Collected Comics Library

This week Chris goes over the Airboy Archives Volume 4 and even has a surprise for everyone on the Airboy Wikipedia page. Also mentioned on the show: a classic 1950 Jekyll & Hyde story from Wally Wood, Absolute Batman Year One HC, Dark Knight Returns Collector’s Edition Box Set, Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Box Set, Prince Valiant HC Vol. 14 1963-1964, Batman Silver Age Newspaper Comics HC Vol. 3 1969-1972, Marvel Masterworks Black Panther HC Vol. 2, The Complete Trashman by Spain and what Chris is selling on eBay this week.

On this special Spooky Halloween episode, Chris goes over the DC Comics Showcase Presents books of House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Unexpected, Ghosts and The Witching Hour. Chris also goes over C2E2 2017, Aquaman A Celebration Of 75 Years HC, Moebius Library The World Of Edena HC, Vampirella Archives HC Vol. 15, Dick Tracy Colorful Cases Of The 1930s HC Vol. 1, New Editions of Star Trek and DC Comics Encyclopedia, Star Wars Newspaper and Star Hawks from LOAC, Boarder Wars by Don Simpson and Aliens.

Chris goes over the recent Complete Machine Man by Jack Kirby and Steve Dikto TPB...but is it really complete?! And did Ditko write a story that was credited to Marv Wolfman? The CCL investigative team is on the case. Chris also gives his thoughts on the Luke Cage TV show from Netflix,  DC Universe By Neil Gaiman Deluxe Ed HC (DC), Spirits Of Vengeance Rise Of Midnight Sons TPB (Marvel), Will Eisner's The Spirit Returns HC and the upcoming Swamp Thing Omnibus..will it collect the obscure issue #25? And if so what to Hawkman and The Hulk have to do with it?

Chris goes over selected December 2016 Solicitations from DC, IDW, Marvel, IDW, Valiant and Dark Horse. Titles include Superman/Batman: Saga of the Super-Sons, Checkmate by Greg Rucka Book 1, Judge Dredd: The Brendan McCarthy Collection, Jay Disbrow’s Monster Invasion, Star Wars Box Set Slipcase Set, Luke Cage, Iron Fist & The Heroes For Hire Vols 1 and 2, Ninjak Deluxe Edition Book One, The EC Archives: Valor, Eerie Archives Volume 23, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Omnibus Volume 1, Tomb Raider Archives Volume 1, He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe: The Newspaper Comic Strips. Also on the show Marvel’s Doctor Strange Prelude, Mysterious World Of Doctor Strange, Tim Tyler’s Luck, Elseworld’s Batman Vol. 2, Prince Valiant Volume 13 and Wally Wood Jungle Adventures: Jim King and Animan. Chris also reads some CCL fan email.

In honor of the Luke Cage series on Netflix, Chris goes over Power Man’s collected editions including the Essentials, Masterworks, and other series including his team-up with Iron Fist and Heroes For Hire. Chris also goes over Tarzan: The Beckoning (Malibu) from Dark Horse, EC Archives Weird Fantasy Volume 2 HC, Wonder Woman A Celebration Of 75 Years HC and DC Universe by Mike Mignola.

In celebration of International Podcast Day 2016, I was honored to be a part of a wonderful roundtable with other comic book podcasters including Derek Royal, The Comics Alternative (), John Mayo, Comic Book Page () and John Siuntres, Wordballoon ().    Today we talk about comic book podcasting, how far it has come and perhaps where it's going and include our favorite moments and how it's never too late to get into podcasting. Please join me and my friends on this special episode of Collected Comics Library.   And for more information about International Podcast Day and how you can help promote Podcasting worldwide through education and public engagement, please visit  and tweet using #PodcastDay.

Chris goes over the recent The Lost Art of Will Eisner by Locust Moon Press and its’ reprint of Uncle Otto and Harry Karry, two of Eisner’s oldest and rarest work. Chris was a backer for this Kickstarter funded project and is so pleased that a treasure such as this is now in print. Also on the show, Eisner’s other pre-Spirit work the Hawks Of The Seas and the pics of the week: Absolute Y The Last Man HC Volume 2, Art Of Jim Davis Garfield HC and Doctor Strange Omnibus HC Volume 1.

Chris goes over what he bought at the Great Lakes Comic Book show: The Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion (TwoMorrows) and Crawford's Encyclopedia Of Comic Books. Chris also covers the best of this past weeks release: Green Arrow TPB Vol. 6 Last Action Hero (DC Comics), Richard Matheson Master Of Terror Collection GN (IDW), Alan Moore Jerusalem HC Novel (Liveright) and also laments that the Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four HC Vol. 18 will be the last FF book we'll see for a very long time. The main topic this week is all things Batman by Mike Mignola and just would be included in a complete edition of his works including Gotham By Gaslight, The Doom That Came To Gotham and more.

Chris goes over selected November 2016 Solicitations from DC, Marvel, IDW, Image, Dark Horse, Dynamite, and Valiant. Also on the show are the Harvey and Dragon Con Award winners, IDW Limited New Mutants HC, Eerie Archives Volume 22, Back Issue 91, Comic Book Fever by George Khoury, and an email and opinion on Marvel’s Epic line.

Chris digs a little deep into the two most recent Punisher comic series: Daredevil/Punisher: Seventh Circle and The Punisher (ongoing). I like one and not the other, but I understand why both are being published.  Also on the show March One Volume update, The Mike Mignola Amazing Screw-On Head Artist Edition; The Deadpool Minibus 2; Jessica Jones: Avenger; why you shouldn't buy Doctor Strange: Strange Origin; and should Chris buy Nighthawk?