For fans of the Blade Runner franchise, the stories put out by Titan Comics are essential reading, filling the gap between the original film and the Blade Runner 2049 sequel, and now a new set of Omnibus editions will make it easier for people to flesh out their Blade Runner lore knowledge than ever before.

As reported by Fiction Horizon, Titan is set to release hardcover Omnibus collections of Blade Runner 2019, Blade Runner 2029, and Blade Runner 2039, each of which ran for twelve-issues, and have previously only been available in individual volumes, spread out across nine trade paperbacks.

Now, in Omnibus form, each complete series can be read in uninterrupted form, giving more fans the opportunity to discover how the franchise has expanded in the comic book medium, preparing them for whatever comes next for the Blade Runner saga.

Catch Up On The Full History Of The Blade Runner Universe With Three Omnibus Collections Coming From Titan Comics

Blade Runner 2019, Blade Runner 2029, And Blade Runner 2039 Available This Fall

Even the most evocative cinematic sci-fi can only really scratch the surface of the world its filmmakers have created, and that is certainly true of Ridley Scott's legendary Blade Runner, as well as its follow-up, Blade Runner 2049. Both movies provide a thrilling glimpse into a lush futuristic setting, and in their own ways, both tackle the thought-provoking questions of the story's premise, in which human-like "Replicants" challenge the idea of what it means to be alive, and to be human. That is where the comic book medium comes in.

The Blade Runner 2019-2039 comics do more than just connect both films on the timeline, they immerse fans even more deeply in the world of the franchise than either movie possibly could.

From Star Wars and Star Trek, to the Alien and Predator franchises, comics have been essential to the flourishing of major science fiction IP outside the film medium for decades; the Blade Runner comics published by Titan are representative of what makes extending fictional universes such a vital role for comics to play in the larger pop culture landscape. The Blade Runner 2019-2039 comics do more than just connect both films on the timeline, they immerse fans even more deeply in the world of the franchise than either movie possibly could.

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Titans' Blade Runner comics have been widely praised for what they have added to the franchise's mythos, both in of the level of detail with which they depict the world, and also the added scope each story has brought to the table. Part of what made Blade Runner such a memorable film are its hints at the bigger picture beyond just Decker and Roy Batty's cat-and-mouse game, most notably in Batty's iconic "tears in rain" monologue from the climax of the film, which teased the extent of humanity's expansion into space.

In other words, the Blade Runner franchise is a near-limitless well of potential, which largely lay dormant for decades between the 1982 release of the first film, and the 2017 release of 2049. The Blade Runner comics, spanning a similar timeframe of in-universe history, begin to further develop the world of the series in a satisfying way, but still, they are largely a testament to the wide-open possibilities that future Blade Runner comics can actualize, especially with another half-century of ground to cover ahead of the Blade Runner 2099 TV series.

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Learn More With Titan Comics' Omnibus Collections

Though the precise timeline of its release is still unknown, fans do know that the Blade Runner 2099 TV show is coming soon, the furthest foray yet that the franchise has taken into the future. Fans should certainly expect for Blade Runner comics alongside the show, and in anticipation of 2099's debut, the Omnibus collections of Blade Runner 2019, 2029, and 2039 will give a greater sense of the developing timeline of the Blade Runner franchise's fantastic dark future for Earth and beyond.

Source: Fiction Horizon