Just published in hardcover, DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition is by Geoff Johns, with illustrations by Gary Frank, Ivan Reis, Ethan Van Sciver and Phil Jimenez (each of whom are working on different characters in the Rebirth line). The book features the story that launched Rebirth: Wally West, the man once known as Kid Flash and then the Flash, who is trapped out of time and space in a dimensional bleed, sees the mystery pervading the universe--and then must return to Earth, after being gone 10 years, even as he slips farther away, closer to nothingness. This story of Wally West's rebirth, upon which the fate of the universe rests, will reverberate through the DC Universe for years.
DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition author Geoff Johns is the writer of many comic works, president and chief creative officer of DC Comics and "a key driver of the overall execution of the Rebirth line," as DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson says in her introduction. DC Entertainment publisher Dan DiDio adds: "He is one of the best of our best writers and worked hand in hand with other writers" on Rebirth. "He led by examples by writing this, showing the heart and voice of the line, the attributes of the characters."
The book is divided into chapters, including, in order "Lost," "Legacy," "Love," "Life" and an epilogue that, Nelson writes, "drops your jaw to the ground and guarantees to leave you wanting more."
As a hardcover, DiDio adds, the book has "a collector's sense but sits well in the book market," where on the shelf, it will stand out to casual fans and draw them into "more things with the Rebirth banner." He compared DC Universe: Rebirth Deluxe Edition with Batman: The Killing Joke, Deluxe Edition by Alan Moore, illustrated by Brian Bolland, published in 2008, a perennial bestseller that features the origin story of the battle between Batman and The Joker.