Never really dabbled in green lantern except some of Kyle Rayner around the time of Grant Morrisons JLA run and really wanna start, what would be the better book to go with?
I posted in here not too long ago that I had decided to collect Finest for anything before 2011 and omnibus 2011 and after. I had a thought though, take Grell’s Green Arrow, what if I buy the first couple and then they don’t finish the whole run…
Has anyone else had this thought? I really love the Finest and I think I will just be gambling on the fact that they will finish out most of these large runs they started.
Managed to find Time and Time Again on eBay for less than £10! Absolute bargain!
Was worried it'd be damaged for that price and beyond the very very minor bit in the second photo it's practically brand new! Can't believe how many issues this collects, always wanted to read the Triangle Years from the start and can't wait to dig into this
Just finished Batman blind justice
this was my first real experience reading a substantial amount of Batman from this era in sequence. I loved it from start to finish and was super surprised at the adult tone throughout as a primarily Marvel reader, however, this was super refreshing. The artwork was great and consistent throughout with a constant brooding dark Batman with lurking from the rooftops which is the way I remember him from my youth. I also appreciated the relationships shown throughout this collection particularly with Commissioner Gordon and Alfred as well as the little reminders about how Batman is dealing with his recent loss of Robin. Worth every penny will be buying the next DC Finest instalment!
9/10
I'm working my way through Red Skies. I plan on just picking up the Batman volumes. Maybe picking up some other Bat Family books. Should I pick up with Crisis on Infinite Earths Finest volumes or just read the event issues? In between what issues should I read the event? (I assume the red skies business in this books is due to this event?) TIA.
I’ve been reading Dc Finest Wrath of Spectre and it kind of drops you right into the middle of the story. Spectre has been trapped in Jim Corrigan’s body for the last 20 years. It doesn’t show the origin story of Spectre and Jim Corrigan, i.e how Spectre gained these astral powers (or at least I haven’t got to it yet and I’m about 100 pages in).
I was just wondering what could be in the next Spectre volume, and if they’ll go back and show the origin story
So I had recently heard somewhere that DC is going to use the compendium line to collect everything post Flashpoint as an alternative/option for those wanting to have that with their dc finest. Is this true? And if so is there a list of compendiums that have been released so far?
I liked how Life Lines had a mix of art styles and artists but it looks like V&V might just all be Balent's run, is that correct?
This volume is written by Bob Haney - or should I say Bob Zany, heh. Because this is the Haneyverse, a world where anything can happen! In the first couple of stories, his style threw me for a loop. But once I tuned into his particular frequency, I had a ton of fun with this volume.
We get a good chunk of Batman team-ups from 1973 to 1976 here, as well as a couple stories from Super-Team Family. Heroes from all corners of the DC-verse is represented here: Plastic Man, Metal Men, Metamorpho, Man-Bat, Sgt. Rock, the Demon, and.. Kamandi? You’ll have to find out for yourself how that’s possible lol.
Things move at a breakneck speed here. This is the opposite of decompressed storytelling. I’m amazed how much action they manage to cram into 20 pages, all one-and-done stories.
Haney has a reputation for playing very fast and loose with DC continuity. But I don’t really care about that - just give me a good story, that’s much more important. And these are great stories, though they sometimes strain credibility. Like the time the Atom goes into a comatose Batman’s brain, and makes him move and knock out opponents by stepping on different parts of Batman’s brain.. Good lord, give me some of what Haney was smoking.
The artwork by Aparo is always solid, fluid and dynamic. The visual action manages to match Haney’s ADHD storytelling, no mean feat.
Be warned: This is 70s DC storytelling, some might prefer a more modern Batman. But if you’re into that, this volume is crazy fun. A very strong four stars out of five.
Near Mints and PRH have very differing contents listed
I bought my first 2 finests thru IST, but they didnt have the killing joke available, and im hesitant about amazon because the quality of shipping is 50/50 for me ordering on there
Hey we have an unofficial discord where we discuss omnibus/ DC finest/ etc
We have a monthly bookclub that the community will vote on. Currently, we will be reading Absolute Batman issues 1-6 with discussions next month.
we have feed for the reddit page and comicswap if that's something youre into.
come and join
Cheers
Ok so bolded are the issues not in the other.
Cass Omnibus 1:
Batgirl #1-19, Batgirl Annual #1, Batman #567 and #569, Ghost/Batgirl #1-4, Young Justice #21, Batman: Gotham Knights #2, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight#120, Detective Comics #734, Superboy #85, The Batman Chronicles #18, Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56-57 and #60-61, a story from Batman: Gotham City Secret Files #1, and a page from Young Justice #20
DC Finest:
Nobody Dies Tonight:
Batgirl #7-27, Superboy #85, and Supergirl #63
Silent Knight (not to be confused with old tpd from the mid 2000s):
Batgirl #1-6; Batgirl Annual #1; Batman: No Man’s Land #0; Batman #567 and #569, Detective Comics #732 and #734; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120; Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56-57 and #60-61; The Batman Chronicles#18; Batman: Gotham Knights #2; and the long-out-of-print crossover series Ghost/Batgirl #1-4.
So there are differences but owning both the DC Finest editions covers mostly the same ground. Omnibus covers more of her crossovers while DC Finest goes farther into her first solo series
So Im getting all of the Batman volumes but since Im not an expert Im not quite sure and I was wondering if the issues in Robin finest are/will be already in the Batman volumes ? Or is it totally new different material ? Thank you
The next Batgirl finest has Cassandra first appearences in No man's land and I know that is a pretty famous Batman arc but my issue or criticism I guess is that there is no Batman No man's land on the upcoming DC Finest schedule. I realize DC is focused on characters so there's always going to be a chance of 'double dipping' but to me, it would make sense to put out DC Finest Batman No Man's land next year with this Batgirl so that if you wanted to read that event, you could have it in your preferred format.
But also, if you do that, you have to work backwards, which is not something the Batman DCF line has done post crisis.. so I guess my question is, do we think this is all mapped already and they are picking and choosing which gap to fill or is it more on the fly? With Batman, you know everything is eventually coming.