Absolute Batman: Year One

[joy_division]

Bit Bummed by this this release. Was hoping that DC would release Years 1, 2, Full Circle together, maybe push it & include Year 3, but instead they are just releasing two different editions of Year 1. Think I will pass on it

ABSOLUTE BATMAN: YEAR ONE presents one of DC Comics’ most lauded tales in two hardcover volumes contained by a slipcase.
The first volume will reprint the recolored version of the story from previous collected editions, remastered with new, high-resolution scans of the original coloring by David Mazzucchelli and Richmond Lewis.
The second volume will reprint the original 1987 version of the story as it ran in BATMAN #404-407, reproduced from scans made by Mazzucchelli and Lewis from the printed comic book pages, presented on stock that simulates the look and feel of the original comics. This volume will include Miller’s complete scripts and Mazzucchelli’s complete pencil layouts for all four chapters!
Together, the two volumes will include more than 60 pages of bonus material, including everything seen in the existing hardcover and trade paperback collections.

[wktf]

Looks to be a great volume!

[BurningRage]

I need to get like 30 absolutes.

[ftrez]

Year 1 & Year 2 are very different in tone so I'm good with them being separated.

Was O'Neal editing the title during Year 2? Can't remember. Whoever it was, having Alfredo Alcala ink Todd McFarlane has to be one of the worst artistic decisions ever. Alcala has his place but its nowhere near Todd's pencils, IMO.

[THECLOWN KNIGHT]

I used to be excited about Absolute Editions but the quality of the pages(very often are creased or dented) and Slipcases turn me off.

[Juggernaut]

Originally Posted by BurningRage

I need to get like 30 absolutes.

I have a 10 Absolute Editions.

The only Absolutes at the moment I am thinking about starting on is Y The Last Man, Transmopolitan and Preacher. Even though I have Preacher as HC it is one of my favorite comics, so to have it in oversize coud be cool.

Originally Posted by THECLOWN KNIGHT

I used to be excited about Absolute Editions but the quality of the pages(very often are creased or dented) and Slipcases turn me off.

I have never had any issues with any of the pages in my Absolutes.

[THECLOWN KNIGHT]

Or maybe I'm kinda picky.

[BurningRage]

Originally Posted by Juggernaut

I have a 10 Absolute Editions.

The only Absolutes at the moment I am thinking about starting on is Y The Last Man, Transmopolitan and Preacher. Even though I have Preacher as HC it is one of my favorite comics, so to have it in oversize coud be cool.

I bought the first two volumes of absolute Transmetropolitan today. I have the whole series of Y The Last Man and Preacher in HC. Gonna get the absolutes of those. I saw the first volume of absolute Y The Last Man at a comic shop and it's thick.

[Silverine]

Originally Posted by BurningRage

I bought the first two volumes of absolute Transmetropolitan today. I have the whole series of Y The Last Man and Preacher in HC. Gonna get the absolutes of those. I saw the first volume of absolute Y The Last Man at a comic shop and it's thick.

I Always wanted the HC of Y the last man, never bought them but I think the absolute is the edition I cant skip.

[Juggernaut]

Originally Posted by BurningRage

I bought the first two volumes of absolute Transmetropolitan today. I have the whole series of Y The Last Man and Preacher in HC. Gonna get the absolutes of those. I saw the first volume of absolute Y The Last Man at a comic shop and it's thick.

Y The Last Man Absolute collects #1-20
2 more Absolutes and the series is complete. It's not thicker than so many other big ones, the Waælking Dead collects 24 issues in each.

Originally Posted by Silverine

I Always wanted the HC of Y the last man, never bought them but I think the absolute is the edition I cant skip.

I never bought the HCs either, I like the Absolutes alot, so Absolute it is.