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Wonder Woman Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2 : Collecting Wonder Woman (2016) #15-25, Annual 1, and material from DC Holiday Special 2017 (2018) #1. With release of this book last month, the entirety of Greg Rucka's Rebirth-era Wonder Woman run has now been collected in the oversize hardcover format.  DC continues to do an excellent job collecting their Rebirth-era material, even if the pace of said releases is a bit slower than just about anyone would like.  This volume picks up right where the previous volume left off, with Rucka continuing to alternate story arcs each issue in order to weave a tale between Diana's earliest days in man's world and the present.  This may sound a bit confusing, and it did make things a little difficult to keep up with as the issues were originally put out, but when it is all collected together in the originally intended order (the trades collected each arc on its own, regardless of publishing/issue numbering), the alternating issue form

The New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 3 (New Edition) :  Collecting Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #42-68, Annual 3, and The New Teen Titans (1984) #1-9. My last review was for volume two of this series of omnibi and I enjoyed it so much that instead of taking a break for something else, I dove right into volume three (just released last month), and boy am I glad I did. This volume covers two of the best story arcs from the creative team of Marv Wolfman and George Pérez that I have read, beginning with the classically acclaimed The Judas Contract and then later The Terror of Trigon (Pérez's last contribution to the title before a few year hiatus).  I had minimal passing knowledge of the events of both arcs thanks to their loose adaptations in the Teen Titans animated series that ran from 2003-2006, but these original versions prove to be masterfully crafted. Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #43-44 (Pérez/Giordano) The Judas Contract starts this collection off with a bang a

The New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol. 2 (New Edition) - Collecting The New Teen Titans (1980) #21-40, Annual #1-2, Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #41, and Batman and the Outsiders (1983) #5. This collection was released earlier this year and is the second installment in the set of new editions of The New Teen Titans omnibi that looks to more comprehensively collect the classic DC comics run spearheaded by creators Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.  The contents of this volume differ slightly from the original edition released in 2012 (that edition also included the first three issues of The Judas Contract story arc).  These new editions move the entirety of that arc to the beginning of volume three, which was released last month. The New Teen Titans (1080) #21 (Pérez/Tanghal) This volume up directly following the events of  volume one and starts off with the introduction of Brother Blood, the leader of The Church of Brother Blood from the small nation of Zandia, and a new vil

Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 6 - Mayor Fisk - Collecting Daredevil (1964) #595-600. I'm a big proponent of talking up material that you enjoy and not wasting energy on bad mouthing the stuff you don't.  With that in mind, here are a few quick thoughts I have on this book, the most recent collected volume of Charles Soule's criminally under rated ongoing run on Daredevil.  Those who follow this blog know that I have been pushing this run for months, so please bear with me and don't tune me out! Charles Soule continues to advance his run with this arc, and beyond the spoiler given away by this volume's title, he throws in a couple additional twists on top of that new, slightly outrageous status quo that makes this arc a quick, intriguing read, and that also propel the story beyond this collection (an arc illustrated by Nailbiter's Mike Henderson that recently ended and should be collected in Volume 7 early in 2019).  Daredevil (1964) #595 - Cover (Bill

Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus Vol. 3 - Collecting Wonder Woman (1987) #46-62 and #168-169, War of the Gods (1991) #1-4, and material from Wonder Woman (1942) #600. With the recent release of this volume, DC has finally collecting George Pérez's classic Wonder Woman run in the omnibus format.  Fortunately, this volume didn't take nearly as long to hit the shelves as it did for the second volume to be released after the first (an almost two and a half year gap that may have been stretched out in order to coordinate the release of volume two the Wonder Woman film's release  last year).  In any event, after a little over three years, all of Pérez's work on Wonder Woman has been collected in a beautiful oversize format. I didn't come to comics until much later than most (after college) and as result, I had not read any of this material from the mid-eighties and early-nineties.  When I picked up the first Pérez Wonder Woman omnibus , it was based solely