retcon74
04-16-2005, 01:53 PM
At the beginning of 2005, I decided to no longer collect monthly issues. Unfortunately, I'm having a problem determining how Marvel & DC decide which titles are collected as TPBs and which titles are collected as HCs.
With some titles, like Ultimate Spiderman, the pattern is clear;
6 issues of Ultimate Spiderman make-up 1 TPB volume, and 2 TPB volumes make-up one HC volume. It appears that Ultimate FF will also follow this pattern, so...in regards to those two titles, my choice is clear; I'll wait on the HCs as I prefer them over TPBs but only when they cover about a year's worth of issues.
With JSA, all 6 issue arcs are collected as TPBs without any indication that there will be any JSA HCs comprised of 2 TPB volumes. So, I've begun collecting JSA in TPB form.
Now, with Marvel announcing the shipping schedule for comics released in July 2005, I see that both Captain America issues 1-7 and New Avengers issues 1-6 are being collected as HCs as opposed to TPBs.
This leaves me in a bind as to what to do because, as stated above, I prefer HCs but only when they collect 2 story arcs (roughly 12 issues) and TPBs when they collect a single story arc (roughly 6 issues)
So, does anyone have any clue as to how Marvel and/or DC go about determing what gets published in what format?
With some titles, like Ultimate Spiderman, the pattern is clear;
6 issues of Ultimate Spiderman make-up 1 TPB volume, and 2 TPB volumes make-up one HC volume. It appears that Ultimate FF will also follow this pattern, so...in regards to those two titles, my choice is clear; I'll wait on the HCs as I prefer them over TPBs but only when they cover about a year's worth of issues.
With JSA, all 6 issue arcs are collected as TPBs without any indication that there will be any JSA HCs comprised of 2 TPB volumes. So, I've begun collecting JSA in TPB form.
Now, with Marvel announcing the shipping schedule for comics released in July 2005, I see that both Captain America issues 1-7 and New Avengers issues 1-6 are being collected as HCs as opposed to TPBs.
This leaves me in a bind as to what to do because, as stated above, I prefer HCs but only when they collect 2 story arcs (roughly 12 issues) and TPBs when they collect a single story arc (roughly 6 issues)
So, does anyone have any clue as to how Marvel and/or DC go about determing what gets published in what format?