Metropolis Mailbag: How many '86-'99 comics?
sideshowcris asked:
Forgive me if this has been asked before, but do you have any idea exactly how many of these comics (including prestige/mini-series/etc. such as Lex Luthor Unauthorized Biography or Superman: Doomsday) are out there? I'm trying to get a scope of the task you have before you, which I know is gargantuan. Also, since this is the Superman run of my childhood I'm contemplating diving in deeply and also tracking down the trades they're putting out. Keep up the good work! Your blog rocks.
Thank you! I think there's 720 or so main issues that will get their own posts. By "main issues" I mean the monthly series and a few specials that are essential reading; basically, if it has a triangle number on the cover, we'll do a full post about it. Then there's like 300 non-essential one-shots, miniseries, crossovers and stuff that we'll only cover briefly, in group posts. Those group posts might also include the spin-off titles (Superboy, Steel, The Astonishing High Pockets, etc.), which would bring the total to something like 1350 issues. There are currently 375 posts on this blog, by the way! (Yes, I have to pick up the pace.)
Since you brought up the trades, I should mention that DC recently upgraded the upcoming collection of post-John Byrne issues to a giant-ass omnibus collecting everything leading up to the Exile in Space, the Exile in Space itself, and the first Eradicator stories. Since the Byrne era is now available in trades (the nine "Man of Steel" volumes) this means the first years of this era will now be FULLY collected. Everyone pre-order this book so they'll eventually cover the whole damn thing! (Give me free shit, DC!)
Anyway, thank you for writing, here's 720 Baldy Awards:
