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DC Archive Editions Books in Order

DC Archive Editions contains 13 books, published between 1998 and 2012. The first book is The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 1 (1998) and the newest is The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 7 (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1998–2012
Pages on record
719 in 3 of 13 books
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DC Archive Editions is a comics collection line, catalogued here as 13 volumes published between 1998 and 2012. The Green Lantern Archives accounts for several of them, from Vol. 1 (1998) to Vol. 7 (2012), and the line also holds The Black Canary Archives, The Blackhawk Archives, The DC Comics Rarities Archives, The Brave and the Bold Team-Up Archives, The Comic Cavalcade Archives, The Enemy Ace Archives and Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Archives. Credits are spread across many names: John Broome on 4 volumes, Joe Kubert and Bill Finger on 2 each, and Will Eisner, Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Joseph Sherman and Julius Schwartz on one apiece. Subjects include comic books, superheroes, science fiction and fantasy.

How many DC Archive Editions books are there?

DC Archive Editions has 13 books, released between 1998 and 2012.

DC Archive Editions Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 DC Archive Editions books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 1 by John Broome, book 1 of the DC Archive Editions series (1998)
  2. Cover of The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 2 by John Broome, book 2 of the DC Archive Editions series (2000)
  3. Cover of The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 3 by John Broome, book 4 of the DC Archive Editions series (2001)
  4. Cover of The Blackhawk Archives, Vol. 1 by Will Eisner, book 5 of the DC Archive Editions series (2001)
  5. Cover of The DC Comics Rarities Archives, Vol. 1, book 6 of the DC Archive Editions series (2005)
  6. Cover of The Comic Cavalcade Archives, Vol. 1, book 8 of the DC Archive Editions series (2005)
  7. Cover of The Enemy Ace Archives, Vol. 2 by Joe Kubert, book 9 of the DC Archive Editions series (2006)
  8. Cover of Justice League of America Archives, Vol. 10 by Roy Thomas, book 11 of the DC Archive Editions series (2012)
  9. Cover of Batman Archives, Vol. 8 by Bill Finger, book 12 of the DC Archive Editions series (2012)
  10. Cover of The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 7 by John Broome, book 13 of the DC Archive Editions series (2012)
  1. 1
    The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 11998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  2. 2
    The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 22000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  3. 3
    The Black Canary Archives, Vol. 12000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  4. 4
    The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 32001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  5. 5
    The Blackhawk Archives, Vol. 12001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  6. 6
    The DC Comics Rarities Archives, Vol. 12005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  7. 7
    The Brave and the Bold Team-Up Archives, Vol. 12005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  8. 8
    The Comic Cavalcade Archives, Vol. 12005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  9. 9
    The Enemy Ace Archives, Vol. 22006 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006196
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  10. 10
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Archives, Vol. 12012 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012267
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  11. 11
    Justice League of America Archives, Vol. 102012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    Batman Archives, Vol. 82012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  13. 13
    The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 72012 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012256
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Where to start with DC Archive Editions

Start with The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 1 (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest DC Archive Editions book?

The Green Lantern Archives, Vol. 7 (2012) is the newest DC Archive Editions book released so far.

Is there a new DC Archive Editions book coming?

No next DC Archive Editions book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

DC Archive Editions at a glance

No recent titles
The newest DC Archive Editions title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
DC Archive Editions books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
719 pages across the 3 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most DC Archive Editions books, 8 of 13, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 13 titles, 4 are credited to John Broome, 2 to Joe Kubert, 2 to Bill Finger and 1 to Will Eisner. A further 54 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the DC Archive Editions books are about

9 of the 13 DC Archive Editions books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.