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The Lawless volume is shaping up to be one of my favourites. Winslade's artwork is sublime.

That's amazing, thanks for posting @Strangeday.

I also noted Forbidden Planet are listing a good few months in advance so that's helpful information for the immediate future of the series.

The content of Slaine vols 2 & 3 are here (taken from FB)

30-SLAINE VOL 2 Dragonheist; Time Killer; Battle of Clontarf

31-SLAINE VOL 3 Tomb of Terror; The Spoils of Annwn; Slaine the King; The Killing Field; Mini-Series

... and 5 is titled "Slaine: The High King" though there's no breakdown for that one

Well there's no need to ever pick up what is probably the worst book in the collection again!

I was nosing around for some more information on what would be coming in this partwork earlier today and came across this page with details of the french version. There are some discrepancies but its a little help all the same:

https://www.bdphile.info/series/comics/29411-dc-comics-la-legende-de-batman

[87/vol. 90: Lawless:]

87/vol. 90: Lawless: Welcome to Badrock; Between Badrock & A Hard Place; Of Munce and Men; Long Range War; four covers; DPS sketchbook; "Way Out West" single-page text feature.

Might have to grab that one...!

As a non-Meg reader I was really keen for this strip to be part of the collection, and with only the most recent story excluded too! Come on postie!

You only have to glance at the webshop to see how many more *already formatted* thrills could make it into an extension, although of course we all have our long forgotten faves that would be fantastic to dig out of the archive and put in print once more.
Unlike the Mega Collection, this one could run and run, and I would be very pleased for it to do so!

Has anyone else had problems with other partwork collections like this? Where you subscribe and end up being behind schedule compared to the shops?
Im literally flummoxed and seriously thinking of cancelling my subscription as i dont seem to get any benefits subscribing thus far

Yes, the Transformers one is behind a month exactly the same for subscribers, but it happened gradually rather than in one hit.
If I had a corner newsie nearby I'd be using them rather than subscribing now the free gifts are done. I'm not getting the covers books.

Slaine Vol 2 scheduled for release on 15th August, making it issue 26.

Of course, subscribers will get it the month following, as it stands.

Over on FB a Mr Tony Heugh says has received a covers book. Even though he asked not to get one.

I took my copy on holiday last year and couldn't put it down. Exhaustive and entertaining! I agree I found the non-Bishop chapters less biting more "this and then this" but also I may have been a little burnt out by then!

Right, so I've finally got an answer, and it's potentially positive:

Dispatches will be pushed until all the subscriptions are up to date . we will send out the letter in every dispatch to inform  your when to expect the next issues until we return to the original schedule.

Wow that's a better answer. Shame I don't believe it personally. Like when they said there would be a letter in this last delivery explaining what had happened.

I asked about skipping 15 & 16, or getting them as an extra order so to keep up with the newsagents. But the answer is no.

Re the sketchbook, regardless of size (the website made out it was as chunky as the regular volumes) the content is excellent, including a better look at the unused section of the JDMC extension artwork (the bit that went 91-100)

Early post brings my sub box. Huzaah! Sketchbook included, bit skinnier than I anticipated. And no letter of apology or anything.