DC Chronicles
The DC Chronicles is a line of trade paperbacks, chronologically reprinting the earliest stories starring some of the best-known DC Comics superheroes.
Stories are reprinted in color with no ads, providing readers access to original Golden and Silver Age comic book stories which had previously been reprinted in the DC Archive Editions format. The volumes were priced significantly lower than the Archives series in order to be more affordable for the reader, with each one typically priced at $14.99 USD.
The final volumes were released in 2013. Since then, DC has been re-publishing these stories in the same chronological format in the bigger DC Omnibus series. Each Age era Omnibus volume is also published as two or three trade paperbacks.
Publications
''The [Batman] Chronicles''
The Batman Chronicles Volume 1 collects Detective Comics #27–38 and Batman #1, April 2005, The Batman Chronicles Volume 2 collects Detective Comics #39–45, Batman #2–3, and The New York World's Fair Comics #2, September 2006, The Batman Chronicles Volume 3 collects Detective Comics #46–50, Batman #4–5, and World's Best Comics #1, May 2007, The Batman Chronicles Volume 4 collects Detective Comics #51–56, Batman #6–7, and World's Finest Comics #2–3, October 2007, The Batman Chronicles Volume 5 collects Detective Comics #57–61, Batman #8–9, and World's Finest Comics #4, April 2008, The Batman Chronicles Volume 6 collects Detective Comics #62–65, Batman #10–11, and World's Finest Comics #5–6, October 2008, The Batman Chronicles Volume 7 collects Detective Comics #66–70, Batman #12–13, and World's Finest Comics #7, March 2009, The Batman Chronicles Volume 8 collects Detective Comics #71–74, Batman #14–15, and World's Finest Comics #8–9, October 2009, The Batman Chronicles Volume 9 collects Detective Comics #75–77, Batman #16–17, and World's Finest Comics #10, March 2010, The Batman Chronicles Volume 10 collects Detective Comics #78–81, Batman #18–19, and World's Finest Comics #11, December 2010, The Batman Chronicles Volume 11 collects Detective Comics #82–85, Batman #20–21, and World's Finest Comics #12, January 2013,''The [Superman] Chronicles''
This series is technically incomplete due to Volume 8 missing the story from World's Finest Comics #5. The Superman Chronicles Volume 1 collects material from Action Comics #1–13, The New York World's Fair Comics #1, and Superman #1; February 2006; The Superman Chronicles Volume 2 collects material from Action Comics #14–20, and Superman #2–3; February 2007; The Superman Chronicles Volume 3 collects material from Action Comics #21–25, Superman #4–5, and The New York World's Fair Comics #2; August 2007; The Superman Chronicles Volume 4 collects material from Action Comics #26–31, and Superman #6–7; February 2008; The Superman Chronicles Volume 5 collects material from Action Comics #32–36, Superman #8–9, and World's Best Comics #1; August 2008; The Superman Chronicles Volume 6 collects material from Action Comics #37–40, Superman #10–11, and World's Finest Comics #2–3; February 2009; The Superman Chronicles Volume 7 collects material from Action Comics #41–43, Superman #12–13, and World's Finest Comics #4; July 2009; The Superman Chronicles Volume 8 collects material from Action Comics #44–47, and Superman #14–15; April 2010; The Superman Chronicles Volume 9 collects material from Action Comics #48–52, Superman #16–17, and World's Finest Comics #6; June 2011;- The Superman Chronicles Volume 10 collects material from Action Comics #53–55, Superman #18–19, and World's Finest Comics #7; September 2012;