Spotlight on DC Compact Comics

By Emmanuel Batista | December 20 2023 | Graphic Novels

The first wave of DC’s new compact comics line is coming soon. This line reprints some of DC’s most popular graphic novels in a smaller format at a $9.99 price point, with the intention of making them more accessible to new readers. It includes classic tales of fan favorite DC characters like Superman and Harley Quinn, as well as comics outside the main DC Universe like American Vampire.

 

Check out all of DC’s Compact Comics below!

Batman: The Court of Owls Saga: DC Compact Comics Edition
Batman: The Court of Owls Saga: DC Compact Comics Edition
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
978-1-77952-727-1
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Considered one of the greatest stories in the Dark Knight's historic lore, BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA is an epic tale told by two of comics' finest storytellers.
$9.99 US
Jun 04, 2024
FOC Dec 04, 2023
Paperback
304 Pages
DC Comics
Watchmen: DC Compact Comics Edition
Watchmen: DC Compact Comics Edition
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
978-1-77952-732-5
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect!
$9.99 US
Jun 04, 2024
FOC Dec 04, 2023
Paperback
416 Pages
DC Comics
All-Star Superman: DC Compact Comics Edition
All-Star Superman: DC Compact Comics Edition
Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
978-1-77952-725-7
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Combining their singular talents to create a fresh and brilliant vision of the Man of Steel, comics storytellers Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely tell one of the greatest Superman stories ever imagined.
$9.99 US
Jul 02, 2024
FOC Dec 04, 2023
Paperback
296 Pages
DC Comics
Far Sector: DC Compact Comics Edition
Far Sector: DC Compact Comics Edition
Jamal Campbell, N.K. Jemisin
978-1-77952-729-5
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!The first murder in 500 years. Twenty billion suspects. One hope.
$9.99 US
Jul 02, 2024
FOC Dec 04, 2023
Paperback
296 Pages
DC Comics
Batman: Hush: DC Compact Comics Edition
Batman: Hush: DC Compact Comics Edition
Jim Lee, Jeph Loeb
978-1-77952-726-4
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Batman faces the most intense case of his life as secrets from his past flood into the present!
$9.99 US
Aug 06, 2024
FOC Dec 04, 2023
Paperback
312 Pages
DC Comics
Wonder Woman: Earth One: DC Compact Comics Edition
Wonder Woman: Earth One: DC Compact Comics Edition
Grant Morrison, Yanick Paquette
978-1-77952-733-2
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!For years, Diana of Paradise Island yearned to leave the only home she knew behind for adventures that laid beyond its shores. Now, after a fateful meeting with Air Force pilot Steve Trevor, the Amazon Warrior finds herself in Man’s World. And she is ready for anything that it may throw at her.
$9.99 US
Aug 06, 2024
FOC Dec 04, 2023
Paperback
376 Pages
DC Comics
Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens: DC Compact Comics Edition
Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens: DC Compact Comics Edition
Guillem March, Paul Dini
978-1-77952-730-1
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other peoples' rules regardless of which side of the law they're on. They have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it. But can they get along and work as a team? And who will get hurt along the way?
$9.99 US
Sep 03, 2024
FOC Feb 05, 2024
Paperback
320 Pages
DC Comics
Joker: DC Compact Comics Edition
Joker: DC Compact Comics Edition
Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo
978-1-77952-731-8
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Batman's greatest nemesis reaches new levels of complexity and intensity in this uniquely crafted story from the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo.
$9.99 US
Sep 03, 2024
FOC Feb 05, 2024
Paperback
136 Pages
DC Comics
American Vampire Book One: DC Compact Comics Edition
American Vampire Book One: DC Compact Comics Edition
Scott Snyder, Stephen King, Rafael Albuquerque
978-1-77952-734-9
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!Chronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE by the legendary Scott Snyder and Stephen King is a fresh look at an old monster--a generational epic showcasing the bloodlust that lay hidden beneath America's most distinctive eras.
$9.99 US
Oct 01, 2024
FOC Feb 05, 2024
Paperback
320 Pages
DC Comics
Catwoman: Trail of the Catwoman: DC Compact Comics Edition
Catwoman: Trail of the Catwoman: DC Compact Comics Edition
Ed Brubaker, Darwyn Cooke
978-1-77952-728-8
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!For years, Selina Kyle has prowled the skyline of Gotham City as its most famous thief, Catwoman. But when word spreads of Catwoman's demise, Selina decides to leave the costumed world behind and continue her trade cloaked in the shadows.
$9.99 US
Oct 01, 2024
FOC Feb 05, 2024
Paperback
336 Pages
DC Comics
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