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Reprinting Those Marvel Omnibuses And Getting A Star Lord Trade Out In June

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

It has been pointed out rather vividly that Marvel’s trade paperback and hardcover line is underperforming in the bookstore marketplace. When it has successful mainstream movies in Spider-Man, The Avengers and X-Men in the theatres, Marvel’s collected titles are outsold …

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Sandman, Solo And Grant Morrison’s Animal Man Get Omnibuses

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

DC let us know about a bunch of hardcovers coming our way a few days ago. But they didn’t tell us everything. Like the Animal Man Omnibus collecting Grant Morrison’s 25 issue run, a modern masterpiece. Or Sandman beginning a …

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Will We Get A Claremont/John Romita Jr Hardcover X-Men Omnibus? (Sadly Not)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I was just talking about this run earlier today. It stays strong in my mind, the John Romita Jr/Chris Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men. Rachel as Phoenix, techno organic virus, the Trial Of Magneto, Sir James Jaspers… some of my …

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The Invisibles Omnibus – Marvel Vs DC Binding

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

With deal on the Invisibles Omnibus now at 46% off at Amazon and at Barnes And Noble (even more you use their recent voucher emailed). and with Christmas approaching, there’s one big question being asked. How’s the binding? DC Comics …

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You Have A Week To Return Your Flash Omnibus Volume 3

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

If you have a copy of  Flash Omnibus Vol 3, you may be aware that certain pages appear out of sequence, in a fashion that rather spoil the story. As we suggested, DC Comics has made the book returnable through …

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Flash Omnibus Vol 3 May Be Recalled?

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

A Bleeding Cool reader writes; I just bought Flash Omnibus Vol 3. The collection celebrates Geoff Johns’ run on the title and, as you may remember, the Rogue War storyline leads into a longer storyline with Wally and Linda West …

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How To Pre-Order DC Absolutes And Omnibuses For 60% Off

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Currently, Barnes & Noble are running a Buy Two Get One Free offer on DC graphic novels. Good deals all round. There’s only one deal per customer though, so you’ll have to choose well. Like these three pre-orders. Absolute Batman …

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The Invisibles Omnibus Hardcover Will Be Sewn, Will Be One Volume

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has run a number of stories looking at the binding of DC hardcovers. Some happy, some sad. Well there is one hardcover book coming that will test the new system. It’s the The Invisibles Omnibus from DC/Vertigo. 1536 …

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The Recolouring Of The X-Force Omnibus

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Coming at some indeterminate point, an X-Force Omnibus collecting Rob Liefeld’s run on New Mutants and X-Force. And this is how the recolouring is going by Thomas Mason…  

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DC’s Binding For Jack Kirby “A Significant Improvement”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has been following the comparison between Marvel and DC on the manufacture of their hardcovers, and managed to wring a promise out of Dan DiDio that DC’s process would be improved in the near future. And with New …

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DC Comics Updates Production Quality Of Omnibuses… But Is It Enough?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool have run a number of concerned comments on the quality of DC Comics’ thick hardbacks of late, and how a number of them can be unreadable. Dan DiDio promised that the concern had been noted and that things …

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Marshal Law Omnibus Confirmed From DC Comics For Next Spring

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It was going to come out from Top Shelf. Then it switched to DC Comics. And then… well nothing for a while. Now the collected stories of the officer who tracks down superheroes – and who claims he hasn’t met …

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More DC/Marvel Omnibus Comparison Videos

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Because we just can’t get enough of seeing how Marvel omnibuses compare to their DC equivalent. Dan DiDio says that the company is looking into how to fix this. For one man it just can’t come soon enough.

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DC Comics To Fix The Omnibus Issue?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

At the weekend, Bleeding Cool ran a piece in which Kris Shaw demonstrated issues with recnt DC Omnibus volumes. So someone asked Dan DiDio about it on Facebook. And he replied. The next Wolfman/Perez Titans omnibus is published in April. …

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Saturday Trending Topics: Omnibus Ergonomics

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Kris Shaw’s Marvel vs DC Omnibus video led to some pretty interesting discussion in the forum today. I’m a pretty big consumer of Omnibuses, archives, and other hc formats from both publishers, and there are lots of little pluses and …

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Marvel Vs DC Omnibuses

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool reader Kris Shaw is a little ticked about the state of DC Comics Omnibus titles when compared to Marvel Omnibus equivalent. And how sewn binding makes a big big difference in gutter disappearance and books laying flat. So …

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Now Infinite Crisis Gets An Omnibus – And The New 52 Class Divide

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It seems only yesterday that we discovered that the Invisibles Omnibus was on the way. Now we see Infinite Crisis Omnibus is on the way too. Collecting Day of Vengeance #1-6, Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1, Rann/Thanagar War …

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Did Anyone Demand Avengers: The Crossing Omnibus?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Rich Johnston

For some it’s up there with the Clone Wars. Considered a creative nadir. The moment when the comic didn’t so much jump the shark, as pirouette above it naked, wearing nothing but a cold fusion powered jetpack. It’s called The …

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