1) Marvel/DC Omnibus collecting everything the two have ever released in omni format, from the early 80's stuff to the Avengers/JLA, Amalgam, everything. (Honestly, I'd be fine with leaving out Amalgam, lol, or making it a 2nd volume if need be) It's just such a no brainer. They could charge double the normal Omni price and sell this thing out with how hard it is to find this stuff online and in nice paper format.
2) Sal Buscema's Spectacular Spider-man - I can't believe we haven't seen an Omni for this yet. They released the Tombstone TPB and a little bit of the Green Goblin stuff, and the 3 Acts of Vengence issues, but the rest has never been reprinted. For me, this was right when I was at my prime collecting and reading days. I read his run for years and would be all over an omni or a series of epic collections!
3) X-Factor Judgement War (XF Volume 1 43-50) I know this will eventually be coming in an Epic collection, but it's astounding it doesn't exist already.
4) Spider-Man 2099 vol 1 39-46. They released the first 38 issues in TPBs but not the last 8. I know there's an Omni coming now that will finally collect these, and I guess I'll buy that, but boy does that sting, having to buy an Omni and replace all my TPBs for 8 comics. And the last TPB - Spiderman 2099 vs Venom - was the most galling because they never even revealed who Venom was! Despite the blurb on the back saying 'who is Venom 2099???' I mean, there's enough hints in there that you can tell who it's going to be, but it's not officially revealed (and the story doesn't truly conclude) until issue 43. But they don't include that issue in the Venom trade, probably because that issue also kicks off the Green Goblin arc and they might have been expecting to release the final volume, and never did. But man, it's not like it would be the first time they made us buy the same issue twice in TPBS, lol. At least they could have included the Venom-specific pages.
5) Web of Spider-man 50-55 - the storyline where Chameleon replaces JJ and we meet the Lobos brothers. I always enjoyed that. Web of Spiderman like Spectacular is also criminally under-collected and I'd be down with seeing the bulk of Saviuk's run reprinted eventually. Spider-Hulk anyone???
1. Vigilante (there was one lone TPB reprinting New Teen Titans Annual #2 and Vigilante #1-11, but the series ran until #50, plus two Annuals and a DC Comics Presents issue.)
2. Maze Agency, a late-'80s mystery series inspired by the Moonlighting TV show, written by Mike W. Barr with very early art from an already-awesome Adam Hughes.
3. Wasteland, DC's pre-Vertigo mature readers horror anthology co-written by John Ostrander and Del Close, the improv comedy guru who trained so many comedy luminaries from the '70s through the '90s, from Bill Murray to Amy Poehler. A recent documentary about Close called For Madmen Only featured a lot of artwork from Wasteland, and I hoped it would stir up demand for a collected edition of the 18 issues.
4. Booster Gold (DC never released a Volume 7 TPB containing the second half of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis' run, issues #39-43. They could have easily squeezed in Dan Jurgens' last four issues of the series as well, covering #44-47.)
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1. The Micronauts
2. Rom: Spaceknight
3. Quasar
4: Amalgam Comics Collection re-release
5. Avengers Infinity (The Avengers Forever sequel)
"The Enigma Force is not a tool to be manipulated by mortals. The Enigma Force comes to those it deems worthy. What temerity, what arrogance, makes you think you are worthy? Have you not all made mistakes? Unforgiveable ones?" - Captain Universe
"Call me an Avenging Angel, Baron, come to safeguard Earth...call me CAPTAIN UNIVERSE!" - Ray Coffin
"You're my heart, Mary Jane Watson...you're my jackpot." - Peter Parker
Right? I had high hopes for an Issue #8 reprint when they did the Captain Universe TPB but unfortunately it couldn't be included due to licensing (which doesn't make sense as Web of Spider-Man Annual #5 had Baron Karza cameo in a flashback and it was still reprinted).
"The Enigma Force is not a tool to be manipulated by mortals. The Enigma Force comes to those it deems worthy. What temerity, what arrogance, makes you think you are worthy? Have you not all made mistakes? Unforgiveable ones?" - Captain Universe
"Call me an Avenging Angel, Baron, come to safeguard Earth...call me CAPTAIN UNIVERSE!" - Ray Coffin
"You're my heart, Mary Jane Watson...you're my jackpot." - Peter Parker
Five... hmm, let's see
1. Volume 3 of Invincible Ironman by Matt Fraction & Salvador Larroca (Does anybody knows what happened here that Marvel refuses to give this run in Deluxe HC?)
2. Monster society of Evil - Captain Marvel
3. The Ultraverse - I have a soft spot for Prime and Ultraforce
4. More than a collection, please Joe Casey, finish "Sex"
5. Avengers by Roger Stern in Omnibus
And that's it