In the July solicitations, an answer to a couple of the nagging questions of the post-Johns/Katz era. Apparently, they won’t be collecting BOOSTER GOLD in hardcovers anymore, which is a damned shame…when, then, will the first two volumes hit trade paperback? Anyway, the third volume hits and Remender’s lackluster and continuity-incongruous arc is left out. When/if will it see print? Still nothing on that.
BOOSTER GOLD: REALITY LOST TP
Written by Chuck Dixon and Dan Jurgens
Art and cover by Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund
In this new volume, longtime BATMAN writer Chuck Dixon pens a story in which a time-traveling villain attempts to destroy Gotham City. And in a story written and drawn by Dan Jurgens, Booster discovers the timestream has been inexplicably altered, unleashing all types of anomalies only he can put back in order. Featuring BOOSTER GOLD #11-12 and #15-19!
Advance-solicited; on sale August 5 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US
April 21st, 2009 at 5:01 am
“Reality Lost” was great Dan and Norm are what got me in to this book, well that and the Elongated Man on Booster Gold 15.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:21 am
Maybe the missing Rememder issues will be on the 4th collection. They skipped an issue of Shadowpact with the 1st vol. and stuck it in the 2nd. So, it’s not unprecedented. (Of course they skipped the Leifeld issues of Titans altogether!)
And the usual manner of DC’s hc to softcover policy is to wait about a year. The Harley Quinn and 1st story arc w/Dodson of Wonder Woman took about a year to collect from early last year to early this year. (I keep track of ALL the hc’s I want in a list and see when they actually arrive so I know.)
Another clue, is to just look it up on amazon.com and you’ll get early looks to books.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:16 am
If it’s “lackluster and continuity-incongrous,” maybe we’re better off without it being collected.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:48 am
Rob – I do agree on your point, but I’m “the BOOSTER GOLD” guy so I figured it was worth mentioning this stuff and speculating a bit.
April 21st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
The arc that made me cancel the book is skipped over in the TPB process in favor of the arc that made me un-cancel. Works for me
April 21st, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Actually, I think it’s a question worth exploring, Ross — when DC or Marvel collect their books in trades, should they collect it all? Or Should they leave out fill-in issues and other such things until there’s some sort of demand for it?
April 21st, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Rob – I feel like the answer to that is different if the fill-in arcs are somehow relevant, as opposed to distractions or tangents.