DC Compendium

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DC Compendium is a line of standard-size, softcover editions published by DC Comics since 2020, reprinting comics previously printed in single issue format. The line focuses on chronological reprints of the earliest years of stories featuring the company's lesser-known characters like Animal Man and Starman, as well as series and characters originally published under some of DC Comic's imprints like Vertigo Comics and WildStorm Productions.

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DC Comics

Title#Years coveredMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNPage countNotes
Animal Man
Animal Man by Grant Morrison and Chas Truog1988–19901 Oct 2024 978-1779527790 712Published under the DC Black Label imprint.
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond: The Animated Series Classics1999–20015 Mar 2024 978-1779525697 750
Green Lantern
Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising1994–199521 Nov 2023 978-1779526274 671
Joker
The Joker by James Tynion IV 2020–2022
  • The Joker (vol. 2) #1–15, Annual 2021
  • Batman: The Joker War Zone #1
  • Batman (vol. 3) #100
10 Sep 2024 978-1779528209 488
Justice Society
JSA11999–2001
  • JSA #1–25, Annual #1
  • JSA Secret Files and Origins #1–2
  • Day of Judgment #1–5
  • Day of Judgment Secret Files and Origins #1
  • Golden Age Secret Files and Origins #1
  • Superman (vol. 2) #172
  • Action Comics #780, 813
  • Impulse #67
  • Martian Manhunter #18–19
  • Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9
  • Hourman #9, 18–19
  • Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files and Origins 2000
  • Sins of Youth: Starwoman and the JSA, Jr. #1
  • Young Justice #16
  • Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1–2
  • Young Justice: Sins of Youth Secret Files and Origins #1
5 Nov 2024 978-1779528315 1312
Lobo
Lobo Big Fraggin' Compendium11983–1994
  • The Omega Men #3
  • Lobo #1–4, Lobo (vol. 2) #0–9, Annual #1–2
  • The Demon (vol. 3) #11–15
  • Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special #1
  • Lobo's Back #1–4
  • Lobo: Blazing Chain of Love #1
  • Lobo: Infanticide #1–4
  • Lobo: Portrait of a Victim #1
  • Lobo: Unamerican Gladiators #1–4
  • Lobo Convention Special #1
  • Lobocop #1
  • Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #8
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #30
  • Lobo: A Contract on Gawd #1–4
  • Lobo: In the Chair #1
  • Profile pages from Who's Who #8
26 Jun 2024 978-1779525789 1320
Nightwing
Nightwing: A Knight in Blüdhaven 11995–1998
  • Nightwing #1–4, (vol. 2) #1–25, 1,000,000, Annual #1
  • Wizard Presents: Nightwing #½
  • Nightwing/Huntress #1–4
  • Green Arrow (vol. 2) #134–135
  • Detective Comics #723–725, 1,000,000
  • Robin (vol. 4) #55
7 May 2024 978-1779525864 1024
21998–2001
  • Action Comics #771
  • Batman Annual #23
  • Nightwing (vol. 2) #26–59
  • Birds of Prey #8, 20–21
  • Nightwing Secret Files and Origins #1
  • Nightwing 80-Page Giant #1
  • Nightwing: Target #1
20 May 2025 978-1799501480 1112
Robin
Robin: Tim Drake 11990–1999
  • "Footsteps" from Batman 80-Page Giant #2
  • Detective Comics #618–621
  • Batman #455–457, 465–469, 480
  • Robin #1–5, (vol. 2) #1–5, Annual #1–2
  • Robin II: The Joker's Wild! #1–4
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #14
  • Superman (vol. 2) #70
  • Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #1–6
  • Showcase '93 #1–6, 11–12
23 Jul 2024 978-1779525932 1103
Starman
Starman11994–1999
  • Starman (vol. 2) #0–42, Annual #1–2
  • Showcase '95 #12
  • Showcase '96 #4–5
  • The Shade #1–4
  • Starman Secret Files and Origins #1
  • The Power of Shazam! (vol. 2) #35–36
  • Starman 80-Page Giant #1
17 Aug 2021 978-1779509413 1448
21998–2012
  • Starman (vol. 2) #43–81, 1,000,000
  • Starman: The Mist #1
  • Batman/Hellboy/Starman #1–2
  • JSA: All-Stars #4
  • Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0
  • All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1
  • Starman/Congorilla #1
  • The Shade (vol. 2) #1–12
13 Dec 2022 978-1779515223 1456
Superman
Superman: The Death and Return of Superman 1992–1993
  • Action Comics #684–692, Annual #5
  • Adventures of Superman #497–505, Annual #5
  • Superman (vol. 2) #75–83, Annual #5
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #18–26, Annual #2
  • Justice League of America (vol. 2) #69–70
  • Green Lantern #46
  • Legacy of Superman #1
  • Supergirl and Team Luthor #1
  • excerpts from Action Comics #683
  • excerpts from Adventures of Superman #496
  • excerpts from Superman #73
  • excerpts from Superman: The Man of Steel #17
20 May 2025 978-1799501497 1368
Superman Adventures 11996–1999
  • Superman Adventures #1–29, Annual #1
  • Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest #1
  • Superman Adventures Special: Superman vs. Lobo #1
17 Jun 2025 978-1799501862 896
Superman: City of Tomorrow1999–2000
  • Superman (vol. 2) #151–159
  • Adventures of Superman #573–581
  • Action Comics #760–768
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #95–103
  • Superman Y2K #1
22 Jul 2025 978-1799502203 952
Superman: Warworld Saga [1] 2021-2023
  • Action Comics #1030-1046
  • Action Comics 2021 Annual
  • Action Comics 2022 Annual
  • Batman/Superman: Authority Special #1
  • Future State: Superman: House of El #1
  • Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1-2
  • Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1
14 Nov 2023978-1779523884712

Events, crossovers and storylines

Title#Years coveredMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNPage count
Dark Nights: Metal 2017–2018
  • Nightwing (vol. 5) #29
  • The Flash (vol. 5) #33
  • Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32
  • Green Arrow (vol. 6) #32
  • Suicide Squad (vol. 5) #26
  • Teen Titans #12
  • Justice League (vol. 3) #32–33
  • Dark Nights: Metal #1-6
  • Dark Days: The Forge #1
  • Dark Days: The Casting #1
  • Batman: The Red Death #1
  • Batman: The Devastator #1
  • Batman: The Merciless #1
  • Batman: The Murder Machine #1
  • Batman: The Drowned #1
  • Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1
  • Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs #1
  • Batman: Lost #1
  • Hawkman: Found #1
  • Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1
18 Mar 2025 978-1799500841 728
Injustice: Gods Among Us 12013–2015
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us #1–12, Annual #1
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two #1–12, Annual #1
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three #1–12
3 Dec 2024 978-1779528001 1200

Milestone Media

Title#Years coveredMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNPage count
Milestone 11993–19951 Feb 2022 978-1779513106 1309
21994–1995
  • Static #9–20
  • Icon #11–21
  • Hardware #13–21
  • Blood Syndicate #13–23
  • Superman: The Man of Steel #35–36
  • Superboy (vol. 3) #6–7
  • Steel #6–7Worlds Collide #1
  • ShadowCabinet #1–4
31 Jan 2023 978-1779514950 1298
31994–1995
  • ShadowCabinet #5–13
  • Hardware #22–28
  • Kobalt #1–4
  • Deathwish #1–4
  • Static #21–25
  • BloodSyndicate #24–27
  • Icon #22–27
20 Feb 2024 978-1779526090 1205
41995–1996
  • BloodSyndicate #28–32
  • Hardware #29–38
  • Icon #28–37
  • Static #26–31
  • Xombi #12–21
  • ShadowCabinet #14–17
  • My Name is Holocaust #1–5
  • Long Hot Summer #1–3
4 Feb 2025 978-1799500261 1304

Vertigo Comics

Compendium reprints of Vertigo Comics series are published under the DC Black Label imprint.

Title#Years coveredMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNPage countNotes
DMZ 12006–2009
  • DMZ #1–36
31 Mar 2020 978-1779504357 840
22009–2012
  • DMZ #37–72
11 Jan 2022 978-1779514820 824
Fables 12002–2006
  • Fables #1–41
  • Fables: The Last Castle
  • "A Wolf in the Fold" text story from Fables vol. 1
  • Fables: 1,001 Nights of Snowfall
20 Oct 2020 978-1779504548 1180
22004–2009
  • Fables #32–82
11 May 2021 978-1779509444 1402
32009–2012
  • Fables #83–113
  • Jack of Fables #33–35
  • The Literals #1–3
  • Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland
21 Aug 2021 978-1779510358 1094
42012–2015
  • Fables #114–150
21 Dec 2021 978-1779513342 909
Sandman Mystery Theatre 11993–1996
  • Sandman Mystery Theatre #1–36, Annual #1
2 May 2023 978-1779521538 981
SweetTooth 2009–2013
  • Sweet Tooth #1–40
8 Jun 2021 978-1779510242 915
The Unwritten 12009–2013
  • The Unwritten #1–30
  • The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice
20 Jun 2023 978-1779521750 984
Y: The Last Man 12002–2005
  • Y: The Last Man #1–31
20 Nov 2020 978-1779504531 728
2 Nov 2021 978-1779516145 TV tie-in cover.
22005–2008
  • Y: The Last Man #32–60
8 Mar 2022 978-1779516084 704

WildStorm Productions

Title#Years coveredMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNPage countNotes
Ex Machina 12004–2007
  • Ex Machina #1–25, Special #1–2
15 Apr 2020 [2] 978-1401299897 664Published under the DC Black Label imprint.
22007–2010
  • Ex Machina #26–50, Special #3–4
23 Feb 2021 978-1779508041 704
Stormwatch: The Road to Authority1996–1998
  • Stormwatch #37–50, (vol. 2) #1–11
  • Stormwatch Preview
7 Jan 2025 978-1779528063 656
Tom Strong 1999–2006
  • Tom Strong #1–36
16 May 2023 978-1779521729 952
Top 10 1999–2009
  • Top 10 #1–12
  • "Deadfellas" from America's Best Comics Special #1
  • Smax #1–5
  • Top 10: The Forty-Niners
  • Top 10: Beyond the Farthest Precinct #1–5
  • Top 10 Season Two #1–4, Special #1
11 Apr 2023 978-1779521682 824
WildC.A.T.s 11992–1995
  • WildC.A.T.s #0–13, 15–20, Special #1
  • Team One: WildC.A.T.s #1–2
  • Team One: Stormwatch #1–2
  • WildC.A.T.s Trilogy #1–3
  • WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook #1–2
5 Nov 2024 978-1779526021 914

See also

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Phillip Kennedy; Sampere, Daniel; Federici, Riccardo; Mendonça, Miguel; Lucas, Adriano; Mulvihill, Patricia; Loughridge, Lee; Sharpe, Dave; Peteri, Troy (2023). Superman, the Warworld saga. Burbank, CA: DC Comics. ISBN   978-1-77952-388-4.
  2. ↑ "Ex Machina Compendium One". DC.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
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