I thought I would kick off a separate thread to discuss these collections, as they're a departure from DC's usual books, so they're much more wide open in terms of what could be included.
First, here's the leaked listing that sparked this - the first such book that will (hopefully) be in our hands next year:
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DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World
On Sale Date: 15 July 2025 632 pages
Enter one of the wildest corners of the DC Universe! On Gorilla World, sentient apes rule and humans are kept in zoos! Follow heroes like Adam Strange as they navigate this bizarre reality and meet its colorful cast of characters. DC Finest continues, a major publishing initiative presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras! Things got a little bit hairy in the DC Universe during the 1950s and 60s! Experience Gorilla World, an alternate reality where great apes reign supreme in the pages of Action Comics, Strange Adventures, and Mystery in Space, collecting up the sci-fi saga as part of the DC Finest line for the first time! This volume collects Action Comics #183-196; Strange Adventures #35-48; Mystery in Space #16-22.
So, as we were able to divine via its page count, this book will include the Tommy Tomorrow stories from Action, and all of the contents of Schwartz's two sci-fi anthology titles during this period.
Based on this, we can now speculate what DC's intentions are for this and other genres.
I believe that there are six viable "genre" possibilities:
Sci-Fi
War
Western
Romance
Mystery/Horror
Humor
I'll take them one at a time and see where it leads us...
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First, here's the leaked listing that sparked this - the first such book that will (hopefully) be in our hands next year:
DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World
On Sale Date: 15 July 2025 632 pages
Enter one of the wildest corners of the DC Universe! On Gorilla World, sentient apes rule and humans are kept in zoos! Follow heroes like Adam Strange as they navigate this bizarre reality and meet its colorful cast of characters. DC Finest continues, a major publishing initiative presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras! Things got a little bit hairy in the DC Universe during the 1950s and 60s! Experience Gorilla World, an alternate reality where great apes reign supreme in the pages of Action Comics, Strange Adventures, and Mystery in Space, collecting up the sci-fi saga as part of the DC Finest line for the first time! This volume collects Action Comics #183-196; Strange Adventures #35-48; Mystery in Space #16-22.
So, as we were able to divine via its page count, this book will include the Tommy Tomorrow stories from Action, and all of the contents of Schwartz's two sci-fi anthology titles during this period.
Based on this, we can now speculate what DC's intentions are for this and other genres.
I believe that there are six viable "genre" possibilities:
Sci-Fi
War
Western
Romance
Mystery/Horror
Humor
I'll take them one at a time and see where it leads us...
.
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