FIRST LOOK: Batman by Paul Dini Omnibus! 

I miss him on the Batman books.

Kunoros Hound of Athreos It looks like they fired the wrong people. 😒

I agree, contents page and no numbering. Really love having page numbers in books. Also, an introduction and extras etc. Binding doesn't look great on this one and I really wish they would improve that with DC books, even if it adds a few extra pounds as it would make the book even more amazing.

They fired the page numbering guy 😔

@@offpanelreviews729 why?

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I’ve just read it this week. There was no other broken storyline outside of Raas. Just mentions of outside events, such as Batman Inc being created in Morrison run, which causes problems for Hush in the lead up to his next big story arc that’s fully contained in this Dini run. So Raas is the only offender, but at least you get the resolution of it and it’s very satisfying.

P.S. The actual pronounciation of "Ra's" would be more like the English name "Russ", but with the apostrophe acting as a glottal stop. No idea where they got "Raysh" from, lol.

@@hamzadawudRaysh is how Denny O‘Neil, the creator of the character and basically the creator of the modern Batman pronounced it and most animated shows, video games and the more comic accurate media pronounce it that way.

@@djangosusamogus742 Neal Adams pronounced it "Raaz". Either way, you can't change the rules of another language and expect others to just go with it. It would be wrong to assume that David Byrne's first name is pronounced "da-VEED" in English, so the same applies to other languages too.

Brother, you are more than welcome. It's my pleasure to showcase these books. Focus on those books you got and see if they are for you.

Already sold out at cheapgraphicbovels and instocktrades

I'd love for that Grant Omnibus.

That's what I was going to say. If they really wanted this omnibus to be complete, they should have included those two specials Dini wrote years before taking over Detective Comics. The Harley Quinn one is particularly important because it was her comic book continuity debut, and to this day I'm peeved that it wasn't included in the No Man's Land trades.

@@Thiagofls exactly. I agree completely ! The Harley one shot makes more sense within the context of no man's land.

I agree. This man puts lots of work to keep us entertain.

Is this a good place to start Batman

@@spawnxl5954 start with Scott Snyder

@@scaressell6880Loeb and sale would be a better start

They were. Those memories are great.

They are damn good. I love his first few Detective stories, but Heart of Hush is phenomenal. For the sake of everyone I hope they reprint Gotham Central.

Good to hear! Gnight! :)

It's so good!

@@NearMintCondition Hi, trying to not fall into any spoiler, is it necessary to read something more than this omnibus for being able to understand the content of it? Thanks in advance

Try a book support system or something to that effect. I found it helps with books that have tight binding and gutter loss. I tried it on my batman synder omni and it made it more readable but I just made a makeshift one bc those things are expensive.

This is one of the many reasons I had difficulties getting into comics

I am with you man. It’s one of the most obnoxious things about comics for me. So many different tie-ins, so many resets and rebirths and reboots. Different creative teams. It’s just hard to keep up with.

In this case, you are getting the overall story, in as much as there is one. What's "missing" is the fill ins that don't contribute to Paul Dini's story. The only exception to that (the same one they had with the Grant Morrison omnibuses) is "The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul" crossover -- I'd prefer if they included the whole of that story or none of it, but a few chapters from a larger crossover is a terrible choice. But there really isn't (and hasn't been for a long, long time, arguably ever) a single consistent Batman story. Paul Dini's doesn't really mesh with Grant Morrison's, which doesn't really mesh with Scott Snyder's, which doesn't really mesh with Peter Tomasi's, and so on and so on. They may hit some of the same big beats, but they don't add up to some mythical greater understanding of the character or story. On the whole, you'll have a better reading experience if you treat them as separate iterations, in exactly the same way that you cope with The Animated Series not being the same as Beware the Batman or The Brave and the Bold or Batman '89 or the Dark Knight trilogy or Batman V Superman or the 60's show or the Arkham games or...

Good lord I agree. It really pushes me away from the core titles from both DC and Marvel - although DC (with Batman being across so many concurrent titles) is the worst offender. Even with writers who are really careful to keep the throughline in the core title (Snyder was pretty good at this) you still wind up with a lot of bleed into secondary titles.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thank you so much. I did a video on where to reading Batman. This is a great place to start though.

Omar i wanted to ask you did you ever do a review of legends of the dark knight matt wagner? i cannot remember if i asked you this before or not.

Good to see you here Joakim!

Dan14thPrime You see, that’s the problem.

Thank you so much for the kind words.

@killwill83 Thanks for the info my friend - will check it out for sure 👍

I've taken to waiting until the first of the month of release before I do anything like preorder or get rid of older versions. DC just aren't reliable enough any more to do it farther out.

Im only getting it for the Hush issues.

It’s easiest to keep the hardcover.

@@renegade_legend2583 awesome thank you for answering. I'll be keeping it then .

So DC does use a couple of printers. One in Canada, one in Mexico and sometimes China. For some reason the printings coming out of Mexico always look and are built better.

Oh nice! Big fan of that series.

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I believe that comes out in February

That's my concern as well, it seems to be skipping some stuff and I'd like to know if it can be read like that as there is no overarching story or would I be confused

@@tomaszdziedzic6284 Paul Dini's run is pretty self contained. You don't really need to read anything else. There is only one mention of an event in Grant Morrison's run on Batman, but's that's all, and it does not disrupt the story.

@@samy7337 ok, that's the answer I was hoping for. Thanks!

@DDDA CREW Yes, in the first issues of the street of gotham. But Bruce comes back in the latter issues. The omnibus contains Detective Comics #821-824, #826-828, #831, #833-834, #837-841, #843-850, #852, #1000, Batman #685, Batman: Gotham Knights #14, Batman Black and White #3, Batman Black and White Vol. 2 #1, DCU Holiday Special #1, Batman: Streets of Gotham #1-4, #7, #10-14, #16-21, and Batman Annual #1. And, Dick is Batman in the first half of street of gotham.

It’s out of stock on ist and cgn well they get it back in stock?

As soon as I get them, my brother.

IT is OOP, but they plan for another restock.

Nevermind, just bought a copy on ebay for £140 inc. shipping :D SO STOKED TO READ IT!!!

It will be restocked. Not sure when.

This is a good way to read the Dini run. The TPBs are done in order of publication so I like that.