Do we know if there’s a cutoff for what they’ll collect? I know Marvel Epics have a cutoff around the year 2000. I’m hoping they eventually collect from more modern eras as well otherwise they’ll be limiting themselves if they have a cutoff at 2011.
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I finished the analysis early, so I thought I would post now.
75 people voted in the DC finest 2026 popularity poll.
Points: Total weighted votes (1st choice was worth 10 points, 2nd choice was worth 9 points, etc)
Points/vote: Total Weighted votes divided by the total number of votes
Note: for the point/votes results, any line or volume that received less than 4 votes was excluded. This was to make sure there was enough data to get an idea of the average score.
Top 15 DC Finest Lines by points:
Top 15 DC finest Lines by points/votes (Highest possible value was 10):
Top 25 DC finest volumes by points:
Top 25 DC finest volumes by points/votes (Highest possible value was 10):
I hope this poll gives people an idea of some DC finest lines or volumes to try out. Thank you to everyone who participated.
I have seen a few a people organize different ways and I’m curious about the more unique ways like the person that puts the trinity first.
I’ve been loving the Fourth World DCF and was just curious if people had any idea how many of the there’s be?
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With DC finest being the answer to Marvel Epics, I’m hoping DCF stick around for a long time. They one upped Marvel Epics with better price points, better exterior presentation (years of the run, character(s) pic on spine, and overall look cleaner imo), and more material.
So far they’ve released a lot of golden age material, some silver age, a few bronze titles, and few Post Crisis titles. What are you collecting? All releases? Only Batman or Superman? Character specific? Era specific? Golden age? Silver age? Bronze Age? Post Crisis? Genres (romance, horror, western)? Favorite characters? Etc
I’m a huge fan of post crisis material and so far I’ve collected all of the PC collections (Supergirl by David, Catwoman, green arrow by Grell, Suicide Squad by Ostrander, Zero Hour, etc). Have a few silver age and Bronze Age titles with Deadman and Etrigan the Demon. Tempted to buy all of them, but gradually and at my own pace. I probably won’t read the golden age stuff but will skim through it and want to have it just for the historical significance when those books are on sale.
I’m hoping they release more post crisis titles. That’s where the bread and butter is at. Those will be hugely popular due to the fact that most collectors grew up with that material, better quality stories, and there’s so much to cover from 1987-2011. I’m honestly shocked they haven’t released more Post crisis titles considering those will be big money makers for dc but I think they’re releasing the essentials first (first Superman, first Batman, etc) and a lot of post crisis material has recently been collected on omni format (though that hasn’t stopped them, considering both Ostrander’s suicide squad has been collected in Omni and DCF format in the last year).
Hoping DCF is here to Saturday because it’s a great way to catalog every title in the vast dc library.
I just discovered the DC Finest line and have loved the first one I got. I become a comic reader around the start of the New 52 so I have never read the comics that came out pre 2012 (except for Geoff John's GL rebirth run and Flash rebirth)
These DC Finest are so cool and look great, I think I want to only collect pre New 52 stuff in this format. I did recently purchase the Kyle Rainer compendium, but I think I want to return it while I can and wait (and hope) for a DC Finest.
Also, does anyone think any of the DC Finest will go out of print or be hard to find eventually?
Even though it didn’t do well on the poll, what are the chances of this book getting released for synergy’s sake around the time of Creature Commandos season 2?
I know that the show is really different from the comics, and tbh I don’t really care much about the show anyway, but I loved their original weird war tales series and would love to see it get collected sooner rather than later
I’m guessing they released peacemaker for the same reason that the show’s second season was coming soon, so do you think they’d do the same for the CCs?
So we got Detective Comics annual #1 which is part 1 of the Fables storyline but didn’t bother to get the last two parts? Im so confused. I checked the content of Blind Justice and they’re not collected there either.
Currently collecting most DC finest. I’ve got Joker, 2nd GA Wonder Woman, and the next Batman in my cart also. Any recommendations for next DC Omni/compendium I should pick up? I’ve got Sweet Tooth, Robin, Superman City of Tomorrow, and Top 10 as well
With a coupon I had I was able to get all of this for 35 usd
Hey all,
I already own the old Supergirl by Peter David trades, but I was thinking of picking up the new DC Finest Supergirl trades that cover mostly the same stuff. It seems like they are going to continue the DC Finest line so it would be nice to have them all in the same type of collection.
Can anyone who have both collection tell me how they compare? Are the scans just as clean? Are there any extras in the new collections that the old ones don't have?
Thanks!
I know it’ll be a while before DC gets to it but how do you think they’ll handle the Gerard Jones era of Green Lantern in the DC Finest collections?
i grew up watching the legion of superheroes cartoon
Is the dc finest a good starting point for the team?
I'm really loving this DC finest line. Over the years I've read some stories on and off, but never really been invested in comics as a hobby. Now that this is such a great way to collect so many different stories from a variety of eras I'm planning to make the most of it!
On top of that I've really enjoyed reading posts and engaging in some of the discussion here and think this is a great community to be a part of.
P.s. praying it doesn't go the way of the epic collection! That's just become too expensive for me...
I have seen a few custom mappings on this sub before but never the whole thing, and now that we know LotDK will likely be excluded, and SotB included its easier to predict what will and wont be collected here.
Any stories that take place in the LotDK era were excluded under the assumption they will be collected in that line, with the exception of "Full Circle" as it was a sequal to Year Two, which was collected in the main line.
Also note "City of Crime" was broken up by the "War Crimes" crossover making for a confusing reading experience. So I moved the post "War Crimes" issues of that arc up to make the arc uninterrupted. I know this is atypical of DC Finests but it keeps that arc in one volume and uninterrupted and allows Winnick's full Red Hood saga to be in a single volume as well, alongside War Crimes.
I probably missed a couple super obscure one-shots or minis from the 90s or early 00s so let me know if you spot any absences
I've been collecting comics off and on for a while, but have always had a hard time collecting a whole chain of issues, only finding one here or there. So, DC Finest is awesome for me to get a complete storyline. Of course, there are the main years of Batman that I am working on collecting; however, I know of some others that might be important to have a "full" Batman collection (Joker, Robin, Catwoman, Batwoman, Team-Ups, Events, Justice League, etc). What is recommended as a first-time reader of a lot (most) of these storylines to get a full Batman collection? What spin-off volumes are "double dips" of issues that are already in the Batman volumes? Any help/advice would be super appreciated!
Looking for a lighter bronze age volume to dip in and out of whilst I’m reading the Invisibles and Cerebus back to back, but I’ve heard mixed opinions on all three titles. I haven’t read any Spectre, only know Deadman from the Kelley Jones stories and his new ongoing and I’ve read Metamorpho in the Terrifics and the Al Ewing limited series, but would love to learn more about all three of them. Which title should I prioritise?