DC FINEST: JLA — Earth-X, a monster Swamp Thing set and MORE…
DC Comics has added four first-rate Bronze Age collections to its 2026 lineup, including a new DC Finest volume that introduces Earth-X, the first latter-day New Teen Titans omnibus, a mega Swamp Thing boxed set, and a re-release of Jack Kirby’s Kamandi Omnibus. (There’s also a new edition of Wonder Woman Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3.)
Dig the official descriptions:
DC FINEST: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: CRISIS ON EARTH-X
Written by LEN WEIN, CARY BATES, MARTIN PASKO, and others
Art by DICK DILLIN, FRANK McLAUGHLIN, and others
Cover by NICK CARDY
In this volume, members of the JLA and JSA from Earth-2 are unexpectedly transported to Earth-X, where they must help that world’s heroes defeat a Nazi regime that won World War II. But it’s not all danger and doom, for amidst the chaos, the JLA finds time to save Christmas and attend an intergalactic wedding! Collects Justice League of America #103-132.
$39.99 US | 624 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-883-0
ON SALE 8/4/26
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SWAMP THING: DARK GENESIS OMNIBUS
Written by LEN WEIN, DAVID MICHELINIE, MARTIN PASKO, and others
Art by BERNIE WRIGHTSON, NESTOR REDONDO, THOMAS YEATES, and others
Cover by BERNIE WRIGHTSON
One of the greatest comics sagas ever told begins here! Presented in a two-volume, prestigious, oversize hardcover set with high-end, period appropriate paper, welcome to the complete story of Swamp Thing. In this first set (which leads directly into the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Omnibus—with original color—coming soon!), experience the stories that changed comics forever and set the precedent for decades of groundbreaking stories and timeless runs.
Collects Swamp Thing #1-25 (the final issue completed for the first time with Joe Rubinstein and José Villarubia), The Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-15, The Saga of the Swamp Thing Annual #1, The Brave and the Bold #122 and #176, DC Comics Presents #8, Challengers of the Unknown #81-87, and stories from Phantom Stranger #14, House of Secrets #92 and #140, and the unpublished Patchwork Man tale from the lost version of House of Secrets #141. Featuring extensive essays and never-before-seen scripts, art, and more!
$150.00 US | 1136 pages | 7 1/16″ x 10 7/8″| Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-905-9
ON SALE 11/24/26
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THE NEW TITANS OMNIBUS VOL. 1
Written by MARV WOLFMAN, GEORGE PÉREZ, and others
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, TOM GRUMMETT, and others
Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
The legendary return of George Pérez to the Titans with Marv Wolfman ushered in a new era for these heroes! From the origin of Wonder Girl and Dick Grayson to the introduction of new villains, the return of Deathstroke, new team members, the death of the Titans, and more…the end of Marv Wolfman’s Titans odyssey begins here! Collects The New Titans #50-76, The New Titans Annual #5-6, Secret Origins Annual #3, Batman #436-442, Hawk and Dove #11-12, Hawk and Dove Annual #1, and a story from Secret Origins #46.
$125.00 US | 1250 pages | 7 1/16″ x 10 7/8″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-873-1
ON SALE 8/18/26
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KAMANDI BY JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS (2026 EDITION)
Written by JACK KIRBY and GERRY CONWAY
Art and cover by JACK KIRBY and MIKE ROYER
After shaking the very foundations of the DC Universe in the 1970s with his classic Fourth World titles, comics titan Jack “The King” Kirby redirected his unstoppable artistic energy into an all-new series that would prove to be one of his most enduring creations—the post-apocalyptic world of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth! This oversized omnibus edition collects issues #1-40 of the beloved classic and features informative essays from acclaimed artist and storyteller Bruce Timm and longtime Kirby collaborator Mike Royer, finally reprinted on period appropriate paper.
$125.00 US | 896 pages | 7 1/4″ x 10 7/8″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-878-6
ON SALE 8/4/26
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WONDER WOMAN: THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS VOL. 3 (2026 EDITION)
Written by WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON, JOYE MURCHISON, and ROBERT KANIGHER
Art by HARRY G. PETER
Cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
One of comics’ truly iconic characters, Princess Diana of Themyscira—known to most as Wonder Woman—is the world’s most popular heroine. Armed with her super-strength, magic lasso, bullet-defying bracelets, and invisible plane, she has fought evil-doers for over 75 years!
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 chronicles the Amazing Amazon’s adventures, as written by William Moulton Marston, Joye Murchison, and Robert Kanigher and illustrated by the inimitable Harry G. Peter. Originally published in Sensation Comics #49-69, Comic Cavalcade #14-22, and Wonder Woman #16-25, this collection includes dozens of meticulously restored stories.
$125.00 US | 784 pages | 7 1/4″ x 10 7/8″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-978-3
ON SALE 12/1/26
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Buncha thoughts:
— That DC Finest volume is prime Satellite Era Justice League. A must pick-up for fans.
— The Swamp Thing set is really impressive. I can’t think of anything cooler for the muck monster in your life, come the holidays.
— Have you seen DC’s latest Facsimile news? Links below!
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MORE
— DC Has FOUR Facsimile Editions in June — Including a Rare ADAM HUGHES SUPERGIRL Cover. Click here.
— Dig DC’s Two Latest SUPER POWERS Variant Covers. Click here.
— BATGIRL’S Million-Dollar Debut Gets 60th Anniversary FACSIMILE EDITION Release. Click here.
March 21, 2026
Well, this is all very welcome news!
I couldn’t help but notice the part of the Jack Kirby’s Kamandi omnibus reprint where they said it’ll finally be reprinted on the appropriate paper.
This is probably the same thing they did with the recent Joker Bronze Age omnibus reprint. The book is incredibly light and printed on a pulpy textured paper. Closer to the surface of paper it would have been printed on years ago. Opposed to the more modern glossy pages.
March 21, 2026
Is this the same lightweight paper they used for the recent Warlord Omnibus? It was VERY lightweight but durable paper (I still didn’t enjoy trying to read a book the size of a dictionary though…)
March 21, 2026
Cheaper paper, same cover price.
March 26, 2026
Not cheaper. Just a different paper stock. Paper prices are still increasing by the year and they don’t look to be going down, unfortunately
March 21, 2026
I know that this will likely be a minority opinion on this site, but I’m not a fan of this movement toward period appropriate paper and original colors. To me, it’s like releasing a 4K Blu-ray of The Godfather or Star Wars or 2001: A Space Odyssey mastered to match how it looked on VHS. The color choices made in pre-late-1980s / early-1990s comics were almost universally made for economic and technical reasons, not creative reasons. There’s a reason that many cartoonists (Walter Simonson, Neal Adams, David Mazzucchelli, Brian Bolland, Mike Grell, etc.) advocate to have those old comics recolored when they are collected: because the old coloring, the old printing, and the old paper was often terrible. It’s also turning these comics into nostalgia relics for an aging and shrinking customer base instead of trying to make them relevant to new audiences (and don’t get me started on the recent $100-plus Marvel Gallery Editions that included original ads). If people want the original colors and paper, that’s what the Facsimile Editions are for.
March 21, 2026
Exactly! I said the same thing about the new printing of Joker Bronze Age Omnibus. It’s like comparing DVD (the retro paper) to 4K UHD ( modern glossy or matte heavy stock).
Why would you want your comics to look old and shitty when they could look nice and pretty?
March 21, 2026
I get what you’re saying, but sometimes the older art doesn’t shine when printed on glossy paper. There’s probably a good in-between. I recently bought the latest TPB version of Batman: Year One (even though I already had the Absolute Edition), and I think the paper was just right…It wasn’t glossy and it wasn’t too pulpy like Warlord. It was matte with a bit of tooth and you could smell it. This version is recolored, but I think I still preferred the original colors.
March 21, 2026
FORMAT- Okay, fine, I’ll be the one to say it: ENOUGH WITH THESE F*CKING OMNIBUSES…they’re expensive as hell, way too crazy large to read enjoyably, (sorry, but I read most comics laying in a bed, sitting on a toilet, or lounging on a couch, not sitting at a table to lay it flat because it weighs a ton or is just plain unwieldy), and the gutter loss on most of them also makes it a nightmare to enjoy.
The DC Finest format is a MUCH better size to actually read and enjoy, and at an affordable price, similar to Marvel Epic Collections, (but not nearly as well done as the Marvel format which has color coded title spines, clearly numbered volumes rather than using a stupid “year range” and Marvel gets them done more frequently).
MATERIAL- Marvel tries to get full runs done of all its main characters as well as organized runs of obscure ones, while DC plods along so randomly with an obscure run of 60s House of Mystery before getting done main runs of 70s Bronze Age Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, JLA, Wonder Woman, Legion, etc…and how many damn times reprinting the same material again and again…?
I love Kirby’s Kamandi 1-40, reprinted already a million ways, but can we do Kamandi #41-61 by Dick Ayers as well…? Just once??????
And an actual run of Roy Thomas’s ALL-STAR SQUADRON already???? Geez.
This new 70s JLA volume and a recent early 70s Bronze Age Flash volume are finally getting it right, but let’s pick up the pace DC and try to get that 1974-1984 produced material going, shall we? Marvel is wayyyyyy ahead of you on this time era that you’ve not given enough love to…
Aside from the mainstream titles, how about throw in some of the cooler oddball titles like Freedom Fighters 1-15, Showcase #94-104, the Giffen Dr Fate stories from Flash, a single definitive volume of Secret Society of Super Villains, Firestorm, original Teen Titans #44-53, Kobra, Outsiders,…etc etc…
Kudos for finally giving Warlord some love, but again, do it in a format smaller than a damn dictionary please…
At least you’re doing some key Golden Age material done as well in DC Finest format…the recent volumes of early Superman, Batman and WW were great, no need for them to be in giant damn omnibuses though…finish the full ALL STAR COMICS run and then give us some of the JSA members solo volumes…Spectre, Dr Fate, Sandman, Starman…also would love to see some Lou Fine drawn Ray, Uncle Sam and Black Condor stories too…
Swamp thing is great, (but reprinted 100x over already for the Wrightson issues) and thanks for finally doing issue #25 and great to see the Challengers of the Unknown issues in there, but at $150 for a fancy boxed edition in this economy?
Wasteful and needless. Just do them in a DC finest format for half the price and we’ll gobble them up.
Marvel really has this format and their material down to a science at this point.
I almost want to get a job at DC just to fix this…rant over.
Is it just me…??? Thoughts?
March 21, 2026
Agree with all this! Sadly, there is a problem reprinting 1976-1997 comics because they have a fixed reprint rate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showcase_Presents#Possible_reprint_exceptions
March 21, 2026
Okay, so contractually they have a different reprint rate that didn’t make sense to profit ratio for the 19.99 Showcase black and white series of books, but now we’re talking the DC Finest color books which have a higher cover price and should be able to work that out to profitability (or even renegotiate with creators rather than not reprint it at all…) as much of the 90s work of the 1976-1997 period of the same contract rate has been reprinted, they’ve just ignored a LOT of the mid 70s-early 80s stuff, which makes no sense as so big a part of the customer base is Gen X…
Marvel makes it work with similar creator reprint contracts no problem and they make plenty of profit on their Marvel Epic Collections of the 70s-80s…production of those is thankfully booming.
I see it as more of poor management of that department IMHO.
March 22, 2026
They do renegotiate with creators but not all creators agree to the new terms. Marvel never had similar creator reprint contracts in that time frame, which is why they have reprinted so much more than DC.
March 21, 2026
Tired of omnibuses. Much rather just have a reprint of Swamp Thing Bronze Age 1. Also, yet another reprint of Kirby’s Kamandi and none of the rest of the run. Affordable reprints of Moore’s run would also be nice.
March 21, 2026
Please tell me these are gonna be released digitally also, and how about the complete Karate Kid, Freedom Fighters series from the 70s and the 41 issue run of The Phantom Stranger
March 21, 2026
Karate Kid absolutely! (#15 was part of a 3-part crossover with Kamandi #57-58)
Freedom Fighters as well is long overdue 1970s goodness.
Phantom stranger was reprinted as TPBKs a while back…I think 4 volumes (?) you may want to hunt those down on eBay if DC doesn’t do a new printing…
March 22, 2026
The Phantom Stranger Omnibus was released in August 2023.
March 23, 2026
I’m disappointed that the JLA book isn’t starting with issue 100. I would have liked for the entire Len Wein run to be included in one book.