Got the Earth X OHC for 41€... I think this is a good price for this book?
I heard in the MMW-Board, that there is a black and white version of this book in oversized format... How do I identify this? Has anyone booth ISBNs?
picked up the Fantastic Four v3 omnibus for 54 bucks got it half off since one of my lcs had a sale. They also had Busiek/Perez omnibus for half off as well.
They definitely are not the best for value but most of them aren't to shabby in terms of price per page. The last couple of years has seen price hikes but for a good long time they were pretty good in terms of value. Especially when compared to anything else that comes in hardcover.
I remember back in the day we used to compare price per page meticulously between the different formats. Seems like these days it's just a given that omnibuses don't hold the same value they used to.
Last edited by Captain Planet; 10-17-2015 at 05:28 PM.
But, beyond that, the quality of the books has become an issue and this has mostly to do w/ their size.
I mean, let's face it: time will not be kind -- and I'm not talking about 40-50 years here; I'm talking about 10 years approx. -- to the bulkier volumes -- the Simonson Thor, the Stern Spider-Man (which I received w/ the ribbon already separated from the spine), and the Busiek Avengers.
The fact that many of you resort to time-consuming things like placing sticky-notes or carefully cut cardboard under the paper blocks to "preserve" them (b/c the weight of the paper in the volume clearly exceeds the quality of the build ) is proof of an inferior product. Why are you doing all of that work?
In the beginning, I loved the IDEA of the omnibus -- a large collection of issues in one place, the oversized presentation, all of that. But experience w/ these volumes has sobered me quite a bit on the many issues in one volume format.
Any other format is the way to go: Masterworks, OHC, PHC, and even TPB editions (I mean, I'll take my Avengers Assemble TPBs of Busiek's run over the new 1000+ page omni volumes any day).
Don't get me wrong: I love (most) of the omnibus volumes I've purchased -- w/ the exception being AoA, which is the worst volume sitting on my shelf (and I will never read Onslaught so I guess AoA will keep that title) -- but the other formats I've listed above are so much better for collectors or readers. Omnis to me now just seem like cheaply-made Cadillacs...
... but if you can't find it in another format...