Years ago, Marvel launched its Epic Collection, a great way to read full stories at an affordable price. You choose your favorite heroes and pick one up to have a complete run and arc, to access some old and newer, some classics, some forgotten… It was and still is a massive success. Now, DC Comics has decided to follow this with its own line of books: DC Finest.
What is the DC Comics Finest line?
The model is not completely identical to the Epic Line, but the idea behind it is relatively similar: “a new line of comprehensive collections of the most in-demand periods, genres, and characters from across DC history.” as DC Comics puts it. This large-size paperback collections start at $34.99 and, unlike most of DC’s already established collections, puts the focus on characters and storytelling genres instead of creators.
Each DC Finest book will cover a specific period and, depending on the chronology, a volume dedicated to “Robin” may feature Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, or Jason Todd. Idem with the Green Lanterns, expect stories on Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Alan Scott, and others, depending on the era. You’ll have some of the classic silver adventures of Barry Allen and at another time some Modern Age Wally West will run toward danger in one of the Flash books.
Some other titles in the collection will be built around a theme like the “Team-Ups: Chase to the End of Time” which collects issues from DC Comics Presents and The Brave and the Bold. Also, events that were previously only completely collected in the omnibus collection will be available in multiple DC Finest volumes.
DC Finest Comics Release
November 5, 2024
- DC Finest: Batman – Year One and Two (1986-1987)
See our Batman Modern Age guide. Collects Batman (1940) #401-412 & Annual #11 and Detective Comics (1937) #568-579. - DC Finest: Superman – The Coming of Superman (1938-1940)
See our Superman Golden Age guide. Collects The First Superhero covers Summer 1938 to Fall 1940 and collects classic stories from Action Comics (1938) #1-25, Superman (1939) #1-5, and New York World’s Fair #1.
November 12, 2024
- DC Finest: Wonder Woman – Origins and Omens (2007-2009)
See our Wonder Woman guide. Collects Wonder Woman (2006) #14-35, Outsiders: Five of a Kind—Wonder Woman/Grace #1, and The Brave and the Bold #7.
November 19, 2024
- DC Finest: Justice League of America – The Bridge Between Earths (1966-1969)
See our Justice League guide. Collects Justice League of America (1960) #45-72.
November 26, 2024
- DC Finest: The Flash – The Human Thunderbolt (1956-1961)
See our Flash guide. Collects Silver Age Flash stories from The Flash (1958) #105-123, and Showcase (1956) #4, #8, #13-14.
December 3, 2024
- DC Finest: Justice Society of America – For America and Democracy (1940-1942)
See our JSA guide. Collects All-Star Comics #3-12. - DC Finest: Green Lantern – The Defeat of Green Lantern (1940-1942)
See our Green Lantern guide. Collects stories from Green Lantern (1960) #19-39, The Flash (1959) #143, and The Brave and the Bold #59.
December 10, 2024
- DC Finest: Legion of Super-Heroes – Zap Goes the Legion (1968-1974)
Collects stories from the pages of Action Comics (1937) #378-387 and #389-392, Adventure Comics (1938) #374-380 and #403, And Superboy (1949) #172-173, #176, #183-184, #188, #190-191, #193, #195, and #197-203. - DC Finest: Events – Zero Hour: Part One (1994)
See our Zero Hour guide. Collects Superman (1987) #93, The Flash (1987) #94, L.E.G.I.O.N. #70, Green Lantern (1990) #55, Super-Man: The Man Of Steel (1991) #37, Team Titans #24, The Darkstars #24, Valor #23, Batman (1940) #511, Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #31, Detective Comics (1939) #678, Legionnaires #18, Hawkman (1994) #13, Showcase ‘94 #8-9, Steel #8, Superboy (1994) #8, Outsiders #11, and Zero Hour: Crisis In Time #3-4.
December 17, 2024
- DC Finest: Catwoman – Life Lines (1988-1994)
See our Catwoman guide. Collects stories from Action Comics (1938) #611-614; Batman: Catwoman Defiant #1; Showcase ’93 #1-4; Catwoman (1989) #1-4; Catwoman (1993) #1-12, and Catwoman Annual #1.
January 7, 2025
- DC Finest: Aquaman – The King of Atlantis (1956-1962)
See our Aquaman guide. Collects stories from Adventure Comics #229-280, #282, and #284: Action Comics #272; Detective Comics #293-300; World’s Finest Comics #125; Showcase #30-33; Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #12; and Aquaman #1-3.
January 14, 2025
- DC Finest: Supergirl – The Girl of Steel (1959-1962)
See our Supergirl guide. Collects stories from Action Comics #252-288, Adventure Comics #278, Superman #139-140 and #144, Superboy #80, Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #14 and #20, and Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #40, #46, #51, and #57.
January 21, 2025
- DC Finest: Green Arrow – The Longbow Hunters (1987-1988)
See our Green Arrow guide. Collects Detective Comics Annual #1, Green Arrow #1-8, Green Arrow Annual #1, The Question #17-18, The Question Annual #1, Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3
February 4, 2025
- DC Finest: Teen Titans The Judas Contract (1983-1984)
See our Teen Titans guide. Collects stories from Action Comics #546; World’s Finest Comics #300; The New Teen Titans #33-40; The New Teen Titans Annual #2; Tales of the Teen Titans #41-47; Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3; The Vigilante #3; and more.
February 11, 2025
- DC Finest: Doom Patrol – The Worlds Strangest Heroes (1963-1966)
See our Doom Patrol guide. Collects The Brave and the Bold #65; Doom Patrol #86-102; Challengers of the Unknown #48; My Greatest Adventure #80-85; Teen Titans #6.
February 18, 2025
- DC Finest: Harley Quinn – Birth of the Mirth (1993-2001)
See our Harley Quinn guide. Collects Action Comics #765; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126; The Batman Adventures #12; Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60; Batman #570, #573-574; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93; Detective Comics #737, #740-741; Catwoman #82-84, #89; The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1; The Batgirl Adventures #1; Batman: Harley Quinn #1; Batman: Gotham Knights #14; Harley Quinn #1-8.
March 4, 2025
- DC Finest: Plastic Man – The Origin of Plastic Man (1941-1944)
See our Plastic Man guide. Collects Police Comics #1-36; Plastic Man #1-2.
March 11, 2025
- DC Finest: Suicide Squad – Trial by Fire (1986-1987)
See our Suicide Squad guide. Collects Suicide Squad #1-10; Secret Origins #14; Detective Comics #582; The Fury of Firestorm #62-64; Firestorm: The Nuclear Man Annual #5; Legends #1-6; Millennium #4.
March 18, 2025
- DC Finest: Team-Ups – Chase to the End of Time (1978-1979)
Collects stories from DC Comics Presents #1-14; The Brave and the Bold #141-155.
April 1, 2025
- DC Finest: Peacemaker – Kill for Peace (1966-1993)
Collects Fightin’ Five #40-41; Suicide Squad #27-30; Checkmate #16-26, #28, #32-33; Eclipso #11-13; Showcase ’93 #6-11; Peacemaker #1-4; The Vigilante #36-38, #41-43; The Peacemaker #1-5.
April 8, 2025
- DC Finest: Batgirl – Nobody Dies Tonight (2000-2001)
See our Cassandra Cain guide. Collects stories from Batgirl #7-27, Superboy #85, and Supergirl #63.
April 15, 2025
- DC Finest: Superman Family – The Giant Turtle Man (1961)
See our Superman guide. Collects stories from Action Comics (1938) #266 and #277; Superman (1939) #142-143 and #147; Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #19-28; and Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) #47-56
May 6, 2025
- DC Finest: Events – Zero Hour: Part Two (1994)
See our Zero Hour guide. Collects The Flash #0; Green Arrow #90; Adventures of Superman #516; Justice League America #92; Action Comics #703; Justice League International #68; Legion of Super-Heroes #61; Green Lantern #0; Superman: The Man of Steel #0; Guy Gardner: Warrior #24; Justice League Task Force #16; Catwoman #14; Robin #10; Showcase ’94 #10; Damage #0, #6; Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #0-2; Anima #7.
May 13, 2025
- DC Finest: Superboy – The Super-Dog from Krypton (1954-1955)
Collects Adventure Comics #199-216; Superboy #33-43.
May 20, 2025
- DC Finest: Batman – The Killing Joke and Other Stories (1987-1988)
See our Batman Modern Age guide.Collects Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman (1940) #413-422, Detective Comics (1937) #580-589 and Batman: Son Of The Demon.
June 3, 2025
- DC Finest: Superman – Kryptonite Nevermore (1970-1971)
See our Superman Silver Age guide. Collects stories from Action Comics #393-406; Superman #233-238, #240-246.
June 10, 2025
- DC Finest: Catwoman – Vengeance and Vindication (1994-1995)
See our Catwoman guide. Collects Catwoman #0, #13-32; and Catwoman Annual #2-3.
June 17, 2025
- DC Finest: Metamorpho – The Element Man (1964-1972)
See our Metamorpho introduction. Collects Justice League of America #42; The Brave and the Bold #57-58, #66, #68, #88, #101; Metamorpho #1-17.
July 1, 2025
- DC Finest: Wonder Woman – The Legend of Wonder Woman (1983-1986)
See our Wonder Woman guide. Collects stories from Wonder Woman #306-329; DC Comics Presents #76; Blue Devil #10; The Legend of Wonder Woman #1-4.
July 8, 2025
- DC Finest: Justice Society of America – The Plunder of the Psycho-Pirate (1942-1945)
See our JSA guide. Collects All-Star Comics #13-24.
July 15, 2025
- DC Finest: Science Fiction – The Gorilla World (1953-1954)
Collects Action Comics #183-196; Strange Adventures #35-48; Mystery in Space #16-22.
August 5, 2025
- DC Finest: Justice League of America – The Return (1985-1986)
See our Justice League guide. Collects Justice League of America (1960) #241-261, Infinity, INC. (1984) #19, and Justice League of America (1960) Annual #3.
August 12, 2025
- DC Finest: Blue Beetle – Blue Beetle Challenges the Red Knight (1964-1965)
See our Blue Beetle guide. Collects Captain Atom (1965) #83-86, Blue Beetle (1964) #1-5, Blue Beetle (1965) #1-5, #50-54, and Charlton Bullseye #1.
August 19, 2025
- DC Finest: Hawkman – Wings Across Time (1960-1966)
See our Hawkman guide. Collects The Brave And The Bold #34-36, #42-44, Mystery in Space #87-90, The Atom #7 and Hawkman #1-16.
September 2, 2025
- DC Finest: Batman – Red Skies (1985-1986)
See our Batman Modern Age guide. Collects stories from Secret Origins #6, Batman Annual #10, Batman #386-400, and Detective Comics #553-567.
September 9, 2025
- DC Finest: Horror – The Devil’s Doorway (1969-1970)
Collects House Of Secrets #81-85, House Of Mystery #180-185, The Phantom Stranger #5, The Witching Hour #3-7, and The Unexpected #113-117.
September 16, 2025
- DC Finest: The Spectre – The Wrath of the Spectre (1965-1988)
See our Spectre guide. Collects Adventure Comics #431-440, Showcase #60-61, #64, The Spectre #1-10, The Brave And The Bold #72, All-Star Squadron #27-28, Ghosts #97-99, and Wrath Of The Spectre #4.
October 7, 2025
- DC Finest: Static – Playing With Fire (1993-1994)
See our Static Shock guide. Collects Static #1-15, Superman: The Man Of Steel #36, Superboy #7, and Worlds Collide #1.
October 14, 2025
- DC Finest: Supergirl – Body & Soul (1996-1998)
See our Supergirl guide. Collects tales from Showcase’96 #8, Supergirl #1-18 & Annual #1-2 and Supergirl PLUS #1.
October 21, 2025
- DC Finest: Events – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One (1985)
See our Crisis on Infinite Earths guide. Collects stories from Swamp Thing #39; Batman #389-391; Detective Comics #555-558; Justice League of America #244; Green Lantern #194; Wonder Woman #327; DC Comics Presents #78; Infinity, Inc. #18-19; The Fury of Firestorm #41; All-Star Squadron #50-52; Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-4; The Losers Special #1.
November 4, 2025
- DC Finest: Super Friends – The Fury of the Super Foes (1976-1979)
Collects stories from Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-41, #C-46, and Super Friends #1-26.
November 11, 2025
- DC Finest: War – The Big Five Arrive (1957)
Collects stories from Our Army At War #54-57, Star Spangled War Stories #53-56, G.I. Combat #44-47, Blackhawk #108-111, Our Fighting Forces #17-20, and All-American Men Of War #41-44.
November 18, 2025
- DC Finest: Green Lantern – Earth’s Other Green Lantern (1965-1968)
See our Green Lantern guide. Collects The Flash #168, Green Lantern #40-61, and The Brave And The Bold #69.
December 2, 2025
- DC Finest: Superman – The Invisible Luthor
See our Superman guide. Collects TBA.
December 9, 2025
- DC Finest: Wonder Woman – Introducing Wonder Woman (1941-1943)
See our Wonder Woman guide. Collects Wonder Woman #1-4, All-Star Comics #8, Sensation Comics #1-18 And Comic Cavalcade #1-2.
2026
January 13, 2026
- DC Finest: The Doom Patrol – The Death of the Doom Patrol! (1966-1979)
See our Doom Patrol guide. Collects stories from The Doom Patrol #103-121, Showcase #94-96, and Superman Family #191-193.
January 27, 2026
- DC Finest: Batman – The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (1939-1941)
See our Batman Golden Age guide. Collects Batman #1-5 and Detective Comics #27-52.
February 3, 2026
- DC Finest: Wonder Woman – Enter The Cheetah (1943-44)
See our Wonder Woman guide. Collects Wonder Woman #5–9, Sensation Comics #19–34, Comic Cavalcade #3–7, and All-Star Comics #20
February 10, 2026
- DC Finest: Green Arrow – The Trial of Oliver Queen (1988-89)
See our Green Arrow guide. Collects Green Arrow #9–20, Green Arrow Annual #2, The Question Annual #2, Secret Origins #38, and key Black Canary material from Action Comics #609–616 and #624–635.
February 17, 2026
- DC Finest: Superman – The Last Days of Superman (1950-51)
See our Superman guide. Collects Action Comics #144–159, Superman #64–70, and World’s Finest Comics #46–53.
February 24, 2026
- DC Finest: The Demon – Birth of the Demon (1972-81)
See our Etrigan The Demon guide. Collects The Demon #1-16, The Brave and the Bold #109, 137, Detective Comics #482-485, Wonder Woman #280-282.
March 10, 2026
- DC Finest: Western – The Hangman Never Loses (1970-73)
Collects Weird Western Tales #12-17; All-Star Western #2-8, #10-11; Super DC Giant #15; Tomahawk #130-140
March 24, 2026
- DC Finest: Deadman – How Many Times Can a Guy Die? (1967-77)
See our Deadman guide. Collects Strange Adventures #205–216, Aquaman #50–52, Justice League of America #94, The Brave and the Bold #79, 86, 104, 133, The Phantom Stranger #33, 39–41, World’s Finest #223, 227, The Forever People #9–10, Challengers of the Unknown #74, and Superman #183.
March 31, 2026
- DC Finest: Justice League of America – Starro the Conqueror (1959-62)
See our Justice League guide. Collects The Brave and the Bold #28–30, Justice League of America #1–19, and Mystery in Space #75.
April 14, 2026
- DC Finest: The Flash – The Fastest Man Dead (1970-74)
See our The Flash guide. Collects World’s Finest Comics #198-199; The Flash #197-204, #206-212, #215-229; The Brave and the Bold #99.
April 21, 2026
- DC Finest: Batman – A Death in the Family (1988)
See our Batman Modern Age guide. Collects Batman #423-429, Batman Annual #12, Batman: The Cult #1-4, Detective Comics #590-595, Detective Comics Annual #1.
April 28, 2026
- DC Finest: The Joker – The Last Ha Ha (1973-81)
Collects Batman #251, #260, #286, #291–294, #321, Detective Comics #475–476, #504, Justice League of America #77, Wonder Woman #280–283, The Brave and the Bold #111, #118, #129–130, #141, and The Joker #1–10.
May 12, 2026
- DC Finest: Wonder Woman – Dawn Before Darkness (2009-10)
See our Wonder Woman guide. Collects Wonder Woman #36–44 and #600, Secret Six #10–14, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1–3, and DCU Halloween Special ’09 #1.
May 19, 2026
- DC Finest: Sgt. Rock – The Rock of Easy Co. (1959-62)
Collects Sgt. Rock – The Rock of Easy Co. collects G.I. Combat #68 and Our Army at War #81–122
May 26, 2026
- DC Finest: Superman – Time and Time Again (1990-91)
See our Superman Modern Age guide. Collects Superman #49–56, Starman #28, Adventures of Superman #472–479, and Action Comics #659–666.
June 9, 2026
- DC Finest: Team-Ups – The Impossible Escape (1974-75)
Collects TBA
June 16, 2026
- DC Finest: Robin – The Origin of Robin
See our Dick Grayson guide. Collects TBA
June 23, 2026
- DC Finest: Fourth World – When the Old Gods Die (1970-71)
See our Fourth World guide. Collects Mister Miracle #1–4, The Forever People #1–5, The New Gods #1–4, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #133–141, and Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #115.
July 14, 2026
- DC Finest: Batman – Blind Justice (1989)
See our Batman Modern Age guide. Collects Detective Comics #598-600 (1989)
July 21, 2026
- DC Finest: Suicide Squad – The Nightshade Odyssey (1987-1988)
See our Suicide Squad guide. Collects Suicide Squad #11–20, Suicide Squad Annual #1, The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1, The Flash #12, Manhunter #1 and #6, Justice League International #13, Deadshot #1–4, Checkmate #1 (1997), and Checkmate #8 (1988).
July 28, 2026
- DC Finest: Green Lantern – Hard-Traveling Heroes (1969-1971)
See our Green Lantern guide. Collects Green Lantern #76–82, The Flash #191, and World’s Finest Comics #201.
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