DC Comics Golden Age
That Time Orson Welles Was in a Superman Story!
I was reading late Golden Age Superman stories and one jumped out at me from Superman #62 – guest starring a certain starring Orson Welles!
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Wonder Woman has an Important Message
(more…)“It takes real character to admit one’s failures – and not a little wisdom to take your profits from defeat. But remember, this man’s world of yours will never be without pain and suffering until it learns love, and respect for human rights. Keep your hands extended to all in friendliness but never holding the gun of persecution and intolerance!”
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Comparing DC Finest to What’s on the Shelf!
The news of DC’s new line of chunky paperback collected editions – DC Finest – has certainly got me excited. There has definitely been a bit of a dry spell for classic material from DC, particularly in paperback format. So the new line is really welcome news.
However, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is comparing the released details of the new books against what I’ve already got on my shelves.
I’m going to take a look at Batman and Superman below as there have been recent volumes from DC covering similar time periods.
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Even More Finest!
I wasn’t exaggerating when I said somebody’s lit a fire under DC with this line. Since publishing my last post there have been more details released and even more titles added to the line!
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A New Line of Books from DC – DC Finest!
I don’t have any examples of the new line in hand, but copies are beginning to trickle out I believe. So, I feel fairly safe to follow up the Marvel ReMasterworks post with this from the DC side of things.
As this announcement from DC suggests, interesting things are afoot. My collector’s antennae are already twitching!
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Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Updates 2023
It’s been (ulp!) over a year ago since I last posted anything about the twin lines of The Caped Crusader and The Dark Knight Detective books! There’s not been much movement in the months since, but there is some news. It looks like the sister line, the Caped Crusader is Read more
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Batman: Caped Crusader & Dark Detective Updates
DC has continued with both of these lines of chunky paperbacks, collecting Post-Crisis, late 1980s and early 1990s Batman and Detective Comics. I’ve updated the main post on this here – Holy Collecting Crisis! – but some of the highlights are: Caped Crusader Volume 6 has now been published. Issue Read more
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Escape to the Past 5: Superman Vs Batman Golden Age Rogues Galleries
While reading the earliest Golden Age adventures of Superman and Batman, it really struck me the different approaches to their early Golden Age rogues galleries the stories took.
Let’s take (Yes! Let’s!) take a quick overview:
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Wonder Woman The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1
Just when you think DC has given up on publishing more volumes of classic Wonder Woman material, alongs comes this book!
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Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Omnibus
DC does a fairly good job of keeping the Fourth World material available most of the time. However, whenever I looked for a copy I’d find that I’d just missed the latest edition(s). Once they’re out of print their prices on site likes ebay can rocket up very quickly.
Which is to say that for once, I managed not to fall into this trap and this year and I bagged myself a copy of the 2021 edition of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World.
It’s a bit of a beast!
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