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Old 01-19-11, 11:49 PM
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Re: Marvel Omnibuses you'd like to see

This is the crossovers omni that was just solicited. The other omni was solicited 9 months back? Should be out anytime now. Between the two, that's gotta be everything. But knowing Marvel. . .
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I'm personally not a fan of Omnibus books that have a hodgepodge of writers and artists - they make for terrible, incoherent collections. Even when they follow a single character (such as Wolverine Omnibus), the lack of a singular artistic vision/narrative really drags it down as a book. And while AoV might follow a thread, it's not something that can stand on it's own, especially in a giant-book format. Many of those issues end in cliff hangers that weren't resolved until after AoV.

Now bring on Simonson's Thor Omnibus!
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Originally Posted by MBoyd
This is the crossovers omni that was just solicited. The other omni was solicited 9 months back? Should be out anytime now. Between the two, that's gotta be everything. But knowing Marvel. . .
Ah, I see what happened.

EDIT: I didn't realize that this is, indeed, a second volume! SWEET. Thanks so much for the info, MBoyd....you da man!

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Re: Marvel Omnibuses you'd like to see

Acts Of Vengeance Omnibus

Avengers (1963) #311-313,
Annual #19,
Avengers Spotlight #26-29,
Avengers West Coast #53-55,
Captain America (1968) #365-367,
Iron Man (1968) #251-252,
Quasar #5-7,
Thor (1966) #411-413,
Cloak & Dagger (1988) #9,
Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #326-329,
Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #158-160,
and Web of Spider-Man #59-61.

Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus

FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #334-336
WOLVERINE (1988) #19-20
DR. STRANGE, SORCEROR SUPREME (1988) #11-13
INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #363
PUNISHER (1987) #28-29
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL (1988) #12-13
MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT (1989) #8-10
DAREDEVIL (1964) #275-276
POWER PACK (1984) #53
ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) #79-80
NEW MUTANTS (1983) #84-86
UNCANNY X-MEN #256-258
X-FACTOR (1986) #49-50
DAMAGE CONTROL (1989) #1-4
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #64-65.
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Acts Of Vengeance Omnibus

Avengers (1963) #311-313,
Annual #19,
Avengers Spotlight #26-29,
Avengers West Coast #53-55,
Captain America (1968) #365-367,
Iron Man (1968) #251-252,
Quasar #5-7,
Thor (1966) #411-413,
Cloak & Dagger (1988) #9,
Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #326-329,
Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #158-160,
and Web of Spider-Man #59-61.

Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus

FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #334-336
WOLVERINE (1988) #19-20
DR. STRANGE, SORCEROR SUPREME (1988) #11-13
INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #363
PUNISHER (1987) #28-29
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL (1988) #12-13
MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT (1989) #8-10
DAREDEVIL (1964) #275-276
POWER PACK (1984) #53
ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) #79-80
NEW MUTANTS (1983) #84-86
UNCANNY X-MEN #256-258
X-FACTOR (1986) #49-50
DAMAGE CONTROL (1989) #1-4
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #64-65.
Yeah, sorry I didn't see that your post indicated it is, indeed a second volume. I'm in for both, for sure.

Now, for the Marvel zombie/completist (me), here is a list of tie-ins, however minor or major, that don't appear in either Omni:

Iron Man (1st series) #250

Cloak and Dagger #8, 10

Silver Surfer (3rd series) #33

Thor (1st series) #410

Web of Spider-Man #62

Wolverine (2nd series) #19-20

What The...?! #6

Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #329

What If..? (2nd series) #31

Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #369

Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #351-352

These are the issues I'll be picking up, and having bound as a third "micro-omni".
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Re: Marvel Omnibuses you'd like to see

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These are the issues I'll be picking up, and having bound as a third "micro-omni".
Hey wait a year and maybe they will get to it!

I'll pick this up, but I'd still much rather see a Byrne FF or Amazing Spider-Man vol 2 or Uncanny Vol 2!
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Byrne FF or Uncanny Vol 2!


And also Lee/Kirby FF vol. 3!
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Milligan/Allred X-Force/X-Statix Complete

That would be a make a fantastic Omnibus - but are you announcing or are you suggesting?
Haven't checked in here in a while. Wasn't announcing. That's one I'd like.
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Noticed this in today's May solicitations.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY DAVID MICHELINIE & TODD MCFARLANE OMNIBUS HC
Written by DAVID MICHELINIE
Penciled by TODD MCFARLANE, ALEX SAVIUK, ERIK LARSEN & COLLEEN DORAN
Covers by TODD MCFARLANE
Whether clad in blue and red or black, or possessing spider-powers or cosmic ones, Spider-Man stands ready to face any threat! And the threats have never been greater! From his own foes — Venom, Mysterio, the Scorpion and more — to newcomers to his friendly neighborhood like Sabretooth, the Taskmaster, Magneto and the Sentinels, Spidey sure has his hands full! Good thing he’s got Mary Jane, Captain America, the Black Cat and the Hulk around to lend a hand! Featuring the pulse-pounding prose of longtime IRON MAN scribe David Michelinie and the groundbreaking artistry of the legendary Todd McFarlane! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #296-329 and material from SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #10.
848 PGS./Rated A ...$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5729-8
Trim size: oversized

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY DAVID MICHELINIE & TODD MCFARLANE OMNIBUS HC VARIANT (DM ONLY)
848 PGS./Rated A ...$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5730-4
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Wow! About time! Time to sell off my Spider-Man McFarlane Visionaries TPBs.
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yeah, im all over that one.
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Way overdue Spider-man Omni. I'll take the black costume variant.

Looking at the solicitations, Marvel's numbering a complete clusterfuck of a mess. What a turn off. Doesn't make me want to buy any floppies.
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I was just crying about all the omnibus/HC releases I wanted to see and Xtinction Agenda and McFarlane's Amazing Spider-Man were both on that list. Super excited to see both of them in the next Previews! (Although I wish they would've went through the Larsen run too. Hopefully it'll get a smaller followup at some point.)
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EVOLUTIONARY WAR OMNIBUS HC GARBETT COVER
Written by VARIOUS
Penciled byVARIOUS
Covers by LEE GARBETT & JOHN BUSCEMA
The High Evolutionary declares war on Earth in this eighties Annual extravaganza, and heroes across the globe must rally to stop him! Featuring the X-Men, Spider-Man, the New Mutants, the Punisher, X-Factor, the Black Panther, the Inhumans, the Eternals and the Fantastic Four! With the villainy of the Kingpin, the Hellfire Club, the Super-Skrull and Terminus! Collecting material from X-FACTOR ANNUAL #3, PUNISHER ANNUAL #1, SILVER SURFER ANNUAL #1, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #4, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) #22, FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #21, UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #12, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #4, WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #3, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #8 and AVENGERS ANNUAL #17.

472 PGS./Rated A ...$74.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5547-8
Trim size: oversized

EVOLUTIONARY WAR OMNIBUS HC BUSCEMA COVER (DM ONLY)
472 PGS./Rated A ...$74.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5548-5

DARK TOWER OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE - DARK TOWER OMNIBUS
Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH
Art by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
“The Man in Black fled across the desert...and the gunslinger followed.” With those words from a short story published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Stephen King launched one of the most seminal characters in his lifetime of writing into a destiny fraught with danger, death, triumph and loss. In the almost thirty years since that momentous occasion, King introduced millions of readers to the densely textured realm of Mid-World through his magnum opus, the Dark Tower series of novels. King joined with Marvel in 2007 to bring his masterwork of fantasy to a new generation of readers. Adding stunning new textures to the mythos of Roland and Mid-World for four years, the initial arc of King and Marvel’s union is now complete, and the entire run is collected here. Collecting DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN #1-7, THE LONG ROAD HOME #1-5, TREACHERY #1-6, SORCERER #1, THE FALL OF GILEAD #1-6 and THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #1-5.
296 PGS./All Ages ...$150.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5541-6
©2011 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

DARK TOWER OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE - COMPANION HC
Written by ROBIN FURTH & ANTHONY FLAMINI
Art by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by JAE LEE
Chock full of essential short stories, bonus material and apocrypha, this volume is a must-read for Stephen King enthusiasts. Three guidebooks overseen by Dark Tower: A Concordance author Robin Furth unlock the many secrets of Roland Deschain, the Gunslingers, Gilead and the dark forces of Farson — bringing readers greater insight into the people, places and things of Mid-World. And supplemental material from the first thirty issues of Marvel’s Dark Tower series shed even more light on King’s epic — with short stories by Furth, and a tour through artists Jae Lee and Richard Isanove’s sketchbooks, and more! Collecting DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER’S GUIDEBOOK, END-WORLD ALMANAC and GUIDE TO GILEAD; MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: DARK TOWER; and material from DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN #1-7, THE LONG ROAD HOME #1-5, TREACHERY #1-6, SORCERER #1, THE FALL OF GILEAD #1-6 and THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #1-5.
600 PGS.
©2011 Stephen King. All rights reserved.
Not sure I really understand what you get for $150 with the DT Omni. The Companion is included?
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Is the McFarlane Omnibus up to pre-order anywhere online?
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That was in last month's Previews, so it should have already been up for preorder.

I was listening to the Comic Geek Speak podcast where they chatted with Brian Hibbs. I guess it's not too surprising, but he said that the Omnibus and Absolute formats don't really sell at his store anymore, primarily because Amazon doesn't mind making pennies on these books. And it's true, I wouldn't buy an omnibus or Absolute at retail price at a local retailer when Amazon and other online companies discount them so much.

He also mentioned that Marvel seems to just collect everything they can think of. I was thinking about this the other day too... while it's great to see some of these older series come out, who's buying all this stuff? Acts of Vengeance, Secret Wars 2, and Evolutionary War, for instance; I have fond memories of them, and some like Lemmy may buy them out of nostalgia, but how much demand is there really for them? Last month, Marvel solicited a hardcover for the Fallen Angels miniseries, which I never thought would get reprinted. Maybe they can afford to limit the print runs or something, I just hope that they're not over-saturating the market. I look at my bookshelf and there's no room left.
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He also mentioned that Marvel seems to just collect everything they can think of. I was thinking about this the other day too... while it's great to see some of these older series come out, who's buying all this stuff? Acts of Vengeance, Secret Wars 2, and Evolutionary War, for instance; I have fond memories of them, and some like Lemmy may buy them out of nostalgia, but how much demand is there really for them? Last month, Marvel solicited a hardcover for the Fallen Angels miniseries, which I never thought would get reprinted. Maybe they can afford to limit the print runs or something, I just hope that they're not over-saturating the market. I look at my bookshelf and there's no room left.
Me? But I probably fall into that nostalgia category as well. Although I know a few people at my wife's shop that ordered that Fallen Angels book to use your example. (Again, myself included.) I'm totally down for all the crossover event stuff from when I was a kid, just to have it all again. I'm in for the Evolutionary War for sure.
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Yeah, you'd be dumb to pay retail for an Omnibus that you can get on amazon for 45% off and no tax.

Although I did buy one Omnibus at retail a while back - it was the New X-Men one, long after it had been out of print and already going for over $200 on amazon, so when I saw it at a comic shop, of course I snagged it.
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The pricing on Amazon has all but killed it for shops IMO. See above.

There is usually a time delay with comic shops getting it sooner, but if someone already waited 15+ years for them to collect the story in a hardcover, they can probably hold out another month to save $50. It's pretty terrible for the specialty shops.
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Of course, if you order from Amazon you run the risk of having it arrive damaged due to their frequently inadequate packaging.
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I have to go back and buy so many Omnibuses, but most of them are now pretty expensive.
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Gosh, I would love to have a Spidey Omnibus that would cover any issues from #200-300. In my quest to read all of Amazing Spiderman, I can not find any trades or reprints for issues in this range. And the asking price for the originals on Ebay is ridiculous. I'm not going to pay $25 for a single freaking issue.
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Me? But I probably fall into that nostalgia category as well. Although I know a few people at my wife's shop that ordered that Fallen Angels book to use your example. (Again, myself included.) I'm totally down for all the crossover event stuff from when I was a kid, just to have it all again. I'm in for the Evolutionary War for sure.
Wow, Fallen Angel, really? I was a huge New Mutants fan when it came out, and I was pretty disappointed... I'm not even sure why it's coming out now. That Madrox was later revealed to be a dupe too, right?

That's ok, though, i think I'm the only person that bought the Immonen Patsy Walker: Hellcat trade. But like I said before, even with Omniboo, my shrinking shelf space has forced me to reevaluate which series are actually worth collecting. If there were some kind of rental system for comics (as they come out), I would probably cut down my buying a ton.
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Originally Posted by dvdjunkie32
Gosh, I would love to have a Spidey Omnibus that would cover any issues from #200-300. In my quest to read all of Amazing Spiderman, I can not find any trades or reprints for issues in this range. And the asking price for the originals on Ebay is ridiculous. I'm not going to pay $25 for a single freaking issue.
How about one of those DVD-ROM collections?
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How about one of those DVD-ROM collections?
Naw I don't want to read a comic on a computer screen. I'll go for Essentials before I do that. I have found a few trades that fill in that gap, but still a lot missing. I have about 75% of Amazing Spiderman in my collection.


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