DC Comics announces Summer 2010 Collected Editions

DC Comics announced their official list of trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels for May, June, July, and August 2010 this week, as reported by our friends at ComicList.

We've already talked over a bunch of these solicitations on the Collected Editions blog, so I won't look at them all in detail, but here's some highlights with my comments in bold.

OUTSIDERS: THE HUNT TP
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artists: Fernando Pasarin and Jay Leisten
Collects: OUTSIDERS #23-27
$12.99 US, 144 pg

Not sure the issues listed above can be believed, since the previous trade, Outsiders: The Deep, ended with issue #20. Collecting to issue #27 would take this trade into the new Dan DiDio/Superman title territory; my guess is that it's five issues starting with #21, which includes the Blackest Night crossover.

SUPERGIRL: FRIENDS AND FUGITIVES
Writers: Greg Rucka and Sterling Gates
Artists: Jamal Igle, Julian Lopez, Fernando Dagnino and others
Collects: SUPERGIRL #43, 45-47, ACTION COMICS #881-882 and SUPERMAN SECRET FILES 2009 #1

Takes place before and after the Superman: Codename: Patriot crossover, which is mildly confusing; then collects the "Hunt for Reactron" storyline. We still don't know how the closing "New Krypton" issues of Action Comics and Superman will be collected; maybe in Nightwing and Flamebird and Mon-El volumes two respectively.

TITANS: FRACTURED TP
Writers: Various
Artists: Various
Collects: TITANS #14 and 16-22
$17.99 US, 192 pg

Brings Titans right up to the new team and to events in Justice League. Skips issue #15, a Blackest Night tie-in that I hope we'll see elsewhere.

WONDER WOMAN: WARKILLER TP
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Aaron Lopresti and Bernard Chang
Collects: WONDER WOMAN #34-39
$14.99 US, 144 pg

Apparently the verdict in the great Wonder Woman hardcover/paperback experiment was paperback. Gail Simone's run now goes to trade-only.

BATWOMAN: ELEGY DELUXE EDITION HC
Writer: Greg Rucka
Artist: J.H. Williams III
Collects: DETECTIVE COMICS #854-860

I thought we already knew that the Batwoman stories in Detective would be collected in the oversized deluxe format that I love, but a commentor pointed it out to me recently, so I mention again.

DOOM PATROL: WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE TP
Writer: Keith Giffen
Artists: Matthew Clark and Justiniano
Collects: DOOM PATROL #1-6
$14.99 US, 144 pg

Includes the Doom Patrol/Blackest Night crossover

GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK 3: ON THE FREAK BEAT HC
Writers: Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker
Artists: Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano and others
Collects: GOTHAM CENTRAL #23-31
$29.99 US, 224 pg

I love that they're collecting Gotham Central in order, instead of splitting the collections between Rucka and Brubaker volumes. This brings together stories elsewhere found in volumes three and four of the Gotham Central paperbacks. The next volume will mostly adhere to the fifth Gotham Central paperback, but here's hoping for some extras.

GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY: BIG GAME TP
Writer: Andrew Kreisberg
Artist: Mike Norton
Collects: GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #21-26
$19.99 US, 192 pg

Not quite up to the Blackest Night crossover yet. Should be next trade.

ICON: MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION TP
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
Artists: Mark D. Bright, Mike Gustovich and others
Collects: ICON #13, 17, 19-22, 24-26 and 30
$19.99 US, 256 pg

At least some of the jumping around in this trade is to avoid the Worlds Collide crossover with the Superman titles, which I think DC should go ahead and collect for its historical value.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE HC
Writer: James Robinson
Artist: Mauro Cascioli
Collects: JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #1-7
$24.99 US, 232 pg

Does not, disappointingly, collect the Faces of Evil: Prometheus lead-in. To the back issue bins!

SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY BOOK 1 HC
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artists: J.H. Williams III, Cameron Stewart, Frazer Irving, Simone Bianchi, Ryan Sook and Mick Gray
Collects: SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY #0, SEVEN SOLDIERS: GUARDIAN #1-4, SEVEN SOLDIERS: ZATANNA #1-3, SEVEN SOLDIERS: SHINING KNIGHT #1-4 and SEVEN SOLDIERS: KLARION #1-3
$39.99 US, 400 pg

Collects exactly the first two Seven Soldiers paperback volumes

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 TP
Writer: John Ostrander
Artists: Luke McDonnell and others
Collects: SUICIDE SQUAD #1-19, DOOM PATROL/SUICIDE SQUAD SPECIAL #1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #13
$17.99 US, 552 pg

They said we'd never see it, but here it is! What may end up being my very first Showcase Presents purchase. Makes one wish it was in color, though ...

WORLD'S FINEST TP
Writers: Sterling Gates, Geoff Johns and Gerry Conway
Artists: Julian Lopez, Fernando Dagnino, Jamal Igle, Phil Noto, Jesus Merino, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and others
Collects: WORLD'S FINEST #1-4, DC COMICS PRESENTS #31 and ACTION COMICS #865
$14.99 US, 144 pg

In keeping with the Super- and Bat-family themes of the Sterling Gates miniseries, this also collects DC Comics Presents #31, a Superman/Robin team-up, and Action Comics #865, Geoff Johns' recent revamp of the Toyman who appears here.

BLACKEST NIGHT HC
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert and others
Collects: BLACKEST NIGHT #0-8
$29.99 US, 304 pg

BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN HC
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Doug Mahnke, Ed Benes and others
Collects: GREEN LANTERN #43-51
$24.99 US, 256 pg

BLACKEST NIGHT: GREEN LANTERN CORPS HC
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artists: Patrick Gleason, Rebecca Buchman and others
Collects: GREEN LANTERN CORPS #39-46
$24.99 US, 224 pg

BLACKEST NIGHT: BLACK LANTERN CORPS VOL. 1 HC
Writers: James Robinson, Peter J. Tomasi and J.T. Krull
Artists: Eddy Barrow, Ardian Syaf, Ed Benes and others
Collects: BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN #1-3, BLACKEST NIGHT: SUPERMAN #1-3 and BLACKEST NIGHT: TITANS #1-3
$24.99 US, 240 pg

BLACKEST NIGHT: BLACK LANTERN CORPS VOL. 2 HC
Writers: Geoff Johns, James Robinson and Greg Rucka
Artists: Scott Kolins, Nicola Scott, Eddy Barrows and others
Collects: BLACKEST NIGHT: JSA #1-3, BLACKEST NIGHT: THE FLASH #1-3 and BLACKEST NIGHT: WONDER WOMAN #1-3
$24.99 US, 240 pg

BLACKEST NIGHT: RISE OF THE BLACK LANTERNS HC
Writers: Geoff Johns, James Robinson, Peter J. Tomasi, Eric Wallace, James Robinson, Gail Simone, John Ostrander, Dan DiDio and Fabian Nicieza
Artists: Ryan Sook, Julian Lopez, Ardian Syaf, Don Kramer, Denys Cowan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Fernando Dagnino, Renato Arlem, J. Calafiore and others
Collects: THE ATOM & HAWKMAN #46, CATWOMAN #83, THE PHANTOM STRANGER #43, STARMAN #81, THE POWER OF SHAZAM #48, THE QUESTION #37, WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71 and SUICIDE SQUAD #67
$24.99 US, 208 pg

BLACKEST NIGHT: TALES OF THE CORPS HC
Writers: Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi and Sterling Gates
Artists: Jerry Ordway, Chris Samnee, Rags Moraels, Mike Mayhew, Ivan Reis, Dave Gibbons, Rodney Ramos, Eddy Barrows, Gene Ha, Tom Mandrake, Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Joe Prado and Rafael Albuquerque
Collects: BLACKEST NIGHT: TALES OF THE CORPS #1-3, GREEN LANTERN #18-21 and 43, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS SECRET FILES 2007 and BLACKEST NIGHT #0
$24.99 US, 176 pg

I ventured to hope that Green Lantern #18-21 was the missing "Alpha Lanterns" story, but that's Green Lantern Corps that's uncollected, not the main series. Hopefully the overlap between this trade and Tales of the Sinestro Corps collection is minimal

I, for one, am feeling very impatient for this summer when the Blackest Night trades hit. What are you most excited for?