DC One Million Omnibus

DC: One Million #Omnibus

by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks (Illustrator), Doug Moench

In the 853rd century--one million months after the publication of ACTION COMICS #1--Earth remains safe, thanks to the heroics of the JLA of the future. The descendants of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash  and others remain united  in combating forces of evil, but perhaps have never met anything as deadly as the sentient super-computer Solaris, the Tyrant Sun. As this villainous threat becomes too much to handle, these heroes of the future turn to the only group they know can help: the original JLA.

Written in the middle of Grant Morrison's smash-hit run on JLA, DC ONE MILLION was the first of the game-changing writer's mind-bending DC crossovers. With art by Val Semeiks and Prentis Rollins, the entire DC ONE MILLION series is reprinted here, along with every crossover issue and tie-in. This massive omnibus edition is a must-have for collectors of Grant Morrison's DC work.

Includes the following issues: DC ONE MILLION 1-4, ACTION COMICS 1,000,000, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 1,000,000, AQUAMAN 1,000,000, AZRAEL 1,000,000, BATMAN 1,000,000, BATMAN:SHADOW OF THE BAT 1,000,000, CATWOMAN 1,000,000, CHASE 1,000,000, CHRONOS 1,000,000, CREEPER 1,000,000, DETECTIVE COMICS 1,000,000, FLASH 1,000,000, GREEN ARROW 1,000,000, GREEN LANTERN 1,000,000, HITMAN 1,000,000, IMPULSE 1,000,000, JLA 1,000,000, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 1,000,000, LEGIONNAIRES 1,000,000, LOBO 1,000,000, MARTIAN MANHUNTER 1,000,000, NIGHTWING 1,000,000, POWER OF SHAZAM 1,000,000, RESURRECTION MAN 1,000,000, ROBIN 1,000,000, STARMAN 1,000,000, SUPERBOY 1,000,000, SUPERGIRL 1,000,000, SUPERMAN 1,000,000, SUPERMAN:THE MAN OF STEEL 1,000,000, SUPERMAN:THE MAN OF TOMORROW 1,000,000, WONDER WOMAN 1,000,000, YOUNG JUSTICE 1,000,000, JLA IN CRISIS SECRET FILES, DC ONE MILLION 80-PAGE GIANT #1, BOOSTER GOLD 1,000,000, SUPERMAN/BATMAN 79-80/

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Science Fiction, Batman, Comic Book

1080 pages, Hardcover

First published November 5, 2013

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

DC One Million collects f a great DC crossover event. A few reviewers have complained about the mixed quality of the writing in these issues, but I for one find this absurd -- even the best publisher wide crossover is bound to arrive with a huge range of quality (see for example "Blackest Night"). Yes, some writers fall flat when faced with the challenge of this set up and others play it for laughs, but those truly gifted writers and artists are unleashed here to produce extraordinary work. The very concept here is pure Morrison: bold (almost recklessly so), occasionally incoherent, and an overall great ride. As with other DC Omnibus treatments, the actual product is just lovely, with its strong binding, oversized pages, and vibrant color. So why only four stars?

I for one found the skimpy back up material more than a little disappointing. Beyond a few sketches, there's just nothing here. Yes, it's already a big book, but I wanted some commentary from Morrison on the genesis of the idea, thoughts from the other writers on how they approached the project, etc. Yes, some folks find this stuff extraneous, but I always find it thrilling to get a peak behind the curtain. Here, the curtain doesn't budge. In my dreams, I was actually hoping for a serious discussion of the potential future use of this particular future timeline (which I think has only appeared briefly in Morrison's Superman).

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, what an insane event this was! The very idea of it is so silly it feels like Grant Morrison pitched it as a joke and DC was just like [RUBBER STAMP]. The premise is this: we're reading the one millionth issues of basically every DC series that was running in 1999. Which, the funny part to me, is that this means the stories are set one million months into the future. What a weird amount of time! Like, try to wrap your head around the idea of "one million months." OK, maybe it's easier to imagine a million months during the coronavirus quarantine, but in general, it is a very strange amount of time. It effectively means this largely takes place 83,000 years in the future.

But, beyond the initial weirdness of the premise, this thing is actually thoroughly realized and well-executed! Morrison's world-building and sci-fi prowess definitely helped as he and Val Semeiks developed what the 853rd Century would look and feel like, as populated by a solar system brimming with superheroes. There are just so many big, wild sci-fi ideas being batted around in this thing that it's impossible not to have fun. Even if you don't love a couple of issues, you'll find something to love about many others. It's a blast.

The structure of this event is what makes it so different, I'd say. Rather than telling a linear story, plot developments are spread out across the 30+ single-issue stories that are contained here. There is a central story, made up of DC One Million #1-4 and Morrison's own JLA #1,000,000. But to really appreciate the vastness of the story and get a full scope of what's at stake, it's best to read almost everything. As the plot unfolds across all these individual, one-off issues, you're basically putting a puzzle together, where each piece of the puzzle is also a very interesting story unto itself.

But, as much as I enjoyed this, I'm sure there will be readers who don't want to tackle an entire 1000-page omnibus. As such, I'll try to be helpful and list all the issues that don't affect the story at all, and merely function as their own little romps within the One Million universe. However, some of them are pretty good! Anyway, the flat-out "skippable" issues are:

Azrael (somehow great)
Chase (fantastic art)
The Creeper
Green Arrow
Hitman (great)
Legion of Super Heroes / Legionnaires (2-part story but kind of mediocre)
Lobo
Supergirl (one of my favorites)
Young Justice
DC One Million 80-Page Giant (decent but kind of a mess)
Booster Gold
Superman/Batman #79-80 (pretty fun)

In any case, I was very impressed by how well-executed this event was. I can't think of another DC event of this size and scope I've enjoyed as much, to be honest. Definitely worth checking out!

[Dony Grayman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omnibus en tapa dura que incluye absolutamente todos los #1000000 de 1998 más los especiales relacionados publicados años después.

[Index Purga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edición omnibus de 1.080 páginas que incluye: DC One Million #1–4, más los números 1,000,000 issues of Action Comics, Adventures Of Superman, Aquaman, Azrael, Batman, Batman: Shadow Of The Bat, Catwoman, Chase, Chronos, The Creeper, Detective Comics, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hitman, Impulse, JLA, Legion Of Super-Heroes, Legionnaires, Lobo, Martian Manhunter, Nightwing, Power Of Shazam, Resurrection Man, Robin, Starman, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman (vol. 2), Superman: The Man Of Steel, Superman: The Man Of Tomorrow, Wonder Woman y Young Justice; más los posteriores Booster Gold #1,000,000, DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1 y Superman/Batman #79–80.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An older DC crossover event. It's an OK read overall. This series introduces the JLA characters from the far future. Recommended

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a read!

For the moment, I’m merely referring to the length of this tome. At 1080 pages, this comic often
crushed my chest and impaired my breathing while reading in bed.

As for my overall thought on this, I think it can be best described as a “cornucopia of ‘hmmm’”.

This is yet again another odd, weird, and at times boring mixed bag of stories. You can see Morrison stretching his wings into the realm of weird with the main story arc in the omnibus. The main arc is alright and rather interesting, but nothing to really write home about. The setup for the premise as to why the JLA is catapulted to the 853rd century is a bit weak as is the length of the main conflict. It felt like they were trying to do a massive (and hopefully memorable) crisis as DC is wont to do. However, I don’t think this one’s going to be hanging around in my brain and be as memorable as some of the other major DC crossovers and crises. Again, can’t fault the main arc too much as the art is nice and you get exactly what you’re being offered.

The annoying bits that took this down a couple of pegs for me were the tie-ins and one-shots that were in the original run of DC One Million. Some of these felt downright pointless and distracting. Some of the more annoying ones for me where with the 1M version of the Legion of Superheroes, any of the 1M stories with Robin the Toy Wonder and their version of Superboy/OMAC, and that last Aquaman story where the art was so abstract and confusing, that I felt nauseous.
Some of the later tie-ins, such as the more recent Booster Gold (that was only written a few years back) were actually quite welcome and served up some hubris for a generally arrogant character.

I get that this is a look into the far future and commentary on the hyperspeed that we currently get an overload of information, but some of the HeadNet tabloid stuff took me out of the story at times. It really felt like I was being accosted with information, but maybe that was Morrison’s aim all along.

Am I upset I read this? Nope. Happy I did, but unsure that I’ll be breaking down doors to re-read it anytime soon.

[Joshua Adam Bain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy mother of sweet baby Buddha!! That was one heck of a read! And by that I'm referring to the sheer size of it. All 1000+ pages.

I've been wanting to read this for a while, but wanted to make sure I read it all together so I didn't get lost. I must say I'm of mice emotions.

Overall I enjoyed the event. With all the tie in stories it helps build the universe and the building threat.

On the downside to this was the fact that when we finally got to the climax it didn't feel complete. I found myself thinking "this can't be the end? Solaris must pull a classic comic story 'you think he's dead, but he's not really dead' situation". But alas I was wrong. I found myself enjoying the journey far more than the destination. I mean the eventual demise of Solaris was captured in literally 2 small panels...

How's that for blue balls!!

Like I said earlier though, it's still a fun read. The stories leading up to the end were for the most part well done. Some are better quality than others. And some are just downright weird (I'm looking at you Creeper).

As well as the difference in writing quality, the same can be said for the art. Although I only found myself hating only a few (cough cough Aquaman cough cough).

For such a mammoth book you really need to invest yourself in taking it all in. There are some stellar ideas here and for the most part they are pulled off well. Just wish that climax felt satisfying after reading 900+ pages of build up!

[Jeff Howard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of it was over my head. That is not a feeling I like when reading comics! Overall, though, pretty darn fun.

[TheMadReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

After reading some of the reviews for this, I’d love to know what type of drugs folks were on when rating this anything over 1 star…specifically, how can anyone in a sober state think any of this makes sense?

This is all over the place with a horrible storyline and even much worse execution.

How is the idea of the justice league getting trapped 1 million years/days/months whatever into the future and scattered on different planets interesting? Who cares? This is as juvenile as some of the crossover storylines in this.

What a dreadful read. Maybe I’m on crack but this isn’t for me.

[ZeroPoint · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grant Morrison entiende a los superheroes como nadie mas y con esta historia lo demuestra mostrando como los heroes de cientos de siglos en el futuro mantienen aquello que hace unico a cada heroe sin llegar a ser una copia exacta

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing story that crosses tens of thousands of years collected in a great package. Morrison knocked it out of the park with this line wide event.

[Dan Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a neat story. You really need to read all the side stories to fully appreciate it, though.

[Mati G. W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un millón de veces genial e infinito.

[Brannigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an epic storyline. Good but not necessarily something I need to reread.

[Ribrarian Not · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro de historietas con código de barras. Formato ómnibus.

[Gordo Noseinto]

Siempre quise leer todos los capítulos Un Millón de DC.

[Sebastian Lauterbach · Rating 3 out of 5]

This omnibus collects the DC One Million Event from 1998 and all of its tie-in issues.

The event itself is super fun, engaging, multi-layered superhero shenanigans. It's really well written and the future DC universe is fun to explore. The problem with this collection is that it's not needed anymore.

The event is part of the JLA run of Grant Morrison and also collected in the JLA Omnibus. A carefully picked selection of tie-in issues also made it into that omnibus. So between the two volumes there is a substantial amount of double dipping. If I were to focus only on the stories unique to the One Million Omnibus, not a lot of good remains.

Roughly speaking, the high-tier tie-ins (Batman, Superman, JLA, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter) are also the ones that are really good, while the ones for the less popular characters (Hitman, Lobo, Legion, Catwoman) are also the ones that are not worth anyones attention.

There are exceptions to this. For instance, I did enjoy the Nightwing and Wonder Woman issues unique to this omnibus. But a lot of these other ones are just bad and forgettable.

As usual, the tie-ins are done by different creators and vary in quality, both on the artwork and story (and sometimes even the consistency).

In summary, the event is amazing, but it is collected in the JLA Omnibus, and the remaining tie-in issues are not good enough to recommend this volume. The JLA Omnibus on the other hand is worth every penny!

[Jefferson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitivamente Não!!!

Se você é um fã antigo e saudosista de quadrinhos você vai gostar deste evento, mas se você começou a ler quadrinhos de uns anos pra cá, haverá uma grandíssima possibilidade de não gostar. Parece quadrinhos dos anos 50, 60. Pelo menos eu tive esta sensação enquanto lia.

Há uns anos atrás, eu decidi que leria o Universo DC em ordem cronológica, à partir de Crise nas Infinitas Terras, mas decidi ler somente o que era considerado boas histórias por reviews e leitores, então me organizei e iniciei. E antes de iniciar, todos falavam de Grant Morrison como uma entidade dos quadrinhos. O tempo passou e depois de ler muitas coisas (mais de 2.000 capítulos de quadrinhos de vários roteiristas e heróis), me sinto bastante decepcionado com o Morrison até aqui, claro, sei que ainda há muitas coisas dele pra ler, mas estou lendo em ordem cronológica e posso mudar de opinião quando chegar no Batman dele. A única coisa que gostei até agora dele foi Homem Animal. Foi uma ideia sensacional e contida, sem nada espalhafatoso nem com muitas coisas acontecendo ao mesmo tempo sem propósito como nesta história.

Na minha opinião. Eu vejo Grant Morrison até o momento como um roteirista com muitas ideias ótimas, muitos conceitos novos e criativos, porém na maioria das vezes pessimamente executados.

[Sean · Rating 2 out of 5]

This enormous 90s event is better in theory than execution. The idea centers around, "What would this world be like 1 million months from Action Comics #1. The answers are why the book/series isn't a success because the answer is, not much different. The mere idea of the 853rd Century should have writers unloading with their craziest ideas. Instead the future here is insanely mundane. The fact that future heroes from the year 85,271 remember their "history" and know of Bruce Wayne or Superman is dumb. Makes readers look dumb. The story wasted so many opportunities and also told so many pointless stories just to apart of the 1 million idea. There were many creators involved but this was Grant Morrison's baby which is somewhat surprising given the lack of imagination. There is some great 90s art and the reverse of that. Overall, great idea that no one bothered to think about.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unfortunately like most event series I've read, some of the stories outside the main miniseries are far better. Some stories have absolutely nothing to do with the story other than taking place in the 853rd century (one million months after the publication of ACTION COMICS #1). And if DC included LOBO #1,000,000, then why wasn't YOUNG HEROES IN LOVE #1,000,000 also included? (Was YHIL creator-owned? I don't remember.)

[Eddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I give a four for the efforts. This was the first major event for DC I ever skipped. Saw this for $30 and I had $35 so I got it. Waiting helped me like the over all story so much better. The best was seeing writers and artists I haven't seen in a very long time. Same. Feeling as looking in high school year book.

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typically massive ideas from Grant Morrison. Solaris in particular is a fantastic concept. The event overall suffers from the usual bloat of a linewide crossover; a lot of the issues are superfluous in retrospect. Overall, a fun way to further explore the concept of legacy that's so integral to DC

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit garbled in the beginning but overally a very good reading.

[Graeme Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is every issue perfect. No, but that I was able to blitz through this in a weekend without feeling bogged down, without feeling confused about the general direction of the story, and more to its credit, that I am rereading this book not long after reading it for the first time tells me that this was a well done crossover. I love Grant Morrison, but his JLA run will always be one of my favourites, and this crossover can not be ignored within that run.

[Sam Margulis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty solid story line, but confusing at times especially with the anthology approach. The futuristic characters were awesome and I liked that they built the differing lineages for each super hero.

[Guido · Rating 5 out of 5]

Versión integral en inglés que incluye absolutamente todos los cruces del crossover y que no han sido traducidos en su totalidad al castellano.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read! Like any anthology, especially crossover anthologies, some parts are better than others. The core story is good and it's neat to see the central narrative advanced from the perspectives of different characters/authors. It's very Grant Morrison, lots of time folding on itself and meta-commentary about superheros as archetypes. Many of the ancillary one-shot stories are fun "elseworlds"-feeling takes, but are ultimately forgettable. Many of them feel like playing in someone else's sandbox for 22 pages without trying to do much that's creative with the world. However, I loved the Green Arrow and Supergirl stories (I knew nothing about either character prior) because, while they had no real bearing on the central story, they took the trappings of the world and told stories that were self-contained, creative, and had emotional impact. Overall, a good one to get from the library because I probably wouldn't need to re-read this, but well worth the read and worth the experiment.

[Jimmy Briggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually read the individual issues, but the whole thing was creative genius on Morrison's part. Heroes from way way in the future come back to get help from our era, like they will always do. You get to see how the decedents of our heroes look and they look cool, all futuristic. Of course they will have a fight between each other, it is a comic after all, but then you get to see all the future ones interact with their ancestors, it is pretty cool, another I will have to track down and read again.

[Rjboyer43 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really 4.5 stars, but ranking it 5 is fine with me.

I think Grant Morrison has a tendency to be a little long-winded in some of his stories. That is not the case here, as this is a nicely packaged omnibus. The tie-in issues are spaced between the main issues of the 1M mini-series in a great way that really adds to the story and also makes the book really easy to read. Each member of the future Justice League A gets and opportunity to shine, and their interactions with the current JLA are nicely done. Overall, a pretty good story I will read again.

[againstnature · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such fun! Not the wildest idea from Morrison yet you can see his sensibilities. The whole book is an over to top summer blockbuster and it is high on sci-fi! Some tie ins are boring, some are really really interesting and in total they are the snapshot of late 90's Dc Comics with familiar talents and forgotten ones. You may lost with sup-plots but let yourself in and do not try to connect everything. It is a story about time and time will control you!