Ending some speculation, DC released an updated schedule for New 52 collections, and even the red shirt six titles that already joined the hall of heroes WILL be collected in their entirety — all eight issues of Omac, Static Shock, etc, will be collected. Nice move there, actually.
Coming in May 2012:
JUSTICE LEAGUE VOLUME 1: ORIGIN HC Writer: Geoff Johns Artists: Jim Lee and Scott Williams Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE #1-6 $24.99 US, 176 pg
ANIMAL MAN VOLUME 1: THE HUNT TP Writer: Jeff Lemire Artists: Travel Foreman, Jeff Huet and John Paul Leon Collects: ANIMAL MAN #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
BATMAN VOLUME 1: THE COURT OF OWLS HC Writer: Scott Snyder Artists: Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion Collects: BATMAN #1-7 $24.99 US, 176 pg
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL VOLUME 1: THE SIGNAL MASTERS TP Writer: Dan Jurgens Artists: Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan and Marco Castiello Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
GREEN LANTERN VOL. 1: SINESTRO HC Writer: Geoff Johns Artists: Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy Collects: GREEN LANTERN #1-6 $24.99 US, 160 pg
CATWOMAN VOLUME 1: THE GAME TP Writer: Judd Winick Artist: Guillem March Collects: CATWOMAN #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
STORMWATCH VOLUME 1: THE DARK SIDE TP Writer: Paul Cornell Artists: Miguel Sepulveda and Al Barrionuevo Collects: STORMWATCH #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
GREEN ARROW VOLUME 1: THE MIDAS TOUCH TP Writers: J.T. Krul, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens Artists: Dan Jurgens, George Pérez, Ignacio Calero and Ray McCarthy Collects: GREEN ARROW #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
WONDER WOMAN VOLUME 1: BLOOD HC Writer: Brian Azzarello Artists: Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins Collects: WONDER WOMAN #1-6 $24.99 US, 160 pg
Coming in June 2012:
BATMAN, DETECTIVE COMICS VOLUME 1: FACES OF DEATH HC Writer: Tony S. Daniel Artists: Tony S. Daniel, Ryan Winn and Sandu Florea Collects: DETECTIVE COMICS #1-7 $24.99 US, 176 pg
RED LANTERNS VOLUME 1: BLOOD AND RAGE TP Writer: Peter Milligan Artists: Ed Benes, Rob Hunter and Diego Bernard Collects: RED LANTERNS #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
BATWOMAN VOL. 1: HYDROLOGY HC Writers: J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman Artist: J.H. Williams III and Amy Reeder Collects: BATWOMAN #0-5 $22.99 US, 144 pg
MISTER TERRIFIC VOL. 1: MIND GAMES TP Writer: Eric Wallace Artists: Giancarlo Gugliotta, Wayne Faucher, Scott Clark, Dave Beaty and Oliver Nome Collects: MISTER TERRIFIC #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE VOLUME 1: WAR OF THE MONSTERS TP Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Alberto Ponticelli Collects: FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
STATIC SHOCK VOL. 1: SUPERCHARGED TP Writer: Scott McDaniel and John Rozum Artists: Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens Collects: STATIC SHOCK #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
LEGION OF SUPERHEROES VOLUME 1: HOSTILE WORLD TP Writer: Paul Levitz Artists: Francis Portela, Walter Simonson and Dan Green Collects: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
Coming in July 2012:
BATMAN AND ROBIN VOLUME 1: BORN TO KILL HC Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artists: Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray Collects: BATMAN AND ROBIN #1-8 $22.99 US, 192 pg
SUICIDE SQUAD VOLUME 1: KICKED IN THE TEETH TP Writer: Adam Glass Artists: Federico Dallocchio, Tom Raney and Clayton Henry Collects: SUICIDE SQUAD #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
BATGIRL VOLUME 1: THE DARKEST REFLECTION HC Writer: Gail Simone Artists: Ardian Syaf and Vicente Sifuentes Collects: BATGIRL #1-6 $22.99 US, 144 pg
DEMON KNIGHTS VOLUME 1: SEVEN AGAINST THE DARK TP Writer: Paul Cornell Artists: Diogenes Neves, Oclair Albert and Mike Choi Collects: DEMON KNIGHTS #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
BATWING VOLUME 1: THE LOST KINGDOM TP Writer: Judd Winick Artists: Ben Oliver and ChrisCross Collects: BATWING #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
MEN OF WAR VOL. 1: UNEASY COMPANY TP Writers: Ivan Brandon, Jonathan Vankin, B. Clay Moore, Matt Kindt and John Arcudi Artists: Tom Derenick, Phil Winslade, Paul McCaffrey, Patrick Scherbeger, Dan Green and Richard Corben Collects: MEN OF WAR #1-8 $19.99 US, 256 pg
GRIFTER VOLUME 1: MOST WANTED TP Writer: Nathan Edmondson Artists: Cafu, Jason Gorder, Scott Clark and Dave Beaty Collects: GRIFTER #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
Coming in August 2012:
SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOLUME 1: SUPERMAN AND THE MEN OF STEEL HC Writers: Grant Morrison, Sholly Fisch Artists: Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Brent Anderson, Gene Ha, Andy Kubert and Jesse Delperdang Collects: ACTION COMICS #1-8 $24.99 US, 200 pg
SUPERBOY VOLUME 1: INCUBATION TP Writer: Scott Lobdell Artists: R.B. Silva and Rob Lean Collects: SUPERBOY #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
DEATHSTROKE VOLUME 1: LEGACY TP Writer: Kyle Higgins Artists: Joe Bennett and Art Thibert Collects: DEATHSTROKE #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
O.M.A.C. VOL. 1: OMACTIVATE! TP Writers: Dan DiDio and Keith Giffen Artists: Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish Collects: O.M.A.C. #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
HAWK AND DOVE VOL. 1: FIRST STRIKES TP Writers: Sterling Gates and Rob Liefeld Artist: Rob Liefeld Collects: HAWK AND DOVE #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
SWAMP THING VOLUME 1: RAISE THEM BONES TP Writer: Scott Snyder Artists: Yanick Paquette, Victor Ibanez and Marco Rudy Collects: SWAMP THING #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
RESURRECTION MAN VOLUME 1: DEAD AGAIN TP Writers: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Artists: Fernando Dagnino and Fernando Blanco Collects: RESURRECTION MAN #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
Coming in September 2012:
AQUAMAN VOLUME 1: THE TRENCH HC Writer: Geoff Johns Artists: Ivan Reis and Joe Prado Collects: AQUAMAN #1-6 $22.99 US, 144 pg
TEEN TITANS VOLUME 1: IT’S OUR RIGHT TO FIGHT TP Writer: Scott Lobdell Artists: Brett Booth and Norm Rapmund Collects: TEEN TITANS #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
BIRDS OF PREY VOLUME 1: TROUBLE IN MIND TP Writer: Duane Swierczynski Artists: Jesus Saiz and Javier Pina Collects: BIRDS OF PREY #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
THE FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN VOLUME 1: GOD PARTICLE TP Writers: Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver Artist: Yildiray Cinar and Norm Rapmund Collects: THE FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOLUME 1: FEARSOME HC Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artists: Fernando Pasarin, Scott Hanna and Geraldo Borges Collects: GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1-7 $22.99 US, 160 pg
LEGION LOST VOLUME 1: RUN FROM TOMORROW TP Writer: Fabian Nicieza Artist: Pete Woods Collects: LEGION LOST #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
VOODOO VOLUME 1: WHAT LIES BENEATH TP Writers: Ron Marz and Josh Williamson Artists: Sami Basri and Hendry Prasetya Collects: VOODOO #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
Coming in October 2012:
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT VOL. 1: KNIGHT TERRORS HC Writer: Paul Jenkins and David Finch Artists: David Finch and Richard Friend Collects: BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1-9 $24.99 US, 208 pg
I, VAMPIRE VOLUME 1: TAINTED LOVE TP Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artist: Andrea Sorrentino Collects: I, VAMPIRE #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK VOL. 1: IN THE DARK TP Writer: Peter Milligan Artist: Mikel Janin Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
NIGHTWING VOLUME 1: TRAPS AND TRAPEZES TP Writer: Kyle Higgins Artists: Eddy Barrows, J.P. Mayer, Paulo Siqueria and Trevor McCarthy Collects: NIGHTWING #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS VOLUME 1: THE RING BEARER HC Writer: Tony Bedard Artists: Tyler Kirkham, Harvey Talibao and Batt Collects: GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #1-7 $22.99 US, 160 pg
SUPERGIRL VOL. 1: THE LAST DAUGHTER OF KRYPTON TP Writer: Michael Green and Mike Johnson Artist: Mahmud Asrar Collects: SUPERGIRL #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN VOLUME 1: DARKNESS RISING TP Writer: Tony S. Daniel and James Bonny Artist: Philip Tan Collects: THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #1-8 $14.99 US, 192 pg
ALL-STAR WESTERN VOLUME 1: GUNS AND GOTHAM TP Writers: Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti Artists: Moritat, Jordi Bernet and Phil Winslade Collects: ALL-STAR WESTERN #1-6 $16.99 US, 192 pg
Coming in November 2012:
THE FLASH VOLUME 1: MOVE FORWARD HC Writers: Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Artist: Francis Manapul Collects: THE FLASH #1-8 $22.99 US, 192 pg
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS VOLUME 1: REDemption TP Writer: Scott Lobdell Artist: Kenneth Rocafort Collects: RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
SUPERMAN VOLUME 1: WHAT PRICE TOMORROW? HC Writer: George Perez Artists: George Perez, Jesus Merino, Nicola Scott and Trevor Scott Collects: SUPERMAN #1-6 $22.99 US, 144 pg
BLUE BEETLE VOLUME 1: METAMORPHOSIS TP Writer: Tony Bedard Artists: Ig Guara and J.P. Mayer Collects: BLUE BEETLE #1-6 $14.99 US, 144 pg
BLACKHAWKS VOLUME 1: THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD TP Writer: Mike Costa Artists: Ken Lashley, Graham Nolan, Norm Rapmund, Cafu and Bit Collects: BLACKHAWKS #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
CAPTAIN ATOM VOLUME 1: EVOLUTION TP Writer: J.T. Krul Artist: Freddie Williams II Collects: CAPTAIN ATOM #1-7 $14.99 US, 160 pg
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS VOLUME 1 featuring DEADMAN & CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN TP Writers: Paul Jenkins, Dan DiDio and Jerry Ordway Artists: Bernard Chang and Jerry Ordway Collects: DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #1-8 $16.99 US, 192 pg
Not collecting the canceled titles would have been an admission of failure, rather than the preferable “these titles are making way for even MORE awesome titles!”
These are all six to eight issues, right? Marvel, please pay heed–I much prefer bigger collections to four-five issue ones.
But the main question surrounding these collections remains, where the final Rucka Batwoman issues?
Finally, I’ve been wanting to read all of Static Shock in one sitting and this will finally make my dream come true.
Most of these collections will sell less then
1500 copies. I wonder how they make profits off these. Surely these are just being made to use as a guide for toy makers and Hollywood to look at.
Well even if they sell only 1500 copies or so at 8$+ a pop, it is pretty profitable sieng as all the expenses were set on the monthly floppies produced prior to the collected trades. So in essence, aside from printing costs, they have no real costs….plus it is a good thing for the fans; would have been pretty frustrating if they did not collect the entire run. I am pulling in many of the new 52 and will probably pick up a few of these colelcted runs on series I passed on the relaunch.
You didn`t miss much. I am done reading the new 52. There was only maybe 8 titles worthy of reading.The rest will either be cancelled or new creators will take over. I am betting that a year from now that half of the new 52 will have been cancelled.
respectfully “stam”
How do you make a profit?
Well, the copies sold to comics shops are non-returnable (as are library sales), so that’s pure profit. DC can judge the print run by basing estimates on previous sales. (So many floppy copies sell = so many trade copies.) These Direct Market sales could subsidize the copies printed for the retail markets.
Copies are shipped first to comics shop (non-returnable, and thus guaranteed sales), and then to normal retail. (My copy of “Lost Girls”, purchased on an employee bookstore discount, was a third printing shipped two months later. The first two printings having been shipped to comics shops.) If the first printing sells out, then DC sends a rush order to China, just like they did with Watchmen.
ICV2.com Top 300 Graphic Novel list
December 2011
#39 DC COMICS THE NEW 52 HC
$150.00 1,534 copies
That’s 1500 copies (see comments above) of a massive hardcover collecting all 52 #1 issues, retailing at $150. It was the #2 title that month by dollar ranking.
Split that book in two, print it up as a Showcase TP, charging $15 each, and sales could be 15,000.
(November 2011, 64 titles had estimated comic shop sales above 1500 copies. December 2011, 44 titles sold above that level.)
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Since DC is telling us where each story arc ends, could this serve as a jumping-off point for readers? Something to monitor when checking the monthly sales…
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Also, by publishing the trades of cancelled series, you sell to the trade-waiters. Also, you sell to a new market audience (bookstores, libraries) which might generate enough reviews, buzz, and sales that a second periodical series would make sense (which would then, of course, be collected). I believe this was done for “Welcome to Tranquility”, which had horrible periodical sales.
“Finally, I’ve been wanting to read all of Static Shock in one sitting and this will finally make my dream come true.”
So would Comixology, either online or on a tablet. And it would cost $1 less. The impact of perpetually-available-on-demand digital back issues, on the market for collected editions will be interesting to see.
I think they are making a profit by sucking in the same 2000 LCS that are still around. The LCS are the ones who are buying this product.When the say Justice League or Batman sells 100,000 copies they always seem to leave out that the reason why the sell that much is because the 2000 LCS are buying massive amounts of copies to get the variants to hawk on Ebay. So these 100,000+ sales are actually not 100,000 plus readers. I wonder how many will end up in discount bins?
respectfully “stam”
Glad to see OMAC collected. A really fun book that no one cared to read.
Ugh, November for the Flash collection…
I think DC is making a big mistake by releasing HCs on some titles and TPs on others.
By the time the TPs come out for Justice League, Batman, and the others, the other series will have 2 or possibly even 3 TPs out. Justice League will end up having TPs perpetually 18-24 months behind the current storyline.
What I think DC should do instead is follow the “Walking Dead model” and do TPs after each storyline is done, and then *only* on the top-selling titles release deluxe HCs containing 2 TPs worth of material combined.
This will satisfy the marketplace more immediately, provide a quicker “feed” into the monthly comics, and still sate the “HC only” fans’ desires as well.
“So would Comixology, either online or on a tablet. And it would cost $1 less. The impact of perpetually-available-on-demand digital back issues, on the market for collected editions will be interesting to see.”
But buying your trades from Amazon would save you more than Comixology, unless you’re waiting for one of their 99 cent sales.
I DON’T CARE I JUST NEED STATIC SHOCK NOW.
A number of these books may well be solicited, but I strongly suspect that the final numbers will come in and they’ll opt not to actually print them — cancelled comic books usually sell extremely poorly as collected editions.
There’s no way I’m going to order even a single shelf copy of BLACKHAWKS or MISTER TERRIFIC, for example, and even things like OMAC which I really loved, are going to be an incredibly uphill battle to stock.
-B
@Stam
I get the impression you’re upset about something…
You are correct, that the sales numbers that are generally thrown around are the comic shop orders. But those shop owners make educated decisions about what they are going to order. And a large part of what they order is based on pre-orders from actual customers. I don’t think the numbers are so terribly inflated as you suggest. Perhaps Brian Hibbs could comment on that.
I have yet to sit down and read any of these titles- and I have a little stack of them sitting by my bed that I acquired through a fifty cent bargain bin which is taking me quite a while to waddle through because THE Jon Hickman pile on FF, Fantastic Four, and S.H.I.E.L.D. takes up more priority.
The more older I get, the more harder it is for me to catch up on these current fads.
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Coat
Oh, boo. I’d love an O.M.A.C. hardcover. It was my favorite title of the relaunch by leaps and bounds.
The schedule for many of these puts them well past their “expiration date” I believe, as a retailer. By the time the TP’s are out, interest will have waned on many of these books. Also as Brian Hibbs said, books that don’t sell as floppies are a certain loss as trades. I don’t see many retailers getting collections of books that may of lost them money in the first go round. It would be much better to see both formats released together so we could capitalize earlier and make a larger impression.
Those are some nice cheap prices for the trades.
6,7 or 8 issues all for $15-$17? Bargain!
I’ll be picking up Red Lanterns…. I under GL being a HC, but why are the other 2 HC and RL’s isn’t? Doesn’t make sense. And maybe Suicide Squad and All Star Western.
The first collections don’t come out until MAY? Wow, that’s terrible. I get that DC doesn’t want to submarine their monthlies, but that’s a long damn time to wait after the initial issues are out.
I understand coming out with 8 issue trades in May since issue #8 comes out in April. Otherwise they are letting too much time go by. DC doesn’t have the best trade release policy..
I loathe that hardcover first policy. This is why people end up pirating things – instead of making the material available at a relatively attractive price and the convience of having an entire run in one volume, they go out of their way to emphasize that maybe it would just be better to buy the monthlies as they come out. Hardcover’s fine as an option for diehard fans who want to get jacked for an extra $8 to preserve the first eight issues of Aquaman for the ages.
Or, I could just, y’know, not buy it at all, in any format. Or wait a while and maybe some used copies will turn up, which none of the creative team benefits from. Aw, hell, if I’m going to wait and the only person who benefits from a used sale is the person I bought it from, then let’s just cut to the chase and pirate it. No waiting, instant gratification. (An example, I don’t pirate stuff, but it’s easy to see how that gets to be attractive.)
So if that was the plan, DC marketing folks, good job, for making the wrong thing a more palatable option, instead of giving people better choices.