I picked up X-Factor volume 1, and I like it! There are DEFINITELY series I am not willing to splurge on omnibi prices, but that I would happily buy at Essentials rates. ALSO, one of the local stores are selling theres all off for about $10 each! What are the key volumes? I really want Uncanny X-Men vol 2 for the Dark Phoenix, and the other Claremont stuff, and I wouldnt mind checking out the Byrne FF as well.
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Thread: Essential Marvel Essentials?
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03-02-2015, 12:46 AM #1Fantastic Member
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Essential Marvel Essentials?
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03-02-2015, 08:31 AM #2Spectacular Member
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Idk if the F4 volumes ever got to Byrne. But if you just want good stuff cheap, you can't go wrong with Claremont X-Men or Lee/Kirby F4.
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03-02-2015, 09:02 AM #3Mighty Member
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This is a great, cheap medium to get a bunch of old Silver Age stuff that doesn't age well. I have tons of these, but among my favourites are the three volumes of Classic X-Men, the Tales to Astonish Ant-Man, and the one volume of Ms. Marvel.
Also, it was these that got me into Thor comics (I wanted to buy an Essential volume, and the only Volume 1 that my local bookstore had was Thor. Been hooked ever since).
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03-02-2015, 06:22 PM #4Amazing Member
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These are great for reading entire runs in a cheap format and all under one cover. I love these and have a lot of them. Warlock by Starlin and Captain Marvel, also by Starlin, are my two favorites. I also love that Amazing Spider-Man progressed into the 1980s, which was the run I grew up on.
The Essentials line died, though. I think the last one Marvel published was Warlock.
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03-02-2015, 10:18 PM #5Fantastic Member
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Starlin's Warlock was in these?! Whoa.
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03-03-2015, 03:19 AM #6Incredible Member
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Tomb of Dracula is awesome in Essentials format, I enjoyed it even more than the Omnibus! The B&W/Grayscale really makes Gene Colans pencils come alive.
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03-03-2015, 02:46 PM #7Astonishing Member
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Yeah, any Colan volume looks a lot better in b&w. The DC equivalent would be any Showcase Presents... for Joe Kubert.
Originally Posted by NZ_InFerno
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03-03-2015, 03:12 PM #8Incredible Member
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Spider-Woman Vol 1 & 2.
It presented one of the most purely heroic heroines of that age.
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03-04-2015, 10:58 PM #9Incredible Member
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I had all Essential volumes of Amazing Spider-Man, Web Of and Spectacular but I hardly would ever read them that I sold them to a used bookstore.
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