Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 3
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Join me for an early look at the Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 3! Batman in Brave & the Bold omnibus volume 3! A book that was canceled and is now in print! The book is due out September 7th.
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Really hope DC starts releasing Bronze Age Batman and Detective Comics Omnibuses soon. Or just a Batman by Denny O'Neil Omnibus would be perfect actually. That's one book I've been waiting years for.
I'm with you, Aparo was my batman artist as well. The late bronze age will always be my favorite character. I felt he was the perfect blend of light and dark
These team up books were always my favorite when i was a kid. Two heroes in one book and usually in self contained stories. It was hard to get every issue before the comic book stores flourished or even just because of limited kid resources. Dc comics presents and marvel team up and marvel two in one.
I swear Omar every time I say no to a book here you come with a video and you convince me 😂 "Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo"
Grab Vol 2 of BATMAN: THE BRAVE & BOLD -- even Omar is just realizing he missed out on roughly 850 pages of great Aparo artwork.
I love the way omnibuses make the art look
Omar you have done it again. Sold me on an omnibus that is. I share your love of Jim Aparo. He deserves more recognition as one of the all time greats in my opinion. And I am also a total mark for anything by the ever awesome but still underrated Bob Haney. He was a writer/editor who never let "continuity" stand in the way of telling a really good story. Keep up the excellent work Omar.
Batman/Manbat Prescription for tragedy. I used to own that comic back in the 80s. It was a translated to Spanish issue from a Mexican publisher (Novaro). My godmother used to buy me a few (DC superheroes as well as Popeye, Bugs Bunny and others). But I distinctly remember Batman/Manbat and Manbat crying “Mi hija se muere y tú eres el culpable Batman!” I might get this omni just for that.
This is the era where Brave and the Bold becomes interesting from a storytelling perspective. As with most of DC comics. Prior to then, stories were just abysmal. And you can’t g9 wrong with Aparo artwork.
so which eras are good stories and which are the ones to avoid, asking as a beginner..
@@kevinarriaza1951 Wow, that's a hard question to answer because we all have our perspective. For me, and I think this will apply to others, some things that I appreciate back in the day, I'm not sure if I'd necessarily want to revisit.
For example, when I was first getting into comics, I absolutely loved old school Stan Lee / Steve Ditko Spiderman. I used to have the pocketbook version of the early books. And i still love them mainly for nostalgia, although I do think the writing for Spiderman -- seeing everything through the eyes of a moody teenager was brilliant and remains so!
But storytelling has matured in the decades since. I tried reading through the Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol 1 recently, because again, they were one of my first loves. But I just wound up skipping through the artwork. The storys are just meh.
I'm reading the Starman Compendium now and ABSOLUTELY LOVE the storytelling there. Had the same experience reading through Constantine from similar era, and Lucifer. The writing in these is sophisticated, funny, challenging even. Something that at this point in my life, I look for.
So it all depends on what you're looking for personally. I get more enjoyment from mature reads. and you can find a lot that fit that bit starting in 70's through current, IMO. But I still love the classics too!
Now this is an omnibus I need to get, it’s been a long time coming 👌🏻🔥
I agree - I wish we had a modern day team up series. I miss the one and done stories of the past. They were fun.
I just got in the post yesterday and it looks really good in my collection now. I love that cover too. Awesome review, Omar. Cheers!
Thanks Omar, I pre-ordered this as I have the first 2 and cant wait to pick this up from my lcs when it arrives, now I just hope DC doesn't make us bronze age fans wait till they release all the Batman silver age omnis to start releasing the Batman bronze age omnis (collecting both Batman&Detective) as that could take close to a decade.
Ends in 1983 with issue 200 then other series down the road. Batman around issue 50. Official team up batman issue 74
All before Crisin on Infinite Earths
DC got 99 problems but a spine layout ain't one!
You're not alone, Omar. Batman Year Two is great :) Can't wait until my copy of this book arrives this week.
Oh, the content looks amazing. This and JL bronze age omnis have amazingly good stories
I too wanted this because of Mike Barr and Aparo and this overview sold it. This volume contains my first B&B’s from when i was a child. And even better, I got it from my girlfriend for Xmas!
I’m so happy to see this was finally released! 🎉
I hear yeah Omar! The black on yellow is The Batman from my childhood as well. Love the artwork. I didn’t know about this omnibus but now that I do my wallet is crying.
I've been waiting for this and I just bought it. My collection will be complete coming this Thursday. Great review of the book and thanks as always. Cheers!
At the time these last issues came out the printing quality had really dropped in DC and Marvel comics so Aparo’s work on these later issues of B and B have never been seen in this quality before.
P.S. at the moment, I DON'T have my copy of the omnibus -- winging its way towards me from the UK (Book Depository), but...issue 187, one of my favorites, DOES have a 2-page spread in it! (Also a VERY cool, second to last, illustrated panel that lets the reader "peer in" through the roof of a blasted building). Cheers!
Hey Omar! First, great overview! (you confused issue 197 with 182, both are Earth-2 related, and both were written by the brilliant Alan Brennert, just a heads up) Second: YOU GOTTA get BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD: THE BRONZE AGE VOL.2, if you haven't already (think I saw an over-view of volume 1 by you). THAT volume is even MORE packed with beautiful -- from the mid 1970s to early 80s -- Artwork by Jim Aparo! Yeah, the majority of the stories are by Zaney Bob Haney (a handful by other writers), but, likewise, the majority -- about 90 percent -- of the art is pure Jim Aparo. (Also: yeah, the first intro-preview story of Batman & the Outsiders IS, indeed -- as I was recently remined -- collected in BATMAN & THE OUTSIDERS, vol.1 -- Aparo's art is in about 1/3 of volume 2 of those hardback collections; vol. 3 is mostly Alan Davis, and a couple of others). Finally: since you seem to be as big a fan of Jim Aparo as I am, check out "The Outsiders" vol.1, issues 1-28. Twenty-two of those issues are ALL Jim Aparo, finishing up a second, brilliant, phase of fantastic Artwork (the first was during his B&B days -- and Spectre/Aquaman days --, from 1974-1983; the second only started with "Batman & the Outsiders"). Mike W. Barr does all of the writing, I believe. For reasons defying logic, DC Comics STILL hasn't done a book collection (paperback or hardcover), so you'll have to seek them out through the comic book stores (I did it all the way from Australia, where I now live). Also: DON'T forget to get a copy of SPECTRE: THE WRATH OF THE SPECTRE omnibus, because THAT book is 1/3 Jim Aparo art -- including the dustjacket, jacket flaps, and the actual book cover itself. (This has been an unpaid, unsolicited, message, from your not-so-neighborhood, but always friendly, Jim Aparo Artwork fan. :)
this is my batman
Batman and the Outsider Omnibus on the horizon?
I have been waiting for this omnibus for some time, now it is here! Day one buy! Hopefully we will get the Phantom Stranger omnibus next year with more of Jim Aporo's art. Great video Omar.
Mine should be here tomorrow via Amazon. Can't wait!
#159 was one of the first comics I ever had but it was in a language I couldn't read. Not getting this omni for lack of shelf space but great that it's collected.
Great book.
Awaiting my pre-order copy! Thanks Omar!
Thank you for posting the video. I'm strongly considering getting all 3 volumes. The only thing that bothers me is the neon-bright cartoon coloring. It might be exactly the same colors they used originally, but it sure shows up different on the glossier paper. I bought a Jim Aparo book a while back and compared it to an old comic book he had drawn, and the difference was literally night and day. At first the bright colors are very eye-catching, but after a while I realized the darker more somber coloring in the original is a much better fit for gritty 70's Batman. I must ponder this for a while. Lol first world problems, huh?
Omar: since you're an Aparo fan, and -- one hopes -- have been tracking down and purchasing the volume 2 omnibus (not to mention the Spectre omnibus and all of the Aquaman and Batman & the Outsider hardcovers), thought I might mention that you should hold onto your JOKER BRONZE AGE omnibus, because...the first printing (at least) comes with a Jim Aparo illustration (a panel from B&B 129) of the Joker, embossed on the back of the actual book cover, on back. :)
I am a big fan of Year Two and it’s sequel Full Circle. Very sad that Davis only did the first issue. I like McFarlane but just such a jarring change from Davis.
Need to pick this up got vol 1 and 2 😊😊
First day purchase for me!
I've bought and returned a few of the DC omnis. i just don't like the production of the physical books. I much prefer the TPB issues. The one exception is the Spectre omni. It's beautiful from front to back with proper matte paper (or something like it). Love Jim Aparo tho and read his B&TB throughout his run in the 70s!
:O!! did i dew datt??
art looks good.. :)
those boring black board covers are prime for metallic ink sketches
but who tf is nemesis?
Thank you! And he was a character like a super spy.
This is tempting but I already have a bunch of these in the Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway and TOTB: Alan Brennert collections. I really want it though. That Denny O'Neil issue is probably the kicker for me.
Update: Yeah I had to get it lol
Just love Aparo Batman. This might be coming to the shelf quickly.
Totally unrelated question - - is there a Buscema Tarzan Omni next month? I just found some listings for it and haven't heard of before (probably late to the news). If so have you previewed that yet or will you be?
If you like Jim Aparo you should check out Phantom Stranger. That had been scheduled to have an Omnibus but sadly it seems to have slipped off the catalogue.
It hasn't "slipped off": just been moved ahead. It's currently due out May 2022, but might be bumped a few months ahead by then (THIS anthology moved from March to Sept). Don't take the chattering of the nattering nabobs at places like "tapaTalk" and other such forums as gospel.
havent team up with me lol those book are cool batman team up. classic bronze!
I'll have e to see whether the Spectre BATB stories are also in The Spectre: Wrath of The Spectre Omnibus. Even though I have no plans on getting anything Batman centric, this does look tempting. And a huge Jim Aparo fan as well, but more his Bronze Age work on The Spectre and The Phantom Stranger. As an older teen, loved his and Don Newton's art on Batman, but unfortunately lost interest in the character later on.
The B&B Spectre team-ups are in last year's Spectre Omnibus, as is ALL of Aparo's Spectre artwork, making the book 50 percent Aparo, including DJ, dustflaps and the actual cover of the book (the only they didn't include was Aparo's "Who's Who" artwork, which did make it into _that_ omnibus). Also: Volume TWO of BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD BRONZE AGE has even MORE Jim Aparo artwork in it! Nearly 90 percent of the art is by Aparo in that volume. So if you're a fan, they're both great books (even vol. 1 has his artwork from issue 100 - 109, only a fourth of the book, but great stuff). And there's also the DEADMAN Omnibus, and vol. 1& 2 of the "Batman & the Outsiders" hardcover books. Not to mention: the huge PHANTOM STRANGER omnibus coming out next year (in May, or a bit later if pub. schedules have to shift).
Brave and the bold 177 (in this omnibus) was I think the first comic I ever bought/read
Edit: I made this comment before watching and there it is at 5:27
I say “I think” because Batman 339 is the one that stuck with me and made me an addict but the B&B issue has an earlier cover date so I assume I got it first
What's with the smudge type marks on the front cover? Did they mean it to look like that? Are all the bronze age titles like this?
I got mine today and it's the same.
How many more of these omnibuses of this series do they have left?
You sold me on this one. I was going to pass on this but after your review I am buying. I say thanks, my wallet is cursing you. 😁
Not related to this post but..........How did Gem Mint get an Empyre and Preacher 2 Omnibus overview out before you? Thought Marvel sent these omni's to you early to get the first previews out? Ah well, I look forward to your overview when you get them.........
I should receive this soon as I preordered this months ago. My only complaint about the B&B omnis is that DC did not collect DC Special Series #8, a double-sized B&B story with Batman, Sgt. Rock, and Deadman, in the second or third volumes. Still, that's a minor quibble, I guess. (DC Special Series was a title from the '70s that switched between new and reprint material and for a time gave titles an extra-length story like an annual would have.)
If ya dig it for the Aparo Art, as I was telling Omar, the Spectre Omnibus is essential. As for that special (and MORE Aparo Art, not to mention Adams and others): it's in the DEADMAN OMNIBUS.
@@d.truett9980 I have the Spectre omnibus, and I got it specifically for the Aparo art, though that Neal Adams guy (and Murphy Anderson too) isn't too shabby either.
I was hoping not to have to get the Deadman omnibus, not because I don't like the character -- I do! -- but because I have way more omnibuses than I ever thought I'd have. Lol
@@kade82 -- you can NEVER have too many omnibus volumes when it comes to great comic art (especially Aparo)! (Who needs food, right?). :D
@@d.truett9980 It's not food I'm worried about; it's running out of room and being discovered under an avalanche of omnibuses. 😁😁😁
I don't have any Brave and the Bold omnibuses but I have Volume 1 of Batman by Neil Adams trade paperbacks and yeah, I'm not a fan of Bob Haney's writing either on the Brave and the Bold issues and enjoyed Batman by Neil Adams volumes 2 and 3 a LOT better.
Nice! I have this pre-ordered. Unrelated question, but does anyone know why there are no Superman bronze age omnis?
Are you going to buy the Batman: Year Two action figure from McFarlane Toys? It really looks like the comic.
Omar, you are never alone, my friend. You also are not alone in enjoying "Batman: Year Two". I think it is a very underrated story, and I wish more people would be open to reading it. Please be well.
Great overview! One quick question is if the paper is matte or glossy (like the first 2 volumes)? Thanks!
glossy. Enough people complained about the matte paper in the Joker Bronze Age omnibus that DC balked at doing that again. (Fanboys...can't live with them. Full stop).
Aparo!
That Jim Aparo artwork looks gorgeous. I have Vol 1 in this collection but i didn't really enjoy it :(
As someone belonging to generation x, i'd say this was the definitive Batman of all time. I just wish comic artwork of the 21st century was like this and not what it is today.
Nitin Thayi --- like Omar, you made a BIG mistake by not picking up volume 2, which is made of largely of Jim Aparo art, all of it drawn during his best years (1974-1984; with a resurgent period of great art between 1985 and '87/'88, when he drew most of 28 issue run called "The Outsiders", just after "Batman & the Outsiders"). Pick up a copy of volume 2, dude.
D. Truett Thanks for the advice. I will pick it up.
Omar, you mention that you had Vol. 1 but sold it because it wasn't your cup of tea, but you picked up Vol. 3 because it has stories by Mike W. Barr and especially Jim Aparo. Did you pick up Vol. 2 as well? Because Aparo drew the bulk of the stories in that volume.
I haven’t. damnit. Now I need to don’t I?!! And both 2 and 3 will get lonely without 1.
@@NearMintCondition - I "seconded" Imran's recommendation in a couple of posts of my own. Vol. 2 is chock-a-block with Aparo art, since he was the main artist for that title (and Vol 1 DOES have the artwork he did starting with issue 98, and then regularly from 100 through 109, the Demon! (with one "sick day" glitch in the Teen Titans pair up). I also mentioned, in my note, the recent Spectre omnibus: EXCELLENT book, and roughly 1/3rd drawn by Aparo, with his art decorating DJ, dustjacket flaps, and the hardcover book itself). Plus: Aparo is all over volumes one and two of the "Batman & the Outsiders hardcovers (three of them in all). And just about ALL of his artwork featuring Deadman appears in the recent DEADMAN omnibus. And (!!!), you might want to pick up "The Outsiders" 1-28 vol1: Aparo's art is in 22 of the comics, and on two more of the covers, and it is some seriously gorgeous work! Plus, Barr, one of your favorites, is the writer (DC hasn't collected that run, for reasons unknown).
@@NearMintCondition -- one more thing: mentioned in my original posts, but if ya missed it: issue 187 -- a corker -- has nice, two page spread (and some quirky panel work, especially at the end, there).
Comment to aid Al Gore's rhythm, Minties!
Yo Omar! any news on any new Iron Man Epic Collections or reprints? and is Wolverine Omnibus Vol 1 out of print?
Has Batman ever teamed up with Scooby doo? That seems like a logical step.
DC have done a few Batman & Scooby Doo Team Ups recently in Scooby Doo Team Up and the current Batman & Scooby Doo Mysteries
@@Jag2045 ……well damn
@@Jag2045 -- And, as Omar mentioned, that "Brave & Bold" animated TV series (ostensibly aimed at children, but written so adults, especially in the 2nd and 3rd years, could enjoy it), was followed by...an animated team-up of Batman & Scooby-doo: animated, for the most part, in the old, 1970s style, as homage. :)
Is this Batman's single bronze age run or can there be another Batman bronze age omnibus collection?
There is vol. 1 and vol. 2.. This is the third one
@@fingerprints2983 Is this Batman's entire bronze age run?
@@kytim89 No Dude, NO!
@@kytim89 this a spin-off team-up title. between "detective comics" and "batman", the bronze age is upwards of 400 issues, 1968~1986.