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Chris tackles the chaos that is Hulk collected editions in this week’s Collected Comics Library.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #175 - The one hundred seventy fifth podcast! Wizard World Chicago Panel; Lots of catch-up news; New Releases of the Week and last week; A good rundown of Hulk Collected Editions and Peter David; 44m 06s Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

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Newsarama’s Matt Brady recently interviewed Matt Wagner - creator of Grendel and artist/writer of the recently collected Batman Vs. Grendel - about the allocated over-ordering of the limited edition hardcover, and his Ebay auction fundraiser for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, consisting of none other than a signed/beautifully sketched artist proof edition of the sold out hardcover.

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Updated - forgot the blasted link. Doh.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #174 - The one hundred seventy fourth podcast!

Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

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John Mayo and Chris Marshall of the Collected Comic Library podcast discuss the sales estimates for the top 100 graphic novels and collected editions for April 2008.

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #173 - The one hundred seventy third podcast!
The Boys for 500; Upcoming DC and Marvel; New Releases of the Week; A talk with Brian Kelly, Detroit Comics, starting a store and relationship with Diamond Distribution; 61m 20s
Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

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Attention Dark Horse Omnibus fans! Save those pennies, as DH will be delivering three new omnibus editions soon: Star Wars Omnibus: Early Victories, Predator Omnibus Volume 4, and Ghost Omnibus Volume 1.

‘Course, there’s plenty more graphic novels scheduled as well. Look for a couple new Hellboy related books in the form of Abe Sapien Volume 1: The Drowning and Hellboy Library Edition: The Chained Coffin, The Right Hand of Doom, and Others. (What a title, eh?) Manga fans can look forward to Ghost Talker’s Daydream Volume 2, Hellsing Volume 9 and Oh My Goddess! Volume 10.

All this, plus Conan, Evil Dead, Serenity, and more!

Check out the latest Dark Horse graphic novel solicitations, or visit the GNA’s Soliciations Archive for prior solicits.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #172 - The one hundred seventy second podcast!
Shipping Updates; A Few Marvel and DC Solicits; New Releases of the Week; EMail; Other Collected Edition Podcasts; Motor City Con 2008 Wrap-Up; Running time: 37m 55s
Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

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With the Iron Man movie outta the way, Marvel has posted a list of recommended collections for their next summer movie, The Incredible Hulk.

Not a bad mix of books, all things considered. Plenty of Peter David written material listed, which makes perfect sense considering his take on ‘ol greenskin is not only one of the best in recent memory, it is recent memory for many Hulk fans, what with his primary Hulk run having lasted the better part of 12 years or so.

Especially noteworthy is David/Perez’s Future Imperfect, a two-issue prestige format graphic novel series having been collected in the recommended Hulk: The End. Don’t pass this one up, folks. Not only did David introduce one of the more memorable of Hulk villains, but Perez really outdid himself. Great, great stuff.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #171 - The one hundred seventy first podcast!
Site and podcast updates; Shipping Schedule Marvel Style; New Releases of the Week; Whiteout 1 and 2 Definitive Editions from Greg Rucka and Oni Press; Running time: 33m 21s
Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

Available for the ‘pod.

Collected Comics Library Podcast #170 - The one hundred seventieth podcast!
My crazy week; FCBD in Chicago; Shipping Updates; New Releases of the Week; And now that you have your free comics, what do you do now? Running time: 37m 58s
Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chris Marshall, THE Trade Paperback Podcast. The only podcast solely dedicated to news, information and reviews on all sorts of comic book collected editions.

Downloadable here.