Nice to see some needed reprints for Simonson's Thor and Garth Ennis's Punisher.
Nice to see some needed reprints for Simonson's Thor and Garth Ennis's Punisher.
I have Old Man Logan in the Millar Wolverine Omni. Managed to pick it up new at around 60% value before it went OOP. I'm not a big fan of Millar's but McNiven's art is pretty good.
I have the Wolverine Origin in the classic PHC but I've ordered the Complete OHC.
I'm a fan of Origin. I like the story and the art is very impressive. It is controversial, however, as some fans wish it had never appeared as they believe Wolverine shouldn't have an origin and should have been left alone. I haven't read Origin II so I can't comment.
I tend not to double dip as much, but I have been doing it more and more over the years. The reasons are as follows:
1. Format preference: I like having 1 omnibus over 4 or more TBP. When rereading, it's easier to lug around 1 volume instead of going back to the shelf again and again. Omnibi also look nicer on the shelf compared to the TBP where the design constantly changes.
2. Extra content: The omnibus/epic/complete collections include issues not in the original collections. The New Mutants epic contains the Marvel team up #100 with the first appearance of Xian, the annual with Cloak and Dagger, and the Magik mini series that were not included in the New Mutants Classic series.
3. Passing along the old stuff: I have friends with kids that are into comics. Everytime I upgrade, I give the kids my old stuff. It's a fun way to share the hobby with people who wouldn't be able to read it otherwise.
I don't double dip for everything. But I have a lot of favorites that I want the really nice Omnibus and I can share the story with friends.
Ha ha, when I saw they were reprinting it I thought back to your post about this because the next day I was at my LCS and he had all the tpbs for half off and they were still expensive. I hadn't realized what the cover price was until you brought it up.
I'm in for this one though!
Am I missing an announcement or have the Moon Knight Epics seem to have dried up? This seems to be the second October without a release from what I can find. If this is the way Marvel is going, we'll probably never get to see a hardcover collection of Lemire's excellent run or Marc Specter, Moon Knight collected either. Which suck IMO as Marc Spector was one of the few run from my childhood that I can't find collected.
Hey Omnibus, I noticed that you updated the Omnibus list on the first page of our thread yesterday. Cheers!
Btw, you've put Dr Strange Omnibus Volume 1 under "Out of Print" and under "In Stock Everywhere". It of course should only be under the latter.
Also, "Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Volume 2" and "Spider Man Clone Saga Omnibus Volume 1" appear twice under "In Stock Everywhere".
"Master of Kung Fu Omnibus Volume 3" should read "Shang-Chi Master of Kung Fu Omnibus Volume 3" as per the previous 2 volumes.
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X-Men Legacy : Legion Omnibus cover.
Been reading thru the GOTG Classic Solo Omnibus HC the past couple of nights. I'd read a large bulk of the material before at one time or another (mostly the Hulk issues and the Starlin cosmic books) but this is a pretty interesting book when viewed as a time capsule of when the material originally came out. I kind of like the old Star Lord B&W issues (after his intro by Englehart we get some nice Claremont/Byrne/Austin issues!).
Also the reproduction is top notch! Cory Sedlemier and Jeph York did a good job on the restoration & layout. Some of the B&W Star Lord issues look like they were scanned in from the original art! Not sure if that's the case or not, but they all LOOK great.
There was no way in hell I'd have picked this up for $125 cover price, but I got mine off amazon from some of the clearance marketplace sellers for under $30 and at that price, it's a steal to read some of these old issues!
Not too long ago Jeph York was talking about being up late mapping an omnibus (I think) for later in the year. So, do we think it was the two Hulk books he was doing or something else? The Hulk stuff doesn't seem complicated although certainly nice to have.