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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted December 17, 2002 03:04 PM
 
quote: Hey, DTF! Have your 3 been revealed? You posted this on page 1 of this thread. IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted December 17, 2002 04:20 PM
I believe that Bob G. said somewhere that he wasn't counting Neal Adams Batman in his 20. On the other hand, with THUNDER 3 in May, I'd say that vol.4 by December seems overwhelmingly likely unless the series bombs. For the remaining two, I'm sticking with GA Hawkman, but the product description for Spectre (just over 200 pages) makes me now think that the oversize volume we've been told to expect will in fact be Supergirl 2. Not my choice (I would have preferred almost any other SA series in fact), but them's the breaks.... This would give us two Super-titles and two Bat-titles (plus the Adams) in the same year. If we were getting 18 or 20 DCU Archives, I'd be all for that, but out of a probable 13, this seems excessive. IP: Logged |
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segaboi24 Member |
posted December 18, 2002 02:43 AM
not to be nitpicky james,but i think you mean t.h.u.n.d.e.r agents volume 2 for may not volume 3,as volume 1 is only now just about to be released. on the subject of archives,i really need to build up a collection.i'll be re-starting again with aquaman archives in january Jess IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted December 18, 2002 05:13 AM
Yep, you're right. IP: Logged |
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BearPaws Member |
posted January 05, 2003 04:23 PM
Ka-bump IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted January 08, 2003 04:14 PM
What we know, as of Jan 8 '03, including some of Bob Greenberger's vague hints: Scheduled and solicited: December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003
April 2003 May 2003 2nd Quarter 2003 Justice League of America Archives, V8 (mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread Questions for Bob Greenberger, his post of Jan 7 '03)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, V12 (mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread Legion Archives Vol. 12, post of July 23 '02) unidentified GA Batman volume (mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread Questions for Bob Greenberger, post of Oct 31) unidentified GA Superman volume (same Bob Greenberger post as GA Batman) Challengers of the Unknown Archives, V2 (announced Nov 10 '02, exact date TBA; mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread Questions for Bob Greenberger, post of Nov 19 as not being issued in 2003) Superboy (Golden Age) Archives, V1 (announced in 2001, mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread Questions for Bob Greengerger, post of Dec 12 '02, as being "off the schedule and ... return[ing] as soon as possible") Shazam! Archives, V4 (mentioned by Bob Greenberger in the thread Questions for Bob Greengerger, post of Jan 7 '03: "Shazam! will continue although Vol. 4 is not on a schedule as of today." Seems like DC intends to continue the line, but when is another matter)
Tor Archives, V3 (should appear in 3rd Quarter '03) Mad Archives, V2 (should appear in 2nd or 3rd Quarter '03) T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives, V3 (should appear in 4th Quarter '03) All-Star Archives, V9 (any time) Plastic Man Archives, V5 (4th Quarter '03)
Stuff by Simon and Kirby; Sandman, Manhunter, Boy Commandos, Newsboy Legion etc. are possibilities (Post of Jan 8 '03) Another Doom Patrol volume; might be more of Morrison's stuff, not an Archive. (Post of Jan 7 '03)
Golden Age work that isn't feasible with current restoration technology, which butchers fine line work by certain artists, including Mac Raboy and Lou Fine. Affects Captain Marvel, Jr., The Ray, The Black Condor, Doll Man, Bulletman, others (Post of Jan 8 '03)
Please make corrections and additions if you know them. IP: Logged |
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vze2 Member |
posted January 08, 2003 04:56 PM
I'm actually happy about Bob's comments about Raboy and Fine. This tells me that when the technology catches up, these Archives will be high priorities. Of course I might be reading too much into this. IP: Logged |
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Mike Falcon Member |
posted January 08, 2003 05:26 PM
Marv Wolfman announced he was writing the introduction to a second volume of the New Teen Titans Archives. IP: Logged |
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ActionFigureMaker Member |
posted January 11, 2003 03:57 PM
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James Friel Member |
posted January 11, 2003 06:25 PM
Shazam! vol.3 came out in November. IP: Logged |
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ActionFigureMaker Member |
posted January 12, 2003 06:53 AM
quote: Dang! Thanks, I missed that. Have to put it on my must-get list! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Rob Staeger Member |
posted January 13, 2003 12:52 AM
Should the mysterious 256-age archive be included in the "upcoming but unspecified" portion of the list? Bob's confirmed it twice now. Speculation is that it's Supergirl v.2, but there've been no official hits regarding content other than the page count has expanded to finish a story. Rob IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted January 13, 2003 02:13 AM
I don't see a reason to include it. Most people are interested in specifics, and the 256-pager is just guesswork. For the same reason, I'm not going to include the mystery volume that prompted the Brave and Bold question, even though I'm pretty confident we know it is one of 3 possibilities. As Bob doles out his hints and clues, I will include them if a specific series is named, but not otherwise. Everyone else is free to add their own posts to this thread or start another thread. IP: Logged |
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KryptoSuperDog Member |
posted January 13, 2003 02:20 AM
It was announced recently that there will be a tpb of New Teen Titans "Judas Contract" storyline. Perhaps Marv wrote the forward to that?? IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted January 13, 2003 02:24 AM
Looking at the existing list of "Vague Hints", the mention of Simon & Kirby material would like to be in the same vein as the B&B candidates, but I think it's actually a bit more specific. Bob said: "Simon & Kirby's work is definitely on our To Do list." which sounds more definite than his comment in the B&B thread, "...and should we get to some of these volumes in 2003, it's worth having the opinions recorded." I'd almost say the B&B question is laying groundwork for then annual meeting this spring, whereas the S&K material is already in the pipeline (beginning with Challengers). How does everyone else read that? IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted January 13, 2003 02:41 AM
quote: I'm now reminded of the statement by Mark Evanier that he's working on introductions to three Kirby projects. Maybe it's Challengers vol.1, the more-than-hinted at Kirby Jimmy Olsen volume, and a Simon & Kirby book? But what Simon & Kirby book? IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted January 13, 2003 02:47 AM
You'd think that DC has the rights to all the non-DC issues of Young Love and Young Romance. But who knows? IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted January 13, 2003 04:12 AM
quote: I think that's the most likely correct reading. But playing devil's advocate for a moment-- My guess is that the decisions of what titles to do are made at the meeting, but I'd imagine that precisely what stories to include would be more the province of the editor. Still, it's always good to have an answer ready if a question is asked. As for the S&K material actually being in the pipeline, Bob's remarks are always very careful and often ambiguous--I think when he says something is on their "to do list", he might mean that it's been in principle decided to publish it, but nothing more specific has been done, not even fixing a year of publication. IP: Logged |
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vze2 Member |
posted January 13, 2003 05:47 AM
I'm not sure that I would have included anything that you have in the vague hints category. However, I think that you are right to make the distinction between the three you have listed and B&B. IP: Logged |
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positronic Member |
posted January 13, 2003 05:06 PM
quote: That would be true if the book was collecting just the Simon & Kirby stories, but wasn't there a non-costumed Manhunter feature in ADVENTURE before S&K revamped it into a superhero strip? It's also been speculated that DC might consider combining the Golden Age S&K Manhunter stories with the '70s Goodwin/Simonson Manhunter from DETECTIVE, and/or Kirby's own FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL revamp of the Manhunter character. IP: Logged |
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Amentep Member |
posted January 16, 2003 08:40 PM
quote: Heh...they could do a golden age Manhunter 2-for-1 deal, and reprint DC and Quality Comics' Manhunter characters. IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted January 21, 2003 12:46 PM
I'll update this with the Legion and Spirit info tomorrow, after we have proof that Aquaman showed up on time. IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted January 21, 2003 01:21 PM
With LSH 12 scheduled for April, and Challengers 1 for "second quarter 2003" and JLA 8 for "spring", it looks as if the schedule is very Silver-and-Bronze-heavy until June. Five to one, in fact. IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted January 21, 2003 01:33 PM
Bob said that All-Star had fallen into a regular rhythm, so I'll bet we get another edition in July. If you look at least year, it went The second half of '02 was 4-1 in favor of Gold. This year's first half sort of balances that. In the back half of this year, we are expecting Gold for Superman, Batman, Plastic Man, as well as the JSA. It could be 4-2 Gold, minimum. Then there's the hope that we'll get a 13th or 14th volume, too. IP: Logged |
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Osgood Peabody Member |
posted January 21, 2003 01:44 PM
I was hoping they'd eventually settle into a gold-silver alteration like they did in 2001, but that does not appear to be in the cards again this year. And for Silver fans, it's been a long wait - with due apologies to Enemy Ace - last June (GL 4) was the last release I was really excited about. Tomorrow can't come soon enough! IP: Logged |
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