Marvel vs DC/Amalgam Custom Bind Project Progress | CBCS Comics

It’s been nearly 3 weeks since the book was delivered but that’s not out of the ordinary. Their turnaround time is estimated at 6-8 weeks. They don’t update throughout the process and don’t reach out until they need the artwork for the covers/dust jackets or if they have questions

Apparently orders are normally checked in within two weeks and most questions come up at that point. Since I’m past that point I guess they don’t have questions and I am waiting on their art request.

In the meantime, I am planning my next custom bind project. This one will collect Marvel’s 2020 The End series as a volume 2 to my collection of the first

There will be a pretty big difference in the two as the first book was like 30+ issues (18 of those were Chris Claremont’s trilogy of X-Men mini-series). The 2020 run was just 6. I waited a bit to see if they announced any more but it has been over a year now and no new ones have come up, so might as well start prepping

COLLECTOR 26.35K	26.35K dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 3
	The books came in a day early and I love how they came out for the most part! Here are some shots with the dust jackets. The second book is ever so slightly shorter in height but I tried to align the art on the spines. And shots without the jackets. The main imperfections are the previously mentioned missing page. I’ve got the replacement pages printed up but I’m gonna read up on techniques for tipping in pages before I cut out the bad page and implant the two corrected ones. The other issue is that the Unlimited Access series has gatefold covers with “Previously…” information on them. In order to avoid them being trimmed away the binder had to double fold the covers. It worked pretty well for the most part and I can undo one of the fold on each issue without any visible sign of an issue except for the last cover where it looks like the inside edge wasn’t entirely flush with the spine so u doing that fold would have the page stick out significantly from the text block. A minor quibble really, otherwise, I’m loving the books!
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Collector 5.19K	5.19K Hcanes private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	@dielinfinite Quote: Originally Posted by dielinfinite Amalgam was pretty neat. They took the gimmick a little beyond the comics as well with the forwards of the TPB being written by an amalgamation of the Editors in Chief of Marvel and DC at the time and referring creators and crossovers/events that also merged famous names from both companies. I wouldn’t mind seeing a new batch of Amalgam books. We’ve certainly seen enough new faces from both companies to populate a new run. Could you imagine the spec madness 🤣 It was out of control during Marvel's latest secret wars where they were mashing up characters.
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COLLECTOR 26.35K	26.35K dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	@Hcanes I wonder if speculation would be more relaxed because the characters would be co-owned and so they wouldn’t have many future appearances Or if speculation would be intensified because they wouldn’t have many future appearances?
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COLLECTOR 26.35K	26.35K dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	I stumbled on this article from last year. . Seems like there’s plenty of interest from creators for a Marvel/DC crossover
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	This is an awesome project. I would love to work on a project like this, but I don't think I'd have the patience to track down all of the books. I'd probably lose interest halfway into the project. Congrats on completing it and finally getting it back from the binders. Can't wait to see the finished project.
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	You did an excellent job in putting everything together. Nice job!
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COLLECTOR 26.35K	26.35K dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 2
	It’s been a bit of a wait but I’ve finally received the dimensions for my books so I can provide cover files! Nearing the end!
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COLLECTOR 26.35K	26.35K dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 4
	So I was sure what I wanted for the cover for book one so I was able to knock this out pretty quick. I have a few images in mind for the front of the dust jacket The cover of the trade or issues 1 or 3 Book 2 is mostly Amalgam but it's a bit hard to find good pinup work encompassing Amalgam as a whole. It'd be cool if I could find a hi-resolution, cleaned up version of the Secret Crisis of the Infinity Hour set from the trading cards There are a couple of posters that can work but I will have to track them down (I'm kind of annoyed that I wasn't able to add these into the books themselves). The Joe Madureira one looks cool but I can't seem to find a reasonably priced copy.
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out. 6K	6K power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	have all the amalgram issues. they were fun but felt the mixes were too random. Iron man and green lantern -shouldve been iron man/batman= iron bat, and green lantern/nova= green nova -hulk and solomon grundy. shouldve been hulk and captain atom. both have simular origins.
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