Is Ultimates complete collection worth it? I heard it has inconsistent art and I hate that so much.
The Ewing run? It has different artists over its 22 issues but nothing that's way out of the ordinary or something. It flows together just fine. The story is excellent though; best usage of Civil War II and Cap Marvel in general, and it also explores the post Secret Wars (Hickman) landscape.
I see Inferno by Hickman is being released March 8th in HC.
I already have all the over-sized Thor by Aaron HCs (I think there's 5 or 6 of them?), should I bother with the upcoming Thor Aaron Omni?
Also, I had no idea so many Epic collections were out of print and fetching so much in the second-hand market. Think I'll sell the ones that I already have in Omnibus format.
Currently Reading:
Milligan's Shade the Changing Man, Vertigo Hellblazer trades, Love and Rockets TPBs, Stray Bullets TPBs, Ellis' The Wildstorm
Over on reddit someone got a reply from Marvel about the change of the spines on omnibus. If anyone wants to check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/OmnibusColl...nges_on_omnis/
I am new to the collected editions game for the most part so I have a question. Is there any rhyme or reason to when Marvel decides to release older collected editions, not of stuff that came out in the last year? I got the first two and await the soon to be released third edition of Conan the Barbarian Epic collection. To me it seems like a less costly way to get the classic Marvel Conan stuff than going with the Omnibuses however I don't see any pending release date on the next one. When I got one I saw down the line solicits for two and when I got two I saw down the line solicits for three but nothing even in Amazon about four. Is it all random or is there a rhyme or reason to when to expect releases from Marvel (ie every two years you get a new FF and Uncanny X-Men MCC and two Omni).
Conan is a special case in that it is a licensed property. So Marvel is releasing the Conan collections at a faster pace than other titles since the reprint license is only good for a limited amount of time. Now, the license can always be renewed, but Marvel seems to be putting out as much as possible now.
The 4th and 5th Conan Epic collections have been announced for November 2021 and March 2022.
https://www.amazon.com/Conan-Barbari...6363374&sr=8-5
https://www.amazon.com/Conan-Barbari...6363434&sr=8-3
While there is not a specific schedule, you can expect about 2 Conan epics a year. If you want to know what books have been announced for the future, I would recommend the Near Mint Condition youtube channel. Omar has contacts in the Marvel Collections Department, and regularly announces books before anyone else. His video from June 24 announced Conan Epic vol 5.