainstream big two series ever, and much of my collecting foundation and positive memories are based on it and the series it builds off of. So after some hand-wringing, I bit at $250.

It’s still enroute. I plan to dive into it soon after it arrives.

Josh-da-man 11-20-19 08:07 PM

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I cannot imagine plunking down $500 for Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Or anything that wasn't written by Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, or Garth Ennis, for that matter.

PhantomStranger 11-21-19 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13643561)
I picked up the Crisis set, half price pre-order. Same hesitation here, I’m sure I own 90+% of it in physical and digital. But Crisis is pretty much my favorite mainstream big two series ever, and much of my collecting foundation and positive memories are based on it and the series it builds off of. So after some hand-wringing, I bit at $250.

It’s still enroute. I plan to dive into it soon after it arrives.

I've purposely avoided watching YouTube unboxing videos of the Crisis set because I know I will be weak and order it. I have a powerful nostalgia for Crisis that is calling me to buy it.


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