Infinite Crisis Omnibus

It's unfortunate that this is no longer in print and being sold for quite a bit of money because this is an absolutely amazing compilation. It collects one of the best stories to grace the pages of DC comics and is an epic masterpiece. This book is an incredible feat and I frankly am proud of DC for having the moxy to pull off such a collection in one book.

Most people who are looking at this collection will have already read Infinite Crisis. So this review will be about the book itself and the presentation. The pages are bright and clear, The paper used is heavy stock glossy and everything just pops out at you. While I have only had the book for a day or so, the binding seams to be very well put together.There are a few downsides though. Fist is that it is not a complete Omnibus. DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy is NOT included in this. Which is really sad considering her part in the story. The second problem is the weight. This thing is 10 pounds. I think in retrospect, DC should have done a two volume release.

I loved this omnibus, not only from it's size and quantity of story but the amazing story. I saw people complaining about the weight even though they know it's a massive book, and it's true, it's a biggy. Buy it from dc.com though if the price is still in the $350s, it's only a consistent $150 on their site. The scale of this story is definitely a plus and recommend buying it for any DC fan

I gotta say... I loved Infinite Crisis when I first read it! Mmmm, scratch that! I didn't understood squad of Infinite Crisis when I first got it. There was a reason though. I was just begining with comics. I had no background about the DC Universe, so Infinite Crisis was a bad start.I got some books like Crisis on Infinite earths and Identity Crisis, and some Batman and JLA books, and Infinite Crisis felt WAY better. I liked it, I love it. I think it was one of the best crossovers DC had.Fast forward 2012!I got the chance to get this Omnibus with a promotion, so it was a no-brainer. Having said that, I'm goign to review the product with Iron fist. Let's star with the good stuff:This Omnibus is bigger than it supposed to be. It have over 1400 pages in it, and all of it is sweet, but the best part is how is collected. Finally we have a big book with all the content collected in chronological order. The Infinite Crisis Omnibus includes all of the following, in this order:Countdown to Infinite CrisisOMAC Project #1-3Sacrifice (Superman #219, Action Comics #829, Adventures of Superman #642, Wonder Woman #219)OMAC Project #4-6Villains United #1-6Lightning Strikes Twice (Action Comics #826, Adventures of Superman #639, Superman #216)Day of Vengeance #1-6Rann-Thanagar War #1-6Crisis of Conscience (JLA #115-119)Infinite Crisis #1-3Day of Vengeance Infinite Crisis SpecialInfinite Crisis Secret Files 2006Infinite Crisis #4Rann-Thanagar War Infinite Crisis SpecialInfinite Crisis #5-6OMAC Project Infinite Crisis SpecialVillains United Infinite Crisis SpecialInfinite Crisis #7There was a lot of stuff I didn't read before, so the content and the order it was collected is a VERY big plus! I was one of the people who wanted Infinite Crisis Absoluted, but I think the Omnibus was well collected. 5 stars for it.I can understand why there's no extras here (the lenght is already vast enough), but I would had love to have at least a fresh intro or afterwords from Johns or even Dan Didio. The original proposal would have been nice. I mean, I would really like to know how they were goign to kill Nightwing. Anyway, that's a very minor complaint.Now for the not so good stuff:The book is still using a hybrid of glued and sewen binding. Is not as terrible as The Hawkman Omnibus though. You can actually open the book and get minimal gutter loss, so yes, it was an upgrade regarding the other books. Even though I still feel DC have a long way to go if they want to comete with Marvel on quality.That brings the other issue, and this is important for me. Once you remove the dustjacket, the hardback is completely black! Exactly like the cheap little hardcover books they release all the time. Just black and nothing more. You lose the dustjacket, you will have no way to identify the book as for what it is.I saw (but never bought) the New 52 Omnibus, and kind of liked the fact that, after removing the jacket, you'll still have a pretty hardback design. It looked pretty and it gave the sense your money was well spent (even when the content was ridiculous). Now they make a great job collecting stories and they make it look chip by giving a black simplistic hardback on it. You might not care about it, but for $150 a pop, it should be top notch in every single aspect.My final review is an optimistic 3 and a half stars.My recomendation is: Do not pay full price for this! Get it on sale! I've seen sites and places where the book is at $80 something dollars. If you can get it for that or less, you'll have your money well spend!

Infinite Crisis Omnibus.This is a true Omnibus and included:01. Countdown to Infinite Crisis Chapter 102. Countdown to Infinite Crisis Chapter 203. Countdown to Infinite Crisis Chapter 304. Countdown to Infinite Crisis Chapter 405. Countdown to Infinite Crisis Chapter 506. The Omac Project Part 107. The Omac Project Part 208. The Omac Project Part 309. Superman Sacrifice Part 110. Superman Sacrifice Part 211. Superman Sacrifice Part 312. Superman Sacrifice Part 413. The Omac Project Part 414. The Omac Project Part 515. The Omac Project Part 616. Villians United Part 117. Villians United Part 218. Villians United Part 319. Villians United Part 420. Villians United Part 521. Villians United Part 622. Superman Lightning Strikes Twice Part 123. Superman Lightning Strikes Twice Part 224. Superman Lightning Strikes Twice Part 325. Day of vengeance Part 126. Day of vengeance Part 227. Day of vengeance Part 328. Day of vengeance Part 429. Day of vengeance Part 530. Day of vengeance Part 631. Rann-Thanagar War Part 132. Rann-Thanagar War Part 233. Rann-Thanagar War Part 334. Rann-Thanagar War Part 435. Rann-Thanagar War Part 536. Rann-Thanagar War Part 637. Justice League Crisis of Conscience Part 138. Justice League Crisis of Conscience Part 239. Justice League Crisis of Conscience Part 340. Justice League Crisis of Conscience Part 441. Justice League Crisis of Conscience Part 542. Infinite Crisis Part 143. Infinite Crisis Part 244. Infinite Crisis Part 345. Day of vengeance Special46. Infinite Crisis Secret Files47. Infinite Crisis Part 448. Rann-Thanagar War Special49. Infinite Crisis Part 550. Infinite Crisis Part 651. The Omac Project Special52. Villians United Special53. Infinite Crisis Part 7Enjoy