Among DC’s newest solicits:
MILLENNIUM TP
Written by Steve Englehart
Art by Joe Staton, Ian Gibson and others
Cover by Joe Staton & Mark Farmer
The 1988 8-issue miniseries MILLENNIUM is collected for the first time! The Guardians of the Universe have left our dimension behind — and in their absence, the deadly robotic army of Manhunters threatens the survival of the DC Universe!
INVASION TP
Written by Keith Giffen & Bill Mantlo
Art by Todd McFarlane, Bart Sears, P. Craig Russell, Joe Rubinstein and others
Cover by McFarlane & Rubinstein
The massive 3-issue miniseries from 1988 is collected for the first time! In this universe-spanning saga, the deadly but emotionless Dominators have come to Earth to wipe out the threat posed by metahumans. But what is the real reason for their attack?
Really? Someone actually wants these?
I don’t think this is just me being a snob, or an angry, jilted fan who’s still bummed he’s never going to see all of Shade or Human Target collected. Are there people who really think “Man, I wish I had a nice copy of Millennium sitting on my bookshelf?” Can’t these people make do with 25-cent bins or crazy 100-comics-for-$1 sales on eBay?
I haven’t read the main event series, but have gone through some of the crossovers, thanks to picking up stuff like Suicide Squad, JLI, and Firestorm, and man, it’s pretty forgettable – and those were good series. Grant Morrison had a few good ideas for his Invasion stories in Animal Man, but that’s Grant Freaking Morrison.
I suppose Invasion has Todd McFarlane going for it, but Millennium? Sometimes, I despair for the comics industry.
What’s next – Absolute Janus Directive?