Golden Age, '90s Superman/Batman Stories Coming Timed To Coincide With Batman V Superman

Seemingly timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, [...]

By Russ Burlingame

Seemingly timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Comics will release a number of new editions of archival material in March, some of which has never been collected or reprinted since its original publication.

The Golden Age will be represented, with Superman: The Golden Age Volume 1 and Batman & Superman in World's Finest: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1. While it appears The Golden Age Volume 1 is mostly material that's been previously reprinted in the Superman Chronicles paperback volumes, many of the World's Finest stories haven't been collected before as far as I can tell. Another archival volume is Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays Volume 2 (1953-1956), collecting some of the beloved Superman newspaper strips.

Legendary Bronze Age Batman artist Neal Adams will get his own omnibus hardcover (currently available for less than half of its $100 price tag), while best-seller Dan Jurgens has two big releases -- one archival and one current.

Superman and the Justice League America, which will collect Justice League Spectacular as well as 8 issues of Jurgens' JLA run, the collection ending immediately before the often-reprinted Justice League America #69, which served as part of the Death of Superman storyline. Batman Beyond Vol. 1: Beyond the Bat will collect his currently-ongoing Batman Beyond storyline with artist Bernard Chang. Jurgens' Justice League work has never been collected, although sadly this volume won't include the fan-favorite Destiny's Hand storyline.

Superman isn't the only one revisiting the '90s: DC will release Batman: Legacy, part of the eventual run-up to the blockbuster No Man's Land arc. Even Wonder Woman will get in on the fun, with a reprint of 1991's event miniseries War of the Gods, now with her name over the title to capitalize on her role in Batman V Superman.

Even beyond the back issues here, Batman is pretty well-represented this month: the James Gordon-as-Batman epic Superheavy will get a collected edition, as will Robin, Son of Batman Vol. 1. There will be a pair of Batman: Arkham Knight collected editions, and none of this counts the Batman and Superman "New 52" stories being released in paperback for the first time after recent hardcover releases.

All in all, not a bad time to be a Batman or Superman fan -- especially if you like to fill the holes in your collection with collected editions instead of diving into the back issue bins.

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