Freaking Hardcovers! I hate them.

[suttercain]

Why do they release some trades only in hardcover editions? Is it strictly for the money?

Superman/Batman 1 through 3 all released in a TPB... but 4 through 6, hardcover only! I know it sounds lame, but it messes up the look of the display. I show my trades off with pride and even have the bookends. When they force us to by hardcovers it throws the look off... not to mention charge us more for something I like less.

I decided, if they release it on hardcover only (All Star Superman), I will not buy it. Period.

I know.. I am particular.

[Splatt]

Kick a magazine rack in your local comic shop to express your anger.

[COMIC GEEK]

with all the problems in the world with war, hunger, the homeless, price on food,gas,oil etc...

this is yours. :rolleyes:

[Agent_Torpor]

Kick a magazine rack in your local comic shop to express your anger.

better yet, kick the guy behind the counter in your local comic shop to express your anger.

[JonniRandom]

I like hardcovers!

[Jolly Mon]

with all the problems in the world with war, hunger, the homeless, price on food,gas,oil etc...

this is yours. :rolleyes:

I hate when people roll out this old crap. The fact that there are bigger problems in the world doesn't take away his right to be iritated by something else. And in this case it sounds justified. Why do the 1st half of a series in TPB then switch to only hardcover? Just a ploy to squeeze more money from people (just like big oil).

[Shellhead]

I decided, if they release it on hardcover only (All Star Superman), I will not buy it. Period.


Vote with your dollars. Didio (and Quesada) are not going to read our online complaints, but if the sales dip low, they will get the message.

[Shellhead]

I hate when people roll out this old crap. The fact that there are bigger problems in the world doesn't take away his right to be iritated by something else.

I agree. Besides, for all we know, this guy has already posted even longer rants at other forums regarding "war, hunger, the homeless, price on food,gas,oil etc..." It makes more sense to post about war in some forum that deals more directly with war, as opposed to posting about it in a forum about DC comic books.

[COMIC GEEK]

I hate when people roll out this old crap. The fact that there are bigger problems in the world doesn't take away his right to be iritated by something else. And in this case it sounds justified. Why do the 1st half of a series in TPB then switch to only hardcover? Just a ploy to squeeze more money from people (just like big oil).


no a ploy to squeeze more money out of people would be a weekly series called COUNTDOWN.

[Shellhead]

no a ploy to squeeze more money out of people would be a weekly series called COUNTDOWN.

It would have been awesome if DC had been brutally honest about their plans. They could have called the series Countdown to Empty Wallet. Each cover could have been the same, showing one hand setting down cash on a retail counter as another hand picked the bills up.

[COMIC GEEK]

or dc could have hey save your money cause you know it'll be out in trade.

thank god I only lost 10 bucks out of that 50 something issue ordeal

[snipe]

better yet, kick the guy behind the counter in your local comic shop to express your anger.

Hey, we're not the ones causing the problems, it's you guys buying them. If you don't like hardcovers, wait for paperbacks. They'll come eventually.
If you kick me, I'm hosing you down with my fire extinguisher! :tongue:

[Agent_Torpor]

Hey, we're not the ones causing the problems, it's you guys buying them. If you don't like hardcovers, wait for paperbacks. They'll come eventually.
If you kick me, I'm hosing you down with my fire extinguisher! :tongue:

FULL ON RIOT AT YOUR LCS!

[snipe]

FULL ON RIOT AT YOUR LCS!

That's it! You're banned from the store. Are you going to leave quietly, or will I have to call your mom?
:biggrin:

[suttercain]

Hey, we're not the ones causing the problems, it's you guys buying them. If you don't like hardcovers, wait for paperbacks. They'll come eventually.
If you kick me, I'm hosing you down with my fire extinguisher! :tongue:

Really? When is Superman/Batman 4 coming out in paperback? (Already been over 18 months).

The Bottom of the Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman/Batman

[suttercain]

with all the problems in the world with war, hunger, the homeless, price on food,gas,oil etc...

this is yours. :rolleyes:

I wouldn't really call hunger a problem. Now if you're talking about why McDoanld's stopped serving the super-size fries, I can relate.

[protege]

better yet, kick the guy behind the counter in your local comic shop to express your anger.
or, hit him on the head with a hard cover.

[COMIC GEEK]

I wouldn't really call hunger a problem. Now if you're talking about why McDoanld's stopped serving the super-size fries, I can relate.


wait a frigging minute. forget how hardcovers/ softcovers thats petty.

no more super size fries?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????? :eek:

crap!

[mr. batman]

I like hardcovers.....

[Agent_Torpor]

That's it! You're banned from the store. Are you going to leave quietly, or will I have to call your mom?
:biggrin:

That's ok, you don't stock enough copies of Betty & Veronica Double Digest for my liking.

[elise]

I see where you're coming from. Hardcovers sometimes annoy me because if it's a story that I want to read but I'm not sure how much I'll actually like it... I really don't like spending that much money on it. However, things like All Star Superman and JSA... I'll get the hardcover without hesitation because I know it's going to be good and I'll be giving the book a lot of wear and tear from reading it so much.

But, it's just a matter of waiting it out... the paperbacks will come eventually. I mean, the Infinite Crisis HC came out in September 2006 and the TPB just came out in January of this year. And the All-Star Superman TPB is out in August.

[suttercain]

I see where you're coming from. Hardcovers sometimes annoy me because if it's a story that I want to read but I'm not sure how much I'll actually like it... I really don't like spending that much money on it.

Word. I am just frustrated because I bought the batman/superman bookends ($250) and I have Superman/Batman 1-3... but have been waiting very long for 4-6.

[juggling man]

What's Mcdonalds?

[Wind-Breaker]

It would have been awesome if DC had been brutally honest about their plans. They could have called the series Countdown to Empty Wallet. Each cover could have been the same, showing one hand setting down cash on a retail counter as another hand picked the bills up.

You are a genius lmao

I'm not a fan of hardcovers myself either. The other day at my LCS I saw OMD in hardcover sitting on a shelf, I couldn't help but laugh out loud "There's no F’N way I'd buy that. Putting One More Day in a hardcover, is like putting chrome on a turd!"

[COMIC GEEK]

is it just that the hardcover seems heavier on your lap when your on the toilet? :wink:

[LungerTony]

I'll never buy HC because I am too poor and comics are already too expensive imo.

[Pól Rua]

Why do they release some trades only in hardcover editions? Is it strictly for the money?

Superman/Batman 1 through 3 all released in a TPB... but 4 through 6, hardcover only! I know it sounds lame, but it messes up the look of the display. I show my trades off with pride and even have the bookends. When they force us to by hardcovers it throws the look off... not to mention charge us more for something I like less.

I decided, if they release it on hardcover only (All Star Superman), I will not buy it. Period.

I know.. I am particular.

Simply put, pretty much everything that's printed in Hardcover will eventually get printed in Softcover.
It may take awhile, but be patient.

If you don't like it, don't buy it, is a perfectly reasonable position to take.

[Pól Rua]

Really? When is Superman/Batman 4 coming out in paperback? (Already been over 18 months).

The Bottom of the Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman/Batman

It comes out in trade when it comes out in trade.

[Pól Rua]

Word. I am just frustrated because I bought the batman/superman bookends ($250) and I have Superman/Batman 1-3... but have been waiting very long for 4-6.

Here's an idea. Buy something else while you're waiting.
It the new Superman/Batman trade isn't it, try something new. You might like it.
Nobody's twisting your arm telling you you HAVE to buy stuff you don't wanna.

[carabas]

Amazon lists the Vengeance paperback as coming out in November this year.

(Although why anyone would be interested in reading it is beyond me...)

[dancj]

With the exception of odd prestigious editions (like Archives and those Neil Adams Batman TPBs) the only stuff that has hardback, but then no eventual TPB is the stuff that sells really badly. Generally not getting a TPB of those is a blessing.

If you disagree I've got a copy of Batman: Digital Justice I could sell you...

[KJ_81]

Hardcover is my preferred format, so I don't share this complaint.

But if it comes out in hardcover, it will come out in trade eventually. They always do. (new material, I mean)

It just means it's going to be a bit of a longer wait.

[Dr. Mid-Nite III]

Hardcover is my preferred format, so I don't share this complaint.

But if it comes out in hardcover, it will come out in trade eventually. They always do. (new material, I mean)

It just means it's going to be a bit of a longer wait.

It's usually like that, though Superman/Batman is indeed behind schedule.

But hey, it sucks anyway, so that shouldn't be a problem. They're doing us a favour! :biggrin:

[StumboTheGiant]

Love the hard covers. Have alot of them mostly double dipping on series that I really like.

[suttercain]

You all can goof on me for wanting the Superman/Batman series in softcover versions but I just found more reason to dislike Dan Dido and the DC people.

So they release Superman/Batman Vol 1-3 in Softcover and Hardcover. They then release Superman/Batman Vol 4-6 in Hardcover only. Now I look on DCComics.com and they are releasing Vol 7 (http://dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=9984) in.... Softcover only!

This really does piss me off. I spent $300 on the Superman/Batman bookends yet I have no Volume 4-6 to put in there.

Seriously, they are idiots... or maybe I am for spending that much on the bookend. You be the judge.

[snipe]

You all can goof on me for wanting the
Seriously, they are idiots... or maybe I am for spending that much on the bookend. You be the judge.

Call me a radical, but couldn't you put anything between those bookends?
:cool:

[earl]

It does seem like a waste to put a hardcover on a half dozen issues of some regular monthly title unless it is something that has taken on an extra ordinary popularity. Doing a deluxe hardcover of something say like The Watchmen makes perfect sense, but doing one on the last six issues of some odd monthly comic seems kind of funky to me.

At least for me, a title that has some trades available is like a gateway to getting into the regular book. If it something that has been printed only in hardcover, I might not end up picking it up, which leads to me not following an on going title.

Personally, the only hard covers I have really thought were cool was those huge Marvel ones with a long run of issues.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Some books I like Hardcovers for (All Star Superman, The Ultimates, JLI), some I like softcover for (Captain America, Detective Comics).

My biggest problem with their HC's at the moment is I picked up Morrison's Batman & Son HC, and god knows how long later is Return Of Ras Al Ghul HC, yet there seems to have been a lot of issues between the two - where the heck will they be reprinted?

[suttercain]

Some books I like Hardcovers for (All Star Superman, The Ultimates, JLI), some I like softcover for (Captain America, Detective Comics).

My biggest problem with their HC's at the moment is I picked up Morrison's Batman & Son HC, and god knows how long later is Return Of Ras Al Ghul HC, yet there seems to have been a lot of issues between the two - where the heck will they be reprinted?

That's what I am talking about. I have no problems with hardcovers, but they should be consistent. If they release the entire serious of All Star Superman in HC that makes sense. What wouldn't make sense is if they release All Star Superman 1-3 in HC and the 4-6 in TPB and then 7 in HC... its lame.

Also, to the guy who asked "couldn't you put anything between those bookends?". Of course, BUT those bookends are based on the Superman/Batman series and it looks cooler to have the Superman/Batman books between them.

http://dccomics.com/dcdirect/?dcd=3961

[Dr. Mid-Nite III]

That's what I am talking about. I have no problems with hardcovers, but they should be consistent. If they release the entire serious of All Star Superman in HC that makes sense. What wouldn't make sense is if they release All Star Superman 1-3 in HC and the 4-6 in TPB and then 7 in HC... its lame.

Also, to the guy who asked "couldn't you put anything between those bookends?". Of course, BUT those bookends are based on the Superman/Batman series and it looks cooler to have the Superman/Batman books between them.

http://dccomics.com/dcdirect/?dcd=3961

Be happy, mate!

http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Batman-Vol-Vengeance-Graphic/dp/1401210430/ref=sr_1_81?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213260542&sr=1-81

Good things come to those who wait :)

[mentok27]

you DC guys should consider your self lucky, I'm an exclusive trader these day's and i read alot of marvel books, they have 6 formats to work with

- Soft Cover, generaly collecting a single story arc.
- Premier Hardcover, the Hardcover version of the Softcover
- Oversized hardcover, collecting 2 or more Softcover/Premier Hardcovers worth of material. Also includes a larger page size.
- Digest, collecting the Marvel Adventures line, Tsunami titles, Gravity.......... and Ant Man?
- Omnibus, Collecting significant runs, both classic and recent.
- Ultimate Collections, a relatively new format. a cross between Softcover and Omnibus.

[Sean Walsh]

with all the problems in the world with war, hunger, the homeless, price on food,gas,oil etc...

this is yours. :rolleyes:

No offense, but I'd rather have this kind of problem versus the "I lost my job/my wife was beaten to death in Iraq/my car caught on fire/my kids were in the car/my house was repossessed by oil barons" ones....

[Jolly Mon]

No offense, but I'd rather have this kind of problem versus the "I lost my job/my wife was beaten to death in Iraq/my car caught on fire/my kids were in the car/my house was repossessed by oil barons" ones....

I stand by my previous position, that no one is disputing that there are bigger problems in the world, but that doesn't invalidate the fact that he had a legitimate gripe. In other words, next time you cuss out someone who cuts you off in traffic, I hope someone is there to tell you "At least your wife wasn't beaten to death".:rolleyes:

[suttercain]

After having just bought and read All-Star Batman and Robin in hardback format... I stand by my original opening thread.

Thank you.

[kalorama]

I hear your cries.

I'm still waiting for DC to start releasing the G.L. Sinestro War arcs in TPB. It's not even that I hate HCs per se, I just recently started collecting Ultimate Spider-Man in the oversized HC editions after years of the TPBs, because when I order them from Amazon, they're discounted enough that the HCs are actually cheaper than the cover price of the corresponding TPBs. What I really can't stand are the so called "Premiere" format HCs, which seem to have become the first collection format of choice for both Marvel and DC, thus further delaying the release of the TPBs and oversized HCs.

[Christopher Cross Is God]

I like hardcovers.....

Same here.

[aut0matic]

i'm actually having the opposite problem... i prefer hardcovers only and i'm having a tough time tracking down a decent-priced green lantern: rebirth in hardcover format because it's out of print, supposedly. paperbacks are everywhere, however :evilangry: