Who's Who Omnibus Vol. 2
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DC’s encyclopedia of heroes and villains steps into the 1990s in this massive hardcover continuing the classic Who’s Who biography series! In the 1980s, DC exhaustively catalogued their massive roster of heroes and villains with the Who’s Who series, presenting encyclopedia entries for their iconic characters and locations. In 1990, with a new decade dawning, DC debuted follow-up series Who’s Who in the DC Universe —presenting updated entries on timeless heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman, along with characters that defined the era like Lobo and Shade the Changing Man. Each entry is illustrated by top comics artists including Chris Bachalo, Colleen Doran, Kevin Maguire, and Adam Hughes. The 1990s version of Who’s Who is collected in this massive hardcover omnibus, following 2021’s popular Who’s Who Omnibus Vol. 1! Who’s Who Omnibus Vol. 2 also includes spinoff series Who’s Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes , spotlighting DC’s greatest team of the 30th century. This volume collects Who’s Who in the DC Universe #1-16, Who’s Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #1-7, Who's Who Update 1993 #1-2. Review: Great product - Nice reading material Review: There Was a Loveliness to Comics Then - It's more than nostalgia, more than sentimental reasons... and I will grant you that the art, with the exception of this fine, fine cover and grand binding, despite the "order" of the texts inside, is slightly inferior to the very George Perez, Curt Swan, Jim Aparo, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez-driven first volume. And still we see the glory of Blue Beetle, Bronze Tiger, and Booster Gold during their golden era, and that is such a fine distinctly "DC" distilled reality. My Flash is Wally West, and Superman wore his Swanness and his Byrne recreation now strikes me as so appropriate to the period. Then there is the grandeur of Jerry Ordway. Ordway, Byrne, Kevin Maguire... a Grant Morrison in genesis... before comics jumped the shark and Buseik and Waid and company had to rein this enterprise back in... ah, the lack of a thoroughgoing darkness is so nice as well. Darkness is cheap. Nothing dates faster than that which imagines itself as cold, hard realism only to end on the tedious nothingness of "grim and gritty." I can only imagine Chris Hemsworth playing Blue Devil. A DC/Warners that had appropriately mined itself and its greatness.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 79 Reviews |
S**R
Great product
Nice reading material
C**G
There Was a Loveliness to Comics Then
It's more than nostalgia, more than sentimental reasons... and I will grant you that the art, with the exception of this fine, fine cover and grand binding, despite the "order" of the texts inside, is slightly inferior to the very George Perez, Curt Swan, Jim Aparo, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez-driven first volume. And still we see the glory of Blue Beetle, Bronze Tiger, and Booster Gold during their golden era, and that is such a fine distinctly "DC" distilled reality. My Flash is Wally West, and Superman wore his Swanness and his Byrne recreation now strikes me as so appropriate to the period. Then there is the grandeur of Jerry Ordway. Ordway, Byrne, Kevin Maguire... a Grant Morrison in genesis... before comics jumped the shark and Buseik and Waid and company had to rein this enterprise back in... ah, the lack of a thoroughgoing darkness is so nice as well. Darkness is cheap. Nothing dates faster than that which imagines itself as cold, hard realism only to end on the tedious nothingness of "grim and gritty." I can only imagine Chris Hemsworth playing Blue Devil. A DC/Warners that had appropriately mined itself and its greatness.
S**P
Don’t miss out!
Great collection! Nice cover! Terrific reproduction! The complaint I’ve seen about it not being alphabetical is unrealistic. This is an omnibus that does a great job of reproducing each issue. The individual issues are alphabetized. Buy it!
D**E
Fantastic book
Best for DC fans
H**A
los recuedos
Me agradó mucho su lectura y recordar mi juventud
C**I
Great book, comprehensive information
Great book, tons of information, learning a lot.
M**D
It is exactly as advertised.
It is exactly as advertised.
E**S
Dc Who's Who omnibus.
The omnibus came in excellent condition, wrapped in plastic & not one thing wrong with this delivery.
E**A
Incrível fantástico as artes dos comics books
Quem ama histórias em quadrinhos tem que ter. Uma galeria de arte em forma de livro toda mágica dos desenhos da DC comics. Super livro muita arte, desenhos e informações amei obrigado Amazon
L**N
Buenas edición
Si te gustan los libros de fichas con información de los héroes DC es tu compra. Edición muy cuidada con buen papel
A**A
Indicado para fãs da DC, mas o Volume 1 é mais legal
Primeiro: este omnibus é altamente indicado para colecionadores e fãs da DC. Não tem histórias, são fichas de personagens da editora, datados do começo dos anos 90 – ou seja, muitas destas fichas já perderam “validade”, com tantas mudanças depois disso. Agora para quem já conhece o Who’s Who, tenho que dizer que esse segundo volume não é tão bacana quanto o primeiro. Ele começa com republicações especiais de um Who’s Who exclusivo da Legião do Super-Heróis, que mistura histórias curtinhas com fichas dos personagens. Depois, segue com as edições do Who’s Who dos anos 90 em ordem de publicação.... e isso foi o que me deixou um pouco decepcionado, principalmente em comparação com o Volume 1, que era quase uma grande enciclopédia em ordem alfabética de personagens. Aqui, os personagens estão listados por ordem de cada edição. As artes de cada personagem que acompanham suas fichas também são um pouco menos impactantes do que o volume anterior e com menos artistas conhecidos ou que trabalhavam com os personagens na época. Enfim... continua sendo uma verdadeira cápsula do tempo dos quadrinhos DC da época ( aliás, com personagens e conteúdos que nem chegaram ao Brasil ), mas a apresentação deste Volume 2 ficou menos fluída e atraente do que o Volume 1.
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