DC HEADS INTO 2004 WITH NEW COLLECTED EDITIONS FROM THE DCU AND BEYOND
November 19th, 2003 –
DC Comics continues to expand its collected edition program in 2004 with new trade paperback and hardcover collections. This first batch of new collections comes from the DCU and Beyond the Universe and includes stories from the 1940s to this past summer.
Upcoming WildStorm and VERTIGO collections will be announced soon. The new DCU collections include:
BATMAN IN THE FORTIES TP
– A trade paperback collecting stories from BATMAN #7, 15, 20, 34, 37, 47, 48, and 49, DETECTIVE COMICS #27, 33, 38, 49, and 80, REAL FACT COMICS #5, STAR-SPANGLED COMICS #70, WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #30 and the classic BATMAN comic strip
– Written by Bill Finger, Jack Schiff and others with art by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Dick Sprang, Jack Burnley, Winslow Mortimer and others and an introduction by Bill Schelly
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $19.95 U.S.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE TP
– A trade paperback collecting FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE #1-6
– Written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis with art and cover by Kevin Maguire and Joe Rubinstein
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $12.95 U.S.
THE SHAZAM ARCHIVES VOLUME 4 HC
– A hardcover collecting stories from AMERICA’S GREATEST COMICS #2, CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #4 and 5, MASTER COMICS #21 and WHIZ COMICS #25
– Written by William Woolfolk and others with art by C.C. Beck, the Jack Binder Studio, Mac Raboy, Dave Berg and others and a foreword by P.C. Hamerlinck
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $49.95 U.S.
GREEN ARROW: STRAIGHT SHOOTER TP
– A trade paperback collecting GREEN ARROW #26-31
– Written by Judd Winick with art by Phil Hester & Ande Parks and a cover by Matt Wagner
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $12.95 U.S.
JSA: THE LIBERTY FILES TP
– A trade paperback collecting JSA: THE LIBERTY FILES #1-2 and JSA: THE UNHOLY THREE #1-2
– Written by Dan Jolley & Tony Harris with art by Harris & Ray Snyder and a cover by Harris
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $19.95 U.S.
THE DOOM PATROL ARCHIVES VOLUME 2 HC
– A hardcover collecting DOOM PATROL #90-97
– Written by Arnold Drake with art by Bruno Premiani and Bob Brown, a new cover by Brian Bolland and a foreword by Roy Thomas
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $49.95 U.S.
TEEN TITANS: A KID’S GAME TP
– A trade paperback collecting TEEN TITANS #1-7
– Written by Geoff Johns with art by Mike McKone, Tom Grummett and Marlo Alquiza and a cover by Michael Turner
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $9.95 U.S.
BATGIRL: FISTS OF FURY TP
– A trade paperback collecting BATGIRL #15-16, 21 and 26-28
– Written by Kelley Puckett and Scott Peterson with art by Damion Scott, Vincent Giarrano, Phil Noto, Robert Campanella and Jesse Delperdang and a cover by Scott & Campanella
– Scheduled to be in stores in April with a cover price of $14.95 U.S.
BATMAN: GOTHAM CENTRAL TP
– A trade paperback collecting GOTHAM CENTRAL #1-5
– Written by Greg Rucka & Ed Brubaker with art and cover by Michael Lark
– Scheduled to be in stores in April with a cover price of $9.95 U.S.
BATMAN: THE WORLD’S FINEST COMICS ARCHIVES VOLUME 2 HC
– A hardcover collecting stories from WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #17-32
– Written by Bill Finger, Don Cameron, Joe Samachson, and others with art by Bob Kane, Jack Burnley, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Winslow Mortimer, and others and an introduction by Bill Schelly
– Scheduled to be in stores in April with a cover price of $49.95 U.S.
SMALLVILLE TP
– A trade paperback collecting SMALLVILLE: THE COMIC #1 and SMALLVILLE #1-4
– Written by Mark Verheiden, Clint Carpenter and Michael Green with art by John Paul Leon, Kilian Plunkett, Renato Guedes, Tom Derenick, Roy Allan Martinez and others and a cover by John Van Fleet
– Scheduled to be in stores in April with a cover price of $9.95 U.S.
BEYOND THE UNIVERSE collections:
CARTOON CARTOONS: NAME THAT TOON! TP
– A 5 1/8″ x 7 9/16″ trade paperback collecting stories from DEXTER’S LABORATORY #1 and 4, CARTOON CARTOONS #1-2 and CARTOON NETWORK STARRING #2
– Written by Robbie Busch, Jesse Leon McCann, Craig McCracken, Dan Slott, Genndy Tartakovsky, Mo Willems and others with art by Angus Bungay, John Delaney, Vincent Deporter, Tim Harkins, Mike Kazaleh, Neal Sternecky, Genndy Tartakovsky, Willems and others
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $6.95 U.S.
CARTOON CARTOONS: THE GANG’S ALL HERE! TP
– A 5 1/8″ x 7 9/16″ trade paperback collecting stories from DEXTER’S LABORATORY #5-6, CARTOON CARTOONS #5 and 7 and CARTOON NETWORK STARRING #7
– Written by Scott Cunningham, Joe Edkin, Sholly Fisch, Chuck Kim, Paul Kupperberg, Dave Roman, John Rozum, Dan Slott and others with art by Jeff Albrecht, Bill Alger, Angus Bungay, Vincent Deporter, Tim Harkins, Mike Kazaleh, Neal Sternecky, Genndy Tartakovsky, Bill Wray and others
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $6.95 U.S.
ELFQUEST: THE GRAND QUEST VOLUME 2 TP
– A 5″ x 7 3/8″ black and white trade paperback collecting ELFQUEST #5-10
– Written by Wendy and Richard Pini with art and cover by Wendy Pini
– Scheduled to be in stores in March with a cover price of $9.95 U.S.
THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOLUME 13 HC
– A hardcover collecting stories from July 7-December 29, 1946
– Written and illustrated by Will Eisner with an introduction by R.C. Harvey
– Scheduled to be in stores in April with a cover price of $49.95 U.S.
