PLUS: 13 AMAZING WORLD COVERS to make you feel good…
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UPDATED 4/13/26: We first pubbed this in March 2021 but you know what? It still hasn’t happened. So join our renewed cry for Amazing World of DC Comics! And click here for our similar drumbeating for a FOOM omnibus. Dig it. — Dan
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A couple weeks ago, I opined (a silly word, actually) that the time is right for a FOOM omnibus from Marvel. I mean, just this week, we’re getting the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition Omnibus and this summer a bunch of the company’s 1970s black-light posters are being re-released. Those are just two examples of some groovy things Marvel’s had going on of late (with more to come) so a hardbound edition collecting the official fanzine’s 22 issues would be really far out.
John Romita pencils, Mike Esposito inks
Same for DC and Amazing World of DC Comics, which ran 17 issues plus a couple of specials, including the mag’s one-shot predecessor, Amazing World of Superman — a hardcover facsimile of which is due April 13, along with the Who’s Who Omnibus Vol. 1.
Anyway, these mags ain’t cheap and to put together a complete run of either will set you back some coin.
So, as promised, I reiterate the call for FOOM and Amazing World of DC Comics omnibi — and to entertain you in the meantime, here are 13 COVERS from DC’s Bronze Age in-house mag. (Click here for 13 FOOM COVERS.)
Right on.
Marshall Rogers
Curt Swan
Jerry Robinson
Michael Nasser (aka Michael Netzer)
Dave Cockrum. Good luck finding this one for a decent price.
Dick Dillin
Dillin
Kurt Schaffenberger
Joe Orlando
Sergio Aragones
Mike Grell
Alan Weiss
Carmine Infantino
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— Dig the Magnificent Cover for DC’s WHO’s WHO OMNIBUS Vol. 1. Click here.
March 16, 2021
Seconded!
March 7, 2024
That would be a fair amount of restoration work for something fairly niche.
Would I like a copy? Absolutely. But is it financially viable?
March 16, 2021
A collection of this title would be a must buy for me
March 16, 2021
Or at the least, a compendium!
March 16, 2021
I would be so in for this! Consider this a pre-order.
March 16, 2021
I’d totally be down for an “Amazing World of DC” omnibus from DC themselves.
March 17, 2021
Yes, please!!! I’m surprised TwoMorrows Publishing hasn’t done this yet!
March 18, 2021
Yeah, you would think if DC wasn’t interested in doing it, it’s a no-brainer for TwoMorrows. That’s a chunk of Bronze Age history there.
March 19, 2021
I’m in for this and FOOM!
March 20, 2021
Hear, hear! Would love to relive the joy of reading these in the days before InterWeb fandom!
March 24, 2021
I want this!
March 7, 2024
I’m too young to remember the Amazing World of DC Comics, but I would really love a hardcover collection of those monthly DC Releases newsletters that they used to give away for free in comics shops from the mid- to late-1980s.
March 7, 2024
That would be a fair amount of restoration work for something fairly niche.
Would I like a copy? Absolutely. But is it financially viable?
March 7, 2024
I cannot believe I saw most of these and barely glimpsed at them!
March 8, 2024
I still own these, are they really worth some money?
March 9, 2024
If they’re in good shape, yeah can be. Certain issues especially and definitely a whole run.
March 10, 2024
Thank you I guess I should dig them out at some point and put them up on eBay.
April 13, 2024
The “Plop” material would be a huge problem
April 13, 2026
I’ve been thinking about this lately, so, yeah, I’d plop down money for it.
April 13, 2026
I am in!
April 13, 2026
I am fortunate to have the entire run of AWODCC but would not mind the omnibus as well. This was such a well made fanzine.
April 13, 2026
I would be in for this! If they can collect and reprint the vintage calendars, posters, style guides, tiny comics, etc. — then this should be do-able!
What about Abrams?
April 14, 2026
Would love this to become the next TwoMorrows big things — both the Amazing World and FOOM.
April 14, 2026
I’m in 100% for this.
April 15, 2026
I cheated–I’ve downloaded scans of all the issues, so I can read them whenever I want to. But I admit it would be nice to have a physical book to hold in my hands!
April 21, 2026
I think, and I believe DC Archivist Ben LeClear will agree, that this would be historically important to preserve, and do so while some of the DC Woodchucks who created all this are still standing to write and record new commentary. That would be Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Jack C. Harris, Tony Tollin, Steve Mitchell, and me.