That would be fire had to collect the trades for the artwork and another reminder of how awesome Omar can be with his recommendations. Chuck Dixon run deserves oversized treatment as well since that's where I started with Birds of Prey.
I’m hoping to collect all the new 52 era omnis as that’s what I grew up with. Looking forward to you suiting up also if that’s still happening today. Great overview though brother this will be a pickup along with swamp thing in a few weeks 👌🔥🔥🔥
Your comment made me feel old. I felt like new52 was recent but it was 10 years ago 😂 Looking forward to swamp thing myself, one of the best new52 runs (especially the Soule stuff)
I had the advantage going in to this run of being a new comic reader and not having read anything with Oracle at the time. I loved the run early on (especially the stuff with Mirror Knightfall), and the Wanted stuff was good, too. I wasn't crazy about the ending with the Birds of Prey, and Fernando Pasarin's faces are a bit weird, but the Future's End stuff was cool. Overall a very good run, but inferior imho to Gail's Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman runs. That said, it introduced me to Barbara Gordon as Batgirl in the comics and I'll always appreciate it for that. I sold my trade paperbacks ages ago but had talked myself out of buying this. As always your overviews make it difficult to stick to your decisions. :-D
Love the artwork!! Very excited for this one also!! Do you ever think we will get a Jim Balent omnibus for catwoman? Hopefully one day!! Issues 1-93 i think something around that, lots of issues!!
In a welcome change, I’m in UK and my copy arrived this morning! I should’ve done a quick overview to beat you! 😂 I’ve never read the new 52 but I’m all in with these bat family omnibus as so far I’m loving it!
If anything, it ushered in a LOT of new comic book readers (like myself) who felt much less daunted by the re-numbering. And it did have quite a few good runs. :-)
On preorder with Last Son Deluxe. Gail Simone's writing is top notch. Enjoyed her Wonder Woman run and still going through her Red Sonja run as well. I can't see this disappointing me at all.
Wasn't even thinking of picking this up as I've only been a fan of a handful of DC characters. But after watching your review Omar, I'm now thinking of picking this up. Currently only have 3 storylines of DC: Knightfall trio omnibus, prequel and story of no man's land, and the death and return of superman. Oh as I was proof reading my comment forgot I got the 5 tpb of year 1-5 of injustice that I STILL need to read lol. I have the joker death in the family HC too but always felt I was missing out on things. So think this omnibus will hopefully fit in nicely with the few DC books I have.
I have the trades but I'm upgrading. My copy will be here on Monday. It's a really enjoyable run, but mainly I'm buying in the hope that sufficient sales will convinve DC to do more Gail Simone omnis; I'd really love Secret Six and Birds of Prey collectons. Another great overview Omar, Take care everyone.
In the retrospective new 52 was cool,it had many good runs and it was what brought me into comics,it was not my first comic,but it was what hooked me into continuously reading comics.I have an insane amount of nostalgia seeing these omnis.I remenber all the social media uproar those days
There was a Batgirl of Burnside Omnibus solicited, collecting Batgirl #35-52, Annual #3, Batgirl: Endgame #1, but this was cancelled in 2019 for an unspecified reason. It's likely because of the Dagger Type controversy in issue #37, where bloggers decried the issue as transphobic, and the creative team issued an apology. I believe reprints of the issue have changed the dialogue and plot: from the Batgirl pretender villain being a man, to that they should be embarrassed by their lack of acting talent. With this contention laid to rest, hopefully we'll get a second volume (just labelled Batgirl of Burnside Omnibus, rather than a Vol. 2 of Batgirl Returns).
Very excited about this, but also wondering if DC is ever going to put Batgirl by Burnside in Omnibus format. It was on the schedule last year I believe, then pulled....
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Thanks for the overview Omar. Speaking of Gail Simone wouldn't it be awesome if DC released her Secret Six run in omni format? Hoping for that. Take care and peace.
Nice, definitely on my list for next week. Now I just have to figure out how to organize those on my shelf. I like chronological order but most happen in parallel. Which includes Batgirl, Batman by Snyder, WW, Aquaman, and the upcoming Batwoman, Swamp Thing, and Flashpoint. I guess Flashpoint kicks things off, but how would you organize those ^^ after that?
Barbara Gordons Oracle is back in the pages of Tynions Batman! Spoiler and Orphan are her Batgirls. I'm getting the omnibus, I bough the first few issues but didn't complete the run for some reason, I was really enjoying it though.
All of Nightwing collected yet not Batman!?! I really would love to see DC comics rights bought out by a company that knows how to engage its audience.
I have the first 12 issues in floppies plus issue 0. I love the run. So I might jump on this one when I have some extra cash. Id you miss Oracle as I understood she is back in the role in the latest Batman stories, but I have yet to read them.
Love your overviews as always. Hopefully one day they will finish Cassandra Cain Batgirl in thick trades. What happened to Batman by Snyder,capullo omni vol.2??
Of all the New 52 runs I’d love to see a volume 2 omnibus of The Flash. I really love the Venditti/Jensen run. I’m actually surprised we don’t hear more praise for it as it is really high quality Flash.
My daughters 8 and loves The DC Super Hero Girls books. Can you recommend a series for her? I want to buy her her first omni or large book. This is obviously too violent for her but I want to get her her first "big girl" book.
Ms Marvel is perfect! My oldest daughter loved it. Other books are Batgirl of Burnside, Unstoppable Wasp, Moon Girl, but maybe even some classic stuff depending on what your daughter enjoys.
Damn this is a surprisingly sexy designed omnibus. So tempting! Thanks for showing this off. :) Now lets get a Cassandra Cain omnibus pleaseeee, DC. Algorithm gang!
I liked what I heard about this run, but I didn't like the YA Burnside run that followed. Did Batgirl ever leave that & go back to being somewhat dark, or has it remained YA-like?
It stayed along the middle of the road; if they were going to leave it in the hands of YA writers then it was unfortunate they couldn't find a YA writer who could write Barbara Gordon as an experienced superhero with a long history.
I might check this out, but I haven't liked Simone's writing in years. How much "humor" and food references/scenes are in here? Art looks good, though and thank you for the heads up as always, Omar.
Mad props for that comment bait with Nightwing + Grayson being the only N52 complete run in omni format.😉😛 Unless you were being serious and forgot Animal Man and Harley Quinn. Who knows? Either way it worked.😂 Algorithm gang! Edit: this was more of a joke and not me being serious lol