For me this is the best Black Adam story ever. His plot in this book was incredible and added so many more layers onto the character. I really hope ISIS and Amon return to comics, they are sorely missed in Black Adam’s world.

The book is certainly awesome, but unless I can find a copy with at least a 65% off discount I'll happily stick to my two TPB's. Sooner or later they'll think about charging over $175 for these hardcovers and my desire to get any will be completely minimal. Or none at all.

I was waiting for this. On one hand I don’t want to support an omnibus priced at $175 because I don’t want it to become common place. It almost needs to fail. On the other hand I still want it and I never pay full price.

The original 4 volume tpb’s have literally the best extra content in any collected edition ever yet DC did not include them in either the later 2 volume tpb set or these omnibuses. It’s criminal.

I wonder if we will ever get a booster gold new 52 omnibus.

IMO a $175 book should not have a black board… Just a personal pet peeve, but for me to pay $175 (or anything over 100 for that matter) it better be one of the best made books of all time… probably going to be a pass from me based on price alone, and the black board that I despise…

Much as I love this story, I'm quite content with the 2 complete collections I have of this. $175 for this is a bit steep though I might have jumped on it on a discount if they did include some expanded material.

Looking forward to rereading this. I read along while it came out and did a series on my blog where I'd review each issue each week -- but limited to 52 words. Really fond memories of my time in the comics blogosphere of the early aughts, and 52 was a highlight!

They should have put art on the board.

I was considering this one but with the 175 price tag, the lacking extras, even the lack of under the jacket cover art, I think I’ll just hunt for the tpbs.

Cool overview, 175 is too much though for me. I'll hope to find a copy in the future at a more reasonable price somewhere.

I love this story. It might be my favorite DC event. Problem is the omnibus is so big I don’t know if I want it because of how it will hold up and how big omnibuses like that hold up.

I can understand leaving out the origin pages, but not including WW3 is inexcusable. Especially at that increased price point. I’ll stick to my original single issues.

I’ll wait to pick it up for $50

This first printing had more printings than one, for example I have 2nd printing and don't have any problems with it.

Totally agree about this being the best Black Adam story, at least of the ones I read. Really enjoyed Isis being used as I was first introduced to her in the 70's Saturday morning show along with Shazam. That story alone makes this worth picking up!

The first omnibus I ever read, it made me care for Booster gold so much. Also wish it included world war 3.

I wish DC will do a Seven Soldiers Omnibus Reprint. Missed out the first time. I have the first two standard HCs.

Thanks for the color comparison. Their Robin TPB Lazarus Tournament had miscoloration in the first part of the book, particularly Robin's cape and Batman's belt both of which were PINK!

Thanks for the overview Omar! The colours in the original printing definitely look nicer watching your video but as long as this big book has a better build that’s probably an ok trade-off. A hefty price tag might prompt me to pass this time round.

I'm going to try and get it. I really hate that price. Hopefully someone has for under $100. I love this series so much. It's one of the best I've ever read. For that upped price they should've added more material like what you suggested. Also put some glossy artwork on the boards underneath the dust jacket. It's really weird. DC has been really reserved about announcing Omni's for next year. Maybe they're waiting to see how this one sells to determine if $175 is the price point they want on 1200 plus page Omni's. I know they jacked up the price to $150 to a lot of Omni's that would've normally been $125. Just League New Vol 2 and Flash By Mark Waid Vol 1 come to mind. Keep enjoying it while you can everybody. Take care and peace.

Always wanted a reprint of it, but 175$? Seems incredibly overpriced.

I got these single issues good enough one day I’ll read whole thing like I did for countdown

Fun story:this ended up being mu least expensive omni ever,at 10€😛guy sold it to me when this reprint was announced for 80€ arrived with the block of pages completely detached(as per usual with this),seller offered a full refund and let me keep the book,got it to a professional and he fixed it just fine for 10€!)) Lucky as i was not going to pay 175$ cover (even w online discounts)

Damn. A lot of spectacular artwork in this one.

i love this story,have the 4 trades and with the INSANE price of this book , $227 canadian, they can keep it.

No art on the board for $175? No improved extras that people have complained about for like ten years? Sheesh. DC Collected Editions just don’t care

The art is fantastic

175 is insane

Probably my favorite DC story outside Bat etc. So many brilliant characters, many good ideas, this looks expensive for sure. I do have the paperbacks. If I sell them perhaps this would be a good idea to get it. However, too much money

The world needs a booster gold omni…

Gonna get it for sure but holy bruh the price is too much!

I've got 52 in the pair of OHCs from Eaglemoss that were subscriber exclusives, £1 extra per regular book with an OHC sent out every 20 books so a grand total of £40 on the pair. They do include the Secret Origin/History of the DCU pages, no WWIII or notable other extras. While I'm not happy about Eaglemoss going under, DC and Batman sets of books left uncompleted and Arkham Unhinged in particular with only the first half collected, money probably lost on the next few months worth of releases that were prepaid before the "production delays" put the books on hiatus most of this year, we did get some cool stuff. There have been various titles that have been OOP in the DC editions for some time and some unique formats like the 52 OHCs or the Gotham Central slipcase set.

Too rich for my blood. But i'd love to get my hands on it if I can find it at a reasonable price.

I love this series, but $175 is just too much, even when discounted

Do you guys mind paying 175 dollars for a omnibus? Personally its out my budget full stop and really don't want to spend that even with discounts.

I would love if they tried something again like this - a longform anthology with a variety of characters in a universe instead of a bunch of siloed books with "events" every few months. This is my favorite DC event ever, and was my favorite weekly reading experience. Krakoa has sort of replicated some of that feel but not entirely.

hal jordan did become the specter because in wrath of first lantern he pulled different version/life stages and one of them was specter

I only liked the Booster Gold stories in there. I was happy to have sold this book off last year; freed up space and made my money back.

I once got this book on ebay for like 50$ but it ended up breaking on me lol. Hope the binding holds up this one.

You notice that the pages on the first printing tend to bend forward/are coming loose from the upper part of the spine. Most omni's have that due to the weight of the pages, not just bad binding. You don't have that much with thinner hardcover books. I counter that by using stacks of comicbook backboards under the pages. 4 or 5 backboards stacked and cut to match the width of the omni..

Going to wait on this unless IST has a crazy discount on release. Decided to wait on the 1,000,000 omni and got it for 39.99, so hopefully it is part of a sale down the line.

Has countdown been collected in HC?

The expected price of this book is unreasonable.

I’m a little confused with the weeks. I have the 2022 edition of Rise and Fall of a Empire, some of the stories and weeks/days are jumbled up. For example, the first Black Adam story in the TPB is week 1 day 1 whereas the story in the omnibus doesn’t take place in week 1 day 1.

Excelente review y comparación Omar, siempre haces un buen trabajo. Por parte de DC siento decepción total que un tomo que lleva años descatalogado, mucha gente lo esperaba y pedia. Y lo único que han hecho es hacer un reprint literal, no se han molestado en añadir números relevantes como el WW3 que sugerias en tus guias o dotado de un cover con arte correspondiente a los tomos modernos. Es como si hicieran caso omiso del cliente como ya pasó con los omnis de knightfall. Eso sí, aumentar un 25% el preció eso si no se les olvida. Gracias por mostrarnos tu opinion y comparativas otra vez Omar Salud y saludos hermano.

HeIIz yeah, frickin' goddamn amazing comparison...🤘🏼💯✔️

Can’t tell whether you think the color difference matters, because you said it’s “not that big of a deal” but also that “it’s a big difference” multiple times, as well as showing like a dozen comparisons and using a tone of voice that clearly says “this matters to me a LOT”.

Hopefully they do a one year later omnibus

Glad they made the book but hope it fails. $175 is really steep, at least for me personally.

175$ dollar book and they used that cheap black cardboard cover which literally stains your fingertips black. Oh boy...

Hope someone will answer this. Do I read Flashpoint first then Infinite Crisis then The New 52? Or do I swap Infinite and Flashpoint?

8:20 actually the new history of the DC Universe was all written by mark waid with a new artist each issue

No WWIII included? Hard pass. Sticking with my floppies.

Thanks for this Omar. I had the thick trades and got rid of them to get the omnibus cheap, but the spine broke just from being on the shelf before I had a chance to read it! Glad to see this one looks to have better binding.

Awesome. Been waiting for the overview.

You might be happy with that eye Omar, but the earlier edition has a much bigger eye with little gutter loss. I hate that DC has much better bindings on the Golden and Silver Age omnis than modern omnis.. The Golden Age omnis all have fully sewn bindings that don't use any glue reinforcement. It's ironic that the Golden Age omnis have better bindings with zero gutter loss and they don't even have spreads. The downside of fully sewn bindings is that they require thicker paper and can't really get any bigger than about 1200 pages. Some of these thicker omnis would need to be 2 volumes each.

175$$$$$$o boy

Well here is my question (aha) do you think the Renee story stands on it’s own AND if DC, as unlikely as they are to, ever did a The Question by Rucka Omnibus would include those parts of the story? It’s not that I’m opposed to reading about Booster Gold just don’t want to really have such a freaking huge expensive book when I only really want to own her superhero origin.

Getting more into dc cheers Omar Hi Omar question about book storage tips and also would it be possible to make a video on how tips and tricks on how to look after our books such as with shelf storage and such covering stuff like repairs (think you mentioned this last week or before as an idea) as I noticed even with my books sometimes page sag occurs curling the pages in the middle (especially with big books like the 52)

Is it a continuous story or multiple stories for different characters? I always thought this was the 52 #1s which started the new runs. Maybe thats another omni.

I have been thinking about picking this up but didn’t know much about it, I’ve heard great things so hopefully this video sells me on it

Great overview as always Omar , I missed out getting the 52 Omnibus the 1st time around and do plan to get it next month in September. This is the book is where Batwoman Kate Kane was introduced. Keep up the great work Omar with your reviews !!!

I cant wait to buy it and add it to my collection.... and eventually read it of course :P Thx Omar :)

Dc pricing is weird Catwoman the question and gathom central omnibus are at 1000 pages or just under for 100 cover price . The waid flash will be 150 when the page difference with catwoman is about 20 pages . Makes me think the creators compensation might be widely different from each other. And that may explain why 52 is 175 there a a lot of big name writers and artist in it

I just wanted to ask for anyone that knows did DC call it the new 52 because that was the 52nd reboot of the universe and also what is prime Earth called like how marvel has 616 what is the main Earth of the DC timeline? Thanks

I'm definitely interested in this book!

I am not buying this omnibus out of principle because of the outrageous price. I hope no one encourages DC to follow this path.

this was really fun

I wasn't going to pick this up, I own all of the single issues, but you're really making me want to grab it this week.

175...wtf come on. Dc lost it

The Black Adam story is the best in 52. How do not include WW3?! That’s a big part of his story. It’s the best part of the whole thing. What a fail. Unbelievable

thank you lord omar

Algorithm comment. Great to relax in the heat and watch a bit of Near Mint Condition.🙂

I got back into DC stories a little bit after the new 52 started so i have never read infinite crisis, might get this if infinite crisis is not a necessary read. Seems really interesting

I'll definitely be checking this book 📚 out.....

I was concerned when I saw the colour difference on your new printing, but when I received mine today, it was very much in line with the original colouring. I noticed lately after having multiple copies of the Alan Moore Swamp Thing Absolutes next to each other, due to damaged copies that needed replacement, that the colours can vary wildly between copies. Some are pushing much harder towards yellow and others are more accurate in colour. Thank you as always for the awesome overview. :)

I am a big fan of DC during this time period from before Infinite crisis to final crisis.

muito bom , abraço do Brasil

A bit confused, I was told this was a collection of the first issues of each of the New 52 series.. But its an actual complete story?

Hi, I want to ask for help with the reading order of the flash. I know that you have done a video but can you do a new one with the stories that continues in present, if you want, thank you 🙏

52 is such a great story.

I know that Master Reading Order exists. But could you do like a reading Order of the New Earth DC? Like Post-Crisis stuff?

Hey Omar I like comic books and I like your collection

It took me a long time to get in supe comics and something that I just recently realized, I don't care for crossover events; anyway great video.👍🏾🤘🏾

Great & appreciated content as always! Have you ever done any videos dedicated to the “best corrected and expanded new collected edition printings”? Would be a cool Top 20 current already available necessary upgraded editions, as well as maybe a Top 20 most needed upgraded editions… Like the original Captain Britain compared to the new Captain Britain Omnibus.

One of my favorite omnibus I own. Only real flaw it has is the omission of World War 3.

I think I figured out why they didn't include WW3. Firstly, it was an editorial thing and the four writers had no real involvement in. The four writers didn't really want it to happen but higher ups said deal with it. Now with a whole new set of higher ups, they figure it can be read as close as the four intended it to be read. Secondly, royalties. The royalties were probably a pain in the butt and offset the extra cost of including it. That being said, a happy medium would have been a brief recap page of WW3 and that should have been included. Nice overview Omar and answered all the questions I had about replacing my 1st print omni.

DC peaked here

The 52 was awesome. No JLA needed. Everyone hates on the countdown I haven't read it is it worth the time???

Loved 52. Outstanding really. Super Nova. Hello? Lol

According to the post-"Dark Nights: Death Metal" canon, everything is now canon. Within the current publishing line, everything post-"Crisis on Infinite Earths" canon is still canon for that timeline.

I heard that Marvel MCU Going to Have Wolverine Movie, Who do think will be Wolverine/ Logan after Hugh Jackman.

Hopefully people concerned about price don’t get fomo once it sells out and resellers ask for 2x+ the price…

My poor wallet

I prefer DC raising the price compared to Marvel's choice of using their ridiculously thin pages that bleed through.

I didn't like it, I quit reading it midway. It felt like a reality show to me, "here, look what this guy is doing (ok, that didn't go anywhere)... and now this guy!! (ok...)... and this guy... (was there a point to that??) and this guy.. (ok, I'm out)...". There is no story, even the letters they authors wrote say they didn't know were there were going with it. I never got to the end and never will.

This will likely be 50% off on IST for the first week so it will actually be cheaper than a $150 Marvel book on 38% discount. In fact if we're talking about price to page count value, this is better value than the following recent books and will have better paper stock too. 52 Omnibus - $0.144 per page Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 4 - $0.147 X-Men By Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus Vol. 2 - $0.15 Captain America: The Death Of Captain America Omnibus - $0.162 Daredevil By Brubaker & Lark Omnibus Vol. 1 - $0.164 Spider-Man By Mcfarlane Omnibus - $0.17 X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus Vol. 1 - $0.173 Tony Stark: Iron Man by Dan Slott Omnibus - $0.173 Inferno by Jonathan Hickman OHC - $0.178 X-Men: Hellfire Gala OHC - $0.187 Marvel Cosmic Universe By Cates Omnibus - $0.189 Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie Omnibus - $0.208 The X Lives & Deaths Of Wolverine OHC - $0.247

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