Monthly Archives: November 2008

Upcoming Collected Edition Nuggets

November 30, 2008
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Here’s just a few things that caught my attention over the Holiday weekend here in the States:

  • The Black & White Premiere HCs of Spider-Man: Blue (OCT08 -2514, $24.99) and Daredevil: Yellow (SEP08 2450, $24.99) have been cancelled. Perhaps Marvel has realized what a silly idea this is.
  • Golden Age Starman Archives Vol. 2 HC projected to collect Adventure Comics 77-102 due 2009. Well deserved and long overdue. This book should wrap up all the GA Starman solo appearances.
  • Three upcoming DC Deluxe Hardcovers: JLA by George Perez, Flash of Two Worlds, and Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis. More information as it becomes available.

See if this makes any sense…

November 21, 2008
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The Marvel Comics solicitations came out this week. Let’s compare three Secret Invasion trade paperbacks:

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 VOL. 1: SECRET INVASION TPB
Collecting CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #1-4, 96 PGS, $16.99
Four comics…for $17?

SECRET INVASION: BLACK PANTHER TPB
Collecting BLACK PANTHER #39-41, plus extras, 96 PGS, $12.99
Same page count…$4 cheaper.

SECRET INVASION: INCREDIBLE HERCULES TPB
Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116-120, 128 PGS, $14.99
A 5-issue trade that costs less than the Captain Britain one

And then we have two Marvel Premier Classic Hardcovers:

CLOAK & DAGGER: CHILD OF DARKNESS, CHILD OF LIGHT PREMIERE HC
Collecting CLOAK & DAGGER #1-4, 112 PGS, $19.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: EARTH SHALL OVERCOME PREMIERE HC
Collecting MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #18, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #4-5, GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #5 and DEFENDERS #26-29, 176 PGS. $19.99

Do the math. It just doesn’t add up.

Thanks to Augie De Blieck Jr. and e-mailer Christopher L. for their insight on this post.

CCL Podcast #196 – Batman Death and the Maidens and Batman and Son

November 19, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #196
36,112Kb; 38m 15s

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It’s been a while since I covered any new Batman collected editions and when I say new I mean original material that has come out in the past five years. That changes today when I discuss not one, but two recent books: Death and the Maidens TP (2004) and Batman and Son HC (2007). The common theme that runs through both is that of villain Ra’s al Ghul. Both books call upon Batman’s past and his future, whatever that may turn out to be.

There’s a lack of news on this week’s, but I make up for it by running down a few upcoming books from DC and Marvel that may be worth your investment. I also follow-up last weeks Annihilation Classic show and tell you about what may be the real first appearance of Rocket Raccoon.

All this including the Product and Shipping Updates and the New Releases of the Week.

Chris

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Great books from In Stock Trades
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Image for February
DC for March
DC for April
Monthly Special: Marvel Masterworks X-Men Vol. 7 (Regular Edition) – 47% off until November 30
Batman: Death and The Maidens TP
Batman and Son HC
Jack Kirby’s The Demon Omnibus HC
Countdown To Final Crisis Vol. 4 TPB
Batman: Gotham Underground TPB
Robin: Violent Tendencies TPB
Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces
Marvel Masterworks Invincible Iron Man Vol. 5 HC (Variant 107)
Marvel Masterworks Invincible Iron Man Variant 107 HC
Spider-Man: Kraven’s First Hunt Premiere HC
Essential Marvel Saga Vol. 2 TPB
Young X-Men Vol. 1: Final Genesis TPB
Ultimate Hulk vs. Iron Man: Ultimate Human TPB
The Walking Dead, Book Four HC
Archer & Armstrong First Impressions HC
Latest special: Creepy Archives Volume 3 HC – 40% off until Friday 28th November
Batman and Son TP
Batman and Son HC
Transmetropolitan Vol 1 Back on the Street (new edition)
Air Vol 1 Letters From Lost Countries
Batman Haunted Gotham
Batman Chronicles Vol 7
Sparky O’Hare
Ted McKeever Library Book 3 Metropol HC
Iron Man Director of SHIELD – With Iron Hands
Marvel Illustrated Three Musketeers Premiere HC
Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1
Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 Variant
Marvel Zombies Dead Days
Ghost Omnibus Volume 2
Supermen! First Wave of Heroes 1939-1941
The VCs Down

CCL Podcast #195 – Annihilation Classic HC

November 12, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #195
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Long time listeners of the podcast know that I’ve become a bigger fan of Marvel Comics over the years. One of my favorite story lines has been the epics space saga: Annihilation. From it I have learned so much about the cosmic characters and their long history. It’s been a grand tale that hasn’t hard the misfortune of having to be told in every single comic book like Civil War or Secret Invasion. Instead it’s been off in its own little corner and has pieced together by a few miniseries and currently two ongoing titles: Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy. Today, we look at a companion Hardcover: Annihilation Classic which collects a few older and seminal issues of some of the prominent characters featured from the tale.

Also on the show I tell you about some rumored Absolute Editions via Rich Johnson (Lying in the Gutters), Marvel’s two upcoming Masterworks for April 2009 (Hulk Vol. 5 and GA Marvel Comics Vol. 4), and an update on James Robinson’s WildC.A.T.S. All this and the New Releases of the Week.

Chris

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Essential Wolverine Vol 2 TPB
Essential Wolverine Vol 3 TPB
Essential X-Men Vol 1 TPB
Essential X-Men Vol 3 TPB
Essential X-Men Vol 4 TPB
Essential X-Men Vol 5 TPB
Essential X-Men Vol 6 TPB
Fantastic Four Omnibus HC
Marvel Visionaries Chris Claremont HC
Marvel Visionaries Jack Kirby Vol 1 HC
Marvel Visionaries John Romita Jr HC
Marvel Visionaries John Romita Sr HC
Marvel Visionaries Stan Lee HC
Marvel Visionaries Steve Ditko HC
Latest special: X-Men Omnibus Volume 1 HC Variant – 40% off until Friday 21st November
Judge Dredd Complete Heavy Metal Dredd
Turok, Son of Stone Archives Vol 1 HC
Fantastic Four World’s Greatest
Fantastic Four Visionaries John Byrne Vol 0
Hulk Visionaries Peter David Vol 6
Immortal Iron Fist Vol 3 The Book of the Iron Fist
Marvel 1985 Premiere HC Cover A
Marvel 1985 Premiere HC Cover B
Simon Dark Vol 2 Ashes
Starman Omnibus Vol 2 HC
Superman Camelot Falls Vol 2
Superman Chronicles Vol 6
Jobnik An American Girl’s Adventures in the Israeli Army
Midnight Nation Oversized Deluxe HC

Collected Edition Blog browsing on Friday night

November 8, 2008
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It seems that all the news is focusing in on our new President-Elect. Yes, even the comic book reporters and bloggers are covering the story, so not much in the way of anything interesting as far as Collected Editions go. But I did manage to find a few nuggets to keep you going through the weekend.
I’ll be at Podcamp Michigan Saturday, I’ll tell you all about it Monday.