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DC Comic Trade Paperback Blitz

© Robert Smithers

I am extremely busy this month and I hope to do more in-depth articles in the future. For a long time now, I have been telling you that the wave of the future is Trade Paperbacks. It is comparable to the movie industry releasing the DVD and Video four to six months after the movie exits the movie theatres. Now recent comic book issues are put together in a softback book called a "trade paperback" of approximately the same size (maybe a little larger) than the original comic book.

The money making opportunity is that although it costs more for the quality printing, you don't have any labor cost, as the artists and writer have already been paid, and maybe they get a small stipend if the book does well, but not much.

Here's the DC Trade Paperback schedule as of April 1st.

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DC UNVEILS NEW COLLECTED EDITIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

This summer DC Comics releases an array of new collected editions starring the World ' s Greatest Super-Heroes. The titles feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and other super-heroes from every corner of the DCU, and are highlighted by a hardcover collection of the sold-out " Godfall " storyline from ACTION COMICS, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and SUPERMAN as well as the first-ever Archive based on material originally published by Charlton Comics.

The new DCU titles include:

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CATWOMAN: NINE LIVES OF A FELINE FATALE TP

* A 208-page trade paperback collecting stories from BATMAN #1, 197, 210 and 392, DETECTIVE COMICS #203, SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #70-71, CATWOMAN (first series) #54, BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #4 and CATWOMAN SECRET FILES #1

* Written by Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Leo Dorfman, Gardner Fox, Frank Robbins, Doug Moench, Devin Grayson, Ty Templeton and Ed Brubaker; art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz & Charles Paris, Kurt Schaffenberger, Irv Novick & Joe Giella, Tom Mandrake & Jan Duursema, Jim Balent, Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty, Michael Avon Oeming & Mike Manley. Also included is an introduction by Michael Uslan, plus pin-ups by George Pérez, Adam Hughes, Jim Balent & Joe Jusko and others

* Scheduled to arrive in stores in June with a cover price of $14.95 U.S.

CATWOMAN SECRET FILES #1

* Written by Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Leo Dorfman, Gardner Fox, Frank Robbins, Doug Moench, Devin Grayson, Ty Templeton and Ed Brubaker; art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris, Kurt Schaffenberger, Irv Novick and Joe Giella, Tom Mandrake & Jan Duursema, Jim Balent, Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty, Michael Avon Oeming & Mike Manley. Also included is an introduction by Michael Uslan, plus pin-ups by George Pérez, Adam Hughes, Jim Balent & Joe Jusko and others