DC Finest is an upcoming line of full-color trade paperbacks from DC Comics. Announced at 2024's ComicsPRO Comics Conference,[1] their stated intention is to be comprehensive collections for completist readers with a high page-count but affordable price-point, similar to Marvel's Epic Collections. While no book has been released yet, more than a dozen have been announced, covering most of DC's major heroes plus an event line, with the press release explicitly stating the intention to branch out to other genres from the DC backlog, including War, Romance, Western, Horror and Science Fiction.[2]
List of Volumes
Not all announced volumes have their contents revealed yet. While their general contents and years covered can be inferred by the revealed covers' artwork, credited creators and volume names, they are unconfirmed and therefore not included.
Aquaman
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| King of Atlantis | 1956-1962 | Material from Adventure Comics #229-280, #282 and #284; Action Comics #272; Detective Comics #293-300; World's Finest Comics #125; Showcase #30-33; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #12; and Aquaman #1-3 | 624 | January 7, 2025 | 9781779529893 |
Batgirl
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Nobody Dies Tonight | 2000-2002 | Batgirl #7-27, Superboy #85 and Supergirl #63 | 552 | April 8, 2025 | 9781799501046 |
Batman
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Year One & Two | 1986–1987 | Batman #404-414, Batman Annual #11, and Detective Comics #571-581. | 592 | November 5, 2024 | 9781779528353 |
| The Killing Joke and Other Stories | 1987-1988 | Batman #413-422, Batman: The Killing Joke, Detective Comics #580-589 and Batman: Son Of The Demon. | 600 | May 20, 2025 | 9781799501459 |
Catwoman
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Life Lines | 1988–1994 | Action Comics #611-614, Batman: Catwoman Defiant #1, Showcase '93 #1-4, Catwoman (1989) #1-4, Catwoman (1993) #1-12 and Catwoman Annual #1 | 600 | December 17, 2024 | 9781779528469 |
| Vengeance and Vindiction | 1994-1996 | Catwoman #0, #13-32; and Catwoman Annual #2-3 | 624 | June 10, 2025 | 9781799501756 |
Doom Patrol
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The World's Strangest Heroes | 1963-1966 | The Brave and the Bold #65; Doom Patrol #86-102; Challengers of the Unknown #48; My Greatest Adventure #80-85; Teen Titans #6 | 624 | February 11, 2025 | |
Events
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Zero Hour: Part One | 1994 | Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4-3 and related tie-ins | 496 | December 10, 2024 | 9781779528506 |
| Zero Hour: Part Two | 1994 | The Flash #0; Green Arrow #90; Adventures of Superman #516; Justice League America #92; Action Comics #703; Justice League International #68; Legion of Super-Heroes #61; Green Lantern #0; Superman: The Man of Steel #0; Guy Gardner: Warrior #24; Justice League Task Force #16; Catwoman #14; Robin #10; Showcase '94 #10; Damage #0, #6; Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2-0; Anima #7 | 600 | May 6, 2025 | 9781799501305 |
The Flash
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Human Thunderbolt | 1956-1961 | Showcase #4, #8, #13-14, and The Flash #105-123 | 632 | November 26, 2024 | 9781779528360 |
Green Arrow
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Longbow Hunters | 1987-? | | 600 | January 21, 2025 | 9781779529916 |
Green Lantern
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Defeat of Green Lantern | 1963-1965 | Green Lantern (vol.2) #19-39, The Flash #143 and Brave and the Bold #59 | 600 | December 3, 2024 | 9781779528483 |
Harley Quinn
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Birth of the Mirth | 1993-2001 | Action Comics #765; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126; The Batman Adventures #12; Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60; Batman #570, #573-574; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93; Detective Comics #737, #740-741; Catwoman #82-84, #89; The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1; The Batgirl Adventures #1; Batman: Harley Quinn #1; Batman: Gotham Knights #14; Harley Quinn #1-8 | 624 | February 18, 2025 | |
Legion of Super-Heroes
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Zap Goes the Legion | 1968-1974 | Action Comics #378-387 and #389-392, Adventure Comics #374-380 and #403, and Superboy #172-173, #176, #183-184, #188, #190-191, #193, #195, and #197-203. | 584 | December 10, 2024 | 9781779528490 |
Justice League of America
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Bridge Between Earths | 1966-1969 | Justice League of America #45-72 | 616 | November 19, 2024 | 9781779528377 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| For America and Democracy | 1940-1942 | All-Star Comics #3-12 | 632 | December 3, 2024 | 9781779528476 |
| The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate | 1942-1945 | All-Star Comics #13-24 | 600 | July 8, 2025 | 9781799502074 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Element Man | 1965-1972 | Justice League of America #42; The Brave and the Bold #57-58, #66, #68, #88, #101; Metamorpho #1-17 | 600 | June 17, 2025 | 9781799501848 |
Peacemaker
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Kill for Peace | 1966-1993 | Fightin' Five #40-41; Suicide Squad #27-30; Checkmate #16-26, #28, #32-33; Eclipso #11-13; Showcase '93 #6-11; Peacemaker #1-4; The Vigilante #36-38, #41-43; The Peacemaker #1-5 | 600 | April 1, 2025 | |
Plastic Man
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Origin of Plastic Man | 1941-1944 | Police Comics #1-36; Plastic Man #1-2 | 584 | March 4, 2025 | 9781799500650 |
Science Fiction
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Gorilla World | 1953-1954 | Action Comics #183-196; Strange Adventures #35-48; Mystery in Space #16-22 | 632 | July 15, 2025 | 9781799502159 |
Suicide Squad
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Trial by Fire | 1986-1988 | Suicide Squad #1-10; Secret Origins #14; Detective Comics #582; The Fury of Firestorm #62-64; Firestorm: The Nuclear Man Annual #5; Legends #1-6; Millennium #4 | 560 | March 11, 2025 | |
Superboy
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Super-Dog from Krypton | 1954-1955 | Adventure Comics #199-216; Superboy #33-43 | 600 | May 13, 2025 | 9781799501367 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Girl of Steel | 1959-1962 | Action Comics #252-288, Adventure Comics #278, Superman #139-140 and #144, Superboy #80, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #14 and #20, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #40, #46, #51 and #57. | 600 | January 14, 2025 | 9781779529909 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The First Superhero | 1938–1940 | Action Comics #1-25, Superman #1-5 and New World's Fair #1. | 584 | November 5, 2024 | 9781779528339 |
| Kryptonite Nevermore | 1970-1971 | Action Comics #393-406; Superman #233-238, #240-246 | 572 | June 3, 2025 | 9781799501657 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Giant Turtle Man | 1960-1961 | Action Comics #266, #277; Superman #142-143, #147; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #19-28; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #47-56 | 600 | April 15, 2025 | 9781799501107 |
Team-Ups
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Chase to the End of Time | 1978-1979 | DC Comics Presents #1-14; The Brave and the Bold #141-155 | 560 | March 18, 2025 | |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Judas Contract | 1983-1984 | Action Comics #546; World's Finest Comics #300; The New Teen Titans #33-40; The New Teen Titans Annual #2; Tales of the Teen Titans #41-47; Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3; The Vigilante #3; and more | 560 | February 4, 2025 | 9781799500254 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Legend of Wonder Woman | 1983-1986 | Wonder Woman #306-329; DC Comics Presents #76; Blue Devil #10; The Legend of Wonder Woman #1-4 | 632 | July 1, 2025 | 9781799502012 |
| Origins and Omens | 2007–2009 | Wonder Woman (2006) #14-35; Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Wonder Woman/Grace #1, and Brave & Bold #7. | 584 | October 8, 2024 | 9781779528346 |
References
- ^ "DC Finest: DC Announces New Line of Paperback Collections". Comicbook.com. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "DC Announces Absolute Power, DC Finest and Updates Elseworlds at ComicsPRO". DC.com. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
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