DC April 07 Solicitations *Update* HUGE NEWS!!!

[Great Rao]

If they're reissuing Flesiher's Bats-pedia, ya know what's NEXT!

And I think we can thank all the hard-working editors at Supermanica for that.

[Aldous]

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE FLASH VOL. 1 TP
Written by Robert Kanigher, John Broome and Gardner Fox
Art by Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella and various
Cover by Infantino & Giella
Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume! The Fastest Man Alive stars in these fantastic tales from late 1950s and into the 1960s! This collection features The Flash in battle against the Mirror Master, the Trickster, Captain Cold and many other villains!
Advance-solicited; on sale May 16 • 512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

   Is this for real?!!

Does it start with "Showcase" No. 4?

Sold.

P.S. Do you have a scan of the cover you can show here?

P.P.S. What does "Advanced-solicited" mean?

[Super Monkey]

P.S. Do you have a scan of the cover you can show here?

P.P.S. What does "Advanced-solicited" mean?

The cover has not been released yet.

Advanced-solicited, means that you can pre-order it in April but it will not be release until May 16. This effects stores more than us.

[nightwing]

It's an over-used expression, but I can honestly say my jaw dropped when I saw the solicitation for the Batman Encyclopedia.  WOW! 

Of course that means Superman's next.  It'll be interesting to see if they stick with the original plan and call it "The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Volume 2: Superman," or if they use the name it actually appeared under back in '78, "The Great Superman Book," a change obviously made to capitalize on the release of the first Donner film.

Either way, how wonderful to see this stuff available again.  At least it's wonderful for me, since I've had both books for years.  If I'd recently broken down and paid a couple hundred bucks for an original, I might not feel so good about this. 

 

[Klar Ken T5477]

Too bad it wont be updated with all the fine work done at Super-Manica.  But one wonders about the copyright legalities with the original back in print and then also having it available for 'free' on the net.

And I had just scored a copy on e-Bay too. 

[TELLE]

...jumping in from the discussion over at the Supermanica forum...

https://www.supermanthroughtheages.com/smf/index.php?topic=3275.0

It's a great opportunity for them to update these books, perhaps with second volumes.  The resources and manpower are there.  Maybe DC will be smart and buy the wiki from Rao, thus getting into the opensource game.

[Spaceman Spiff]

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE FLASH VOL. 1 TP
Written by Robert Kanigher, John Broome and Gardner Fox
Art by Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella and various
Cover by Infantino & Giella
Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume! The Fastest Man Alive stars in these fantastic tales from late 1950s and into the 1960s! This collection features The Flash in battle against the Mirror Master, the Trickster, Captain Cold and many other villains!
Advance-solicited; on sale May 16 • 512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

   Is this for real?!!

Does it start with "Showcase" No. 4?

I assume it will start with Showcase #4, since the Green Lantern volume started with his Showcase appearances. I've been hoping for this one for some time. Along with the recently announced Hawkman volume. Now I'm still hoping for Atom and Adam Strange volumes.