The Teen Wonder and the Clown Prince of Crime…
DC will be re-releasing two Bronze Age Batman-related omnibi in 2026, putting back into print fan faves Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus and The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus.
The listings on Penguin Random House’s website only note the basics, such as price, page count and sale date, but I’ve added descriptions from the previous editions. (PRH handles DC in the book market.)
Dig these:
ROBIN: THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS
Author Bob Rozakis, Gerry Conway
Illustrated by Jim Aparo, Don Heck
The 1970s stories of Batman’s sidekick Robin, now college age, are collected for the very first time! In these stories, Robin has moved out from the shadow of Batman to attend college, where he continues to battle crime. Collecting dozens of stories in which Robin deals with bullying, motorcycle gangs, campus protests and much more. Collects BATMAN #192, #202, #213, #227, #229-231, #234-236, #239, #240-242, #244, #245, #248-250, #252, #254, #259, #333, #337-339 and #341-343; DETECTIVE COMICS #390-391, #394, #395, #398-403, #445, #447, #450, #451 and #481-495; BATMAN FAMILY #1, #3-9 and #11-20; WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #200 and DC COMICS PRESENTS #31 and #58.
$125.00
912 pages
On sale April 21, 2026
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THE JOKER: THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS
Author Martin Pasko, Elliot Maggin, Dennis O’Neil
Illustrated by Irv Novick, Jose Garcia-Lopez
The Joker’s greatest tales from the 1970s are collected in one massive hardcover featuring appearances by Batman, Robin, Catwoman and many more! This amazing collection includes the never-before-published The Joker #10! Collects Batman #251, 260, 286, 291-294, 321, 353, 365-366, 400; The Brave and The Bold #111, 118, 129-130, 141, 191; The Joker #1-10, Detective Comics #475-476, 504, 526, 532, Wonder Woman #280-283, DC Comics Presents #41 and 72 and more!
$125.00
832 Pages
On sale Feb. 24, 2026
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Several thoughts:
— The Joker omnibus originally came out in 2019 and the Robin edition came out in 2020. There were also two Bronze Age Batgirl omnibi, so I imagine we’ll see re-releases of those soon enough.
— The big selling point of the Joker book is its inclusion of the never-published The Joker #10 — which is bananas great. If you’re not an omnibuyer, though, there may be a less expensive option next year: DC Direct: The Joker — The Big Ha Ha (assuming the ish is included). (UPDATED 8/2/25: It will be.)
— These two books feature some of my favorite stories ever. You cannot go wrong with either. That said, it’d be great if DC got around to publishing more collections of Bronze Age Batman himself. There’s a ton that’s never been put out in book form. (UPDATED 8/2/25: Oh, hooray! The Batman: The Bronze Age Omnibus is coming!)
— In the market for other omnibi re-releases next year — including Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3? Click here.
— Standard caveat: These haven’t been formally solicited yet, so much is subject to change.
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MORE
— LONG TIME COMING: DC to Publish BRONZE AGE BATMAN OMNIBUS. Click here.
— DC COMICS to Publish Raft of Golden and Silver Age Omnibus Editions in Early 2026. Click here.
July 31, 2025
>> includes the never-before-published The Joker #10!
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Maybe they should!
July 31, 2025
The only problem with the Robin Omnibus is that it’s missing the issue of Karate Kid he guest started in.
July 31, 2025
Agreed…it would be nice to see DC actually publish this
July 31, 2025
The Omnibus format may allow DC to reprint lots of stories at once, but they are totally not fun to read…costly, huge, heavy, unwieldy, and loads of “gutter loss” takes the fun out of trying to read these stories. If DC is going to make Omnis, they should also offer smaller-volume format choices as well, say 3-smaller volume softcovers for every Omnibus they make, (and it should be very easy to do as they just gathered the material together).
Now let me address the other problem: these 2 Omnis are good examples of DC FINALLY digging out old Bronze Age stories that should’ve been reprinted long ago…same with the recent Bronze Age Green Lantern/Green arrow Omni, there are SO MANY RUNS of 70s Bronze Age main character titles that have yet to be dug out and reprinted, and that’s criminal. Step it up DC, Marvel has the perfect reprint format for silver and Bronze Age with their wonderful Epic Collection line, and you’re missing the boat….Marvel has them clearly numbered in a “collect em all” format that makes sense, while you dance all over the place sloppily with your scattershot “DC Finest” volumes with no proper structure for collectors to be inspired to collect runs of them. A volume on “DC Gorillas” before you reprint runs of bronze Superman, Flash, etc? C’mon now, step it up…
August 7, 2025
DC Finest have the exact same publishing plan as the Epic Collections: Out of order and you collect the runs you want as they accrue, mostly out of sequence.
August 5, 2025
Omnibi now, is it? I look forward to reading them on the two double decker bi that I take to work every morning.