I recently read about the New 52 Deathblow in the pages of Rob Liefeld's Grifter Vol. No question why DC would want to release a deluxe edition of this now, however, with art by Ryan Sook and story by Dan ' Superior Spider-Man' Slott probably a surprise a new edition of this didn't come out earlier. I passed over the Arkham Asylum: Living Hell miniseries when it first came out since one-off, unrelated tales of Batman villains aren't necessarily my thing, though the story was later brought into (the old) continuity in Batman: Face the Face.

Batman: Arkham Asylum – Living Hell Deluxe Edition HC.

If you're on the fence, I recommend snapping this one up. This new volume, collecting issues #1-12, is not only a great read, but also a canary in the coal mine, I believe - good sales of this volume must necessarily help DC determine whether there will be future volumes, how they might treat the Ostrander/Mandrake Martian Manhunter collections starting next month (and vice versa), and whether we might ever see more collections of Ostrander's other works, namely Suicide Squad. Spectre: Crimes and Judgments marks the first collection of John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake's dynamic, spooky Spectre series since the 1993 Crimes and Punishments trade (which I reviewed in 2011) that collected just the first four issues of the series. If you buy only one trade paperback this month, let this be it. Still there's definitely some notable books here, including my personal favorite, a new collection of John Ostrander's Spectre series.

Not a lot of books in DC Comics's April 2014 trade paperback and collections solicitations I think most of the attention this month was on the cancellation of the Nightwing, Superman Unchained, and etc.

Big damn sin city omnibus