New /SHELF/ thread, now with the news that the Marvel Masterworks line is dead and that December's releases will be the final volumes for the forseeable future. And that two volumes planned for January 2026 (Marvel Team Up and Defenders) have been canceled and will not see release period.

>>149038243 (OP)
Wait, the masterwork line is dead?

>>149038798
Yeah. No new volumes or remastered reissues or digest reprints.

>>149038817
Damn.

The ending of the MMW line fucking sucks as several volumes were one book shy of completion (most notably Marvel Two In One, which was only going to be 100% reprinted as a Masterworks) along with stuff like O'Neil's DD and Iron Man runs being one volume shy of completion and the fact that the MMW line was giving us the Simonson Thor run in its original format fir the first time in over a decade and a half.

>>149038243 (OP)
What the fuck is that planetary omnibus? Is that a custom binding version?

>>149038798
JM DeMatteis shared on his blog the introduction he wrote for the Defenders Marvel Masterworks Vol. 10 stating that he wanted to share it because the book had been cancelled and you wouldn't see it otherwise.

>>149039523
I feel like Marvel Masterworks were the odd one out:
>Epic Collections are super cheap and thick TPBs but out of order and reprints are a bitch.
>Omnis have become like collector crack and have begun to become the "collect full runs" editions.
>Taschen, Folion and others are releasing prestige Marvel books that beat them in quality.
So Marvel Masterworks, which had been declining in sales, end up the odd one out.

Just moved into a new place, finally have the space to bust out m full collection

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>>149039750
Now just rpg and artbooks

>>149039757
And off topic manga

>>149039534
It's the Planetary omnibus with no slipcover. The slipcover was god awful looking but the actual omnibus underneath has a cool real world encyclopedia design to it so I threw the slipcover into my closet and stored it on my shelf as is.

Anyone recommend the upcoming Bronze Age Wonder Woman trade coming out next week?

>>149038243 (OP)
I just got my first masterworks book recently and now I hear they're killing the line...

>>149040342
Which one did you buy?

>>149038243 (OP)
wait wtf, does the planetary omnibus come with a "planetary guide" cover? like the books kept in the archives

>>149040361
I got vol 1 of xmen. I got it nice and cheap
the price of the masterworks books have always kept me from getting them. Probably why they're killing it. But when I got the xmen book I was interested in collecting more. Oh well

We don't need masterworks anymore now that epics exist

>>149040407
It's the hardback cover under the dust jacket. The dusk jacket has the jigsaw cover from #26 IIRC.

>>149040533
Technically we do both to fix fuck ups in mapping and to restore old comics. The Simonson. Thor MMWs for instance are the first time since the mid-00s the original coloring has been used

>>149040647
ohhhhh, for some reason i thought it looked like it was cloth bound like books from way back when.
yeah ive seen the dust jacket with snow holding the jigsaw peice i thought that was just the paperback
damn, i feel kinda let down now lol

Out of town on business so no pics but I've bought more lately than I have in a year or two. I've got both Batman and Catwoman DC Finest volumes, I have the Cass Batgirl one too and the new Nightwing compendium. DC have been killing it lately. Bunch of indie shit too. Little Bird, White Ash, Palomino and God Country. I recommend all of them.

Very low effort thread, gotta at least include this in the OP:

Don't know where to buy? Try these:
https://www.amazon.com/
https://www.bookdepository.com (worldwide shipping)
http://www.booksetc.co.uk/ (EU)
http://cheap-comics.com (EU)
https://www.instocktrades.com/ US (worldwide shipping)
https://www.dcbservice.com/
https://www.mycomicshop.com US(worldwide shipping)
http://www.speedyhen.com (UK)
https://www.tfaw.com (worldwide shipping)

[best deal websites for comics]
https://bookoutlet.com/browse/products/comics
https://www.cheapestbookprice.com/

[your local comic shop here]

List of things out next week:
http://www.comiclist.com/index.php
Upcoming Omnibus/Hardcovers:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/305597

[want to read comics but not buy?]
https://readcomiconline.li/
https://getcomics.info/

My most recent procurements. Double-dipping into Suicide Squad but whatever

>>149041630
I hate that i hunted down all the Ostrander SS trades two years before they announced the omni but that's my luck.

>>149041666
I bought them as they were coming out, so at least it's been a while. The omni has obvious advantages though so I feel it's justified. Looking forward to The Spectre, too, and holding out hope for his other DC books getting collected finally

>>149039765
>off topic manga
Manga isn't off-topic in /shelf/ and anyone who tells you it is is a faggot.

>>149039640
DMZ put Brian Wood firmly onto my "never read again" list. Which is a shame, I really like Northlanders.

I haven't been visiting /shelf/ for a few months at least - trying to spend less money on comic books.

and the latest haul

>>149038798
I'm kind of annoyed by that. I only had a few as gap fillers but they're really nice and I kind of hate that omnibuses are getting such a stranglehold on the collected editions scene.

>>149041790
Vagabond is another book where the double-dipping fairy is ramming itself into my window when I try to sleep. Already have al the Vizbig editions but bigger IS better

>>149041790
Fucking pissed they keep doing those Slaine deluxe editions as such limited runs. Full jelly.

I can't be assed to take a photo right now but I've recently picked up and enjoyed the Legion of Super Heroes Great Darkness Saga and already ordered The Curse. I have the finest for the earlier stuff too. But I'm hoping they get to reprinting some of the other collections. It's good.

Top 60 most wanted DC omnibus according to the poll, some of these may or may not be coming out in the nearish future if DC cares about what the customers want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD4uR2cCvzc

>>149041674
>The omni has obvious advantages though so I feel it's justified.
I saw all the extras the omni has, and those might justify a double dip

>>149039576
>Epic Collections are super cheap
The price of epics has been hiked to 55 dollars since a year, how do they still have the image of being cheap?

>>149041872
>finest made IST's top seller list
>Came in second in the last omni poll
>Came in first by a landslide in this poll
DO IT DC!

>>149041877
>>Epic Collections are super cheap
>The price of epics has been hiked to 55 dollars since a year, how do they still have the image of being cheap?
Because most people are smart enough to not pay cover price. Go to cheap graphic novels or instock trades and they're like half off. Ditto for the DC Finests.

>>149041877
>The price of epics has been hiked to 55 dollars since a year, how do they still have the image of being cheap?
I don't pay anything near that high.

>>149041872
The collected editions editor was on the stream and confirmed a Legends of the Dark Knight omni, but it might take a while.
Also, Levitz Legion on three, aww yeah!

>>149038243 (OP)
How far did we got into Simonsons Thor?

You know the real annoying part is they're probably gonna just make some new line that's functionally the same except now we have to start over from scratch instead of collecting a full run proper.

>>149041903
It depends really. I feel like a lot of this content is going to hit peak saturation or people are simply running out of space for more books

>>149041872
My top DC omnis would be
>Orion by Simonson
>Power of Shazam by Ordway
>Superman by John Byrne
>Batman by Jim Starlin
>Volume 2 of Loebs Flash
>Any semi modern post crisis Superman Omni would be great, we only have Geoff John’s absolute and Busiek hardcovers


Also for DC finest I’d really like Green Lantern Emerald Dawn and maybe a Zatanna one, if I could get a reprint of Emerald Dawn I’d probably start buying GL omnis that way I can headcanon zero hour, then Kyle Rayner rising compendium, then the Geoff John’s run but desu I always regret requesting omnis since I barely have any… well I have 20… but it’s mainly Spider Man and Batman…

>>149042295
>Orion by Simonson
Already exists

>>149041883
Is Batgirl really such a good title?

Oh it's /shelf/!
The Superman Adventures compendium just arrived and I managed to snag a copy of Arkadi and the Lost Titan from an amazon-marketplace seller after it was sold out super quickly everywhere and it's cover price. should arrive on friday.

>>149038243 (OP)
that's horrible news!
I never owned a single MMW but I always admired them

>>149041829
I just checked solicits, there is not a single Legion book coming. please god please, reprint archives 10-13 already so that I can finally fill the last gap.

>>149041883
>Because most people are smart enough to not pay cover price. Go to cheap graphic novels or instock trades and they're like half off. Ditto for the DC Finests.

how are they doing that anyway?

Hi /shelf/
It been a few weeks so here's what I've got since then
This one is mostly PAD stories I like

>>149041900
Around issue #359, which covers both the entire Surtur and Lorelei Sagas, the never reprinted Hercules filler issue, and the Beta Ray Bill/Sif vs Titanium Msn arc.

>>149042762
I honestly didn't know Ben Reilly got a new Marvel Legend, I just mentioned to staff that I was hoping for one while combing through the store's giant wall of second hand toys

Other than this I got the Marvel Godzilla omni since Amazon had it on sale

>>149042301
The Orion Omni was botched/fucked up up as the back up stories were put at the very ebd of the book rather than with each issue they were published with. This completely fucked up the reading experience as the back ups alternated between being critical to the main arc of the series in terms of narrative flow (which makes for a disjointed reading experience), or are critical to understanding of the story they are tied to, as Simonson would raise a question in the main story of an issue about power, father/son relationships, corruption, etc in the main story and then offer the answer to the question in the back up.

>>149042368
It's dog shit. Cassie is a character you either love or hate with a passion and there is zero middle ground. Adding to this the book has a bunch of crossovers with the main Batman books in it that make for a disjointed reading experience.

>>149042741
Great Darkness Saga (OG trade not the expanded version) is getting reissued this summer. And Zap Goes the Legion basically reprints Archive 10 and the first Greek story from V11.

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>>149042968
Oh wow, a collection with only good book in it

I still need to take close ups so you can actually read the titles but I finished rearranging all my stuff yesterday.

I'm running out of shelf space extremely quickly so I try not to buy too much stuff anymore - I think this is everything interesting I've bought in the last few months.

The Folio Gold/Silver/Bronze Age sets are 50% off in their summer sale. I couldn't recommend them at the full price I paid for them but they're maybe worth a look now.

>>149041516
This needs to be updated. Book Depository doesn't exist anymore.

>>149043052
Recommending Amazon is nuts too. Your books WILL arrive damaged if you order from them.

>>149043020
Did... did you build your shelves out of 2x3, 2x2 and 1x2 Kallax units? I didn't even know they made 1x2. Why you do dis?

>>149043082
I originally had 2x4s but needed more space so put 2x2s on top of them all. Then needed MORE space so put 2x1s on top of those.

>>149043098
Intredasting. Sick Folio collection dude. Especially those GOTs. Pity the last two books will never be released even though the fat man apparently finished Winds of Winter more than 5 years ago and his pilot readers hated it so much he's never going to release it.

>>149041630
Based Joe appreciator.

>>149041872
Gimme the list, ain't giving this cuck clicks.

>>149043151
Top 5:

1. Batgirl: Cassandra Cain volume 1
2. Man of Steel by John Byrne volume 1
3. Legion of Superheroes by Paul Levitz volume 2
4. Hawkworld by Ostrander & Truman Omnibus
5. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight volume 1

>>149043165
>1. Batgirl: Cassandra Cain volume 1
>2. Man of Steel by John Byrne volume 1
Gross.

1/2. Been buying up those damn Finest collections like crazy. Just recently got Flash, been a very fun read

>>149043214
2/2

Has anyone else found themselves buying less comics? The past 2 years I've drastically reduced the money I spend on the hobby with how expensive everything has gotten. Which is a shame because there have been a lot of great releases these past 2 years that I'dlike to own, especially manga.

>>149043211
This. So much this. Epic fail!

>>149043242
I buy genuinely like 1/20th of what I used to buy when I worked near a comics store. Way, way less impulse buys when I'm ordering online.

Are there any hard numbers on those DC Finest books? Sales-wise I mean.

>>149043242
It's become incredibly expensive. 10 years ago I paid around €60-80 for an omni, now the Conan omnis cost almost €140.
It's not even the material costs etc, it's the shipping. Most get peinted in China, then automatically ship zo America first, then finally ship to me in the EU and that somehow makes it €20-30 more expensive.

>>149042368
It's really good.

>>149042799
>>149043792
Hmm, I see.

>>149043242
>>149043250
>>149043493
I've been cutting back a lot less. Most of the major series I want to collect I'm actually decently close on finishing as far as I care to collect and outside a finest or epic that's tempting I don't really splurge on stuff I haven't read as a rule.

>>149043792
What bothers me, same with the GL volume, is that they pulled an Epic Collection move and started with Volume 2 and not 1.

>>149043852
That is a little annoying. I don't mind so much when they do it with older series because if we were waiting for them to release Avengers, Justice League or something like that in order we'd be waiting forever to get to the modern era but there's really no reason something more modern that's less than a 100 issues can't be released in order. The Mayday epics are the same way

>>149043879
To be fair, they were decent enough to do Agent Venom, Rom, and Micronauts in order wirh Epics

>>149044289
I just wonder who's driving the ship sometimes

>>149043214
I probably shoulv'e gotten The Demon when it came out...

I'll contribute.
/co/ shelf, 1/2

Newfag here, just started reading comics like an actual serious few months ago, about to finish reading the silver age era from DC
I dont even have a shelf yet, will try to get one but the end of the year. So far I've only bought comics that I've already read years ago as a normie and know that I'll like them
>Kingdom Come
>Killing Joke
>Watchmen
Any tips? I'll also prob going to buy All Star Superman and Superman Kryptonite (this one Ive actually not read yet)

>>149044978
Is it a trick of the camera or is the top shelf really sagging that much?

>>149044991
>Any tips?
Buy books you like, this is the only law

>>149044978
2/2

>>149044994
No it's sagging, been that way for years now. Shelves i got were more for nick knacks and such, not heavy books

>>149043020
Might as well show the full extent of my Kallax addiction so here's my 2000ADs that are just out of shot to the left of that photo.

>>149045014
My /a/ collection, if anyone cares for it

>>149045015
And my manga aisle that is on the other side of the right hand shelf in the first photo.

>>149045021
My spillover shelves

>>149045022
And fuck it, here's the disc wall too.

>>149045021
Going to get the new Vagabond hardcovers? I am still seething about them because they were announced days after I bought the whole run you have there.

>>149045037
Extremely jealous of that Tintin set.

>>149045037
My trinket shelves

>>149045102
>hardcovers
NOW you tell me!

>>149045140
And my /v/ armory.

>>149045140
>NOW you tell me!
Is this a bad time to mention they're doing Hellsing too?

>>149045177
The Hellsing manga sucks though. So does Ultimate. Only the anime series is good.

>>149045177
Hellsing smellsing. The one series that needs oversized hardcovers is Bastard!!

>>149045131
Eh, they're hit and miss. Nice to have everything in one set but they're all shrunken down prints of the original 11×12 books. Makes the text difficult to read at times

>>149045177
I for one have finally been picking up the Berzerk hardcovers seen here >>149045155. Can't believe i put off that series for so long, its freaking beautiful

>>149045274
>its freaking beautiful
It was Miura's life's work...

>>149045274
I've got the Berserks and have been picking up Vagabond and Vinland Saga as they come out (although they're all shamefully still in the plastic because I already own the standard versions and haven't felt like a reread of either yet). Tempted by Trigun but I'm trying not to spend too much right now.

>>149045303
>Trigun
Eh, save your money for other things. Manga itself is kinda meh

>>149045323
I remember being well into it when I was 14 and reading scans in 2005, though. Surely it must hold up just as well today.

>>149045037
Guess I forgot I got a new set of Toguro figures recently. Guess which one who's size i misjudged?

>>149045274
>>149045293
Berserk is mostly not that good, unfortunately.

>>149045342
That's a big toy.

>>149045349
Yeah, it's mostly great.

>>149045349
This. The art is absolute amateur hour. Did this gook ever hear of color or was he just born before they invented it lol

>>149045342
Is this form achievable natty (orange juice diet only)

>>149045349
>>149045407
3/10, do better

>>149045388
Para ti

>>149045524
Should've said for my shelf.

>>149045571
Well, people, Hell, ice water, all that jazz

>Namor
>Aquaman
>Fathom
Any other comics that might appeal to my feitsh for swimming chik- I mean for my deep appreciation of the underwater world?

>>149038243 (OP)
>/shelf/ thread at the start of the week when im going to a con this weekend

>>149045400
Can't be great if it's not good.
>>149045407
The art is terrific, but the manga isn't for most of the run. By the time Miura passed away, it had been bad for a while.

>>149046105
It's not good because it exceeds good so therefore it's great.

>>149041872
I just want TNBA Gotham Adventures in omnibus format.

new comics

>>149046476
The greatest crime ever committed.

>>149043879
>>149044289

I know I'm lying yo myself, but what're the chances Spider-Girl would even get an omni? They can't seem to finish the series, but they keep restarting it. They've clearly got an interest in printing the material. I'm so close to just custom binding my singles, but I'd hate to do that to them.

>>149046802
It keeps polling decently high any time they do one. I wouldn't be shocked to see something announced and I do wonder if that's why they skipped several volumes

>>149046420
No. Great things are also good. If it's not good, it can't be great.

>>149046971
Well you're just wrong.

>>149044991
Don't be an extreme collector/consumerist. Every shelf should be loved and have books you've mostly read. You've got to balance that anxiety of missing out with understanding you can't read everything. These omnibus crack addicts who go out and buy 5 books at a time which they're never gonna read irk me. It's just a waste.

>>149043242
Too much stuff pushing fear of missing out has burnt me out a bit. I have plenty of stuff to read currently.

Also I've been burnt several times by companies like 2000AD printing some limited edition then a few years later printing a better definitive version of a series.

>>149047342
>>149044991
Yeah one of the traps people fall into is that the get the idea that they need to collect everything. Find some series you're genuinely passionate about and keep on that. That isn't to say you shouldn't try new shit but experiment either reading online or with cheaper collections like the DC Finest or Epics. But buy to read, not collect. It honestly gets frustrating to see so many people ask what books to buy in the most expensive format possible that they never read, will never read and will just gather stuff on the shelf. These days I mostly just collect Conan stuff and sold a lot of marvel omnis I just wasn't reading in order to pay for stuff I like.

>>149039576
>(I remember a review at the time saying Defenders was like superhero group therapy. It wasn’t meant as a compliment—they clearly thought the book was way too talky, too invested in psychology and emotion over action—but that’s how I took it.)

>>149047342
>>149047391
Anecdotally I know a lot of people with a multitude of failed hobbies. They get into something via social media/YouTube, go out and buy expensive stuff they don't need, then regret it after a while. Then the cycle repeats. With our ability to easily order things it's easy to watch some YouTubers, read some forums and want to buy your way into a feeling. And that's what it is, buying a feeling. Artificially trying to make yourself into a fan to join all the other people also buying into something. And it can turn hollow very easily. It's not just a waste of time and money, it simply won't make you happy in the long run.

I do think collectors burning people out this way via the pressure to show off with collections doesn't help create fans either. The spirit of /shelf/ can be multiple full kallaxs or one single book shelf.

>>149047784
There's always gonna be a "buy in" on any new hobby but far too many just dive into the deep end. They don't just "buy one" to see if it's for them they'll post "My collection after a month" and it's a library that rivals my own after a few years. And it's not like they're buying the cheap stuff. You can get like 3 or 4 Finest for the cost of one Omnibus. To be honest I'm really starting to resent the entire format. The oversize art is nice but it's hardly so huge to justify the cost and clunkier reading experience.

>>149047856
>There's always gonna be a "buy in" on any new hobby but far too many just dive into the deep end.
I mean this is the exact point I was making and thought it was pretty clear. It is people artificially trying to buy outcomes and feelings in a quick way that doesn't last. I don't even hate the people that do it, I understand the motivation behind it and feeling compelled to do so.

Which is why it is just a warning to anyone getting into a hobby or medium that you shouldn't dive straight in. Heck I have advised people to buy cheap second hand TPBs to see if they like a series rather than buying 3 omnis because someone said it was definitive run. Otherwise you can get situations where people get extreme buyer's remorse.

> To be honest I'm really starting to resent the entire format.
I'm beginning to resent omnis on occasion too because sometimes I'd rather get a trade with some of the best stories rather than everything (I say everything but they miss out things all the time). Completionist mindsets, collecting, all these psychologies fit together. Shelfies on /shelf/ are often "oww I didn't know that was released or that's cool/interesting". Shelfies on Reddit are often just celebrations of "oh now you have Annihilation omnibus too, better pick up all the others".

I want to finish Conan, the Triangle Superman stuff (here's hoping they actually go all the way) and fill in some Legion stories then I am done. Honest...

>>149044991
>Any tips?
Other anons laid it out pretty well, just focus on the books/series you enjoy. I would recommend double checking to see if there's omnibuses for the stuff you're wanting. Some people buy the trades first but you'd be amazed how quickly those can take up all your available space, omnibuses are just more efficient.
As for recommendations, the stuff you have there are classics, cant go wrong with them. For DC, I'd personally recommend
>Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
>Grant Morrison's Animal Man
>everything about Geoff Johns' run on Green Lantern
>Superman: The Black Ring
>Multiversity
>the various Crisis events that have happened over the decades
>Blackest Night/Brightest Day
>if you're into edgy shit, the recent stuff involving The Batman Who Laughs
And on Marvel:
>Anything Jon Hickman writes: F4, Avengers, new Ultimate Spider-Man, his big Age of Krakoa run on X-Men
>Immortal Hulk
>Brian Michael Bendis' big run on the original Ultimate Spider-Man (quite literally the only title from that line worth reading)
>Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men
>Runaways
>Miracleman by Alan Moo-sorry, the ORIGINAL AUTHOR
Also wanted to post my shelf for my /IN SPAAAAAACE/ stuff

I'm really glad DC finally upped it's superman game. The triangle omnibus had fast become one of my favorites. I stress this often but the way it's mapped is beautiful. This is the gold standard of how to handle a character who had multiple books at the same time. Every Superman book from that time is included, in order. It is wonderful. And it frustrates me to no end that other books aren't done the same way. X-men is one thing because they have different teams but Spider-man shouldn't be this much of a headache. I'm tempted to pic of the JMD Spectacular book but honestly once the second volume of Michelinie and Bagley comes out my Spidey collection is done.

>>149048608
Ignore this man. His suggestions are either overly safe or absolute trash.

>>149044991
There's some retard in a Facebook omni buying/selling group and he's getting literally tons of omnis delivered each and every day. Not reading them but just getting them so he can read the entire DC universe that's laid out in some book. He has at least a few years worth of books to keep him occupied but his OCD is driving this. I get being excited about a hobby but this is ridiculous and a good way to burn yourself out. Just read and buy shit you enjoy. That's the best rule you can have for yourself.

>>149049050
There are times even within the same omnibus I feel like I'm getting tired. Not from any issue of quality but these are years worth of books that were meant to be read monthly

>>149049136
I know the feeling. I can only knock out a few issues at a time before I gotta go do something else. It amazes me peop l approach a hobby on such a grand scale like this. Last I saw he was asking about Marvel omnis. I have a feeling most of these will be up for sale soon. There's no way this guy ever gets to half of this shit

>>149048790
I didn't wanna be unkind but this anon is right

>>149049136
>Not from any issue of quality but these are years worth of books that were meant to be read monthly
I'm genuinely interested in how our psychology changes as we consume media differently and how that influences our enjoyment. Streaming is a good example because in many ways it has cheapened entertainment, changed how we view or consume stories and changed how those stories are made.

So much of comics is disposable entertainment that was not meant to be heavily dissected and it is a miracle any of it still holds up. So much in life is not about quality but expectation. People go to shit fast food restaurants because they know what they're going to get, even if that product is crap.

For many reasons there has been this push of high expectations, that these aren't monthly disposable adventures but the best run ever, not placing stories in their proper context. And I worry that collectors will eventually burn out and the collected edition market will dip because it isn't sustainable.

I don't think all those series were meant to be binged. How you approach reading them influences your enjoyment in that way. (Of course some people will be the complete opposite.)

>>149048790
What are your suggestions then?

>>149049453
>For many reasons there has been this push of high expectations, that these aren't monthly disposable adventures but the best run ever, not placing stories in their proper context.
I didn't like Claremont's X-Men or Miller's Daredevil. The way they had both been hyped up for me and the way they actually play out was very different. No hate to anyone that likes them, just didn't vibe with me.

>>149048790
You'd have a newbie dive right into the hardcore shit right out of the gate, then?

>>149048608
>>149049469
Recommendation lists suck and often trap people in the "read x, y and x only" type mentality. They don't get people into shit. Ask what the person likes e.g. crime and show a few crime books with a pitch of what you liked about them. Or ask what style of art they like or speaks to them. Or ask what creators they like and what books those creators have also done.

I wouldn't have read half the shit I've read if I didn't have a conversation with someone. People don't just gather this information by osmosis, they have to actually talk about.

>>149049050
Oh yeah I get what you mean, I'm not speedreading or anything, just going by a reading guide from a site I found. Especially now that Ive finished the full Doom Patrol run, I'm doing 2/3 issues a day at most
>>149048608
I'm pretty interested in the Geoff Johns GL run, heard lots of good things about it

>>149049469
>>149044991
Given he said Superman I would suggest Exile or the Triangle. The Busiek hardcover is also a cheap option. I would also look at some of the DC Finest volumes. That said I don't know him beyond the handful of characters he mentioned but this books will get you going on the actual run of comics. Honestly one thing that bothers me about recommendation stuff is when people just list the same collections of off canon books. They might be good in most cases but they're not really gonna get you running on the series proper. if you're dead set on an omnibus get one of the normal run numbered volumes. Fuck bendis.

>>149049913
>fuck bendis
The most bold and thoughtful post on this entire site, surely

>>149049913
I haven't bought anything recently but I don't remember there being a whole lot of superman omnis

>>149049453
I often think about this too. Comics are an interesting thing. I'd hesitate to call them disposable, but I think I understand what you mean. They were something meant to be bought with milk money and read month to month. Reading comics was part of our routine. Every time a new issue of Spider-man came out I'd stop on my way home from school to read and get it. It may have been a good issue it may have been a dud but the experience of reading the issue every time was the fun part. It was something to talk about with fellow fans. It was something to look forward to when there was a big cliffhanger. We look back at a lot of events and bullshit now with praise or disdain but we're so removed from the hype that made them that it's hard to really get the same experience retroactively. I think a lot of comics still generally hold up very well but it's not the same reading experience if you read a dozen issues in one go. It's not a bad one, especially if the comic is still good, but it's not the same thing by any metric. There's no, anticipation, you don't get the same digestion when you can read the next issue or conclusion to a story in the same day. Having that time between issues really gave you an added sense of excitement.

>>149049453
Excellent post and I've thought about this with manga too the need to hype up every single chapter that gets released is in insane

>>149050026
There aren't THAT many but DC is finally getting them out. Exile and Triangle volume 1 came out a while ago, Triangle 2 is already solicited and given how it's mapped 3 is probably soon follow. There was a Death and Return omni but that's getting folded into the triangle books so I'd hold on that if you plan on getting those. And there's a omnibus listed for Our Worlds at War. There's also a few more modern ones announced but I can't speak for them.

>>149049697
The anon said he was new to comics, figured I'd just give him some broad strokes to get him started. It was by no means a "you just HAVE to read x or y or z", it was just what I considered good runs to get a feel for mainstream cape comics. If those lead to them picking up on more obscure titles, all the better then

>>149050026
Like other anon said, they're finally getting omnis out. I've found the trades of his various stories are a good way to dive into his mythology, but not so much his actual narrative

>>149050147
Yeah. Stuff like All Star are great stories and while they do celebrate the core idea of the character they don't really convey the same nuance. Not that it's shallow but it's like, you get more out of it when you understand the actual sense of normal for the comics. It's great to see him save the sun and see the grandness of his history but you see more of the man when he's doing normal stuff. And while those books are good if all you want is a taste, I really would like to see something that will get people more interested in the actual runs.

Anyways as far as non Batman related trades go I don't know who got the ball rolling but DC has been on fire. Warlord is getting an omnibus. WAR FUCKING LORD.

>>149050037
>Having that time between issues really gave you an added sense of excitement.
All media is like this. That's why modern streaming shows that get dumped all at once seem hollow and cheap, even in the handful of cases where they are good. Or try to binge-read a classic sci-fi series. Or power through every album from an artist. It just all starts to feel like shallow sludge after a while because there is no sense of timing, pausing, anticipation, speculating, etc.

>>149050011
I mean, he's really not good, anon. The less said about him the better.
>>149050026
They're slowly fixing that but there is a ton of really great and affordable trades. Omnis are a massive pain in the ass.

>>149050226
>Omnis are a massive pain in the ass.
Omnis are really just shelf decoration. I'd rather collect trades so I have more granular control over what I read and collect, but to each their own. I just wish DC's trades looked better on a shelf.

>>149050037
>I'd hesitate to call them disposable
Why hesitate? Low cost, printed on cheap paper, super low margins (unsold newsstand comics were not even returned after a certain point, just covers removed as shipping them back wasn't worth it), quick creative turn around, no real collected editions beside the odd reprint. Old school comic fans really complained about the price increases too. I do think it was disposable. I don't think it's an insult because a lot of entertainment can be described that way. I'm just calling it how it is. I still love comics.

>We look back at a lot of events and bullshit now with praise or disdain but we're so removed from the hype that made them that it's hard to really get the same experience retroactively
Here have a video about Harlan Ellison (sci fi author) ranting on Death of Superman:
https://youtu.be/SgAXCT99m0M
In many ways their tricks and gimmicks stay the same.

>There's no, anticipation, you don't get the same digestion when you can read the next issue or conclusion to a story in the same day
>digestion
I'd keep the metaphor going because in many ways I view the media you consume like a diet and like a diet it needs to be balanced in some ways. Some issues aren't chapters in a book you can binge. Sometimes you need to slow down, take your time and enjoy it as it goes along.

>>149050089
>It was by no means a "you just HAVE to read x or y or z"
I mean what I'm saying is, if you don't have the conversation it sometimes turns into that. Not necessarily that you're actively doing it. See what I mean? So many conversations go like:
>I think x is cool have you seen y.
>I've seen y, what about z.
Thing but what about thing? I mean why do you like some of those books you listed, how do they speak to you? Don't have to give spoilers but can give more, you see what I mean? I'm not dunking on you anon or accusing you of shit, just applying some things I've seen and observed in how things go down. I dunno lists don't seem to make enthusiastic fans, it just keeps people reading some stuff. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that completely or that those are bad stories not worth reading, I'm more trying to get across how it matters how someone gets into an interest. I'm pontificating too much but I'm sure you get the jist.

Recent pickups, part 1 of 2.

Ditko Omnibus is much bigger than I was expecting. Was very pleased when it arrived.

>>149050380
Part 2 of 2

One of the last Masterworks, and certainly the last Daredevil... ending it right in the middle of a run. Fucking great.

FF4 Omnibus is potentially the only good thing to come out of this movie. Love this era, the evil mutant Reed "The Brute" is a neat little arc.

>>149038817
Shame, but I've grown to like Epic Collections more.
The loss of Essentials hurt more than Masterwork to be honest.

>>149050243
>Why hesitate?
I'm just sentimental like that. I don't pretend that they aren't what they are but yeah. A lot of these things were made to be tossed out. Actually collecting only really took off much later.
>In many ways their tricks and gimmicks stay the same.
Sure, but also watching that video it's almost quaint how 2 bucks for a copy used to be the mark up. It was one thing when you could buy a bunch of comics for a few bucks but now, it's just staggering.

>>149049453
I've been reading comics and manga for over 20 years, and I only like them at their best.
If it's a sloppy, crazy action book, it better be extra sloppy, extra crazy, and extra action-packed. Maybe even extra book.
>>149049634
I'd argue to go for some of the popular stuff, find what you like, then, as you're reading less popular stuff, cut out all the shit that doesn't meet your newly-established standards and take in the stuff you're actually enjoying. But if you really have an interest in the hobby/medium, you have to keep reading. Your favorite comics may be ones that few people have read.
>>149049697
They probably don't help much because they're usually some of the better stuff. After straying from these lists, you get disillusioned and start to believe that there's little worth exploring.

>>149050418
Oh, agreed! It was amazing to get so much content for so little money, even if it was printed as cheaply as humanly possible. I actually bought the first two Captain America Essentials purely because they were indefinitely cheaper than their Epic Collection counterparts. In hindsight, I wish I had just given in and bought the epic collections when I had the chance...

>>149050614
>After straying from these lists, you get disillusioned and start to believe that there's little worth exploring.
I disagree. There are levels to lists and lists get lumbered with expectations. The problem is so much good work fades into obscurity because lists go over the same beaten path. It is a case of diminishing returns. The same stuff is republished and plenty of stuff is forgotten about, so doesn't get talked about.

I've sat with comic fans waxing lyrically about Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman (they won't be anymore since he was cancelled). But when I've brought up people like Moebius, who should be very well known, they've glazed over. Now people on /shelf/ will know who Moebius is, but some comics fans weirdly won't. It's really ain't some secret comics knowledge or something. But people can be very ignorant (you could say this about many mediums). And then even with someone like Alan Moore they've only read some things.and as someone who has read a lot of interviews with Moore people get so much shit wrong about him. Lists are like making the comics pipeline a dead end.

It's like I could say something similar about sci fi books. There is so much good sci fi work that has been forgotten. Award winning stuff, that pushed the boundaries and created concepts that stuck. In part it is forgotten because when the classics get set, people don't venture from them. And that isn't to insult the classics either. But some hugely famous and successful writers are now are completely forgotten.

>>149050619
Fear of second hand gauging is I think a lot of the reason people buy so much shit before they know they like it. Some epics go for crazy on the after market and it sucks. I'm missing a couple F4 and Spidey ones and I refuse to pay that much. There's really no reason this things shouldn't be kept in print.

>>149050451
>It was one thing when you could buy a bunch of comics for a few bucks but now, it's just staggering.
I want to go back

>>149050852
>There's really no reason this things shouldn't be kept in print.
Keeping stuff in print is a costly process and a logistical nightmare that requires management. Hence they only find it worth it for certain things.

>>149038243 (OP)
I'm glad I bought that Captain America one for 10 bucks at an Oillie's (only one ever owned, they cost too much, had a Batman DC Archive back in the day wish that line stayed) I wish there was a good cheap line of hardcover comics that aren't massive omnibuses that are a pain to read, like just do 12 issues a trade that's a year of comics.

Just got the Batman/TMNT omnibus today, the asshole currier left it on the porch out in the rain, but thankfully it was a sealed copy.
Also got a figure of Alopex that was on sale.

How are the DC compact editions going? Someone said they were selling okay. But how is the quality? Do you think they'll ever make comics for that format.

>>149050874
DC Deluxes are pretty snazzy and not usually too expensive.
> like just do 12 issues a trade that's a year of comics.
That was basically the master works line.

>>149050899
DC deluxe are too big, I like standard comic size best, in a perfect world we get nice clean collections that aren't too big soft and hardcover options with clean non-confusing or ugly branding like new DC finest line branding so fucking ugly and the editions would just be direct scans of the newsprint on nicer paper like Batman Year One absolute or Marvel Comics Library no cleaned up colors bullshit.

>>149050897
I heard they were really popular but I also haven't really heard of any new ones being announced. Not that I looked hard but they didn't even come up in passing. I think DC Finest might have taken their place. Which I am all for because I love those things.

>>149050874
>12 issues a trade that's a year of comics.
I always felt they should try to collect long running series by year. Yes, I know it might split arcs, but for anything that runs for ages it just makes it a nice clear way to collect.

>>149050957
I said it before and I'll keep saying but Triangle Era Supes is just beautiful. God it's just such a simple idea and I can't understand why nobody else did it. Like if Spider-man just had a little spider logo that said 1994 4 or whatever.

Various shelves around my studio. Not particularly well organized, but fuck it.

I'm trying to collect a run of Eightball and these are my most recent pick ups. Lots of Brian K Vaughn here.

>>149051304
Top book is the New Yorker cartoon encyclopaedia. Peter Arno rules.

>>149051321
And this the to-read stack. Mostly old 2000ADs and a run of Kaya. It's pretty good, Wes Craig's art is nice.

>>149051304
Eightball might be my favorite comic.

>>149045057
Anon, you may have the best collection of us all.

>>149045057
I sure hope those shelves are secure. Sure would be a shame if someone where to bump into them.

Came in the mail today. For those who were asking "do you spend less on comics these days?" for me the answer is sort of, but I spend more on kickstarter specials.

>>149051635
And finally after years, book 4 of Lazarus.

>>149045057
Absolute physical media chad.

>>149051635
Nice. I still have the old one volume editions for color and black and white. Is that the former or later?

>>149049725
>I'm pretty interested in the Geoff Johns GL run
Its A LOT, just a heads up. Each of the 3 omnis are 1100+ pages, easy. Still a damn good run tho, he pretty much reworked the entire mythos into what it is today in just a few short years. Pic related are the trades I have, more or less the highlights of his run. Again tho this barely scratches the surface

>>149051656
These deluxe editions are the original black and white art. Each one is two of the original volumes, so this is Out From Boneville and the Great Cow Race, with a bunch of extras.

I was buying the original Bone volumes as they were released back in the day and still have them. This is an upgrade.

Thinking of getting a new comic box, I don't care for cardboard and I have plastic BWC one but lid on it broke when a box fell on it so my books been sitting in a box without a lid plus I hate how dusty it gets, are the foldable ones good?

>>149051708
I mostly keep the half sized version of these. Haven't let me down.

>>149051701
Neat. The coloring is nice in Bone but I think I actually prefer the original bw look.

>>149051708
Are you wanting to store floppies, or like trade paper backs? There's a reason cardboard longboxes have been the tried and true standard for years, but if you want to find alternative solutions, search for "vinyl record storage solutions" and get some ideas from how true autists store their collections.

>>149051851
Same

>>149051773
I've had one before but I don't like how vulnerable it is, the one I had got wet because of air conditioner leak.
>>149051878
Floppies, Vinyl might work but it's a bit big.

>>149051909
>the one I had got wet because of air conditioner leak.
don't put them under or generally around air conditioners.

>>149051954
I'm aware but didn't have room to put anywhere else.

I really hope Titan starts releasing the Dark Horse Conan books. Though maybe not in omnibus format.

>>149052539
You will buy the omnibus. Sorry but Conan comics only come in omni format.

>>149052571
As Crom intended. If your wrists are weak, they will crack under the weight of His words.

>>149052590
>>149052571
Crom laughs at your paperbacks

>>149050614
>because they're usually some of the better stuff
There's usually a lot of mediocrity and even crap in those lists and if you happen to read something crap and then follow it up with something mediocre then you lose interest in the medium if "that's the best they got".

>>149052803
I feel like everyone always wants to rush to the big stories without reading the build up so it has context as to why it's big. Like I have a friend who doesn't read comics but he went and read Dark Phoenix and tells me he didn't get the hype. Well the characters having years of stories to that point is what gives that story weight so instead of seeing a character you like go mad you just see some random crazy bitch. This isn't me trying to say you can't start comics anywhere because you can but trying to just recommend KEY moments doesn't do anyone any real favors.

>>149052830
Well Claremont X-Men is such a slog that he would've probably burned out before reaching Dark Phoenix.

>>149053129
I wish people on /shelf/ talked about comics they liked instead of making bait posts like this

>>149053194
I wish people on /co/ would stop sperging out and acting like children when someone doesn't like what they like, especially if it's something as flawed as Claremont X-Men.

>>149051619
There's enough weight on them that you'd have to give them a real shove.

But what about the mighty marvel masterworks, did that get the axe too?

>>149050980
>God it's just such a simple idea and I can't understand why nobody else did it.
I agree. I remember when they were doing it and it brought a clarity that had never been there before. It made it really easy for people to hop on. At the end of the day, I think they stopped for that exact reason: it got in the way of their intentional confusion and convoluted story arc and crossover schemes. Self-discipline is one thing the comic industry has rarely had and the triangles imposed a bit of that on them and they didn't like it.

>>149051708
>>149051878
They aren't exactly the right size, but I've been using these to keep some floppies on shelves. It is admittedly a bit on the autism side, but I like seeing my comics on shelves and this helps to keep them organized. I'm not near my shelf atm so I can't show you the final result, but I think it looks nice.

>>149050897
I bought one to see how they felt, and I've asked my LCS how they feel about them. Apparently, they're a strong and consistent seller; they get refills every shipment.

They're cheap enough (I'm in Australia - a new Marvel single issue costs $10AUD, whereas a DC Compact Edition costs $18AUD), contain notably more content than a normal 6-issue trade ($30AUD), and have a more approachable form factor (most normies don't care about size). They're also approachable in that the branding sells itself as Baby's First comic with a guarantee of quality (even if they pick some shit books in my opinion, like Hush).

The paper is lower quality, but honestly, I quite like it. You can definitely see the colours are suffer a little, and the details are a touch fuzzier (unless you're looking for it you wouldn't notice - it's the sort of thing you'd only see side-by-side), they have a comfortable matte finish (I fucking loathe high gloss magazine paper in comics), and a nice texture (why yes, I do love Dino nuggies). Most books aren't really made worse by this, but when it's bad, it stands out. There are a few books that suffer from the reduced trim, colours, and detail, such as Watchmen, and I don't foresee the upcoming release of the Azzarello WW faring well as it was an especially vibrant book).

They made sacrifices in all the right areas to bring things to a really solid price point. I think it's a really solid line, and considering how many they're pumping out, it seems really successful. If you're interested, I'll throw up some pictures from the book.

Would I buy many? No, but I can easily see some young guy getting every single title that comes out. I think the industry is a fucking mess, but this is a really good step forward.

Unlike when Marvel made the Digest deal with Archie and proceeded to fuck it up. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

>>149041872
Legends of the Dark Knight, LOSH, and Batgirl seem to always shop up on these lists. For years fans have been begging DC to put out omnis, hardcovers, softcovers, whatever-the-fuck and DC keeps ignoring them.

I gave up and just had custom omnis made for all of them.

>>149054301
Oh hey I used to have that exact model lmao

>>149054157
They got the axe like 6 months ago
Shame because I have near a full collection

>>149055056
I like some LoTDK stories but not all. I wouldn't buy omnibuses. The people requesting them are either just doing it to "feel like they're part of something" or consoomers that leave them wrapped in plastic.

>>149055302
Or
3. People who really want these stories (I'm not one of them)

>>149055302
Yeah, you're free to have your own opinions but fuck off with that silly notion that everyone else is just faking it to be part of a group or whatever nonsense.

Legends is one of the most consistently good to great series under the Batman umbrella of comics. Not to mention the frequent artist/writer shifts and loose connection to the timeline make it more timeless and easily accessible for fans new and old alike. It's been consistently popular since it's debut among hardcore fans, nobody is pretending.

At the very least you'd be hard pressed to argue that the first volume wouldn't sell. Shaman, Gothic, Prey, Venom, Faith, Faces, Blades... all classics. Volume 1 features O'Neil, Morrison, Janson, Moench, Gulacy, Austin, Garcia-Lopez, Barry, Chaykin, Kane, Wagner, Robinson, Sale, etc. It's a who's who of talent.

>>149055363
You would want trades of the stories you like, not le epic omnibus xD
>>149055432
It's not that consistent, not at all. And there are too many fakes for me to pretend like they don't exist.

>>149051674
I love those green lantern books

>>149055465
You seem like a really negative person.

>>149055484
Not at all.

>>149055432
>but fuck off with that silly notion that everyone else is just faking it to be part of a group or whatever nonsense
We do this every thread now. Some dude or dudes come in and cry about people who buy Omnis for post after post after post. They're from reddit, just ignore them.

>>149055501
I mean, I make fun of people who keep their books in plastic wrap on their shelves because that's just ridiculous, but why would anyone be upset at the mere fact of someone else buying something?
Unless... they're jelly?

>>149055516
It's just bait. It works, so you see it over and over again.

>>149045323
Yeah I read it earlier this year and I thought it was overall mixed. The art could also be hard to follow but ever so often there'd be a kino splash page.

>>149055432
Blades is awful and Faith is even worse. A collection of Shaman, Gothic, Prey and Venom would be cool, rest of the collections would probably clock out at more bad issues than good.

>>149042741
Not just the LOSH archive gap but also volume 3 of the series is criminally neglected. Two trades back in the early 2000's and... nothing else.

>>149056011
It's a great period too.

>>149055516
>I make fun of people who keep their books in plastic wrap on their shelves
So you agree with the previous post but then feign ignorance to seem like you agree to the fake positivity reddit post you replied to?

>>149050980
Spiderman adopted the triangle format during the Clone Saga to universal derision and hate. Though the hate was amplified by Marvel doing back to back to back months of gimmicks covers and oversized issues and polybagged issues with extra content to hype the Spiderman cartoon that caused each Spidey issue to cost $3-4 a piece, which meant you were spending $16-20 a month just on Spidey comics in a time where the four Superman books would only cost you $6.

>>149052539
I doubt it. When marvel was reprinting Conan they got a TON of shit for focusing too heavily on the Dark Horse stuff when it came to Conan in softcover, resulting in them reprinting nearly the entire DH run but only churning out a lousy four classic marvel Conan softcovers.

>>149051635
I heard paper quality is pretty poor, too thin.

>>149056613
You don't even read comics,. You're just here to stir shit.

>>149051304
>my studio
what do you do in it?

>>149056804
Well at the end of the day the comics still have to be dependably good. Clear readability doesn't really matter much when the books in question aren't terrific. This is going to sound like a dismissive argument but I really wish comics would understand how to just be reliably good again. This is why Roger Stern is one of my favorite writers. He writes comics to be good, not to shatter the status quo and that's why his books feel better.

>>149056842
I really wish I picked up the Dark Horse epics when they came out

>>149057405
You're sad.

>>149052803
There's definitely a lot of turds on those lists, but you'll also usually see some of the better stuff mixed in.
>>149052830
I started X-Men with some Kirby, Steranko, Neal Adams, then Giant-Size and onward with Claremont, and I don't get the hype for Dark Phoenix. I think the problem is I already read what came right after many times and it's leaps and bounds better.
Going through the build up issues in comics never really pays off. Getting to see the growth of the writer and artist is slightly interesting, as is the witnessing of sources of tropes and plot devices, but never as interesting as a genuinely solid story.

>>149056011
V3 has the problem that you have to include the last year of v2 (when it was rebranded Tales of the Legion) to any reprint of #1-13, along with the last V2 Annual (the Curse, which chronologically takes place in between V3 #2 and #3) and the Subs special as well. Along with the issue that is you need to include the Cosmic Boy mini and the various Secret Origins issues (Phantom Girl, the Legion, Legion Clubhouse, the dead Legion members spotlight issue, and Death of Superboy crossover issues of Superman and Action Comics AND finally fixing the printing fuck up from V3 Annual #1 that reveals who the villain of the story is).

>>149055432
LOTDK has several problems with regards to getting an omnibus:

1. A LOT of the stories are dog shit (especially everything after Going Sane, which was the last memorable story and that was from around the #60-70 issue range) and the few that aren't are of very questionable canon that makes them at best guilty pleasure.

2. There are multiple stretches where the book ties directly into the main Batman titles for a sales boost most notably No Man's Land and Knightsquest/KnightsEnd.

3. It's easier to just sell the few good evergreen stories as stand-alone trades and even then, Gothic is the only one that DC has ever bothered to keep in print and that's with the fact that it's widely considered to be one of the lesser quality Grant Morrison Batman stories.

So can someone in this thread help me out?

I recently bought a couple of issues of the late 80s Judge Dredd reprint comics and one of the issues advertises a "Judge Death" special that reprints all of the Judge Death stories by Brian Bolland in one single 48 page special. But when I looked online on Ebay and Mile High Comics, I can't seem to fucking find it. Did it ever come out or was it just canceled after being announced?

Asking because the B&W cover preview looked pretty cool and having the Bolland Judge Death stories in a single issue is pretty sweet.

>>149058864
No clue. I just know collecting the Quality 2000AD reprints are a huge fucking pain in the ass because they did bullshit where issues had different content depending on the market (US reprints having different stories than the UK versions).

>>149051674
Collecting the post-Rebirth GL shit is a nightmare due to the fact that Green Lantern Corps is only partially reprinted in the omnibuses and the stand-along trades omit portions of the main series (like them cutting Guy and Ice's reunion). Not to mention bullshigt where you have issues only available in the crossover trades and not the main trades (see the last year of the Geoff Johns run as you have to buy both the crossover trades and the regular trades to get the entire introduction story of Simon Bazz/Hal's "death" and even then, both collections are missing issues.

The recent compendium seems to be finally correcting this issue but who knows if it will stick.

>>149050402
I broke down and ended up getting the O'Neil run as floppies. Outside of the Jester issue, it's pretty shitty.

I was kind of wondering how they are going to handle Love and War in the MMW line. If they were going to put it where it's supposed to go chronologically (circa #220-221, where it was originally planned to be published) or if they'll go publication order, which means sticking it in the early part of the Nocenti run, where she was writing go-no-where filler because she didn't quite have the job until #248, when Marvel told her she had the book full time after the Windsor-Smith/Englehart debacle.

>>149039628

> Boasting about paying thousands for reprints.

Is that where collecting is now? Was everyone priced out of floppies or are they seen as too old fashioned?

>>149059338
You're trying too hard.

>>149057845
Design and illustration work

>>149059338
Isn't that literally a stack of floppies next to the trades?

I wish uncanny x men omnis were easier to get, volume 3 and pretty expensive since it’s about to go OOP, still has that big font from back in the day and like 3 out of 5 are out of print.

>>149059517

Legit question. I have my childhood flops and terabytes of cbr archives. What purpose do reprints serve for younger fans?

And to be fair, I can see some value when the edition has extended material like commentary interviews, art variants and such. But even then why not grab the TPB cbr with all that? Heck, if you want to be a real citizen legally check the e-version out from your local library.

>>149060254
>What purpose do reprints serve for younger fans?
Not being out of print.

>>149060393
Legit question:
What made you think concern trolling would make you seem cool?

>>149060393
Why do you care?
Sure are a lot of faggots concerned with how other people spend their money in this thread.

Stuff I've picked up recently. Working on organizing my shelves so those will have to wait till later. mfw theres a big con in my town this weekend but I've been sick the past couple of days

>>149060872
Stuff I picked up at a used bookstore

>>149060905
Something else interesting, German Disney comics at the same used book store. Didn't get them because I can't read German but I thought it was interesting.

>>149060872
How good is the Daredevil one? I havent read it yet but I plan on buying cause I'm a massive Tim Sale fan

>>149058831
1. I'd rather not argue something subjective but there's plenty of good stories post-Going Sane. Terror, Blink, Don't Blink and Snow are excellent. Werewolf, Engines, Infected, Citadel, Conspiracy, Clay, Freakout, Dirty Tricks, Primal Riddle, Playground, The Arrow and the Bat, The Demon Laughs, Grimm, Colossus, Loyalties, and Testament are at the very least good. Siege was just okay but it's Goodwin's last work before his death, so it's worth having.

2. There's something like 15 crossover issus in the entire 214 issue run. That's insignificant, and the main titles have crossovers with non-Bat events like Armageddon 2001, Crisis-whatever, etc. If anything LoTDK is the most isolated of all batman titles.

Also, easy solution: just skip the crossover titles.

3. They've collected single stories in the past and yet fans keep asking for omnis. It keeps showing up on "most requested" lists, so clearly there's a demand. It's bizarre to see someone in a /SHELF/ thread argue for LESS comics.

>>149061519
>Snow
Nta you have been talking to and I might be half remembering but isn't Snow the more modern Mr Freeze reintroduction story?

I'm half remembering but that story just seemed a bit weird to me. You had Batman's main enemy being some afro criminal who kept escaping almost comically. Batman made like a civilian team. Mr Freeze kept seeing Nora as some fairy princess type hallucination. Weird story.

>>149061460
It's good. It's a different version of the origin but I think it's a good compliment to Man Without Fear. And of course Sale's art is a treat.

>>149060254
I say this as someone with thousands of floppies who's swapped over almost entirely; floppies are a dogshit format. They needlessly break up and dictate a story's flow, they're delicate, overpriced compared to collected editions, worse build quality, you can't display them well, and storing them properly (bags, boards, long/short box), takes up far more space while looking far more sterile. There's literally no advantage to floppies.

"But muh first print value!" Putting aside that being money/profit focused like that about hobbies makes people think you're a worthless faggot, it's wrong. Nearly no floppy holds any value at all, and the 1/1000 that are have exceptional reasons behind them, and has nothing to do with the contents. It's also unpredictable more often than not, which is why they're rare. If you cared about money you'd have a consistently easier time just buying new omnis and flipping them to fucking hoarders when they go out of print.

YOU don't have a first print Ninja Turtles, YOU don't have a first print Walking Dead or Fantastic Four, YOU have some random issues of Batman that are worth a third of their cover price. The only value is that which you give it.

Some good news for the Marvel Masterworks collectors, Eric Reynolds is trying to get the license for Fantagraphics to continue the line.

>>149056916
There is some slight bleed. About the same as a normal omnibus.

read

>>149045015
>big foot and Lawrence of Arabia
Nice. What are those red books to the left of Lawrence?

>>149063403
NTA but that's a Folio Society Lord of the Rings box

>>149062215
>They needlessly break up and dictate a story's flow
I mean it depends, plenty of comics used to be singular stories per issues or adventures with small arcs.
>they're delicate
Comics were pretty disposable products.
>overpriced compared to collected editions
I have got full runs of a bunch of series pulled out of the bargain bin to be fair. My LCS does bags of floppy runs which are often cheaper than the collected editions.
>you can't display them well
I use a spinner rack for some stuff I am reading but you can mount on a wall framed etc them if you're inclined.
>and storing them properly takes up far more space
Not particularly, I have some custom drawers I store mine in. But filing cabinets etc can be used pretty easily as well.

Just to be clear I am not defending floppies as some perfect format, I agree with plenty of what you're saying. But I dunno, I like physical media. I like floppies the same way I like second hand books. I like the original feel of them, the smell, the bleeding colouring, the feel in my hand. I dislike some of the sterile glossy collected editions. The floppies will eventually break down but life is fleeting I guess. I just enjoy them.

I know Marvel would never do this but honestly Masterworks should be a subscription based model. It would give you the numbers of people ordering to reduce waste. Plenty of people would be fine if they knew the series was going to keep coming. Do it in batches of years rather than volume 1, 2 etc.

>>149041877
The omnibus is worth it, it has pages of DC'S Who's Who at the back, but it seems to be missing the deadshot miniseries, don't know if that'll be included in the second one

>>149063432
Thanka

>>149063432
I really need to get a new set of LoTR. I only have two boxes of paper backs and a hardcover.

>>149063658
The Deadshot mini takes place after issue #20 so it will be in the second Omnibus.

>>149063513

I love what floppies used to be. There's a reason I've kept many of them (and sold many others), and will on rare occasion grab some back-issues to add to the collection.

>it depends
Short & episodic work well. Even modern books can work; like North's FF and the new Ultimate Marvel titles. However, 0.1% of modern output doesn't justify an entire industry's business model being built around EXACTLY 22 pages per month. The 1980s floppy doesn't justify the 2020s floppy.

>they were made to be disposable
That's bad. Worse is modern stuff being shit without the excuse.

>you can get some runs cheaper as floppies 2nd hand
My LCS sells runs in bundles as well. It's a good deal, and I've grabbed a few from the cheap bins. That's just it. They're cheap, and they have to be. Otherwise, people would typically get a collected edition instead.

>display with spinner rack or wall mount
Spinner racks have a very "store" vibe. You have to build your room around it. It definitely can work. Bound books just sit on a shelf. I've wanted to frame and mount some floppies, but there's no good options. The cheaper stuff can damage the book, and slabbing is overpriced (plus grades can eat my ass). Even then, light/sun damage destroys the books. No, those overdesigned CGC bricks don't stop UV damage. I'd kill for alternatives.

>space isn't that bad
I've got custom shelves sizes for short boxes. It saves space and lets me go vertically, but it's still worse space wise. Thickness of the book, bags, boards, dividers if you use those (I do), and box thickness. Bound is easier.

I love old floppies, but the modern incarnation needs to die. The old stuff presented differently and was made for the format. Many terrible modern reprints (Marvel Omnis of classic material and their eye-blrrd presentation/coloring) don't hold a candle. Not because they can't, but because they're cheap, lazy, and their audience is ignorant. There's a reason for the old stuff to exist.

>>149064707
>>I love what floppies used to be. There's a reason I've kept many of them (and sold many others), and will on rare occasion grab some back-issues to add to the collection.

In a lot of ways I do miss collecting floppies. Trades are certainly more convenient but there's really just something about going through your longbox, looking at covers and realizing you lost a whole day just thumbing through and reading random issues that goes beyond simple nostalgia.

I hate floppies.

I didn't even realize the second DC Finest Catwoman came out. Pretty nice surprise when I went to the shop today.

>>149045037
>See that tintin set
>Boy I wonder how much it costs in it's original language
>Soft cover belgian/dutch collection is thrice the price of the one in the pic
What the fuck

>>149065443
Those books you are talking about are minis. That's why they're cheaper than the normal softcover box.

>>149065462
Don't you fucking dare and convince me to spend 190+ euros on TinTin my mugga.

>>149065470
If you don't spend that money I will come round your house and steal your OOP books, trash some other books and shit in one book at random.

Aight time to post my DC slop
>>149065504
You wouldn't..... Can you shit in my copy of Earth One Wonder Woman? It might improve the last chapter

>>149065518

>>149065522

>>149065526
Donald is guarding the place that has Delano's Hellblazer omni. Currently reading that masterpiece. Kind of funny how it essentially has 2/3rds of Veitch's Swamp Thing run

>>149065504
Anyway will you sponsor me then?

>>149065518
>You wouldn't..... Can you shit in my copy of Earth One Wonder Woman? It might improve the last chapter
I'm not some crapper for hire, I shit where I want, where the will takes me to poop. Anyone of those books on your shelf could have my shit in it right now and the smell is about to reach your nostrils any moment.

This is my vengeance.

>>149065518
Also not pictured is Batman:Hush because I'm currently rereading my shelf. Hush is one of those books that kind of gets worse each reread.
>>149065556
On one hand it's diabolical, on the other I'm in awe of your dedication to book shitting

>>149065563
>On one hand it's diabolical, on the other I'm in awe of your dedication to book shitting
Libraries fear me. Bookshops hate me.

>>149065556
>This is my vengeance.
Why does he shit?

>>149065569
LCS doesn't notice

>>149065576
LCS sells the shit as official shit variants.

>>149064210
I will strongly advocate against the big books, both in actual size and as in all-3-in-1 versions.
I have several different versions and trust me, the most comfortable way to read it is actually the paperbacks. if you insist on getting hardcovers then look at the most recent boxed set (including the hobbit), though it's gotten considerably more expensive than when I bought it:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0008376107

can warmly recommend that one, sturdy as fuck, the individual books aren't too big or heavy and they have the Alan Lee illustrations.

I also have an older 4-box version of this one but it's bigger and has glossed paper, which kind of sucks.

Usually I don't mind big books when it comes to comics but lord of the rings is a book which will take you several hours to read, so rather read it comfortably

>>149065575
>Why does he shit?
When anon was a boy his bully would steal his comics every lunch time and read them while pooping. Over time anon became enraged. You know what they say, it can take one bad day to push someone over the edge, but for anon this was one bad poop. Anon painfully squeezed out a fat log. He looked at his work in horror and awe and could hear the bully in the next stall laughing and enjoying HIS comics. Anon picked up his poop and looked over the stall, throwing his shit at the bully. He did want the poop to hit the bully but the bully caught it in the comic. Anon was upset he hadn't hit his target, only he kind of had. The bully loved comics so much and seeing the poop land in the comic he was enjoying upset him, breaking him. Those fecal stained panels, poop bleeding into the paper. After that he never stole another comic for fear of a shit landing in them. It ruined comics for him. And anon was ever vengeful of any who would threaten his comics, a squat away from turdly vigilantism.

>>149065536
>old Sandman Mystery Theatre trades
Our suffering is soon ended, brother.
>Don Rosa library
Everyone should get this while it's still there to be gotten

>>149065607
>Our suffering is soon ended, brother.
Quickest pre-order of my fucking life. Legit my white whale.

And I got the Don Rosa books before the current print, which doesn't collect the bombi the zombie stories aka the emotional climax of the life and times

>>149065581
The normal Folio set (not the limited edition in that picture) is a very comfortable size and my go-to for rereading now.

>>149045037
How is Zot!?

>>149065581
A cool thanks, I'll check those out

>>149065536
whats the donald figure called? i'd like to get one for my duck shelf

>>149066096
NTA but the answer is good. Good! McCloud was one of the few western artists who understood WHY manga worked and was able to make use of some of the same techniques in his own work instead of trying to mimick "big anime eyes" like a lot of other people did.

Bump

Death to /shelf/.

>>149067764
Inshallah

But seriously speaking folks, what is the best Menippean satire in comic book format?

>>149068115
What is that?

>>149068784
Satire that focuses on making fun of specific ways of thinking about or viewing the world

>>149066584
Wouldn't know. Bought it at a Dutch flea market about a decade ago
>>149066629
Sounds hella good. I ordered it last week, still waiting on it to arrive.

>Batman Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Omnibus 35% off
Damn thats tempting, should I buy it /shelf/?

>>149069118
Its 42% on IST lol

>>149069228
Sadly I live in a third world country

>>149069270
sorry

>>149069118
I don't like Jeph Loeb, most of his stories are simply bad

>>149038243 (OP)
Uhhh lads…. I’ve only read 2 of my omnis and the Knightfall paperbacks… oh well and all 7 of the berserks so at least that’s not bad. I’m trying to read Volume 2 of Spider man on my phone and work tires me out so much. I tried coming up with a game plan of reading 100 pages a day of whatever Omni but I can’t even keep up with that

I also really love Justice Leauge International, I recently got the second volume for a good price since it’s always $100+ and I try getting my omnis bellow MSRP, I also love Keith Griffen’s work and want to buy Annihilation before it goes OOP again it’s just that it’s consistently above $100 bucks so guess I’ll wait for a sale

Every time I kill another /shelf/ anon and absorb his collection I feel my power grow.

There can be only one!

>>149071228
It does feel like that sometimes huh

>>149066096
Its pretty damn good. Its an examination of the human condition done thru the lens of a 1960's pulp science fiction story, and how we as a species fail to live up to our own (possibly unreasonable) expectations more often than not. Also like >>149066629 said, McCloud is damn good comic artist. He really has a knack for how a comic page should flow. I should let you know that if you're getting the black and white collection, it does NOT include the first ten issues that were published in color. So an entire act of narrative will have happened when you dive into the b/w omni, just be ready to start off confused

What should I be on the look out for when grabbing used omnis?

>>149071488
check the spine and eye.

>>149071488
Put the spine flat on the hard table and open both sides. Slowly allow pages either side to fall evenly. If they fall too quickly it means the binding is very loose. (This is also how you loosen a brand new or tightly bound Omni.)

Look into the eye and check parts of the binding aren't splintering off but are all attached.

If when it lays flat it doesn't maintain a square shape this means parts of the binding are loose.

Also in general with used books give them a smell. You can fix smelly books (such as smokers smell) by putting them on close containers with absorbent material like cat litter or specialist products.

>>149071848
*in closed containers

>>149071488
>>149071589
>>149071864
Thanks lads, I'll be sure to keep this in mind.

So when the fuck are those man of steel books getting reprinted? I got 3 dumb ass books here I just want to finish it off.

>>149072193
Man am I glad I got mine when I did. I was waffling on getting volume 4 for a while thinking there was no rush but not long after I got it went OOP. I think I might have bought the last one.

What if I bought one of these for reading omnis?

>>149072210
Can those hinges handle the weight of a large omni?

>>149072255
They're made to hold big qurans or bibles, they should be okay.

>>149072325
But can it handle…. MY HUGE COCK

>>149072210
That doesn't look like it can handle the weight of an omni. Personally I use a laptop cushion (pic related is an example but they are cheap and there are many different kinds.)

>>149072415

>>149072437
I've got something like this for work and it's super nice. Especially being able to use a mouse.

>>149072210
I just use one of these
https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Clips-Cookbook-Lightweight-Bookstand-Textbooks-Bookstands-Music/dp/B07459P7BF?crid=2KMN2DSF6M0Z5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OwB_qpq28JWEsQq2hr2-fke_AQjnVm90N5ocdePg_TsGz24iN7McYWzj_BHgE3cwlwOfEFqqJd0U3Wj-yipcQXczWIWuNlus-CwTm1sfZ9d3mBNgbPIV9YIjWqCwyQsCXf21YHReIQhHqBML5KWE6Lt16Qn8XDkOe4B1epy2auD5xIGZwnGahKXtZeFnG2ckJrqbJ0NM7EopCbsMU7n4Vcb7vfw4pUodPE8EkAcjFhaIpFphA7_xREpDB3YnIlMJKlSdYb0sSn1FQSH1mGQhSsyQaA18bU3KV3Nfb3R_XD4.LEy9TjYGmtGW1G5GykUt8Bc3Cqxzphhvl43-FYiFRUc&dib_tag=se&keywords=book%2Bholder&qid=1750372750&sprefix=book%2Bholde%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-9&th=1

I just use one of these

>>149073075
yeah me too but I can't use that one in bed. might buy a cushion like the other anon recommended, crazy that I never thought of it before.

>>149073094
I just unscrewed the stand on the back and rest it on my lap.

>>149072353
Fuck yeah dude!

>>149060872
I can't see Pepper Ann without thinking of her being with Tony Soprano

>>149074215
kek

>>149072210
I was genuinely thinking about this these days. I dont wanna fuck my back while reading. Does this specific thing have a name so I can search for it?

Be honest, did you read something off your desk recently?

>>149075988
>desk
*shelf

>>149072415
I… just use a pillow.

>>149075988
A bunch of stuff.
I read some of ASM V6 last night, five Blake and Mortimer stories over the past week, I reread some Micronauts and Werewolf by Night as well.

>>149075988
No… but maybe I’ll try to tonight at like 1am

>>149075988
>>149076038
Yes. Byrne Fantastic Four.

>>149075988
Yes I did! Reading The Sky Hawk by Jiro Taniguchi. Maybe I'll get into the Palomar stories from Love and Rockets next. Who knows?

>>149076457
>The Sky Hawk by Jiro Taniguchi.
Any good? I haven't read Taniguchi in a long time.

>>149072193
More likely they will be part of the DC's Finest line, as Andi Khouri claims that DC won't fork over the money to remaster the Byrne run (which is why they were regular hardcovers and not proper omnibuses).

>>149077705
I like Finests better anyways

Can anons shout at me to read more comics

>>149078496
_no.

Where's the place to order from in the UK now? I used to use Forbidden Planet but they changed their shipping rates a year or two back and they're ridiculous now. Blackwells is always full RRP and thus more expensive than elsewhere and Travelling Man never have anything in stock.

/shelf/...LIVE!

>>149077159
Sure. It's a lot more action heavy than his usual work.
>>149078496
Give them the marching orders anon and we'll be on our way

>>149076194
why so late

We're dead...

>>149081511
Let's just make a midsummer pyre with all out books and dance naked around it

>When the tracking information says it's supposed to be here today

>>149082441
I feel your pain

Latest haul pulled in. I accidentally bought both variant covers of Savage Sword thinking one was vol 2, but it was pretty cheap and I got a friend who will appreciate the gift so no loss. Been getting into Legion lately having already read Great Darkness .

>>149083692
>I got a friend who will appreciate the gift so no loss
Nice

>>149084411
Yeah they're not HUGE into comics but they like stuff like this

>>149085724
They?

>>149086054
As in my friends collectively. I'm really the only comic nerd in our group so whenever I find a comic one of them likes I try share it. Retard.

>>149086158
But you were talking about a specific person this time. Retard.

>>149041790
What's the big red book on the right?

>>149087531
Not him but I think that's Slaine

>>149087606
Looks sick. Not really familiar with 2000AD stuff.

>>149060872
Now shelves

>>149089994

>>149090021

>>149090071

>>149090104

>>149090137
And here's the giant ass Little Nemo tribute that I can't fit anywhere. I want something like >>149051321 has to display it on.

>>149082441
It's midsummer, mail is not delivered on midsummer so I have to wait until next week... not just that, but the book arrived in my country and cleared customs on the 12th, then due to a mistake ended up in the wrong city on the 17th, was brought back to the previous city and now due to midsummer I didn't get it...
Hahaha... god I hate the post office (that I worked 3 years for)

>>149083692
So how are those O'Neil Superman stories?

>>149091469
They're fun. I haven't read the whole thing yet but I'm enjoying them. I've only read the more modern post crisis stuff so going back and checking out the bronze age of Superman and Batman through these has been really cool. I really wish DC started putting these finest books out years ago.

>>149091469
The O'Neil/Adams Superman run is a hot mess. On one hand, they explicitly try and modernize the character and his lore (Clark becomes a TV reporter, every single bit of Kryptonite on Earth is turned to lead, and Superman gets a sand-creature doppleganger who steals about half his powers, neutering Superman power-wise for the first time since the early golden age run).

On the other hand, they explicitly shun Superman's rogue gallery for a bunch of one-off villains who everyone hated and the run is a half-assed vibe to it where it's clear they want to get rid of the Silver Age garbage status quo but can't really commit to doing a full-start revamp from top to bottom. And sales didn't go up, so they were fired from the book after a year, Superman got his power back to Silver Age God-tier with no explanation, new caches of Kryptonite were found on Earth that somehow didn't get turned to lead after all, and Superman's enemies slowly started showing back up.

Ironically, Clark as a TV newscaster was the only thing to really stick from the run.

>>149091658
>>149091667
>fun
>a hot mess
The duality of man...

>>149059114
Is Love and War even canon? Outside Born Again, most of Miller's later DD work isn't canon or only canon in the loosest sense of the word.

For manga buyers, Crunchyroll is having a summer sale. 25% off with code SPLASH25. 25% off their listed price, not MSRP, so it stacks with other deals. Just got some good deals

>>149038243 (OP)

>>149041795
Credo!

>>149042968
I admire your discipline.

>>149092383
Strange Death is a perfect capsulation of Dave Sim as a creator and human being.
>impeccable craft, artistic techniques researched and recreated meticulously and with finesse, absolutely the top of the line
>dude's crazy tho

>>149092528
I really want to see for myself if Sim did capture Raymond's "nightingale strokes".

>>149092528
Boy it's a real shame Sim basically became an industry Pariah. Though I guess there's always the crowdfunding route. I'd probably pitch in the minimum

>>149087531
>What's the big red book on the right?
Slaine: The Horned God - Anniversary Edition Slipcase.
https://2000ad.com/news/pre-order-now-slaine-the-horned-god-anniversary-edition/

>>149092383
Beware of a misprint
https://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2021/11/some-of-missing-content-from-strange.html

>>149093146
>Beware of a misprint
Thanks, I look into it.

Anyone found a good way to store floppies on shelves? I just despise boxes because they look terrible. I want to enjoy my collection but in a clean slick looking way.

>>149082441
>when the tracking information for Arkadi and the Lost Titan says it should be here on the 24th at the earliest but it arrived just now. in perfect condition and at cover price

lovely

>>149093464
Different Anon, but I also put my floppies here >>149054301

>>149092069
Thanks for the heads up

Your punishment must be more severe.

>>149091708
Canon is for faggots.

Most comics suck. Why do you have so many?

>>149097314
New faggot, same as the old faggot.

>>149092069
What did you get?

>>149097537
Answer the question.

>>149097900
>giving orders n 4chan
Faggotry confirmed

>>149091708
It's canon though the delays in getting it out did create some continuity issues (as Christopher Priest pretty much had to tangle himself into knots as he wrote the Gangland arc ignoring it and had to hard retcon shit in his final arc complete with a hillarious take-that towards Miller in the final issue of the arc).

While Marvel seems hell bent on publishing their graphic novels in publication order, continuity being damned, in the Epic line, they DID NOT include Love and War in "It Comes With Claws", which is the time frame it was published in. That means they'll either stick it in it's originally conceived position (around issue #220/221, which is where it was supposed to be published as part of the Daredevil comic) or put it immediately after Born Again, even though the story clearly takes place PRE-Born again.

What's your personal white whale?
Basically some comic that you want to buy but had such a limited print run and as a result it's rarely available online for sale
Bonus points if it was never scanned

>>149098612
>What's your personal white whale?
At present I really just want a reprint of ASM 2 and JLA Avengers.

>>149097800
A volume of Fist of the North Star, three volumes of Maison Ikkoku and Cutie Honey on blu ray.
That was enough for free shipping but I might go back for more, not sure yet.

>>149098825
>Try to collect a manga
>Most volumes can be purchased for a song but there's one or two that the assholes want a lung for
Every goddamn time

>>149098825
Im eyeing the dungeon meshi box set myself since it's probably the cheapest I'll see it

>>149098860
Yeah the scalpers will do that. If it's from Viz they are pretty good about keeping things in print. You can usually check back in a couple months and the volume you want will be back in stock. IST doesn't usually reorder manga I've noticed but you can find it elsewhere.

Do stealth reprints happen often? I only just found out Gwenpool had an omni and I'd like to get it but it's out of print and I'm not having much luck finding it.

>>149099134
>Gwenpool
Jesus Christ, man...

>>149098612
I don't really have any legitimate white whales anymore, bought every everything I wanted I guess. Now I just pay for custom omnis to be made of material I want in that format.

>>149099134
>Gwenpool
Fuck off.

>>149099338
>>149099523
Sorry, forgot how many fags are on /co/

>>149099569
You shouldn't forget since you're one of them.

>>149099569
Your waifu a shit.

>>149099134
On very, very rare occasion. I'm pulling numbers out of my ass, but it's probably maybe 1 or 2 in a hundred where that happens. It's always with more notable books, too. I don't like your chances.

>>149098612
Usagi saga 9. Just reprint it!

>>149099134
Very occasionally, but usually when you luck upon an OoP book from a big online retailer and they actually follow through, it's because they found a few unsold copies out back that they'd forgotten about.

>>149100765
WTF?

shelf

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M67RcJvPfrw
Is this what they killed Masterworks for? The spine looks ugly, but the contents actually seem pretty rad. No reason for it being blown up for no good reason tho.

>Any tips?
Know when to tap out. I was planning on getting the Bagley Michelinie omnibus but I have two thirds of that book already in epic collection and just missing Lifetheft which goes for more than I'm willing to pay. And the more I think back on it, the more I think I'm actually okay with living with that gap in my collection. I also get less excited for the JMD Spectacular omni the closer it gets to release. In a way I guess it's good thing these get announced so far ahead. Unless you fall into the pre order trap you really get some time to think on what you really want.

>>149103033
God, it's 125 bucks. Just another expensive ass fuck way to collect comics. If it was normal sized would be as stupidly expensive? I wish marvel and dc would make compendium of old comics in the style of image with their reprints of gi joe and transformers. They don't need to be as big, 50 issues is a lot.
I don't think comics should be so expensive, fuck this noise.

>>149103915
I'm starting to get sick of even omnis for this very reason. Stick to paper back formats. I do worry a little bit about the spines of the larger DC compendiums but you get the same amount of content of an omni for a fraction of the price.

>>149103946
Ya, agreed. Dc is doing a better job than marvel. Dc finest for the time being 40 is much better than epics hitting $55-60.

>>149104016
You can usually find them for much lower, but even the discounts on omnibuses are starting to get lower and lower. It doesn't help that people like Omar shill the fuck out of omnis but barely mention other formats as much. I know it's what the suits want but fucking hell I'm sick of seeing them treated with such favoritism.

>>149104073
People are finally (what took them so long?) clocking on to the fact that Omar is a fucking shill who never has a bad word to say about anything because he doesn't want the publishers to stop sending him the freebies that prop up his channel

>>149103033
It should be scans of the original books. Like what Taschen does

>>149104125
On some level I do like Omar. There are times when he comes off as very sincere. Get him going on New Warriors and it's like a kid on Christmas Morning. But then he spends so much time shilling crap. Marvel go him by the balls so much it's amazing he ever reviews a DC book. And it doesn't help that the other people he works with just don't have the same panache. Dom will spend half a Finest review going Drrrr old comics have many words.

books

>>149103033
>Still oversized shit
>Still remastered colors
Damn...I just want standard cheap hardcover comics with the original colors with like 12 to 24 issues a trade so like a year or 2 years for comics.
>The way you'll remember the comic
why do these comic collection Youtubers shill remastered colors so much?

>>149107373
freebies. even books with massive printing errors will still get shilled.

Next time, I'll have more books to show. Farewell until then, /shelf/

>>149099134
Really only with DC. They're fairly good about keeping certain books in near-evergreen print or resupplying stocks every so often. Doesn't happen with all their comics, but most of the major titles are kept available at least.
Marvel's awful for keeping their omnibuses in print, especially now they're churning so many books out. Seems they've only just realised that most people don't have the space or the money to buy them all up each month like they imagine. So, they've really started cutting back on production for certain titles. Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 and Fantastic Four Vol 5 earlier this year both turned out to have ridiculously small print runs, at least from what I understand, and now they're pretty widely out of stock already despite having been released just a matter of months ago.

Do you guys ever feel like purging your collection and starting over? Sometimes I feel that but then I don't want get rid of books but I do remember doing that a few times as a kid. I still might do it with my tpbs.

>>149108795
I wouldn't be able to start over, if I lost my current collection I'd quit the world of man and join a monastery or some shit