Marvel Omnibuses you'd like to see
04-11-11 | 03:33 PM
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Covers for Simonson's Thor Omnibus, which is out this week:
And it looks like in November we're getting a Claremont/Jim Lee X-Men Omnibus, and rumored for later in the year is the first Omnibus volume of Byrne's Fantastic Four run and also... X-Static!
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And it looks like in November we're getting a Claremont/Jim Lee X-Men Omnibus, and rumored for later in the year is the first Omnibus volume of Byrne's Fantastic Four run and also... X-Static!
04-13-11 | 10:38 AM
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WOLVERINE BY JASON AARON OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN, RON GARNEY, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, PACO DIAZ LUQUE, YANICK PAQUETTE, C.P. SMITH, DAVIDE GIANFELICE, ESAD RIBIC, ADAM KUBERT, UDON STUDIOS & JOCK
Cover by DAVID FINCH
He’s the best there is at what he does — and Wolverine’s not so bad, either. Now, writer Jason Aaron’s (PUNISHERMAX, Scalped) entire character-defining run leading to “Wolverine Goes to Hell” is collected in one massive, bone-shattering volume. Joined by some of comics’ top artists, Aaron pits Wolverine against a platoon of Adamantium-enhanced mercenaries, super-powered kung-fu gangsters, time-traveling reanimated killers and — in a brutal, no-holds-barred battle that may destroy them both — Mystique. Collecting WOLVERINE (2003) #56 and #62-65; WOLVERINE: MANIFEST DESTINY #1-4; WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1-16; DARK REIGN: THE LIST — WOLVERINE; and material from WOLVERINE (2003) #73-74, DARK X-MEN: THE BEGINNING #3 and WOLVERINE (1988) #175.
688 PGS./Parental Advisory…$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5639-0
Trim size: oversized
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN, RON GARNEY, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, PACO DIAZ LUQUE, YANICK PAQUETTE, C.P. SMITH, DAVIDE GIANFELICE, ESAD RIBIC, ADAM KUBERT, UDON STUDIOS & JOCK
Cover by DAVID FINCH
He’s the best there is at what he does — and Wolverine’s not so bad, either. Now, writer Jason Aaron’s (PUNISHERMAX, Scalped) entire character-defining run leading to “Wolverine Goes to Hell” is collected in one massive, bone-shattering volume. Joined by some of comics’ top artists, Aaron pits Wolverine against a platoon of Adamantium-enhanced mercenaries, super-powered kung-fu gangsters, time-traveling reanimated killers and — in a brutal, no-holds-barred battle that may destroy them both — Mystique. Collecting WOLVERINE (2003) #56 and #62-65; WOLVERINE: MANIFEST DESTINY #1-4; WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1-16; DARK REIGN: THE LIST — WOLVERINE; and material from WOLVERINE (2003) #73-74, DARK X-MEN: THE BEGINNING #3 and WOLVERINE (1988) #175.
688 PGS./Parental Advisory…$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5639-0
Trim size: oversized
X-MEN BY CHRIS CLAREMONT & JIM LEE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, TERRY AUSTIN, SALLY PASHKOW, PETER SANDERSON & ANN NOCENTI
Penciled by JIM LEE, MARC SILVESTRI, ROB LIEFELD, MIKE VOSBURG, JIM FERN, MARK BAGLEY, RICK LEONARDI, KIERON DWYER, BILL JAASKA, MIKE COLLINS & WHILCE PORTACIO
Covers by JIM LEE
What happens when you combine an industry veteran at the top of his game with a hot, up-and-coming young artist, and let them loose on Marvel’s mightiest mutants? You get a fan-favorite, multi-year X-Men run unequaled in style, pizzazz and wall-to-wall action! It’s Chris Claremont’s most ambitious story arc ever, featuring Jim Lee’s dynamic debut issues and major changes to the X-Men’s status quo! Jubilee debuts just as the X-Men disband, granted new lives by the Siege Perilous! The Reavers enact gruesome revenge on Wolverine and decimate Muir Island, while Psylocke is transformed into a ninja! The Shadow King makes his play for Storm, culminating in the action-packed introduction of Gambit! Wolverine’s hidden past with Captain America and the Black Widow is revealed! And this is just the first volume! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #244-269, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #13 and CLASSIC X-MEN #39.
704 PGS./Rated A…$125.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5822-6
Trim size: oversized
X-MEN BY CHRIS CLAREMONT & JIM LEE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC — VARIANT EDITION (DM ONLY)
704 PGS/Rated A…$125.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5823-3
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, TERRY AUSTIN, SALLY PASHKOW, PETER SANDERSON & ANN NOCENTI
Penciled by JIM LEE, MARC SILVESTRI, ROB LIEFELD, MIKE VOSBURG, JIM FERN, MARK BAGLEY, RICK LEONARDI, KIERON DWYER, BILL JAASKA, MIKE COLLINS & WHILCE PORTACIO
Covers by JIM LEE
What happens when you combine an industry veteran at the top of his game with a hot, up-and-coming young artist, and let them loose on Marvel’s mightiest mutants? You get a fan-favorite, multi-year X-Men run unequaled in style, pizzazz and wall-to-wall action! It’s Chris Claremont’s most ambitious story arc ever, featuring Jim Lee’s dynamic debut issues and major changes to the X-Men’s status quo! Jubilee debuts just as the X-Men disband, granted new lives by the Siege Perilous! The Reavers enact gruesome revenge on Wolverine and decimate Muir Island, while Psylocke is transformed into a ninja! The Shadow King makes his play for Storm, culminating in the action-packed introduction of Gambit! Wolverine’s hidden past with Captain America and the Black Widow is revealed! And this is just the first volume! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #244-269, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #13 and CLASSIC X-MEN #39.
704 PGS./Rated A…$125.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5822-6
Trim size: oversized
X-MEN BY CHRIS CLAREMONT & JIM LEE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC — VARIANT EDITION (DM ONLY)
704 PGS/Rated A…$125.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5823-3
04-13-11 | 10:42 AM
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Why the hell they have to charge so much for Claremont's shit?! $125 for 704 pages? Same shit they pulled with the $75 Dark Phoenix HC last year. Dammit. 
04-13-11 | 10:53 AM
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The bold is why. And Marvel knows people will buy it. I wish other companies would work like Top Cow does with their prices of trades/HC/omnibus.
04-13-11 | 11:08 AM
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I'm just wondering if he requires larger royalties for his stuff getting reprinted too. Would not surprise me in the slightest.
04-13-11 | 11:13 AM
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04-13-11 | 11:17 AM
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04-13-11 | 11:32 AM
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I know DC had hefty royalties for reprints until something like 1997, which is presumably why they haven't collected more (and maybe why some of their omniboo from that period are relatively more expensive)
04-13-11 | 12:50 PM
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My local comic shop owner told me that his cost for Omnibuses is pretty much the same as amazon's discounted price.
Claremont, maybe, but Jim Lee was still making a name for himself when these books were published and his contract at the time wasn't any different as to royalties than any other average Marvel artist. The big gyp with this collection is putting Lee's name on the cover (I'm sure just to sell copies), when he's only on 7 of the issues - Silvestri is actually the prominent artist in this collection.
Claremont, maybe, but Jim Lee was still making a name for himself when these books were published and his contract at the time wasn't any different as to royalties than any other average Marvel artist. The big gyp with this collection is putting Lee's name on the cover (I'm sure just to sell copies), when he's only on 7 of the issues - Silvestri is actually the prominent artist in this collection.
04-13-11 | 01:07 PM
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04-13-11 | 01:19 PM
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Claremont, maybe, but Jim Lee was still making a name for himself when these books were published and his contract at the time wasn't any different as to royalties than any other average Marvel artist. The big gyp with this collection is putting Lee's name on the cover (I'm sure just to sell copies), when he's only on 7 of the issues - Silvestri is actually the prominent artist in this collection.
I'm tempted, but I might cancel my order... I know some people liked the Siege Perilous days, but as a kid I hated it. I guess they started here to get the fill-ins that Jim Lee did, but they always seem to ignore the Paul Smith and JR Jr runs (or is that collected somewhere else)
I would think Amazon's discount on the price mistake is cheaper than cost for a comic book store...
04-13-11 | 01:41 PM
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I'm tempted, but I might cancel my order... I know some people liked the Siege Perilous days, but as a kid I hated it. I guess they started here to get the fill-ins that Jim Lee did, but they always seem to ignore the Paul Smith and JR Jr runs (or is that collected somewhere else)
04-14-11 | 12:50 AM
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04-14-11 | 03:13 AM
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I would assume that an X-Statix omnibus would also include the Milligan/Allred X-Force run?
Ideally, it would include X-Force #116-129, X-Statix #1-26, Wolverine/Doop #1-2, the story from X-Men Unlimited #41, and Dead Girl #1-5.
Ideally, it would include X-Force #116-129, X-Statix #1-26, Wolverine/Doop #1-2, the story from X-Men Unlimited #41, and Dead Girl #1-5.
04-14-11 | 07:46 AM
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I would think that would be too big. Plus, the X-Force run is already in oversized HC form, even if it's long out of print itself. I could see them doing just the X-Statix and maybe some/all of the additional spinoff stuff you listed.
04-14-11 | 08:36 AM
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I have never read any of the Claremont/Lee stuff. I hadn't read Marvel for years then. Just wish they'd continue with they'd do a Vol 2 of the Claremont Uncanny stuff. It gets so annoying when they start these and don't finish them. How many Volume 2s do we actually have? Tomb Of Dracula, Iron Man and FF?
04-14-11 | 10:30 AM
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Speaking of the Thor Omnibus, I just got it yesterday, and it is amazing. Marvel really outdid themselves with this one. The new coloring is just fantastic, and the over-sized format, nice pages, the stitched binding, the extras (not to mention the actual content) all really come together to make this one of the best Omnibus books yet. $65 sounds expensive for one book, but when you consider it's 1,200 pages, collecting almost 50 issues, it only comes out to about $1.30 per "issue" - compare that to a $4 floppy that has ads, is smaller with cheaper paper, and it makes this a no-brainer! Get it now, it WILL sell out!
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04-14-11 | 10:36 AM
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Oh, and if you're not familiar with Simonson's Thor and are on the fence, here's a great article outlining the best moments of his run.
04-14-11 | 10:40 AM
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Wouldn't it put it above 1000 pages and thus into the Thor sized price point of $125? IMO I don't see them wanting to attach that price point to it. (But believe me, I hope I'm wrong, because I'd rather have everything together in one shot.)
04-14-11 | 10:52 AM
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Amazon had Thor for $99 when I pre-ordered it, but yeah, that seems to be the going rate for the bigger Omnis now. I guess $125 is better deal for all of it in one book rather than splitting it into two $75 books, no?
04-14-11 | 11:11 AM
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Personally, I'd rather have two books, if only because some of the bigger ones are harder to hold when reading.
Are the Bendis and Bru DDs and Bru Caps not considered volume 2's? Also, is there enough to get an Invincible Iron Man volume 2 from Fraction (I don't think the first one was called an omnibus, but it's about the same size)?
How are the Marvel Dark Tower series?
Are the Bendis and Bru DDs and Bru Caps not considered volume 2's? Also, is there enough to get an Invincible Iron Man volume 2 from Fraction (I don't think the first one was called an omnibus, but it's about the same size)?
How are the Marvel Dark Tower series?
04-14-11 | 11:18 AM
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04-14-11 | 11:39 AM
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Yeah, that's just part of Marvel's over-sized hard-cover line (OHC), and I'm sure there's going to be a 2nd volume, only they're not that far along in the actual monthlies yet!
04-15-11 | 12:20 AM
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Got the Simonson Thor Omnibus today - good lord this thing is heavy. Apparently their goal was to give you a sense of trying to lift Mjolnir......