It seems that every story arc released nowadays, for big-name characters at least, gets collected in trade - regardless of whether it deserves to or not. But what about stories from previous decades and eras that can still only be found in the back issue bins? What do you think deserves its own collection? Here's some things I'd like to see:
Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle's late 80s/early 90s run on Detective Comics (issues 583-594, 601-611) and Batman (455-466 and a few scattered issues after). The Grant/Breyfogle run on Tec is indesputably one of the greatest runs on the character, which brought in a host of new villains, from Scarface and the Corrosive Man to Anarky, as well as kickstarting Tim Drake's career in a brilliant Scarecrow story.
Peter Milligan's "Dark Knight, Dark City" story with Kieron Dwyer (Batman 452-454) and short run on Detective with Jim Aparo (629-633, 638-643) - brilliant, imaginative stories with an element of the supernatural.
Also, I'd love to see a number of stories brought back into print - Ten Nights of the Beast, Joker: Devil's Advocate, a lot of the early Legends of the Dark Knight stories and John Ostrander's uncollected "Demon Within" storyline (Tec 622-624). The late 80s/early 90s were great years for the Bat, they should not be overlooked.
Speaking of Peter Milligan, I'd love to see the brilliant miniseries and one-shots he wrote for Vertigo throughout the 90s - including Face, The Eaters, The Extremist and Girl - get collected in some format. Great, twisted stories from a sorely underrated writer. Enigma is in bad need of a reprint, too.
John Ostrander, too - his excellent Spectre series from the 90s with Tom Mandrake, especially the first twenty issues or so. It proves the character can have his own onrunning series when written well enough. Also, his long-running 80s Suicide Squad book, with great characters and labyrinthine plots. DC keep promising to trade it, then keep holding back - get a move on guys!
I'm not much a Superman fan, but I suspect the story for him is similar to Batman - lots of good 70s, 80s and early 90s material that's still waiting to be traded.
Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle's late 80s/early 90s run on Detective Comics (issues 583-594, 601-611) and Batman (455-466 and a few scattered issues after). The Grant/Breyfogle run on Tec is indesputably one of the greatest runs on the character, which brought in a host of new villains, from Scarface and the Corrosive Man to Anarky, as well as kickstarting Tim Drake's career in a brilliant Scarecrow story.
Peter Milligan's "Dark Knight, Dark City" story with Kieron Dwyer (Batman 452-454) and short run on Detective with Jim Aparo (629-633, 638-643) - brilliant, imaginative stories with an element of the supernatural.
Also, I'd love to see a number of stories brought back into print - Ten Nights of the Beast, Joker: Devil's Advocate, a lot of the early Legends of the Dark Knight stories and John Ostrander's uncollected "Demon Within" storyline (Tec 622-624). The late 80s/early 90s were great years for the Bat, they should not be overlooked.
Speaking of Peter Milligan, I'd love to see the brilliant miniseries and one-shots he wrote for Vertigo throughout the 90s - including Face, The Eaters, The Extremist and Girl - get collected in some format. Great, twisted stories from a sorely underrated writer. Enigma is in bad need of a reprint, too.
John Ostrander, too - his excellent Spectre series from the 90s with Tom Mandrake, especially the first twenty issues or so. It proves the character can have his own onrunning series when written well enough. Also, his long-running 80s Suicide Squad book, with great characters and labyrinthine plots. DC keep promising to trade it, then keep holding back - get a move on guys!
I'm not much a Superman fan, but I suspect the story for him is similar to Batman - lots of good 70s, 80s and early 90s material that's still waiting to be traded.
I'd love a TPB of that part of the series, at least.
