Last Week, collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Review: Trinity, Vol. 3 trade paperback (DC Comics)) The trinity," Tarot intones, "are not the universe," but rather "three of the many faces of those forces, those concepts, those ideas." In this way, Busiek successfully reasons out why Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are the Big Three both in their own universe and ours. Yes, they defin...

2 Weeks Ago, collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Review: Trinity, Vol. 2 trade paperback (DC Comics)) Still, let me tell you, this book is a fun ride. The second volume of Trinity accomplishes what Superman/Batman still struggles with -- telling a story about DC's biggest heroes without devolving into obsequious hero worshipping. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman barely make an appear...

And collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Review: Trinity Vol. 1 trade paperback (DC Comics)) I found this last concept most interesting, that Superman is the ultimate alien outsider while Batman is the ultimate human insider. We know this to be the obvious case, but Busiek takes it further in pointing out Batman not just as human, but the quintessential "self-made man." While Busi...

Last Month, collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Review: Batman: Battle for the Cowl Companion trade paperback (DC Comics)) Both the "Commissioner Gordon" and "Underground" chapters intersect directly with Battle for the Cowl. In Battle, Gordon mentions his "run-in" with Mr. Freeze, and indeed this is that run-in. Chris Yost's "Underground" -- apparently what we call Batman's villains these days -- answers...

And collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Trade Perspectives: DC for February/March 2010, Collections and Co-Features) I felt disappointed last month that DC's February 2010 solicitation of the Gotham Sirens: Union hardcover only included the first seven issues of that series, and none of writer Paul Dini's uncollected work, but there's a ray of hope in DC's March 2010 solicitations. The first collectio...

3 Months Ago, collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Wednesday Comics, Superboy, Final Crisis and Batman RIP paperbacks solicited) Wednesday Comics HC

Gotham Central Book 3: On the Freak Beat

Batgirl Vol. 1: Batgirl Rising

Superman: New Krypton Vol. 4

Wonder Woman: Warkiller

Justice Society of America: The Bad Seed

Final Crisis

Batman R.I.P.

Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1: Birth

7 Months Ago, collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Review: Birds of Prey: Club Kids trade paperback (DC Comics)) Tony Bedard's been making the rounds at DC Comics lately (now regular writer on R.E.B.E.L.S., and I've been impressed with his work on Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Black Canary miniseries. Birds of Prey is coming to an end, that's a fact, and maybe you might've preferred to sto...

And collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 5, Batman & Robin Deluxe HC Continue DC 2010 Collections) Also, the first hardcover collection of Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly's Batman & Robin, "Batman Reborn," will be in deluxe format to match Batman RIP.

Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Batman Reborn Deluxe HC

DC Comics Classic Library: Justice League of America By George Perez Vol. 2

8 Months Ago, collectededitions(noreply@blogger.com) from Collected Editions says (in Review: Catwoman: The Long Road Home trade paperback (DC Comics)) There's much to be considered here, and much we won't really understand the implications of for years to come. I always thought giving Catwoman a child was a bad idea, since we all knew the writers would never let her keep it; now we find a Catwoman -- maybe good, maybe bad -- who takes as much of...