DC
Comics releases Dark Knight: Master Race
and Superman: American Alien to
bring focus on these characters before the upcoming Batman V Superman film in March. Both series are best read in trade
form rather than individual issues.
Dark Knight: Master Race comes in two forms. The first form comes with a size discrepancy between the main comic and the mini comic retailing at $48 USD for the entire series. The other is an oversized collector’s edition retailing at $13 USD each totaling $104 USD. The best form is the trade which would probably retail for $30 which is less than both the individual and collector editions.
Superman: American Alien retails for $4 USD totaling $28 for the entire series while the trade will retail between $25 and $30. DC Comics needs to bring value to the monthly series for both readers and collectors rather than bombarding comic stores with unsold issues and devaluing comics.
Dark Knight: Master Race comes in two forms. The first form comes with a size discrepancy between the main comic and the mini comic retailing at $48 USD for the entire series. The other is an oversized collector’s edition retailing at $13 USD each totaling $104 USD. The best form is the trade which would probably retail for $30 which is less than both the individual and collector editions.
Superman: American Alien retails for $4 USD totaling $28 for the entire series while the trade will retail between $25 and $30. DC Comics needs to bring value to the monthly series for both readers and collectors rather than bombarding comic stores with unsold issues and devaluing comics.
The
rest of the DC titles either finish for their current story arcs or begin new
ones before leading to their 50th issues. One of the favorite parts of
collecting comic books is when they are hitting their milestones. However
currently there is nothing inspiring of DC releases as they face illegal
downloaders, competition from video games and their competitors. It would be
nice if the monthly books were limited editions and the rest were available for
downloads. This will go a long way to restoring and building a healthy comic
industry.
