Darkish Horse’s revival of the classic Tomb Raider comic book series kicks off subsequent week with Tomb Raider Colossal Collection Volume 1. Followers who have not preordered a replica of the huge 888-page hardcover can get a terrific low cost at Amazon. The retailer has slashed the worth of Quantity 1 to solely $78.57 (was $100) forward of its July 1 publication. Should you already preordered a replica on the full $100 MSRP, Amazon will robotically modify your complete to mirror the most effective deal provided till your order ships.
Tomb Raider was initially revealed by High Cow Productions from 1999 to 2005. Quantity 1 of the reissued comedian e book collection contains many of the points in that first collection. To learn the (virtually) whole arc in addition to a Tomb Raider miniseries and a handful of one-shots, you will need to preorder Tomb Raider Colossal Collection Volume 2. The 944-page hardcover is promoting for its full $100 listing value, however Amazon’s preorder value assure permits you to get any future reductions between now and Quantity 2’s November 25 launch.
$78.57 (was $100) | Releases July 1
Top Cow’s Tomb Raider comics have long been out of print, and the older “Archive” editions fetch an astronomical sum on the reseller market, often going for hundreds of dollars each.
Volume 1 compiles 33 issues, each of which is roughly 25 pages. Here’s what’s included:
- Tomb Raider: The Series – No. 1-24 and 26-34
In case you’re wondering, No. 25 saw Lara Croft team up with Witchblade, another Top Cow comic at the time. It appears that Dark Horse wasn’t able to secure the licensing rights from Image Comics, the owner of the Witchblade IP.
$100 | Releases November 25
Volume 2 of Dark Horse’s Tomb Raider Colossal Collection wraps up Lara Croft’s long-running comic book series with No. 35-50 and two prequel comics.
After you finish reading Tomb Raider: The Series, you can dive into the Tomb Raider: Journeys miniseries. Volume 2 of the Colossal Collection includes all 12 issues of Journeys that Top Cow published from 2001 to 2003.
Though Volume 2 of the Colossal Collection has a smaller portion of the mainline series, it’s actually a thicker book thanks to the Journey miniseries and five one-shots. A few of the one-shots are essentially two issues in one; The Greatest Treasure of All (2005) and Arabian Nights (2004) are 48 pages each.
Here’s a full list of what’s included in the 944-page hardcover book:
- Tomb Raider: The Series – No. 0, 1/2, and 35-50
- Tomb Raider: Journeys – No. 1-12
- Tomb Raider one-shots:
- The Greatest Treasure of All (48 pages)
- Arabian Nights (48 pages)
- Origins (24 pages)
- Takeover (36 pages)
- Epiphany (40 pages)
Top Cow’s Tomb Raider comics released when the franchise was in its heyday, so they were quite popular at the time. The comics are set in the same continuity as the games developed by Core Design, making a few tweaks to Lara Croft’s story along the way. A talented roster of artists and writers were involved in this series, including Dan Jurgens, Adam Hughes, Michael Turner, Andy Park, Marc Silvestri, David Finch, and several others.
Multiple Tomb Raider comic books and graphic novels have been revealed for the reason that first collection concluded in 2005. Sadly, the entire different Tomb Raider comics are out of print at this time. You’ll be able to, nevertheless, nonetheless get the official tie-in novel for Shadow of the Tomb Raider dubbed Path of the Apocalypse. The well-received 320-page novel was revealed by Titan Books in 2018 and is accessible in paperback for $15.
The Colossal Collection is not the one throwback launch for Tomb Raider followers to sit up for this 12 months. The bodily version of Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered is slated to launch September 19. Identical to Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, the gathering is getting a budget-friendly Deluxe Edition with a steelbook case, 150-page exploration e book, and extra.
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