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DC Comics continues to look at new collected editions for Fall with these titles scheduled to arrive in stores in November.

With collected editions from the DC Universe, Vertigo, WildStorm and more, November's highlights include:

* 52 VOL. 4 TP, the final collection of the groundbreaking weekly series

* JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC, the third volume of Jack Kirby's classic Fourth World titles in their original order of release

* JLA: ULTRAMARINE CORPS TP, collecting JLA CLASSIFIED #1-3 and JLA/WILDCATS, written by Grant Morrison

* SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 TP, collecting the acclaimed series from the 1980s

* WONDER WOMAN: LOVE AND MURDER HC, featuring the entire run of issues written by bestselling author Jodi Picoult

* THE MAD ARCHIVES VOL. 2 HC, collecting issues #7-12 of the original MAD comics

* EX MACHINA VOL. 6: POWER DOWN TP, the next volume of the Eisner Award-winning series by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris

* MIDNIGHTER: KILLING MACHINE TP, the first volume collecting the hard-hitting WildStorm series by Garth Ennis, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story and Glenn Fabry

* ORFINA VOL. 1, a new action/adventure series from CMX presented in a new, larger trim size of
5.5" x 8" designed for mature readers titles

* THE PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL. 1, a new, all-ages comedy/fantasy series from CMX

* VENUS IN LOVE VOL. 1, a new romance/comedy series from CMX

This information is not final and may be subject to change.

DC Universe titles scheduled to arrive in stores in November include:

52 VOL. 4 TP
Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid
Artists: Keith Giffen, Chris Batista, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Darick Robertson, Dan Jurgens, Mike McKone, Justiniano, Joe Bennett, Eddy Barrows, Jamal Igle, Pat Olliffe, Rodney Ramos, Dan Green, Norm Rapmund, Drew Geraci, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Jack Jadson, Belardino Brabo, Andy Lanning and Walden Wong
Collects: Lead stories from 52 WEEK 40-52
$19.99 U.S., 304 pages

THE BATMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 7 HC
Writers: Bill Finger and others
Artists: Bob Kane, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney and Charles Paris
Collects: Stories from DETECTIVE COMICS #136-154
$49.99 U.S., 256 pages

BATMAN: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT HC
Writer: Andy Diggle
Artists: Whilce Portacio & Richard Friend
Collects: BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

BATMAN: DEATH IN THE CITY TP
Writers: Paul Dini, Stuart Moore and Royal McGraw
Artists: Don Kramer, Andy Clarke and Wayne Faucher
Collects: DETECTIVE COMICS #827-834
$14.99 U.S., 192 pages

GREEN ARROW: ROAD TO JERICHO TP
Writer: Judd Winick
Artists: Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens
Collects: GREEN ARROW #66-75
$17.99 U.S., 240 pages

GREEN LANTERN CORPS: DARKER SHADE OF GREEN TP
Writers: Dave Gibbons and Keith Champagne
Artists: Patrick Gleason, Dave Gibbons, Prentiss Rollins and Christian Alamy
Collects: GREEN LANTERN CORPS #7-13
$12.99 U.S., 168 pages

HAWKGIRL: HAWKMAN RETURNS TP
Writer: Walter Simonson
Artists: Walter Simonson, Renato Arlem and Joe Bennett
Collects: HAWKGIRL #57-60 and JSA CLASSIFIED #21-22
$17.99 U.S., 144 pages

JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC
Writer: Jack Kirby
Artists: Jack Kirby & Mike Royer
Collects: THE NEW GODS, MISTER MIRACLE, THE FOREVER PEOPLE and SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN
$49.99 U.S., 396 pages

JLA: ULTRAMARINE CORPS TP
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artists: Ed McGuinness, Val Semeiks, Dexter Vines, Kevin Conrad and Ray Kryssing
Collects: JLA CLASSIFIED #1-3 and JLA/WILDCATS
$14.99 U.S., 144 pages

JONAH HEX: ORIGINS TP
Writers: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Artists: Jordi Bernet, Val Semeiks and Phil Noto
Collects: JONAH HEX #13-18
$12.99 U.S., 144 pages

ROBIN: TEENAGE WASTELAND TP
Writers: Adam Beechen
Artists: Freddie Williams II and Frazer Irving
Collects: ROBIN #154-162
$17.99 U.S., 208 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS VOL. 1 TP
Writers: Gerry Conway, David Kraft, Bob Rozakis and Paul Levitz
Artists: Pablo Marcos, Rich Buckler, Arvell Jones, Dick Ayers, Mike Vosburg, Ric Estrada, Bob Smith, Vince Colletta, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Bob McLeod, Jack Abel, Romeo Tanghal, Joe Orlando, Frank McLaughlin, Ernie Chua and others
Collects: THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS #1-15, DC SPECIAL #27, DC SPECIAL SERIES #6, SUPER-TEAM FAMILYI #13 and 14, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #166-168 and a story from CANCELLED COMICS CAVALCADE #2
$16.99 U.S., 520 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 TP
Writers: John Ostrander, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Luke McDonnell, Keith Giffen, Erik Larsen, Dave Hunt, Karl Kesel, Bob Lewis, Al Gordon and Malcolm Jones III
Collects: SUICIDE SQUAD #1-18, the DOOM PATROL AND SUICIDE SQUAD SPECIAL, and a story from JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #13
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages

SUPERGIRL: IDENTITY TP
Writers: Joe Kelly, Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray and Mark Sable
Artists: Ian Churchill, Amanda Conner, Joe Benitez, Alé Garza, Norm Rapmund and Victor Llamas
Collects: SUPERGIRL #10-19 and a story from the DCU INFINITE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
$19.99 U.S., 256 pages

TEEN TITANS GO!: TITANS TOGETHER TP
Writer: J. Torres
Artists: Todd Nauck, Mike Norton, Lary Stucker and Scott Iwahashi
Collects: TEEN TITANS GO! #26-32
$12.99 U.S. 144 pages

WONDER WOMAN: LOVE AND MURDER HC
Writer: Jodi Picoult
Artists: Drew Johnson, Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson, Paco Diaz and Ray Snyder
Collects: WONDER WOMAN #6-10
$19.99 U.S., 128 pages

MAD titles scheduled to arrive in stores in November include:

THE MAD ARCHIVES VOL. 2 HC
Writer: Harvey Kurtzman
Artists: Will Elder, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman, Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, Basil Wolverton and Bernard Krigstein
Collects: MAD #7-12
$49.99, 224 pages

VERTIGO scheduled to arrive in stores in November include:

AMERICAN VIRGIN VOL. 3: WET TP
Writer: Steven T. Seagle
Artists: Becky Cloonan, Jim Rugg and Christine Norrie
Collects: AMERICAN VIRGIN #10-14
$12.99 U.S., 128 pages

TESTAMENT VOL. 3: BABEL TP
Writer: Douglas Rushkoff
Artists: Liam Sharp, Peter Gross and Gary Erskine
Collects: TESTAMENT #11-16
$12.99 U.S., 160 pages

WildStorm titles scheduled to arrive in stores in November include:

EX MACHINA VOL. 6: POWER DOWN TP
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artists: Tony Harris and Jim Clark
Collects: EX MACHINA #26-29 and EX MACHINA: INSIDE THE MACHINE
$12.99 U.S., 144 pages

MIDNIGHTER: KILLING MACHINE TP
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artists: Chris Sprouse, Karl Story and Glenn Fabry
Collects: MIDNIGHTER #1-6
$14.99 U.S., 144 pages

CMX titles scheduled to arrive in stores in November include:

APOTHECARIUS ARGENTUM VOL. 3
Writer/Artist: Tomomi Yamashita
$9.99 U.S., 200 pages

KEY TO THE KINGDOM VOL. 2
Writer/Artist: Kyoko Shitou
$9.99 U.S., 176 pages

KING OF CARDS VOL. 2
Writer/Artist: Makoto Tateno
$9.99 U.S., 208 pages

MUSASHI #9 VOL. 13
Writer/Artist: Miyuki Takahashi
$9.99 U.S., 208 pages

ORFINA VOL. 1
Writer/Artist: Kitsune Tennouji
$12.99 U.S., 162 pages

THE PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL. 1
Writer/Artist: Nari Kusakawa
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

SEIMADEN VOL. 10
Writer/Artist: You Higuri
$9.99 U.S., 180 pages

TENJHO TENGE VOL. 16
Writer/Artist: Oh! great
$9.99 U.S., 184 pages

VENUS IN LOVE VOL. 1
Writer/Artist: Yuki Nakaji
$9.99 U.S., 224 pages



Press Release

DC Comics concludes its look at new collected editions with these titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December.

With collected editions from the DC Universe, Vertigo, WildStorm and more, December's highlights include:

* THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD VOL. 1: LORDS OF LUCK HC, featuring the first six issues of the hit series by Mark Waid, George Pérez and Bob Wiacek

* DCU: WORLD WAR III TP, collecting all four sold out WORLD WAR III Specials plus 52 WEEK 50

* THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP, collecting the first six issues of the 1984 series by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen and Steve Lightle

* TALES OF THE BATMAN: TIM SALE HC, featuring rarely seen stories illustrated by Sale and written by Alan Grant, James Robinson and Darwyn Cooke

* WONDER WOMAN: AMAZONS ATTACK, collecting the hit miniseries by Will Pfeifer and Pete Woods

* WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY VOL. 1, the first collection of the acclaimed WildStorm series by Gail Simone and Neil Googe

This information is not final and may be subject to change.

DC Universe titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

THE ALL NEW ATOM: FUTURE/PAST TP
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Mike Norton, Eddy Barrows, Andy Owens and Trevor Scott
Collects: THE ALL NEW ATOM #7-11
$14.99 U.S., 128 pages

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: SAGA OF THE SUPER SONS TP
Writer: Bob Haney
Artists: Dick Dillin, Tex Blaisdell, Vince Colletta, Henry Scarpelli, Murphy Anderson and John Calnan
Collects: Stories from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS # 215, 216, 221, 222, 224, 228, 231, 233 and 238
$19.99 U.S., 192 pages

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD VOL. 1: LORDS OF LUCK HC
Writer: Mark Waid
Artists: George Pérez & Bob Wiacek
Collects: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

DCU: WORLD WAR III TP
Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Keith Champagne and John Ostrander
Artists: Justiniano, Jack Jadson, Tom Derenick, Pat Olliffe, Andy Smith, Walden Wong, Norm Rapmund, Rodney Ramos, Drew Geraci and Ray Snyder
Collects: 52 WEEK 50, WORLD WAR III PART ONE: A CALL TO ARMS, WORLD WAR III PART TWO: THE VALIANT, WORLD WAR III PART THREE: HELL IS FOR HEROES and WORLD WAR III PART FOUR: UNITED WE STAND
$17.99 U.S., 128 pages

THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE: FULL THROTTLE TP
Writers: Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo, Marc Guggenheim and Jon Boothby
Artists: Andy Kuhn, Ron Adrian, Art Thibert, Paco Diaz, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Tony Daniel, Rob Lea, Alex Lei and Lorenzo Ruggiero
Collects: THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #7-14 and a story from the DC INFINITE HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1.
$12.99 U.S., 208 pages

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP
Writers: Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen
Artists: Keith Giffen, Steve Lightle, Joe Orlando and Larry Mahlstedt
Collects: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1-6
$17.99 U.S., 160 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: JONAH HEX VOL. 2
Writers: Michael Fleischer, John Albano and David Michelinie
Artists: George Moliterni, Bill Draut, Luis Dominguez, Ernie Chua, José Luis García-López, Oscar Novelle, Tony DeZuñiga, Romeo Tanghal, Vicente Alcazar, Danny Bulanadi, Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano and Val Mayerik
Collects: JONAH HEX #1-22 and stories from WEIRD WESTERN TALES #34-38
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2
Writers: Mike Friedrich, Bob Haney, Neal Adams, Steve Skeates, Marv Wolfman and Robert Kanigher
Artists: Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, Sal Amendola, Dick Dillin, Jim Aparo, Wallace Wood and Joe Giella
Collects: TEEN TITANS #19-36, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #83 and 94 and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #205
$16.99 U.S., 520 pages

THE SPECTRE: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED TP
Writer: David Lapham
Artists: Eric Battle, Tom Mandrake and Prentiss Rollins
Collects: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #4-8
$14.99 U.S., 128 pages

THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 23 HC
Writer/Artist: Will Eisner
Collects: SPIRIT stories from July 1, 1951, through December 30, 1951
$49.99 U.S., 204 pages

SUPERMAN: CAMELOT FALLS VOL. 2 HC
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artists: Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino
Collects: SUPERMAN #662-664 and 667-668
$19.99 U.S., 128 pages

SUPERMAN: KRYPTONITE HC
Writer: Darwyn Cooke
Artist: Tim Sale
Collects: SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

TALES OF THE BATMAN: TIM SALE HC
Writers: Alan Grant, James Robinson and Darwyn Cooke
Artists: Tim Sale and Jimmy Palmiotti
Collects: BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #32-34, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #7-9 and stories from SOLO #1, SHOWCASE '94 #3-4 and BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE VOL. 2
$ 29.99 U.S., 240 pages

TALES OF THE MULTIVERSE: BATMAN - VAMPIRE TP
Writer: Doug Moench
Artists: Kelley Jones & John Beatty
Collects: BATMAN & DRACULA: RED RAIN, BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST and BATMAN: BLOODSTORM
$19.99 U.S., 296 pages

WONDER WOMAN: AMAZONS ATTACK TP
Writer: Will Pfeifer
Artist: Pete Woods
Collects: AMAZONS ATTACK #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

VERTIGO titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

HELLBLAZER: BLOODLINES TP
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artists: Will Simpson, Steve Dillon, Mike Hoffman, Mike Barreiro, Kim DeMulder and Stan Woch
Collects: HELLBLAZER #47-50, #52-55 and #59-61
$19.99 U.S., 296 pages

LOVELESS VOL. 3: BLACKWATER FALLS TP
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artists: Danijel Zezelj and Werther Dell'Edera
Collects: LOVELESS #13-20
$14.99 U.S., 192 pages

WILDSTORM titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

DANGER GIRL: BODY SHOTS TP
Writer: Andy Hartnell
Artists: Nick Bradshaw & Jim Charalampidis
Collects: DANGER GIRL: BODY SHOTS #1-4
$12.99 U.S., 96 pages

WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY VOL. 1 TP
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Neil Googe
Collects: WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #1-6
$19.99 U.S., 160 pages

CMX titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

EMMA VOL. 6
Writer/Artist: Kaoru Mori
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

EMPTY EMPIRE, THE VOL. 6
Writer/Artist: Naoe Kita
$9.99 U.S., 200 pages

FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL. 11
Writer/Artist: Yasuko Aoike
$9.99 U.S., 208 pages

GO GO HEAVEN!! VOL. 4
Writer/Artist: Keiko Yamada
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

MOON CHILD VOL. 9
Writer/Artist: Reiko Shimizu
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

PIECES OF A SPIRAL VOL. 10
Writer/Artist: Kaimu Tahibana
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

TOWER OF THE FUTURE VOL. 9
Writer/Artist: Saki Hiwatari
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

THE YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL. 10
Writer/Artist: Yuri Narushima
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

Updated:

DC Comics announces several changes for the fall 2007 lineup of SHOWCASE PRESENTS titles, including rush solicitations on three new titles, new instore and Final Order Cutoff dates change for two titles, and order cancellations for four titles.

DC Comics rush solicits the following titles:

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS VOL. 1 TP (JUL078179)

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 1 TP (JUL078177)

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERGIRL VOL. 1 TP (JUL078178)

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS VOL. 1 TP (JUL0780179) collects stories from SUPERMAN #76 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #71-111, written by Edmond Hamilton, Alvin Schwartz, Bill Finger, Jerry Coleman and others with art by Curt Swan, Dick Sprang, John Fischetti, Stan Kay, Charles Paris, Ray Burnley, Sheldon Moldoff and others.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS VOL. 1 is a 552 page black and white trade paperback with a cover price of $16.99 U.S., and is scheduled to arrive in stores on October 17. The Final Order Cutoff date for this title is September 13.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 1 TP (JUL0780177) collects stories from G.I. COMBAT #68 and OUR ARMY AT WAR #81-117, written by Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney with art by Joe Kubert, Jerry Grandenetti, Irv Novick, Russ Heath, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 1 is a 544-page black and white trade paperback with a cover price of $16.99 U.S., and is scheduled to arrive in stores on November 14. The Final Order Cutoff date for this title is October 11.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL VOL. 1 TP (JUL0780178) collects stories from ACTION COMICS #252-281, SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #40, 44, 46, 51 AND 52, ADVENTURE COMICS #278, SUPERBOY #80, SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 314, and SUPERMAN #123, 139, 140 and 144, written by Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel, Robert Bernstein and others with art by Al Plastino, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Dick Sprang, Kurt Schaffenberger, Wayne Boring and others.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL VOL. 1 is a 528-page black and white trade paperback with a cover price of $16.99 U.S., and is scheduled to arrive in stores on November 28. The Final Order Cutoff date for this title is October 25.

In addition, the SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2 TP which will appear in the September Previews now has a new instore date of October 31. This title may be ordered under its current item code of SEP070225 and has a new Final Order Cutoff date of October 11.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2 is an 512-page black and white trade paperback with a cover price of $16.99. This title collects TEEN TITANS #19-36, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #83 and 94 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #205, written by Bob Haney, Mike Friedrich, Neal Adams, Robert Kanigher, Steve Skeates and Marv Wolfman with art by Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, Sal Amendola, Dick Dillin, Jim Aparo, Wallace Wood and Joe Giella.

Please also note that SHOWCASE PRESENTS: METAL MEN VOL. 1 TP (JUL070211) has a revised instore date of September 26, with a new Final Order Cutoff date of August 30.

Also, current orders for the following SHOWCASE PRESENTS titles are cancelled. These titles will be resolicited at a later date:

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: CAPTAIN CARROT VOL. 1 (JUN070217)

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE GREAT DISASTER FEATURING THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS AND HERCULES VOL. 1 (JUL070210).

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 (AUG070283)

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER VILLAINS VOL. 1 TP (AUG070284)

• SHOWCASE PRESENTS: JONAH HEX VOL. 2 (SEP070223)

Look for retro-solicitations of SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: THE BATMAN TEAM-UPS VOL. 2 TP and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL. 3 TP, both scheduled to arrive in stores in December, in the October Previews.

DC COMICS ANNOUNCES NEW TITLE FOR TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PRESENTS: THE ANTI-MONITOR #1

TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PRESENTS: THE ANTI-MONITOR #1 (AUG070223) will arrive in store with the title TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PRESENTS: SUPERMAN PRIME #1. This issue now will run 48 pages and feature a cover price of $3.99 U.S.

Retailers may adjust orders on this title through the Final Order Cutoff date of October 4.

Source (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=127206)

Alright!!! Supergirl, World's Finest, and Sgt. Rock ;D ;D ;D

Huge news for Super-Fans!!

But bad news for us Zoo Crew fans.... I was looking forward to the Capt. Carrot Showcase. :-(

Hmm... but Supergirl already has two hardcover Archives.  Will Showcase Presents simply reprint the early Action Comics stories in black-and-white?  That might hurt continued Supergirl Archives sales and hopes for a third volume, or has DC given up on further Supergirl Archives and simply gone with the Showcase Presents format? 

Or will this begin with her later solo career?  Certainly the first Supergirl series could easily be compiled in its entirety within a single Showcase Presents, but remember there was a GOOD reason why this mishandled run died after only ten wretched issues!   ;)

It includes Supergirl's Silver Age stories right from the beginning, in 1959.

Maybe they are going for a less expensive format than the archive editions? They started reprinting the '70s JSA series in stardard softcover tpb style a couple of years ago and will be reprinting the LOSH Baxter series in the same format in the near future.

Even the colorized phonebook sized collections like the Doomsdays Omnibus and OWAW aren't priced that much more than the Showcase editions. Maybe it's a case of them testing the waters for a new format?

Consensus is all the omens are bad for the Archives, sad to say.  They may well be winding down, or done already.

World's Finest is one book I definitely prefer in color; my three Archive editions are one of the absolute highlights of my collection.  On the other hand, Showcase is probably the only way I'd get the Supergirl material...not much love for Jim Mooney.

The best news, IMHO, is Sgt Rock.  That's one of the very few war titles I've ever been interested in, but lot of folks were betting DC wouldn't put him in a Showcase so long as his Archives sold so well.  Hmmm...on the other hand, maybe this isn't good news, but another clue the Archives are really dead after all.

Looking forward to the contents list on Brave and Bold 2.  When they hit the Aparo era, I am so in!

That's a shame. I would have collected every single volume of the Man of Tomorrow archives.