DC Comics: The New 52 [Hardcover]

Geoff Johns (Author), Grant Morrison (Author), Scott Snyder (Author), Paul Cornell (Author), Scott Lobdell (Author), Jim Lee (Illustrator), Rags Morales (Illustrator), Greg Capullo (Illustrator), Doug Mahnke (Illustrator), Yanick Paquette (Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: December 13, 2011 | Series: Dc Comics: the New 52

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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 just in time for the holiday season, this 1,216-page compilation will 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!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Geoff Johns has written Infinite Crisis, 52, Green Lantern, X-Men, The Avengers, Superman, and much more. Jim Lee worked on X-Men, Batman and Superman and founded Image Comics and WildStorm. Today, Lee is copublisher of DC Comics and the artist for many of DC's best-selling comics and graphic novels. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1216 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics; #10, #11, #12 edition (December 13, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9781401234515
• ISBN-13: 978-1401234515
• ASIN: 1401234518
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 2.7 x 11.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Writer, Editor and Creator.
Multi Award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation and video game development. Just a few of his clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, Universal pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Lion's Gate, Vidmark, Starz, Fox Atomic, Alliance films, New Line, Spike TV, MTV, 2kgames, Midway, Radical games, Activision and THQ games.

Co founder of such companies as Event Comics, Black Bull Media, Marvel Knights, a division of marvel comics, and the current Paperfilms, where he is partners with Amanda Conner and Justin Gray. Together they have created and co created numerous universes, comics , TV series and characters including: The New West, Monolith, 21 Down, The Resistance, The Pro, Gatecrasher, Beautiful killer, Ash, Cloudburst, Trigger Girl 6, Thrill Seeker, Trailblazer, Ballerina, The Twilight Experiment and the TV series, Painkiller Jane.

Current work includes : Powergirl , Jonah Hex , Supergirl and Prototype for D.C.COMICS, The last Resort for I.D.W, Back to Brooklyn and SPLATTERMAN for Image comics, TIME BOMB for radical comics and Spartacus for Devils Due.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid purchase. December 14, 2011

By Adam Payne

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

An omnibus like this has to be reviewed by two criteria: content and format.

First, the content. I highly recommend DC's New 52. It's definitely the most interesting thing to be done in comics in years. While not every issue is a hit (Hawk & Dove, Captain Atom), these are certainly in the minority. Most are solid, fun, stories that begin a new DC universe with a bang. A few standouts (such as Jim Lee's Justice League and Perez/Merino's Superman) seem to jump off the page in color and detail. Despite the fact that not every issue is fantastic, this omnibus would receive 5 stars from me based on content alone.

However, the second criteria, format, tends to bring that perfect score down slightly. As a previous reviewer noted, this book is huge, over 1200 pages. Consequently, it's a bit unwieldy. Now, I understand that's a natural consequence of this type of omnibus, but I do feel it's worth mentioning: reading this book comfortably is just plain difficult. Also, due to the number of pages, the binding gets a bit...tight as you get nearer the center of the book. On some pages, dialogue boxes are VERY close to the inner edge and I found myself having to push down on the center of the book to read them. It's not a deal-breaker, but it doesn't make for the most pleasant reading experience. However, for most people, this book will be an archival copy, something to keep on the shelf rather than read repeatedly, so it probably won't matter.

Overall, I recommend this book. It's a great way to introduce yourself to the New 52.

46 of 61 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars 1200 plus pages and still glued binding ? Oh COME ON !!! REALLY ?? December 19, 2011

By Samuel Clemens

Format:Hardcover

You have to be very very extra careful in opening this book. Am glad that i checked this out first in a local bookstore before deciding to buy. 800 pages with glued binding like that of Teen Titans Vol 1 - i can accept that. But for 1200 plus pages, you still stick to glued binding ? Really ?? I have given up hope on DC making an omnibus that has a sewn binding. Best of luck to those who bought this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Trying to find the diamond in the rough February 17, 2012

By Mark Treitel

Format:Hardcover

I was very excited to receive this book as a long awaited birthday present. However, to add to other reviewer's comments, from a production standpoint, this book is very large, and extremely unwieldy. It's hard to read some of the dialogue when you get towards the middle of the book, which diminishes the pleasure of reading the story, and as others have noted, undermines the artwork. This really should have been released as two separate oversized books so that it would be more readable.

From a critical perspective, this was DC's opportunity to "rewrite" the book on the entire universe. Each comic really stands on the strength of the authors. In my mind, the best "rewrite" of making a super-hero contemporary was Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man, or Millar's Ultimates (rewrite of Avengers, which the current Avengers film is based on).

I'm not a DC guy, but was excited to be able to pick up each issue and understand who each character is, what their power was and where the story was heading. Each of these stories should have been simpler, since you shouldn't need to know any continuity. This is a brand new universe, there is no continuity. Yet somehow, on many of the books, I felt completely lost.

I'm using this book as a sampler, to figure out if any of the comics really stand out to continue to buy other TPBs. So far, only Justice League was fairly interesting. Again, due to the writing.

Marvel has the same problem in their Point .1 issues. They were supposed to be starting points. A lot of these issues, you feel like you are walking in the second half of a movie. Of course, these new comics should appeal to have been reading the books forever, but what is the point of revamping a universe if you are just going to be telling the same old stories.

I recommend to buy this book if you are interested in seeing what DC has done, but likely you should pay less than $100.00 Otherwise, wait a few months, a buy the higher rated collections of the what fans think the best comics that came out of 52.

The new 52 was a great marketing ploy. I wish they would have spent more time developing the characters and story to bring me into their larger universe.

I will likely lend this book out but I highly doubt that I'd take it to my grave.