ComicBinding.com » jmbarnes101 http://comicbinding.com A Community for Comic Binding Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:47:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Blue Devil by Mishkin & Cohn http://comicbinding.com/mapping/blue-devil-by-mishkin-cohn http://comicbinding.com/mapping/blue-devil-by-mishkin-cohn#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:10:35 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=2582 A fun series harkening back to the DC style of the early to mid 80′s. Mishkin and Cohn did a great job with this series and it includes a nice crossover with Firestorm and the wild intro of Kid Devil. I’m planning on doing this as a very large omnibus but it could also be done in two equal volumes with a break before or after Blue Devil 19.

Blue Devil Volume 1

Fury of Firestorm 24 (cover and Blue Devil insert)
Blue Devil 1-18
Blue Devil Summer Fun Annual 1
Blue Devil 19-22
Fury of Firestorm 46
Blue Devil 23
Fury of Firestorm 47
Blue Devil 24-27
DC Comics Presents 96
Blue Devil 28-31
Secret Origins 24 (Blue Devil story)
Showcase ’93 1-6 (Covers and Blue Devil story pages)
* Showcase ’93 isn’t as good as the stuff that comes before so this story could be skipped if you wanted

]]> http://comicbinding.com/mapping/blue-devil-by-mishkin-cohn/feed 0 Vigilante (Adrian Chase) and Checkmate Volume 1 http://comicbinding.com/mapping/vigilante-adrian-chase-and-checkmate-volume-1 http://comicbinding.com/mapping/vigilante-adrian-chase-and-checkmate-volume-1#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:26:35 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=2589 Vigilante was the grim and gritty story of Adrian Chase told in the deluxe format of mid 1980′s DC and his story to bring justice to the streets. Upon it’s cancellation in 1988 DC quickly launched the follow-up series Checkmate. This was also done in the deluxe format of the day.

Vigilante Volume 1 – 28 issues + 2 annuals

New Teen Titans 23
New Teen Titans 26-27
New Teen Titans 33-34
New Teen Titans Annual 2
Vigilante 1-18
Vigilante Annual 1
Vigilante 19-23

Vigilante Volume 2 – 28 issues + 1 annual

Vigilante 24-28
DC Comics Presents 92
Vigilante 29-35
Vigilante Annual 2
Vigilante 36-50

Checkmate Volume 1 – 34 issues

Action Comics 598
Checkmate 1-33
* Janus Directive runs through Checkmate issues 15-18. You can take those issues out, leave them in, or put in the entire Janus Directive storyline.

While I’m doing 2 volumes of Vigilante and 1 volume of Checkmate you could also create 3 volumes of Vigilante ending at 14 & 32 and splitting Checkmate after 19; unfortunately the pesky Janus Directive is directly in the middle of the series.

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Tales of the Batman: Peter Milligan – 15 issues + 1 prestige format book

Batman 452-454
Detective Comics 629-633
Detective Comics 638
Batman 472
Detective Comics 639
Batman 473
Detective Comics 640
Detective Comics 643
Catwoman: Defiant
New Year’s Evil: Scarecrow

]]> http://comicbinding.com/mapping/tales-of-the-batman-peter-milligan/feed 0 Eclipso: The Darkness Within and the Eclipso series http://comicbinding.com/mapping/eclipso-the-darkness-within-and-the-eclipso-series http://comicbinding.com/mapping/eclipso-the-darkness-within-and-the-eclipso-series#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:09:21 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=2575 Eclipso: The Darkness Within ran in DC annuals during the summer of 1992. The bookends are written by Keith Giffen with pencils by Bart Sears and also consisted of 17 additional annuals and an epilogue in Valor 1 as well as a follow up in his very own ongoing series containing appearances by a bunch of heroes and the Suicide Squad.

The Darkness Within can be done as one very large omnibus or broken into 2 600 page books split somewhere around the Hawkworld Annual.

Eclipso: The Darkness Within – 2 oversized issues + 17 annuals

Eclipso: The Darkness Within 1
Superman: The Man of Steel Annual 1
Green Lantern (2nd Series) Annual 1
Detective Comics Annual 5
Superman Annual 4
Justice League America Annual 6
Demon Annual 1
Green Arrow Annual 5
Flash Annual 5
Action Comics Annual 4
Hawkworld Annual 3
Robin Annual 1
Deathstroke the Terminator Annual 1
New Titans Annual 8
L.E.G.I.O.N. ’92 Annual 3
Justice League Europe Annual 3
Batman Annual 16
Adventures of Superman Annual 4
Eclipso: The Darkness Within 2

Eclipso – 21 issues + 1 annual

Valor 1
Eclipso 1-8
Eclipso Annual 1
Eclipso 9-18
Spectre 17-18
*Eclipso 10 & Spectre 17 -18 can be found in Countdown Special Eclipso 80-Page Giant

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Justice League Volumes 1 & 2 are pre-Breakdowns and volume 3 is Breakdowns.
Justice League Europe Volume 1 is pre-Breakdowns and volume 2 is Breakdowns.
I also included the Elongated Man mini-series in Breakdowns as it rolls into the Justice League Spectacular. You’ll want to make sure this goes in front of the Spectacular.

Volume 4 - Justice League America by Dan Jurgens – 20 issues + 1 annual

Justice League Spectacular – Green Lantern and Superman covers combine to form one image
Justice League America 61-66
Justice League America Annual 6
Justice League America 67-68
Superman: The Man of Steel 18 (last page w/ Oberon getting the call)
Justice League America 69
Superman 74
Adventures of Superman 497
Action Comics 684 (1st two pages – sends Maxima to the hospital)
Superman 75 – (Page just prior to the double knockout to the end)
Justice League of America 70-77

Volume 5 – Justice League America by Dan Vado – 25 issues + 1 annual

Justice League America 78-82
Guy Gardner 14
Justice League America 83
Guy Gardner 15
Justice League America 84-88
Justice League America Annual 8
Justice League America 89
Justice League Task Force 13
Justice League International 65
Justice League America 90
Justice League Task Force 14
Justice League International 66
Justice League America 91
Justice League Task Force 15
Justice League International 67
Justice League America 92
Justice League Task Force 16
Justice League International 68

Volume 6 – Justice League America by Gerard Jones – 27 issues + 1 annuals

Justice League America 0
Justice League America 93-100
Guy Gardner: Warrior 32
Justice League America 101
Hawkman 22
Guy Gardner: Warrior 33
Justice League America 102
Hawkman 23
Guy Gardner: Warrior 34
Justice League America 103-113
Justice League America Annual 9

Volume 3 – Justice League Europe - 28 issues + 3 annuals

Justice League Spectacular – Can be included or not as it leads into both JLA & JLE
Justice League Europe 37-44
Justice League Europe Annaul 3 – Eclipso
Justice League Europe 45-50
Justice League International 51-52
Justice League Europe Annual 4 – Bloodlines
Justice League International 53-64
Justice League International Annual 5
Justice League International 65-68 (I’m putting this only in JLA but could go in both)

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Secret Origins 22 – Completely optional; pages 29-33 offer a nice recap of his previous adventures
Manhunter 1-6
Suicide Squad Annual 1 – remove brief lives story
Manhunter 7 – you can include Invasion 1-3 in here as well if you’d like
Flash 21
Manhunter 8
Flash 22
Manhunter 9-24 – issue 14 is part 6 of The Janus Directive which I’m binding seperately as a whole (see below)

Bonus – The Janus Directive - this can be done on it’s own or included with Checkmate, Suicide Squad, Manhunter, or Firestorm (or all of them if you’re feeling really adventerous)
Peacemaker mini 1-4 – entirely optional as it’s not a part of The Janus Directive but fits well
Checkmate 15
Suicide Squad 27
Checkmate 16
Suicide Squad 28
Checkmate 17
Manhunter 14
Firestorm 86
Suicide Squad 29
Checkmate 18
Suicide Squad 30
Firestorm 87
Captain Atom 30

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A word of caution, I like bigger books so my bindings are a bit bigger and you can certainly cut them into one more volume if you prefer. If you have questions on this please ask. For Infinity, Inc. and Young All-Stars you can easily just keep the respective annuals in the appropriate series but I like having the whole story in one book.

All-Star Squadron

Volume 1

Justice League of America 193 (insert story)
All-Star Squadron 1-13
All-Star Squadron Annual 1
Justice League of America 207
All-Star Squadron 14
Justice League of America 208
All-Star Squadron 15
Justice League of America 209
All-Star Squadron 16-20

Volume 2

All-Star Squadron 21-26
All-Star Squadron Annual 2
All-Star Squadron 27-37
All-Star Squadron Annual 3
All-Star Squadron 38-43

Volume 3

All-Star Squdron 44-67
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant 1 (Thunderstruck story)
Crimson Avenger Mini 1-4 (doesn’t need to be included but it’s by Thomas and it doens’t really fit anywhere else)

Infinity, Inc. – I am doing this in three volumes but you could easily expand to 4 volumes if you prefer.

Volume 1

Infinity, Inc. 1-2
All-Star Squadron 24-26
All-Star Squadron Annual 2
Infinity, Inc. 3-19
Justice League of America 244
Infinity, Inc. 20
Infinity, Inc. Annual 1

Volume 2

Infinity, Inc. 21-23
Jonni Thunder 1-4 (published a full year prior to this but it’s in a good spot… you can also keep it out or put it at the end if you don’t want to break up Infinity, Inc.)
Infinity, Inc. 24-29
Last Days of the Justice Society
Infinity, Inc. 30-32
Secret Origins 9 (Skyman Story & Cover)
Infinity, Inc. 33-34
Infinity, Inc. 35 – to page 20
Secret Origins 12 – Fury story
Infinity, Inc. 35 – page 21 to end
Infinity, Inc. 36-38

Volume 3

Infinity, Inc. 39
Infinity, Inc. 40 – to page 16
Secret Origins 16 – Hourman story
Infinity, Inc. 40 – page 17 to end
Infinity, Inc. 41
Outsiders Special 1 – the covers to both specials form one image
Infinity, Inc. Special 1
Infinity, Inc. 42-44
The New Teen Titans 38
Infinity, Inc. 45-50
Young All-Stars Annual 1 (take out private lives)
Infinity, Inc. Annual 2 – the covers to both annuals form one image
Infinity, Inc. 51-53
Amazing Heroes 36 – Big Roy Thomas Earth-2 volume

Young All-Stars – I am looking at doing this in one bigger volume but it could easily be split into two volumes split after the annuals.

Volume 1

Young All-Stars 1-7
Secret Origins 22
Young All-Stars 8-11
Secret Origins 26 (MIss America Story)
Young All-Stars 12-14
Young All-Stars Annual 1 – the two annual covers form one image
Infinity, Inc. Annual 2 (remove private lives story)
Young All-Stars 15-31

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