This is something that I have been tossing around but have been hesitant about starting due to costs and time.

Imagine a set of hardcover books that contain all of Marvel’s Super Heroes during the Silver Age of comics.

The first book would contain:

Fantastic Four #1 -3

Incredible Hulk #1

Fantastic Four #4

Speaking of Cyclops, he is sick of unfinished business coming back to haunt the X-Men, so he’s tasking the New Mutants to finish it. Their first mission: Find X-Man. Nate Grey returned in DARK X-MEN, but ended up in the hands of Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R. With the Dark Reign at an end, where is X-Man?  Plus Rogue and her team of X-Men are on an intergalactic search and rescue mission, hoping to pull their long lost teammates from the fray. But in what condition will they find Marvel Girl, Havok and Polaris? Find out here!

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

back to X-Men Vol 80

Volume 1:

The Huntress 1–2
Justice League America 26
The Huntress 3–6
Justice League America 30
The Huntress 7–19
Justice League International Special 2
Detective Comics 652–653
Robin III: Cry of the Huntress 1–6
Showcase ’93 9 (“Survival”)
Showcase ’93 10 (“Azmageddon”)

Volume 2:

Showcase ’94 5 (“Benedictions, Part 1″)
Robin 6 (“Benedictions, Part 2″)
Showcase ’94 6 (“Benedictions, Part 3″)
Huntress 1–4 (the totally crazy Sin City-esque Dixon/Netzer mini)
The Batman Chronicles 1 (“Midnight Train”)
The Batman Chronicles 4 (“Exposure”)
The Batman Chronicles 14 (“The Lunatic Fringe”)
The Batman Chronicles 15 (“An Answer in the Rubble”)
Batman: No Man’s Land 0
Legends of the Dark Knight 126 (“Endgame Part 1″)
Batman 574 (“Endgame Part 2″)
Detective Comics 741 (“Endgame Part 3″)
The Batman Chronicles 19 (“Rapscallions”)
Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood 1–6
Batman: Gotham Knights 38–40 (“Knight Moves”)
Huntress: Year One 1–6

Notes:

• JLA 26: the first post-Crisis meeting of Batman and Huntress.
• JLA 30: Huntress joins the JLI/kicks ass all over the place
• JLI Special 2: Effectively The Huntress #20 (same creative team as her eponymous series)

These two volumes are listed in publication order, which is generally my preference. Also, I didn’t even attempt to include every single Huntress appearance–I went for single stories/arcs/minis where she had major impact or was definitely the star, and even then, there was still editing (such as leaving out Nightwing/Huntress). This was a highly subjective bind, but I tried my best to make this as strong a collection as possible, and spent a long time adding and removing titles before I finally settled on these specifics.

The Batman Adventures: Vol. 1

The Batman Adventures 1–17
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love
The Batman Adventures 18–23

The Batman Adventures: Vol. 2

The Batman Adventures 24
The Batman Adventures Annual 1
The Batman Adventures 25–27
The Batman Adventures Holiday Special
The Batman Adventures 28–31
The Batman Adventures Annual 2
The Batman Adventures 32–36
Dark Claw Adventures 1 (Amalgam)

The Batman and Robin Adventures: Vol. 1

The Batman and Robin Adventures 1–12
The Batman and Robin Adventures Annual 1
The Batman and Robin Adventures 13–16

The Batman and Robin Adventures: Vol. 2

The Batman and Robin Adventures 17–24
The Batman and Robin Adventures Annual 2
The Batman and Robin Adventures 25
The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years 1–5
Batgirl Adventures 1

Batman: Gotham Adventures: Vol. 1

Batman: Gotham Adventures 1–22

Batman: Gotham Adventures: Vol. 2

Batman: Gotham Adventures 23–44

Batman: Gotham Adventures: Vol. 3

Batman: Gotham Adventures 45–60
Gotham Girls 1–5
Catwoman 89 (totally optional)

Batman Adventures

Batman Adventures 1–13
Batman: Harley and Ivy 1–3
Batman Adventures 14–17

Volume 1: Jo Duffy

Catwoman 1–6
Batman 503–504
Catwoman 7–12
Batman 510
Catwoman 13–14
Catwoman 0

Volume 2: Chuck Dixon

Catwoman 15–21
Catwoman Annual 2 (“Year One”)
Catwoman 25
Catwoman 27–30
Catwoman 33–35
Detective Comics 700
Catwoman 36–37
Catwoman/Vampirella: The Furies
Catwoman Plus Scream Queen
Catwoman/Wildcat 1–4

(I left out: 22–24, which was a terrible fill-in arc by Deborah Pomerantz; 26, a Shadow of the Bat crossover issue; and 31–32, Contagion crossover issues.)

Volume 3: Doug Moench

Catwoman 38–53
Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham 1–2

Volume 4: Devin Grayson

Catwoman Annual 4 (“Pulp Heroes”)
Catwoman 54-71

(Technically, Jones started with 515, but that’s part of the Troika crossover.)

Batman

516    Sleeper, Part 1
517    Sleeper, Part 2
518    Black Mask: The Spidered Face
519    Black Spider: Web of Scars
520    Fades to Black
521    Killer Croc: Fast Train to the Wet Dark
522    Swamp Things
523    Scarecrow, Part 1: Dark Wings Fly Away in Fear
524    Scarecrow, Part 2: Haunted Houses of the Head
525    Underworld Unleashed: Frozen Assets
526    Constant Whitewater
527    Two-Face, Part 1: The Face Schism
528    Two-Face, Part 2: Schismed Faces
530    The Deadman Connection, Part 1: Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon
531    The Deadman Connection, Part 2: Cult of the Mummy
532    The Deadman Connection, Part 3: The Spirit Thieves
535    The Ogre and the Ape
536    Darkest Night of the Man-Bat, Part 1: Predation
537    Darkest Night of the Man-Bat, Part 2: Pursuit
538    Darkest Night of the Man-Bat, Part 3: Predemption
539    Boneyard Blues
540    The Spectre of Vengeance, Part 1: Gotham Welcome
541    The Spectre of Vengeance, Part 2: Mask of Guilt
542    Faceless, Part One: Murdicide
543    Faceless, Part Two: Postmarked: Murder
544    Major Arcana, Part 1: Jokin’ with Mister D.
545    Major Arcana, Part 2: Night of the Dying Jokers
546    Major Arcana, Part 3: Hell to Pay
547    Genesis: Dark Genesis
548    The Penguin Returns, Part 1: Burning Faces
549    The Penguin Returns, Part 2: The Egyptian Falcon
550    Chasing Clay
551    Suit of Evil Souls
552    The Greatest Evil

Issues not included are 529 (Contagion) and 533–534 (Legacy). If so inclined, you could always add Batman Annual 21 (Pulp Heroes, with art by J. H. Williams III) after 543.

Vol. 1 – Justice League International

Justice League 1–4
Justice League Annual 1
Justice League 5–6
Justice League International 7–13
Suicide Squad 13
Justice League International 14
Justice League International Annual 2
Justice League International 15–24
(at this point, the Leauge splits into America and Europe branches; Volumes 2 & 3 run concurrently to each other)

Vol. 2 – Justice League America

Justice League International 25 (trust me, it goes here)
Justice League America 26–30
Justice League International Annual 3
Justice League America 33–42
Justice League America Annual 4
Justice League America 43–51

Vol. 3 – Justice League Europe

Justice League Europe 1–6
Justice League America 31
Justice League Europe 7
Justice League America 32
Justice League Europe 8–19
Justice League Europe Annual 1
Justice League Europe 20–28

Vol. 4 – Justice League: Breakdowns

Justice League America 52–53
Justice League Europe 29
Justice League America 54
Justice League Europe 30
Justice League America 55
Justice League America Annual 5
Justice League Europe Annual 2
Justice League Europe 31
Justice League America 56
Green Lantern 18
Justice League Europe 32
Justice League America 57
Justice League Europe 33
Justice League America 58
Justice League Europe 34
Justice League America 59
Justice League Europe 35
Justice League America 60
Justice League Europe 36
Secret Origins 33–35

Vol. 5 – Justice League: Loose Ends (or More Injustice)

Justice League Quarterly 1–4
JLA 80-Page Giant 1 (“Mousebusters”)
Formerly Known as the Justice League 1–6
JLA: Classified 4–9 (“I Can’t Believe It’s Not The Justice League”)
DC Retroactive: Justice League of America – The ’90s

(I only included the DeMatteis material from JLQ 4.)

To clarify why JLI 25 goes at the beginning of the JLA book, it really is a JLA issue in all but title graphic. It’s the beginning of the Blue Beetle arc that goes through the next few issues of JLA, and if you have the issue in hand, you’ll see that JLI 24 is the best ending point for Vol. 1.

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

Volume 1

Hellblazer 41–50
Hellblazer 52–67
(#51 was a random fill-in)

Volume 2

Hellblazer 68–69
Vertigo Jam 1 (“Tainted Love”)
Hellblazer 70–71
Hellblazer Special 1
Hellblazer 72–77
Heartland 1
Hellblazer 78–83
Hellblazer 129–133

Here is my ongoing Avengers binds…  It contains all the Avengers books and related titles bound in order search the site for my maps ‘Modern Avengers’.  I’ve also added some sketches and some other extras.  The first four have Buckram covers to which I created dust jackets.

4/15/12 Finally got around to taking some pics of my Avengers binds…I’ve almost got everything from the Heroic Age to right before AvX mapped out so stay tuned!