Death of Superman question

[Cowtools]

A secondhand shop nearby has a complete omnibus collection of the Death Of-World Without-Reign Of-Return Of series for $60.
Is it worth getting? I know that's pretty decent value, but are the comics themselves worth reading?
Thanks!

[davidgrantlloyd]

(sigh) It depends on your point of view really. Personally, I wouldn't bother. The whole Death-Return saga didn't appeal to me. But there are plenty who love it, so to each their own. I suppose when it first came out it was pretty massive so the first prints might be worth picking up for a bargain ... otherwise, I'm not so sure ... I don't think the tale itself has aged very well.

[T Hedge Coke]

I'd say it's worth it. Death wasn't so hot, but it's cool enough to lead into Funeral, Reign, and Return which did build nicely to bigger and better.

[zryson]

I would recommend it. I thought the storyline (s) were interesting on a number of different levels.

[stk]

I'd say no for a couple reasons. Firstly, the plot of the 'Death' portion of the story is wafer-thin. And secondly, from what I remember, the "omnibus" is missing portions of the story from the middle, anyway.

And if you need a third reason, it was printed on horrible paper. You're almost better off going for the original single issues. Believe it or not, most of those back issues go for about $1 and they are plenty easy to find, so it's probably cheaper to do it that way anyhow. And you won't have little pieces of the story edited out of it.

[marshal99]

The "death" portion is just one big continuing slugfest from the JLA getting thrashed to superman fighting solo. Personally , it's the aftermath that was interesting.
The funeral for a friend part after death was more down to earth as it examines the impact of superman's death on all his friends and family , just good storytelling , it is the emotional meat of the saga.
Return of superman was good since it introduced the 4 characters that impacted superman titles for years after the event and of course , the destruction of coast city which pretty much spawned emerald twilght and the birth of parallax hal.

[dancj]

It's worth reading for The Return of Superman which is fantastic.

That said, $60 sounds a little steep for a second hand book.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

I'll add to the usual chorus of: 'Death' is pretty dumb, but 'Reign' & Funeral For A Friend' were pretty good.

Sure; go for it.

[bkong0]

Gonna have to go against the grain here and say Death was at least entertaining, Return was far worse. I wouldn't bother with an omnibus at any rate, it wasn't a good enough storyline overall to warrant it.

[Mat001]

I enjoyed all three parts of the story, but I think you should just get the individual trades for each one. The omnibus removes portions of the story and that's not good. The "World Without A Superman" trade actually adds in a couple of stories.

[STC]

I read somewhere that DC was releasing a true Omnibus for the Death, Funeral, and Return story line in early 2013. It'll be $100 or so for 1000 pages and much better then the hacked up Omnibus that was released a few yrs ago.

[makjak]

Death of Superman Then Funeral then Reign of Supermenand it is a 1992 comic book storyline that occurred in DC Comics.

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[C-Dot]

I read somewhere that DC was releasing a true Omnibus for the Death, Funeral, and Return story line in early 2013. It'll be $100 or so for 1000 pages and much better then the hacked up Omnibus that was released a few yrs ago.

i hope it includes the Supergirl & Team Luthor #1 story in there. Even the trade I have of "A World Without Superman" is missing that story and it was a part of it.

[dupersuper]

The story is (more Funeral/Reign/Return than the actual death), but I have no idea if that particular collection is.

[sandmountainslim]

At the time of release it was great and I waiting from wednesday to wednesday to find out what was next and the Reign of The Superman was thrilling after being without Supes for so long.
Nowadays when u go back and read it again the Death storyline was pretty lame and the Funeral was drawn out but Reign is STILL top notch storytelling......even with the Super Mullet.