DC Teams: JSA, Trinity, & Justice League Omnibus Mapping for the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 1st Annual Poll

It’s time to map some team titles! I’ll be loosely mapping missing and most-wanted DC omnibus volumes every day until May 19th! Then, on the 19th, I’ll be joining with Near Mint Condition to launch the first annual Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus Annual Poll! This post covers omnibuses missing from the Justice League, Justice Society (AKA JSA), as well as “Trinity” team-ups between Batman, Superman, and/or Wonder Woman.

This post explains potential Justice League Omnibus Mapping for votes on the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 1st Annual Secret Ballot. I’m posting all of these maps before the poll begins to give people the time to consider their favorites, correct our mapping mistakes, and catch books I might have missed.

If you don’t know DC well enough to know what to vote for, stick around for my explanations! Learn why the team behind the poll decided on these books and titles – including giving us feedback if we missed the mark.

If voting is now open, you can use this as your crib sheet! Or… just find some great comics to read!

Remember: These mappings are just my suggestion of how DC could assemble these books. They are meant to help you decide on your votes and build your personal reading list, but your vote on the poll is NOT an endorsement of my specific map. It’s a vote in favor of DC creating a book with that title or covering that period.

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Justice League Omnibus Mapping – Post-Crisis to Pre-Infinite Crisis

DC has been incredibly aggressive in mapping Pre-Crisis Justice League. It’s one of their most well-reprinted Silver and Bronze Age properties. We need just one more Pre-Crisis omnibus. Meanwhile, Post-Crisis Justice League is a very different story – with three comprehensive omnibuses and then one contentious one. To see existing omnibuses and how this material has already been collected, visit the Guide to Justice League.

Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (1980 & on)

The Silver Age line of Justice League omnibuses is now complete – it meets up perfectly with the Bronze Age! Now we just need another pair of Bronze Age volumes for total Justice League coverage from their inception in 1960 through the 1990s.

The remaining omnibuses in this line need to collect Justice League (1961) #183-232.

DC’s Bronze Age omnibuses never collect more than 40 issues each, so it’s likely we need a pair of books to connect this line to the Justice League: The Detroit Era Omnibus that complete the Pre-Crisis run of this title in Justice League (1961) #233-261 & Annual 2

Justice League International Vol. 4 (1992 & on)

DC has also been hard at work on its Post-Crisis Justice League material. For all my critiques of DC’s omnibus mapping strategy, this line has been perfect from the start! It’s an “all-in-one” collection of all the Justice League ongoings, even as the team divides and adds additional titles.

We need at least two more volumes in this series as it continues to collect Justice League America (1989) #61-113, 0, & Annuals 6-10, Justice League Europe (1989) #37-50 & Annual 3, Justice League International (1993) #51-68 & Annuals 4-5, and Justice League [International] Quarterly (1990) #6-17.

The line might also expand to include Justice League Task Force (1993) and Extreme Justice (1995) when it reaches that point.

Justice League Task Force (1993 – 1996)

Though it is possible the International line will press onward to collect this early-90s team anchored by Martian Manhunter, it’s the perfect length for an omnibus. It doesn’t cross over much with other League titles and it would be tempting to knock it out in a single volume.

This would collect Justice League Task Force (1993) #1-37 & 0 (June 1993 – Aug 1996) and the “Judgement Day” crossover with Justice League America (1989) #89-90 and Justice League International (1993) #65-66.

Justice League: Extreme Justice (1995 – 1996)

Mirroring Marvel’s move to dissolve Avengers West Coast to form “Force Works” in 1994, in 1995 DC ended Justice League International (1993) in favor of an “Extreme” version of the League. Captain Atom splintered off to form a more proactive Justice League that included Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and Firestorm, among others.

This would collect the complete series of Extreme Justice (1995) #0-18 (Jan 1995 – Jul 1996). Additionally, it could add The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) (1999) #1-6 (Sep 1999 – Feb 2000), a mini-series focused on DC’s former Charleton characters, including Captain Atom and Blue Beetle, during the 1997 run of JLA.

Again, it’s entirely possible the main Justice League omnibus line would extend to include this series, but it was wholly separate from other league books without any crossovers.

Justice League: JLA, The Complete Omnibus Vol. 1 [AKA the “No Skips” version] (1996 & on)

DC’s 2020 omnibus of Grant Morrison’s run on JLA was one of their more-contentious mapping decisions of all time. Instead of collecting an unbroken run of the acclaimed and beloved series, DC mirrored the incomplete mapping of a clumsy set of 2008-2010 hardcovers rather than the newer 2011-2017 paperbacks, collecting only the Morrison issues of the title – leaving several big gaps!

While some folks want a “Morrison Companion” to gather those excluded issues, others have no interest in flipping back and forth between two omnibuses to read a single series. If you are one of the latter folks, this book is for you!

It would likely collect some or all of JLA (1997) #1-31, JLA Secret Files [& Origins] (1997) #1, JLA/WildC.A.T.s ”Crime Machine” (1997) OGN, JLA: Tomorrow Woman (1998) #1, JLA 80-Page Giant (1998) #1, JLA: Paradise Lost (1998) #1-3, and JLA Gallery (1997).

It might also add other Morrison material or non-Morrison mini-series or OGNs from the period.

Justice League: JLA by Mark Waid [AKA JLA Vol. 2 or Morrison Companion] (1998 – 2001)

As opposed to the previous option, you might already own the JLA by Grant Morrison omnibus and just want a book to fill in everything that’s missing!

At minimum, this would include the 13 skipped issues from Morrison’s omnibus: JLA (1997) #18-21 (by Waid), 27 (by Millar) 32-33 (by Waid), & 35 (by J. M. DeMatteis), Annual 1-3, plus JLA Secret Files [and Origins] (1997) #2-3.

This could then continue onward to collect 19 further issues of JLA (1997) #43-60 & Annual 4 (by Brian K. Vaughan) and other contemporaneous Waid material, including JLA: Heaven’s Ladder (2000) OGN SC.

Or… here’s where things get interesting.

There’s actually a lot of material – both by Morrison and other authors – that occurred alongside his run through May 2000. Rather than include Waid’s entire solo run continuing from issue #43, it could make sense to focus on all of that supporting material! Here’s a list from nextimaginaut on the Near Mint Condition Discord:

• Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare (1996) #1-3 by Mark Waid
• Aztek: The Ultimate Man (1996) #1-10 by Morrison
• JLA Gallery (1997) #1
• Young Heroes in Love (1997) #1,000,000 (missing from both the Morrison omni and the DC One Million Omni)
• JLA 80-Page Giant (1998) #1-3
• JLA: Paradise Lost (1998) #1-3 by Mark Miller
• GirlFrenzy! JLA: Tomorrow Woman #1 (1998) by Tom Peyer
• JLA: Year One (1998) #1-12 by Mark Waid
• Hourman (1999) #10 (Justice Legion A cameo) & 11-13 (direct DC One Million tie-in)

That’s 37 issues of companion material! And, that’s not even all of the JLA material from this period, just the material that closely ties in with Morrison and Waid.

Could DC manage to cram all of that into one book? Possibly, and especially if they cut Aztek. Or, we could actually be looking at TWO BOOKS, mapped like this:

JLA by Morrison Companion: JLA (1997) #18-21, 27, 32-33, 35, Annual 1-3, JLA Secret Files [and Origins] (1997) #2-3, Aztek: The Ultimate Man (1996) #1-10, JLA Gallery (1997) #1, Young Heroes in Love (1997) #1,000,000, JLA 80-Page Giant (1998) #1-3, JLA: Paradise Lost (1998) #1-3, GirlFrenzy! JLA: Tomorrow Woman #1 (1998), Hourman (1999) #10-13

JLA by Mark Waid: JLA (1997) #43-60 & Annual 4, Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare (1996) #1-3, JLA: Year One (1998) #1-12, and JLA: Heaven’s Ladder (2000) OGN SC.

Do you need to have a stance on all of this to vote for this book? Absolutely not. Just vote for it if you want something that fits next to and/or after the Morrison omnibus. If this winds up near the top of the poll, maybe Omar and I will convene a “Map My League” show to work it all out!

Justice League: JLA by Joe Kelly (w/Denny O’Neil) [AKA JLA Vol. 3] (2001 – 2004)

Once we get past the problem-era of Morrison and Waid, JLA becomes much simpler to collect.

This would collect JLA (1997) #61-93, aligning with the break points in the paperback line, as well as mini-series and one-shots from the era, like JLA: Incarnations (2001) #1-7, JLA: Our Worlds at War (2001) #1, and the “Justice Leagues” one-shots.

Justice League: JLA – Road to Infinite Crisis [AKA JLA Vol. 4] (2004 – 2006)

This volume would conclude the JLA (1997) series, including brief runs by Claremont, Austen, Busiek, & Johns.

This would collect JLA (1997) #94-125, JLA Secret Files 2004 (2004) #1, and potentially also Justice League Elite (2004) #1-12 (since some issues cross this run and it would otherwise be abandoned).

Justice League Omnibus Mapping – Post-Infinite Crisis to Pre-Flashpoint

Right now, our shelves of Post-Infinite Crisis comics are barren when it comes to Justice League! Luckily, we should only need four volumes to cover this entire period. To see how this material has already been collected, see Guide to Justice League.

Justice League: JLA Classified (2005 – 2008)

This series launch before Infinite Crisis and ran for nearly two years prior to the event. It was a prestige, creator-driven series featuring a rotating cast creative teams on each arc with none repeating. To my knowledge, there were no crossovers with this series – so it really does make sense to collect it as a single one-and-done volume!

This would collect JLA: Classified (2005) #1-54.

Justice League of America, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Meltzer & McDuffie (2006 – 2009)
Justice League of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Robinson (2009 – 2011)

In the wake of Infinite Crisis, JLA relaunched as Justice League of America (2006). This was a “One Year Later” title that picked up after the return of DC’s Trinity of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman from their absence from the DC Universe.

The first volume would likely collect Justice League of America (2006) #1-34, plus Justice Society of America (2007) #5-6, and Justice League Wedding Special (2007) #1.

The second volume would likely collect Justice League of America (2006) #35-60, Justice Society of America (2007) #41-43, Starman/Congorilla (2011) #1, and potentially all of the “Rise and Fall” storyline (Green Arrow [I] (2010) #31-32, Justice League of America (2006) #43, Justice League: The Rise & Fall Special (2010) #1 and Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal (2010) #1-4).

Note that issue #55 was nominally part of the “Reign of Doomsday” story, but none of the connecting issues were included in the original Justice League of America collection, so I don’t think they are required here – it is mostly a Metropolis story. It could also optionally include Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) #1-7 and Faces of Evil: Prometheus (2009) #1.

Justice League: Generation Lost by Keith Giffen & Judd Winnick (2010 – 2011)

This title spun out of Brightest Day and reunited members of the old Justice League International/Europe era. This has previously been collect in a pair of hardcovers with no additional material included.

This would collect Justice League: Generation Lost (2010) #1-24.

Since this is so short, this could also be the place for Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) #1-7 and Faces of Evil: Prometheus (2009) #1, though they don’t really connect with this title at all.

Justice League Omnibus Mapping – Post-Flashpoint to Present Day

The primary Justice League (2011) series from the New 52 has been completely collected in omnibus, as have a pair of Justice League Dark series from 2011 and 2018! However, all of the League’s other comics from this period have yet to be recollected beyond their initial trade paperbacks. To see the existing four omnibuses and how this material has already been collected, visit the Guide to Justice League.

Justice League United: International & America, The New 52 Omnibus (2011 – 2016)

This hefty book would collect all of the geography-specific League content from the New 52 era into one place, despite them being four very different runs.

This would collect Justice League International (2011) #1-12 & Annual 1, Justice League of America (2013) #1-14 & 7.1-4, Justice League United (2014) #0-16 & Annual 1, and Justice League of America (2015) #1-10

Yeah, that’s 59 issues. Do you know what else is in the 60-issue range? BOTH of the Justice League Dark omnibuses! DC is better at book sales than Marvel. They know when to do a massive one-and-done book that will sell through its print run and when to break things up into smaller pieces that will each move units.

In this case, there’s nothing specifically notable about any of this content, so it makes perfect sense to put it all into one book.

Justice League: The Rebirth Omnibus Vol. 1 by Hitch & Priest (2016 – 2018)

This is an obvious run to collect all in one place! The initial 33 issues were written (and often drawn) by Bryan Hitch. Hitch viewed each arc as it’s own mini-event, trying to pit the League against world-breaking problems that echoed the sort of things Hitch illustrated on his venerated run on Authority.

Then, Christopher Priest tightened the focus considerably, showing how one crucial mistake by the League could put their entire reputation – and all of Earth – in jeopardy.

Altogether it’s a very satisfying read. I think at the time it came off as somewhat staid and dull compared to other exciting things happening in Rebirth, but as a single collection I think it will feel incredibly epic.

This would collect Justice League (2016) Rebirth & #1-43. It could optionally add a crossover with Suicide Squad (2016) #8 (backup) & 9-10 the tie-in with Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016) #1-6.

Justice League of America, The Rebirth Omnibus by Steve Orlando (2017 – 2018)

Steve Orlando write a somewhat leaner, meaner version of the League anchored by Batman in the aftermath of Justice League vs. Suicide Squad.

This would collect Justice League of America (2017) #1-29 and its lead-in one-shots (Justice League of America Rebirth, The Ray Rebirth, Vixen Rebirth, The Atom Rebirth, and Killer Frost Rebirth). Optionally, it could begin with Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016) #1-6, which is effectively “Volume 0” of this title.

Justice League Odyssey by Williamson & Abnett (2018 – 2020)

In the wake of a mini-reset of Justice League: No Justice (2018) at the beginning of 2018, the League splintered into three books – the main League book (by Scott Snyder, covered below), Justice League Dark (by James Tynion, already in omnibus), and this third title.

In a way, Justice League Odyssey was the most interesting of all three of these high-quality runs, but also the most troubled and ignored by fans. It followed a displaced quartet of Cyborg, Green Lantern – Jessica Cruz, Azreal, and Starfire as they were stranded deep in space. There, they seemed doomed to bear witness to the rebirth of Darkseid without any recourse to stop it.

This series was originally meant to be launched by Joshua Williamson, who was the third of the co-writers on “No Justice.” However, it was actually launched by Dan Abnett, who later left the series and was replaced by… Joshua Williamson!

I think the creator switch and the dense material of this series made it the least popular of the three books, but upon reflection it’s an outstanding read. The story is a rare time loop that makes sense and the handoff from Abnett back to Williamson is seamless. This would be a lot of fun to have in a single omnibus.

This would collect Justice League Odyssey (2018) #1-25.

Justice League: The Rebirth Omnibus Vol. 2 by Snyder & Tynion (2018 – 2020)

Justice League: No Justice (2018) launched an all-new Justice League line, but it primarily set up the Crisis-esque events of this major run by Scott Snyder with assists by James Tynion.

This would collect Justice League: No Justice (2018)#1-4, Justice League (2018) #1-39 & Annual 1, and “Drowned Earth” crossover material (Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #1, Justice League (2018) #10-12, Aquaman (2016) #40-41, Titans (2016) #28 and Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth #1).

This series launched the “Year of the Villain” theme across DC, but none of that material was originally collected alongside this series. I actually think it would make sense to collect almost all of that material with this book – some of which has never been collected! However, this especially needs DC’s Year of the Villain Special (2019) #1 and Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen (2019) #1-4.

It could optionally also add some or all of Black Mask: Year of the Villain (2019) #1, The Joker: Year of the Villain (2019) #1, Year of the Villain: Black Adam (2019) #1, Year of the Villain: Lex Luthor (2019) #1, Year of the Villain: Ocean Master (2019) #1, Year of the Villain: Sinestro (2019) #1, Year of the Villain: The Riddler (2019) #1

Justice League: The Rebirth Omnibus Vol. 3 by Venditti, Spurrier, Williamson, & Bendis (2020 – 2022)

After the conclusion of Scott Snyder’s multi-year, time-spanning epic that helped to further smooth DC’s continuity back into a single story, a series of other others took over for brief runs on the League leading up to Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths in 2022.

This would collect Justice League (2018) #40-75, Annual 2, Annual 2022, and Endless Winter (from Justice League: Endless Winter (2022) #1-2, The Flash (2016) #767, Superman: Endless Winter Special (2020) #1, Aquaman (2016) #66, Justice League (2020) #58, Teen Titans: Endless Winter Special (2020) #1, Justice League Dark (2018) #29, and Black Adam: Endless Winter Special (2020) #1).

That’s 45 issues, which is perfectly fitting for a modern DC Omnibus – especially considering that none of these runs break 20 issues on their own. However, it could optionally also add Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2022) #1-6, which was written by Bendis and works as an extra arc of his run.

Note that Ram V back-ups from Justice League (2018) #59-71 (back-ups) exclusively featured Justice League Dark and are already collected in the Justice League Dark omnibus.

Justice Society of America – JSA Omnibus Mapping

The Justice Society of America is one of the most confusing concepts in DC continuity – so confusing that they have repeatedly decided to erase it from continuity, only to bring it back!

Here’s the most basic explanation: The Justice Society was the proto-Justice League of the Golden Age. Once DC created the Justice League in the Silver Age, it didn’t make any sense for earlier incarnations of the characters to have been on a team together, so the JSA stayed firmly rooted in Golden Age “Earth-Two” continuity – which DC then began to bring back for their annual “Crisis on Multiple Earths” stories in Justice League! This eventually blossomed into the JSA getting their own alternate-Earth title in the 1970s, only for Crisis on Infinite Earths to do away with any JSA character that conflicted with a main continuity version (like Wonder Woman) but keep unique characters like Jay Garrick and Alan Scott.

Got it? Hold on, we’re not done! Then, in 1999, those surviving JSA members reformed a modern day JSA focused on mentoring younger heroes, which lasted until Flashpoint in 2011! But, since Flashpoint collapsed all of DC’s history to have occurred in just five years, it once again erased the JSA – relegating those characters to exist only in a revised version of Earth Two. Then, later, DC decided that the erasure of the JSA was actually THE CAUSE of New 52 happening, as explored by Doomsday Clock.

Whew!

Now, let’s work through how to cover all of that in omnibus form. The 1999 JSA series is well-collected, but virtually none of the rest of it is. To see my full bibliographic coverage of every JSA comic book, check out the Guide to the Justice Society of America (JSA).

JSA: All Star Comics, The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1940 & on)

This is the original, Golden Age run of the JSA. It was collected in 12 All Star Comics Archives (Vol. 0–11), which were each 200-300 pages. That means this omnibus line would likely require three volumes to collect in full, since DC never collects Golden Age material more than 850 pages at a time.

This would begin to collect All-Star Comics (1940) #1-57 (Summer 1940 – Feb/Mar 1951).

All-Star Squadron by Roy Thomas Vol. 1 (of 2) (1981 – 1984) 
All-Star Squadron by Roy Thomas Vol. 2 (of 2) (1984 – 1987)

Even though this material was released later, it is the next sequential story for these characters. Roy Thomas explored additional stories set in 1942 – during the original JSA run.

These two volumes would collect Justice League of America #193 & 195-197, All-Star Squadron (1981) #1-67 & Annual 1-3, and a crossover from #14-15 with Justice League of America (1960) #207-209. I think it could also make sense to add JSA Strange Adventures (2004) #1-6, which is set in this same period.

Annual 2 launched Infinity Inc, but that will be collected separately.

Justice League: Crisis On Multiple Earths, The JSA Team-Ups (1963 – 1985)

Though all of this material exists in the Justice League Silver and Bronze Age Omnibus lines, for JSA fans it would be attractive to have it all in one place.

This would collect Justice League of America (1960) #21-22, 29-30, 37-38 46-47, 55-56, 64-65, 72-73, 83-84, 91-92, 100-102, 107-108, 113, 122-124, 135-137, 147-148, 159-160, 171-172, 183-185, 195-197, & 207-209 (as well as All-Star Squadron (1981) #14-15), 219-220, 231-232, & 244.

May also contain material from #76, 93, and Limited Collectors’ Edition (1973) C-46.

That’s over 50 issues, which would be big for a typical Silver/Bronze omnibus, but I think with all of this material being collected already DC has a good reason to handle it in a single volume. The incentive to split it into two volumes would be if DC wanted to include all the other “Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups” stories here, including other Jay Garrick appearances or various Doctor Fate team-ups.

JSA: Justice Society of America of Earth-Two [AKA “the Last Days of the JSA”] (1976 – 1993)

Before the JSA got their 1942-focused All-Star Squadron book, they were revived via series of short runs in anthology titles and mini-series extending their world beyond the constraints of the League’s Crises on Multiple Earths.

I think this would collect the following:

• Justice Society of America (1991) #1-8 (Apr – Nov 1991) – Despite being released Post-Crisis, this Len Strazewski series revisits the JSA at the end of WWII, transitioning them to their modern day incarnations seen in the “Multiple Earths” crossovers.
• The Golden Age (1993) #1-4 (Sept 1993 – May 1994) – While this is technically non-continuity, it actually hews pretty closely to modern continuity and shows us the JSA in the 1950s.
• All-Star Comics (1940 / 1976) #58-74 (Jan/Feb 1976 – Sept/Oct 1978) – This is the first modern standalone JSA story after the success of the “Multiple Earths” crossovers)
• DC Special (1975) #29, the next sequential story
• Adventure Comics (1938) #461-466 (Jan/Feb – Nov/Dec 1979), the next modern standalone JSA run
• America vs. the Justice Society (1985) #1-4, the final Pre-Crisis JSA story.
• The Last Days of the Justice Society of America (1986) #1 (July 1986), which is effectively Crisis on Infinite Earths #12.1
• Armageddon: Inferno (1992) #1-4 (Apr 1992 – Jul 1992), which explains where the JSA disappeared to after Crisis
• Justice Society of America (1992) #1-10 (Aug 1992 – May 1993), the final series before Zero Hour, also written by Len Strazewski!

That’s 52 issues, which might be too hefty for a mostly Pre-Crisis book for DC. However, it’s also a perfect complete collection of the modern Pre-Zero Hour version of the JSA!!! If it was broken into two, I think we’d add JSA Strange Adventures (2004) #1-6 (Oct 2004 – Mar 2005).

I think the argument to not produce this book is if we integrate all of this material alongside the “Multiple Earths” material for a massive multi-volume set of Pre Zero Hour JSA from World War II to the 90s. That would be a dream come true! If you want it, you should write it in as something we missed – right now I am loathe to add it to the poll because it will split votes away from this book.

Infinity Inc. by Roy Thomas (1983 – 1988)

But, wait, we’re not quite done with the Pre Zero Hour JSA yet! Infinity Inc. was Roy Thomas’s version of the modern day descendants of his Earth Two JSA. Since Crisis on Infinite Earths (sort of) merged the JSA into mainstream DC continuity, this title kept running after Crisis as part of the main DC Universe!

This would collect All-Star Squadron (1981) #25-26 & Annual 2 and Infinity Inc. (1984) #1-53, Annual 1-2, & Special 1.

That’s big enough that this could require two volumes. If it did, we would add Blood Pack (1995) #1-4 (Mar – Jun 1995), and maybe also  Infinity Inc. (2007) #1-12.

JSA: The Young All Stars (1987 – 1989)

Hold on, we’re not quite through the JSA yet! After Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC wanted to revive the World War II tales of the All-Star Squadron, but Crisis had rendered many of those characters off-limits. Instead, DC invented all new Golden Age characters to take their places!

Roy and Dann Thomas substituted existing characters Neptune Perkins for Aquaman and Dan the Dyna-Mite for Robin. They created Iron Munro for Superman, Flying Fox for Batman, and Fury for Wonder Woman.

This would collect Young All-Stars (1987) #1-31 & Annual 1 (Jun 1987 – Nov 1989)

JSA Classified (2005 – 2008)

This would collect the entirety of the creator- and character-centric run of JSA: Classified (2005), which never crossed over with any other series (though it launched some other runs, like Power Girl!)

This would collect JSA: Classified (2005) #1-39 (Sept 2005 – Aug 2008)

JSA Omnibus Vol. 4 (2009 – 2011)

This would complete the run of JSA omnibuses through New 52.

This would collect Justice Society of America (2007) #29-54, Annual 2, & Special; JSA 80-Page Giant 2011 (2011) #1; and JSA All-Stars (2010) #1-18.

Trinity Omnibus Mapping

Team-ups between Batman and other heroes are sometimes more popular than Batman’s own solo material! We’ve had several omnibuses of World’s Finest, Brave and the Bold, and Batman & Superman’s 2003 series. That leaves us with less uncovered material for our Trinity than we have for many other solo characters!

Batman & Superman – World’s Finest, The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (1967 – 1970)

We don’t need a Golden Age line of this title, because it is collected in the all-inclusive Batman Golden Age Omnibus line. The first two volumes of this Silver Age line collect

Silver Age Volume 1 collects World’s Finest [Comics] (1941) #71-116, and Volume 2 continues through #158. That means we’re looking at about 40 issues to reach the Bronze Age  at #199 or #202. Both of the prior volumes were that big, so I think this one can be too!

This would collect World’s Finest [Comics] (1941) #159 to 199 or 202.

Batman & Superman – World’s Finest, The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1970 & on)

This would continue from the final volume of the Silver Age line to collect from either World’s Finest [Comics] (1941) #200 or 203 onward, including the next 30-40 issues.

Batman / Superman – World’s Finest, The Post-Crisis Omnibus (1990 – 2009)

While Batman and Superman had many team-ups after Crisis on Infinite Earths, many of them were simply labeled “Batman/Superman” and were their own self-contained series by specific creator teams.

This omnibus would collect four 1990s-era World’s Finest series, adding a 2009 series plus a connecting “Vampires and Werewolves” mini-series.

This would collect World’s Finest (1990) #1-3, Legends of the World’s Finest (1994) #1-3, Superboy/Robin: World’s Finest Three (1996) #1-2, Batman and Superman: World’s Finest (1999) #1-10, Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves (2008) #1-6, and World’s Finest (2009) #1-4.

Batman / Superman / Wonder Woman: Trinity by Kurt Busiek (2008 – 2009)

This would collect all of the weekly series Trinity (2008) #1-52, including Trinity A-Stories and back-up features.

Even with back-up features, issues were usually 20-22 story pages plus cover, so even if they were all maximum length this would be a 1196 page omnibus. I think it would make sense to collect the back-up features as interstitial stories between arcs of the primary Trinity story.

Batman / Superman by Greg Pak, The New 52 Omnibus (2013 – 2016)

This would collect Batman / Superman (2013) #1-32 & Annual 1-2, issues #33-34 which were only released in trade format, Batman/Superman: Futures End (2014) #1, and a concluding crossover with Action Comics (2011) #51-52 (also by Pak).

Superman / Wonder Woman, The New 52 Omnibus (2013 – 2016)

During New 52, Wonder Woman was romantically linked to Superman – which lead to them having their own ongoing team-up title for the first time.

This would collect Superman/Wonder Woman #1-29 & Annual 1-2 [+ the trade-only issues #30-31] , Wonder Woman: Futures End, and Superman/Wonder Woman: Futures End. Annual 1 continues to Action Comics (2011) Annual 3.

There’s crossover material required, as this was integrated with the Superman line, but the original trades did not include any of it. However, I do think “Doomed” fits best here, since it was a major theme of an entire arc of this series. That would add Action Comics (2011) #30-35 & Annual 3, Batman/Superman (2013) #11, Supergirl (2011) #34-35, Superman (2011) #30, & Superman: Doomed (2014) #1-2.

Worlds’ Finest, The New 52 Omnibus by Paul Levitz [AKA Worlds’ Finest: Huntress & Powergirl] (2012 – 2015)

Okay, this isn’t Batman and Superman  – but, it is Huntress and Power Girl, with several appearances by Bruce and Clark (including a final arc focused on them).

This would collect Worlds’ Finest (2012) #0-32 & Annual #1, Worlds’ Finest: Futures End #1, and Batman/Superman (2013) #8-9.

Batman / Superman / Wonder Woman: Trinity, The Rebirth Omnibus (2016 – 2018)

This would collect Trinity (2016) #1-22 & Annual 1. Since that’s on the short side, it could add the contemporaneous The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman (2018) #1-6 by Liam Sharp.

Batman / Superman by Joshua Williamson & Gene Luen Yang, The Rebirth Omnibus (2019 – 2021)

This would collect Batman / Superman (2019) #1-22 & Annual 1-2.

I think there’s a world where it could make sense to simply combine this with the Trinity omnibus, above, but since they’re two separate series by two different creative teams we have them listed separately on the poll.

Also, commenter Trey points out this could be a good place to collect Batman: Universe (2019) #1-6, written by Brian Bendis with Nick Derington art.

Batman & Superman – World’s Finest by Mark Waid & Dan Mora (2022 & on)

This would collect the still-ongoing fan-favorite Batman/Superman: World’s Finest (2022) #1 and onward, written by Dan Waid with opening arc by Dan Mora.