DC Collected Editions in April-May 2005

[Kevin Boyd]

DC ANNOUNCES APRIL/MAY COLLECTED EDITIONS

Press Release

 

 

 

DC COMICS REVEALS NEW COLLECTED EDITIONS TO ARRIVE IN STORES IN APRIL AND MAY

 

DC Comics looks ahead to April and May 2005 with new collected editions and original graphic novels from the DCU, WildStorm, VERTIGO, CMX, Humanoids, 2000 A.D. and more.

 

DCU titles scheduled to reach stores in April include:

 

BATMAN: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD TP

Writers: Bill Finger, Frank Robbins, Dennis O ' Neil, Steve Englehart, Mike W. Barr, Mark Millar and Devin Grayson

Artists: Neal Adams, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Sheldon Moldoff, Giordano, Sal Amendola, Vin Amendola, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller, Alan Davis, Steve Yeowell, Roger Robinson, Charles Paris, Steve Mitchell, Paul Neary, Sprang and Alex Ross

Collecting stories from DETECTIVE COMICS #33, 439 and 574, BATMAN #5, 62, 156, 250, 251, DC SPECIAL SERIES #15 and 21, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #79 and BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #32

192 pages

 

BATMAN: SCARECROW TALES TP

Writers: Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Dennis O ' Neil, Elliot S. Maggin, Gerry Conway, Mike W. Barr, Peter Milligan and Devin Grayson

Artists: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Joe Giella, Ernie Chua, Giordano, Irv Novick, Tex Blaisdell, Don Newton, Dan Adkins, Alan Davis, Paul Neary, Duncan Fegredo, Roger Robinson, John Floyd, Arthur Adams, George Pratt, Jim Balent, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mike Mignola and Dermot Power

Collecting stories from WORLD ' S FINEST #3, BATMAN #189 and 262, THE JOKER #8, DETECTIVE COMICS #503 and 571, SCARECROW #1 and BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #23.

176 pages

 

BATMAN: YEAR ONE DELUXE EDITION HC

Writer: Frank Miller

Artist: David Mazzucchelli

Collecting BATMAN #404-407 with new introductions by Miller and Mazzucchelli, original pencil and promotional art, -script pages and more

One of the all time greatest Batman stories returns in a deluxe edition designed by Chip Kidd that collects the now classic BATMAN #404-407. Bonus material includes new introductions by Miller and Mazzucchelli, original pencil and promotional art, character designs, unseen and rare development material, color samples, -script pages and more.

144 pages

 

DCU titles scheduled to reach stores in May include:

 

BATMAN COVER TO COVER: THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK COVERS OF THE DARK KNIGHT HC

Commentary by: Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Neil Gaiman, Geoff Johns, Chip Kidd, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, Jeph Loeb, Brad Meltzer, Christopher Nolan, Alex Ross, Mark Waid, Adam West, Mark Hamill and others

Artists: Neal Adams, Brian Bolland, John Cassaday, Darwyn Cooke, Alan Davis, Giordano, Michael Golden, Carmine Infantino, Dave Johnson, J.G. Jones, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Bob Kane, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Jim Lee, David Mazzucchelli, Scott McDaniel, Ed McGuinness, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Jerry Robinson, Alex Ross, Tim Sale, Walter Simonson and others

Collecting covers from DETECTIVE COMICS, BATMAN, WORLD ' S FINEST and other series

240 pages

 

BATMAN: BROKEN CITY TP

Writer: Brian Azzarello

Artists: Eduardo Risso, Dave Johnson

Collecting BATMAN #620-625

144 pages

 

THE BATMAN STRIKES! VOL. 1 TP

Writer: Bill Matheny

Artists: Christopher Jones, Terry Beatty, Jeff Matsuda

Collecting THE BATMAN STRIKES! #1-5

104 pages

 

GOTHAM CENTRAL: HALF A LIFE TP

Writer: Greg Rucka

Artists: Michael Lark, Jason Pearson, William Rosado and others

Collecting BATMAN CHRONICLES #16, GOTHAM CENTRAL #6-10 and DETECTIVE COMICS #747

168 pages

 

HAWKMAN: WINGS OF FURY TP

Writer: Geoff Johns

Artists: Rags Morales, José Luis García-López, Michael Bair, Scot Eaton and Ray Kryssing

Collecting HAWKMAN #15-22

192 pages

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED VOL. 1 TP

Writer: Adam Beechen

Artists: Carlo Barberi, Ethen Beavers, Walden Wong, Ben Caldwell

Collecting JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #1-5

104 pages

 

NIGHTWING: ON THE RAZOR ' S EDGE TP

Writer: Chuck Dixon

Artists: Greg Land, Rick Leonardi, Mike Lilly, Drew Geraci, Jesse Delperdang and Mark Farmer

Collecting NIGHTWING #52, 54-60

192 pages

 

SUPERMAN: THE WRATH OF GOG TP

Writer: Chuck Austen

Artists: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Marc Campos, Jon Sibal and Arthur Adams

Collecting stories from ACTION COMICS #812-819

160 pages

 

SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS ARCHIVES VOL. 4 HC

Writers: Jerry Siegel, Don Cameron

Artists: John Sikela, Ed Dobrotka, Sam Citron, Ira Yarbrough and Jack Burnley

Collecting stories from ACTION COMICS #53-68

224 pages

 

THE WRATH OF THE SPECTRE TP

Writer: Michael Fleischer

Artists: Jim Aparo, Ernie Chua, Frank Thorne, Mike DeCarlo and Pablo Marcos

Collecting ADVENTURE COMICS #431-440 and WRATH OF THE SPECTRE #4

200 pages

 

WildStorm title scheduled to reach stores in May:

 

THUNDERCATS: ENEMY ' S PRIDE TP

Writer: John Layman

Artists: Joe Vriens, Sacha Heilig and Roberto Campus

Collecting THUNDERCATS: ENEMY ' S PRIDE #1-5

128 pages

 

America ' s Best Comics title scheduled to reach stores in May:

 

TOP TEN: THE 49ERS HC

Writer: Alan Moore

Artist: Gene Ha

An original graphic novel

96 pages

 

VERTIGO title scheduled to reach stores in May:

 

100 BULLETS: THE HARD WAY TP

Writer: Brian Azzarello

Artist: Eduardo Risso, Dave Johnson

Collecting 100 BULLETS #50-58

224 pages

 

Y: THE LAST MAN VOL. 5: RING OF TRUTH TP

Writer: Brian K. Vaughan

Artists: Pia Guerra, José Marzán, Jr. and Massimo Carnevale

Collecting Y: THE LAST MAN #24-31

192 pages

 

SPIRIT ARCHIVES title scheduled to reach stores in April:

 

THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 16 HC

Writer/artist: Will Eisner

Collecting SPIRIT stories from January 4 to June 27, 1948

196 pages

 

ElfQuest title scheduled to reach stores in April:

 

ELFQUEST: THE SEARCHER AND THE SWORD SC

Writers: Wendy and Richard Pini

Artist: Wendy Pini

A softcover edition of the original graphic novel.

96 pages

 

CMX title scheduled to reach stores in April:

 

TENRYU: THE DRAGON CYCLE VOL.1

Written and illustrated by Matoh Sanami

200 pages

 

CMX titles scheduled to reach stores in May:

 

GALS! VOL. 2

Writer/artist: Fujii Mihona

192 pages

 

MUSASHI NUMBER 9 VOL. 3

Writer/artist: Takahashi Miyuki

192 pages

 

SWAN VOL. 3

Writer/artist: Ariyoshi Kyoko

208 pages

 

TENJHO TENGE VOL. 2

Writer/artist: Oh! great

184 pages

 

Humanoids titles scheduled to reach stores in April:

 

MEGALEX TP

Writer: Alexandro Jodorowsky

Artist: Fred Beltran

112 pages

 

MEMORIES TP

Writer/artist: Enki Bilal

144 pages

 

THE FOURTH POWER TP

Writer/artist: Juan Gimenez

136 pages

 

Humanoids titles scheduled to reach stores in May:

 

DIFFERENT UGLINESS, DIFFERENT MADNESS TP

Writer/artist: Marc Malés

128 pages

 

METABARONS VOL. 3: STEELHEAD & DONA VICENTA TP

Writer: Alexandro Jodorowsky

Artist: Juan Gimenez

136 pages

 

OLYMPUS TP

Writers: Geoff Johns & Kris Grimminger

Artist: Butch Guice

112 pages

 

2000 A.D. titles scheduled to reach stores in May:

 

A.B.C. WARRIORS: THE BLACK HOLE TP

Writer: Pat Mills

Artists: Simon Bisley and S.M.S.

136 pages

 

JUDGE ANDERSON: ANDERSON - PSI DIVISION TP

Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant

Artists: Brett Ewin, Cliff Robinson, Barry Kitson and Will Simpson

192 pages

 

SINISTER DEXTER: SLAY PER VIEW TP

Writer: Dan Abnett

Artists: Greg Staples, Alex Ronald, Simon Davis, Andy Clarke, Calum Alexander Watt, Paul Johnson, David Millgate, Marc Wigmore, Julian Gibson, Steve Samplson, Sean Phillips, Patrick Woodrow, Stephen Baskerville and Steve Yeowell

240 pages

[Kevin Boyd]

BATMAN COVER TO COVER: THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK COVERS OF THE DARK KNIGHT HC

 

GOTHAM CENTRAL: HALF A LIFE TP

 

HAWKMAN: WINGS OF FURY TP

 

SUPERMAN: THE WRATH OF GOG TP

 

SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS ARCHIVES VOL. 4 HC

 

THE WRATH OF THE SPECTRE TP

 

TOP TEN: THE 49ERS HC

 

100 BULLETS: THE HARD WAY TP

 

Y: THE LAST MAN VOL. 5: RING OF TRUTH TP

[rob_react]

THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 16 HC

Writer/artist: Will Eisner

Collecting SPIRIT stories from January 4 to June 27, 1948

196 pages

 

MEGALEX TP

Writer: Alexandro Jodorowsky

Artist: Fred Beltran

112 pages

 

MEMORIES TP

Writer/artist: Enki Bilal

144 pages

 

METABARONS VOL. 3: STEELHEAD & DONA VICENTA TP

Writer: Alexandro Jodorowsky

Artist: Juan Gimenez

136 pages

[helionaut]

I think that Spirit Archives is the last in the series. Can't believe it's all gone so quickly. I kept up for the first 4 volumes, now I can catch up.

 

While they're reprinting Batman stuff, they should revisit that complete Frank Miller Batman and put Year One, Dark Knight, and Dark Knight 2 all in one volume, with that Santa Claus story, of course. Absolute-size it, too.

[rob_react]

I think that Spirit Archives is the last in the series. Can't believe it's all gone so quickly. I kept up for the first 4 volumes, now I can catch up.

 

It shouldn't be. The series ran until the early 50s and some of the very best stuff was from that end of the run (including the Outer Space Spirit stories, which were literally some of the last ones published.)