News: Deluxe Gifts For Comics Fan
December 16, 2005 06:51 pm
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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS: ABSOLUTE EDITION (Nov 2005)
Deluxe gifts will please comics fans
Fri December 16, 2005
By Matthew Price, Staff Writer

Time is getting short to find the perfect gift for the comic-book fan on your Christmas list. Here are some interesting recent items that many an aficionado will be looking for beneath the Christmas tree.

Superheroes
DC Comics has done several "Absolute" editions -- ultra-high quality, oversize, hardcover reproductions of some of its best-loved comics. New for this holiday season is "Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition," an oversize, slipcased set containing two books. Book One contains the 12-issue maxiseries, while Book Two is a compendium of behind-the-scenes notes, plots and more. "Crisis" was written by Marv Wolfman with art by George Perez and inkers Dick Giordano, Jerry Ordway and Mike DeCarlo. "Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition" retails for $99.99.

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