Reader Participation: Create A Trade Paperback Solicitation That Fills A Perceived Void
36 Comments | Posted: January 26th, 2009 | Filed under: Reader Participation | Tags: solicitationsTHE ESSENTIAL BLACK PANTHER
Written by DON MCGREGOR, JACK KIRBY & MORE
Penciled by BILLY GRAHAM, RICH BUCKLER, GIL KANE, JACK KIRBY, & MORE
Cover by JACK KIRBY
KIllmonger! Man-Ape! Baron Macabre! Kiber The Cruel! King Solomon’s Frogs? Thrill as T’Challa encounters the unusual and deadly in a series of Marvel Blockbusters where the fate of a nation — and the world — hang in the balance! This volume collects some of the Black Panther’s earliest stories from JUNGLE ACTION (Volume 2) 6-22 & 24 and BLACK PANTHER(Volume 1) #1-15 and MARVEL PREMIERE 51-53.
544 PGS / All Ages … $16.99
Put yours below.
Billy Graham did the lion’s share, so to speak, of the art on those stories…and should not only get a credit but a cover too!
(I’ll come up with one later)
THE COMPLETE AUTOMATIC KAFKA (hardcover)
Written by Joe Casey
Illustrated by Ashley Wood
Cover by Ashley Wood
This volume collects all nine issue of the strangest thing to come out of Wildstorm. No one read it, no one liked it, but it’s one of the only things we at DC comics own that was drawn by Ashley Wood, and his name can sell awful Spawn comics, so let’s make some money. Oh and the story is about a robot out of his mind on drugs, the National Park Service, celebrity, bad sex, and Charlie Brown.
212 PGS/ Mature Readers … 29.95
Oops! Right-o. I dunno what I was thinking, leaving him out. His name always makes me do a double-take!
SHADE THE CHANGING MAN OMNIBUS v1-3
Written by STEVE DITKO and PETER MILLIGAN
Pencilled by STEVE DITKO, CHRIS BACHALO, MARK BUCKINGHAM, and more
The most neglected DC property finally gets the deluxe treatment! First, we present the lost Ditko issues, then we ramp up the threesome actions with Milligan and Bachalo’s Shade, Kathy, and Lenny!
THE ESSENTIAL ROM SPACEKNIGHT
Written by Bill Mantlo
Art by Sal Buscema, Steve Ditko, and more
Cover by Sal Buscema
This is it, Marvelites! The first volume collecting the most asked about and sought after Marvel Comics series of all time! Thrill to the adventures of Rom: Spaceknight as he stands against the vile menace of the Dire Wraiths. Come for the action, stay for the drama, and come back again for the sheer majesty of Mantlo (and friends).
BLACK PANTHER: THE LIFE, DEATH, AND LIFE OF T’CHALLA
Written by Christopher Priest
Pencilled by Sal Velluto, Kyle Hotz, M.D. Bright and Jim Calafiore
Inked by Bob Almond, Eric Powell, Walden Wong and Jon Holdredge
Cover by Sal Velluto
The Avengers! Hydro-Man! Nightmare! Vibraxis! The return of Killmonger! An unexpected crossover with Deadpool! The coming of Queen Divine Justice! A new Malice! And in the middle of it all: T’Challa, king of a small African nation. In the aftermath of his critically acclaimed MARVEL KNIGHTS series, Black Panther’s greatest secret is exposed to the Avengers, dies, comes back to life, and generally kicks ass the entire time. This volume covers BLACK PANTHER #13-25 as well as DEADPOOL #44 (from the run after Joe Kelly, which we don’t like talking about!) Oh, and did we mention THE HULK BUSTING A MOVE AT THE CLUB??!!?
(how did I do? I’ve seen an actual French version of this at Bob Almond’s table a few times._
FLEX MENTALLO: MAN OF MUSCLE MYSTERY HC
Written by Grant Morrison
Penciled by Frank Quitely
You know what? Fuck Charles Atlas. We won the lawsuit anyway. Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the greatest comic book ever made. You will believe in superheroes.
However many pages/Mature Readers/$Overpriced
wow, Kev, how can i come up with TPB solicit when you just came up with the one i want the most??? (BTW, it’s RICH instead of RICK, i think)
okay… lemme at least try…
THE ESSENTIAL WAR MACHINE
Written by LEN KAMINSKI, SCOTT BENSON & DAN ABNETT
Penciled by GABRIEL GECKO, FRED HAYNES, SANDU FLOREA & MORE
Cover by GABRIEL GECKO
Spinning out of the pages of IRON MAN, Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes is a vertible one man army when he dons his suit of steel mesh armor to become War Machine! From Africa to the streets of Philadelphia to Nazi Germany to the far reaches of the universe, War Machine fights his own brand of villains across space and time. Join Rhodey on his journey from Worldwatch to the Eidolon Warwear in this exciting collection that reprints stories from WAR MACHINE (Volume 1) 1-25.
550 PGS / All Ages … $18.99
It is Rich. Rick Buckler was the drummer for The Jam. I do that all the time.
The’Nam Premiere HC
Written by Doug Murray
Art by Michael Golden & John Severin
Released the same year as Platoon & Full Metal Jacket & written by Vietnam veteran Doug Murray. This collection follows PFC Ed Marks through a year in the jungles of Vietnam. Featuring a brand new, 16 page epilogue written by Murray and illustrated by original series artist Michael Golden with remastered colors by Dave Stewart throughout. Collects issues #1-13.
For my imagined Essential Panther, I think I would swap out the Kirby (as it is already available) and add McGregor & Gene Colan’s 25 part Panther strip from Marvel Comics Presents.
Marvel frequently reprints material that’s already available in the Essentials, and the McGregor and Colan work, along with Panther’s Prey and other odds and sods would make a nice V2.
Personally, I’d love to have a ROM collection but not in the Essentials line – that thing has got to have color! Classic line I suppose? Or one or more omnibuses (omnibii?) would work too.
HITMAN OMNIBUS v1-4
by GARTH ENNIS, JOHN McCREA, CARLOS EZQUERRA, STEVE PUGH and DOUG MAHNKE
Reprinting every single tale of Tommy Monoghan, conscience-laden killer and occasional ladies’ man.
v.1: The Demon Annual #2, #42-45, #52-54, Batman Chronicles #4, Hitman #1-12
v.2: Hitman #13-28, 1000000, Hitman Annual 2007
v.3: Hitman #29-46, Hitman/Lobo: That Stupid Bastich
v.4: Hitman #47-60, JLA/Hitman #1-2
Hitman Omnibus- here is my money. Please give me my books.
TEN MOTHERFUCKING YEARS OF CAPTAIN AMERICA BY MARK GRUENWALD
Read this and you too can be pissed that Joey Q gave Mr. Gruenwald’s shield to Stephen Colbert.
Ah yes, I’ve been dying for that Essential Black Panther. Make it so, Mr Church.
Essential Sensational She-Hulk
Written & Illustrated by John Byrne
From Savage to Sensational, Shulkie is everything in between. John Byrne breaks the fourth wall with everyone’s second favorite green skinned goliath! Collects Sensational She-Hulk #1-8,31-50, and Marvel Graphic Novel #18: Sensational She-Hulk. Also included is a pack of green crayons for the whiners.
Essential Shang-Chi: Master of Kung-Fu
Written by Doug Moench
Art by Paul Gulacy
Presenting one of comic’s greatest kung-fu & espionage epics. Shang-Chi, son of super criminal F* M*****, strikes out to bring down his father’s evil empire. Collects #22,25,29-31,33-35,38-40,42-50, and Giant Sized #1-3.
Daredevil: John Romita Jr. Omnibus
Written by Ann Nocenti & Frank Miller
Art by John Romita Jr.
Presenting artist John Romita Jr.’s classic run on Daredevil, this omnibus follows the Man Without Fear from his beginnings to his battles with assassin Typhoid Mary and all the way to Hell to confront Mephisto himself! Collects #250-257,259-263,265-276,278-282, and DD: Man Without Fear # 1-6.
Superboy and the Legion: The Dave Cockrum Years TP.
Last year, when DC excluded Dave’s groundbreaking Legion work from the Best of the Legion TP (except for the few pages he did for the flashback story in issue 300), it wasn’t a grotesque oversight after all: It was merely the prelude to this!
(Also available in hardcover under the title “DC Archives: Legion volume 10.”)
HIMS LOVES HIMS SUGAR & SPIKE: BABY-TALK EDITION HARDCOVER
by Sheldon Mayer
In anticipation of the next Super Sensation by Frank Miller, read the series that started it all! 220 pages of Hard, Hot, Hottentot fun. Mayer’s “quaint” deconstruction of the pimp-ho relationships that Miller will fully (and we mean FULLY *wink* –ed.) explore starting this summer are showcased in this select 100 best adventures. You won’t want to be without this handy introduction to next year’s hottest action… part of DC’s all-new, all-ages, all-murder & whores lineup. A must-have.
220 pp/HC………… $78.99
GREEN LANTERN: MOSAIC HC – The Secret Life of John Stewart
In continuity? Out of continuity? Out of sight, out of mind? One of the most intriguing deconstructions of the superhero myth and a powerful psychological character-driven drama in its own right, Gerard Jones’s long-unacknowledged masterpiece finally gets the re-release fans have been begging for (all five of them)!
With awesome art by a young Cully Hamner and mediocre art by Luke McDonnell, and a badly-truncated plot ending more than twenty issues earlier than planned, this volume also includes every letters page from the original run in a special Annotations section that features issue by issue DVD-style commentary from Jones.
THE COMPLETE ATARI FORCE
Written by Gerry Conway, Mike Baron, others
Penciled by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Eduardo Barreto, others
The lost masterpiece of science-fiction adventure! Collects all six minicomics that were included with Atari game cartridges, plus the preview from New Teen Titans #27, plus the triumphant series Atari Force #1-20, and Atari Force Special #1.
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THE COMPLETE AMETHYST, PRINCESS OF GEMWORLD
Love, magic and adventure in DC’s fantasy classic! Buy a copy of the adventures of 13-year-old Amy Winston in Gemworld for your niece and keep one for yourself!
Compiles the preview from Legion of Super-Heroes #298, the twelve-issue maxi-series Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1-12, DC Comics Presents #XXX, Amethyst Annual #1, Amethyst #1-16, Amethyst Special #1 and the mini-series Amethyst #1-4.
THRILLER: Happiness (Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Written by Robert Loren Fleming and Bill DuBay
Illustrated by Trevor Von Eeden and Dick Giordano
Collecting the first eight issues of the envelope-pushing cult classic! Meet the mysterious Angie Thriller and her extended family of world-savers, the Seven Seconds, as they face the threat of terrorist Scabbard, as well as meet the rock’n'rollin’ bank robber Kane Creole, who will have the Seconds “all shook up”. You couldn’t read it fast enough in 1983- now’s your chance to get up to speed!
app, 288 pp/SC….$9.95
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPER-HIP!
Written by Arnold Drake, Illustrated by Bob Oksner and Neal Adams
America’s funnyman Bob Hope ushered in the Swingin’ Sixties by taking in his nephew, Tadwallader Jutefruice…but little did he know that when Tad gets stressed, he transforms into that groovy teen super-powered dynamo Super-Hip! And attending Benedict Arnold High School, with rival rich-creep Badger Goldliver, not to mention a faculty of literal monsters, he gets plenty of chances to freak out! By special permission of the Hope Estate, we’re proud to re-present some of the most far-out comics of that crazy decade!
500+ pages, SC…..$16.99
THE ESSENTIAL VENUS
Written and Illustrated by Bill Everett and others
She came down from Olympus to capture the hearts of mortal men! Romance, weird adventure and even horror await in this collection of the 19 issues that Timely/Atlas released in the late 1940′s-early 1950′s, and featuring the elegant, dynamic art of the great Bill Everett. If you liked her in Agents of Atlas, you can see how she came to become a part of the Marvel Universe!
app. 500 pages/SC……$16.99
THE ESSENTIAL WEST COAST AVENGERS
Written by ROGER STERN & STEVE ENGLEHART
Penciled by BOB HALL,AL MILGROM, JOE SINNOTT AND FRIENDS
Cover by BOB HALL
Dark Avengers, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers! Copy cats! Look here True Believers to see the original Avengers spin-off! Watch as everyone’s, fan-favorite couple Hawkeye and Mockingbird assemble the most stunning group of heroes yet! Also featuring Iron Man, Wonderman, Tigra and even more!
Collects West Coast Avengers Mini-Series 1-4 and West Coast Avengers 1-23.
544 PGS / All Ages … $16.99
The Complete Corto Maltese
Written and Illustrated by Hugo Pratt
Regarded as a classic worldwide by a master of the medium. Long out of print, much of the work is appearing in English for the first time.
The Complete Metabarons, The Incal, The Technopriests
Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Art by Moebius, Juan Gimenez, Zoran Janjetov, Ladronn, and Travis Charest
Thirty years since it’s inception, this multi-volume set collects the epic space opera in it’s entirety.
THE SHADOW OMNIBUS
Written by Howard Chaykin and Andy Helfer
Illustrated by Howard Chaykin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kyle Baker, Marshall Rogers and Joe Orlando
With kind permission of the Conde Nast Company: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? For decades that chilling laughter that struck fear into the hearts of the underworld has been unheard. Now Lamont Cranston, The Shadow, has returned to the modern-day world, to battle, guns-a-blazing, against the evil that men do, with the help of his original…and brand-new…team of agents. Collects DC Comics’s The Shadow miniseries #1-4 (1986), the 1987-88 series The Shadow #1-19, plus The Shadow Annual #1 and 2. Plus, for the first time published anywhere: The Lost Adventures of the Shadow details through Helfer’s scripts and original thumbnail breakdowns by Baker, the never-seen, never-published original ending to the cancelled Shadowseries! The weed of crime bears bitter fruit…once more!
IMPULSE: FULL SPEED AHEAD!
IMPULSE: END OF THE BEGINNING
Written by Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Ruben Diaz, & Tom McGraw
Penciled by Humberto Ramos, Anthony Williams, Craig Rousseau, Sal Buscema, Mike McKone & Lee Moder
Inked by Wayne Faucher, Chip Wallace, Brad Vancata, Keith Champagne, Barbara Kaalberg, & Andy Lanning
Reprinting IMPULSE #8, 12-17, & 19-28; GREEN LANTERN 80-PAGE GIANT #2 and LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #88
Remember when Bart Allen was DC’s funniest speedster, as opposed to waiting in editorial limbo after a disastrous promotion to becoming the Flash? Well, after reprinting RECKLESS YOUTH and FLASH: DEAD HEAT, we’re bringing the rest of Bart’s best issues in two trade paperbacks! Ever wonder what Bart dreams about? Or how he has to handle the revamped behemoth Blockbuster? And what happens when Max Mercury’s biggest secret slips out? How about when Bart goes back to his own time in the 30th Century? FULL SPEED AHEAD! and END OF THE BEGINNING will bring back Bart’s glory days and maybe get DC to bring him back. Because seriously?!? MERCURY FALLING??!? Why, DC?!??? WHHHHHYYYYY???
(Okay, I got a little carried away. The Legion issue comes after Bart meets the timelost team in the 20th century, while the GL short story has Kyle Rayner getting mind-whammied by Hector Hammond, and Bart taking control of the hero and his ring. And I had to throw in Arrowette’s debut just because.)
The Complete Wasteland (no, not that one) by Del Close, John Ostrander, and a bunch of really good artists
-Remember when DC would publish some genuinely experimental non-superhero comics? This is John Ostrander’s best work, which is saying something! Ostrander and comic/actor Del Close craft a series that runs the gamut of every genres from EC-style horror, to postmodern detective, to American Splendor-esque autobiography and then literally (in both senses) doubles back on itself. Includes an intro by Ostrander
400 pages (approx) $39.95
ABSOLUTE(LY REVOLTING AMOUNTS OF) DEADPOOL
Reprints Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1-4, Deadpool (1994) #1-4, Deadpool #0, #-1, Deadpool #1-45, #65-69, Deadpool/Daredevil Annual ’97, Baby’s First Deadpool Book, Deadpool Team Up Starring Widdle Wade
(And yes, I know all about this and Vol. 2 in April. I’m just greedy.)
Since Jason has already mentioned Priest’s fantastic Black Panther run and MightyGodKing’s tapped Hitman, I can only add the need for the following -
THE COMPLETE QUANTUM & WOODY
Written by Christopher Priest
Penciled by M.D. Bright
Now in one gigantic volume you could choke a Goat with – we present every single appearance by Quantum & Woody ever printed! Not a joke! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! This is a real opportunity to give talented writer Christopher Priest and talented artist M. D. Bright well-deserved cash!
Also, Seth & Kevin – that 25 issue McGregor and Colan Marvel Comics Presents Black Panther story needs to reprinted yesterday, in any format. I loved that story. Hell, I collected Marvel Comics Presents faithfully even after coming into the story halfway through, just in the hopes that something that awesome would be written again in 8-page chunks.
The Complete Young Heroes In Love
Hard Drive! Off-Ramp! Monstergirl! Thunderhead! Frostbite! Junior! Zip-Kid! Journey back to the salad days of the late nineties, when the shit DC Comics threw against the wall didn’t stink! A unique saga of superheroics and makin’ whoopee by Dan Raspler and Dev Madan, this volume collects all eighteen issues of the series, including the tie-in issue to the One Million crossover event.
396pgs/$24.95
The Micronauts Omnibus
Written by Bill Mantlo
Art by Mike Golden, Steve Ditko and more
Baron Karza had taken over the Microverse, but he didn’t count on Commander Rann returning and kicking his ass. See Prince Argon cut in half and sewn onto the body of a horse in the body banks.
For every copy sold, Marvel will donate $50 for the continued medical bills of Bill Mantlo.
ORION OMNIBUS
Written by Walt Simonson
Art by Simonson, Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons, John Byrne, Jim Lee, Erik Larson
Can’t afford Jack Kirby’s New Gods? Want to forget about Countdown? Confused by Final Crisis? When Walt Simonson was finished with that Old Norse God, he set his sights on a New God! Colleting all 25 issues of the God of War’s exploits, including the Tales of New Gods backup feature.
BLACKHAWK: THE MODERN AGE
Written & Illustrated by Howard Chaykin, Martin Pasko, Doug Moench, John Ostrander and Rick Burchett.
From the Golden Age through the Silver Age, no one has been able to take down this team of WWII flying aces. Now for the first time is the complete modern interpretation of a comic classic available in one volume. Blackhawk Prestige Format #1-3, Action Comics Weekly #601-608,615-622,628-634, Blackhawk #1-16, Blackhawk Special, Annual #1.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: PLOP!
Written & Illustrated by Sergio Aregones, Basil Wolverton, Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Neal Adams and more.
Presenting all 24 issues of DC premiere horror & weird humor mag. It ain’t ZAP, but it’s something!
MAJOR BUMMER
Writen by John Arcudi
Art by Doug Mahnke
Ah, the 90′s: Slackers, Grunge, flannel, superpowers, aliens, and Nazi dinosaurs. Wait…what? From the creators of The Mask, the writer of BPRD and the artist of Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein. Lou Martin couldn’t be bothered to do much of anything, even when a galactic mishap gives him super strength and intelligence. If he could only get off the couch, he may be able to save the universe. Collects #1-15.
JONAH HEX: STUCK IN LIMBO
Written by Joe R. Landsdale
Art by Tim Truman
The basis for the soon to be, I swear to god it’s going to happen movie! This supernatural spaghetti western finds our scarred Civil War veteran turn bounty hunter taking on zombies, albinos, spirits, and Cthulhu. Collects the Vertigo mini-series Two-Gun Mojo, Riders of the Worm and Such, and Shadow’s West. With and introduction by musician Edgar Winter, forward & afterward by actors Thomas Jane & Josh Brolin and a special commentary by Jimmy Palmiotti.
Oh yeah, one more:
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY BY JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS
Written by JACK KIRBY
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY
The trippiest movie of the 1960′s becomes the trippiest comic of the 1970′s. On the success of one of the greatest science fiction films of all time, Marvel commissioned Jack Kirby to bring his own cosmic spin to the story, and boy, did he! Featuring the first appearance of X-51 aka Mr. Machine aka Machine Man!
Collects 2001: A Space Odyssey #1-10 and 2001 Marvel Treasury Edition #1
290 PGS / All Ages … $29.99
Okay, that Micronauts Omnibus solicitation is a winner in my opinion.
After the whirlwind sell-out of the Rom Essentials volumes, I am copying this one completely and upgrading them to Omnibi, complete with “me too” charity donation feature.
Seriously, that Omnibus would be so freakin’ cool.
Shang-Chi as someone mentioned above. Absolutely.
Also, the Skrull aging ray story from F.F. #204 to #214.
Amazing Spider-Man #196 to #200.
Marvel Team-Up #82 to #85 with Shang-Chi, Nick Fury, and Black Widow squaring off against Viper.
Collect Roger Stern’s Avengers run as its great stuff!
And lastly, more for my own pleasure, Skull The Slayer #1 to #8 along with Marvel Two-In-One #35 & #36
Howard The Duck: The Newspaper Strips.