Just in case you weren’t sure if you were going to be into the DCnU, now you have the opportunity to pay a lot of money to celebrate the new history of DC: in one $150 hardcover volume.
As announced over at the Source Blog:
This September, DC Entertainment is making history by launching 52 #1 DC Comics issues starring the World’s Greatest Super-Heroes. To commemorate this milestone occasion, DC Entertainment will be releasing DC COMICS: THE NEW 52, a massive hardcover collection that collects every single one of these debut issues. Hitting stores on December 7th just in time for the holiday season, this 1,216-page compilation will sell for $150.00 and include such issues as:
– JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee
– ACTION COMICS #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales
– BATMAN #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
– GREEN LANTERN #1 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
– SWAMP THING #1 by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette
– STORMWATCH #1 by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda
– TEEN TITANS #1 by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth
– And 45 more!
Not including taxes for your state, it’s a savings of $5.48. It won’t be released until September and I would guess that there won’t be a second hardcover for all the #2s and I don’t know why you would want a book of just #1s, it is an interesting way to really nail the “we’re making history” bit down to readers and fans. I can at least imagine it will look nice on any shelf.
Either way, it’s certainly trying something new.
