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[Carlos]

I want that damn Paul Dini omni! Looks great

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Yeah I’m looking forward to the Dini omnibus too.

[Darth Bane]

So... since we are about half way through the year, what are you all planning on picking up in the second half of 2020? Here's my list:

- Power of Shazam v1 - August 19
- Batman by Morrison omnibus vol 3 - August 19

- Shazam by Johns v 1 dlx - August 26 ???
- Absolute Carnage Omnibus August 26

- Batman omnibus by Paul Dini - September 2

- Ben Reilly Omnibus vol 2 - September 23

- Shazam by Johns v2 - October 7 ??? (If issues are changed to 1-15)
- Absolute Swamp Thing vol 1 - October 7

- Absolute Swamp thing v2 - October 21
- Batman Road to No Mans Land Omnibus - October 20

- Venomnibus vol 3 DM - November 4

- Detective Comics by Tynion - December 22

- BPRD TDYK omnibus - March 10 (SAD)

Any recommendations? Post your list, too!

[Nickviola]

Ugh, this is my wish list so won’t get all of these but last time I looked these are all the rest of the releases that I’d like to own if I could manage

8/19 BPRD: Devil You Know HC
8/19 X-Men Grand Design Omnibus
9/1 XO Manowar HC 2
9/1 World of Black Hammer LE
9/1 Wolverine (Claremont) Omnibus
9/15 20th Century Boys Perfect 9
9/22 Ragnarok HC 3
9/22 November DLX 3
9/29 Parker Last Call Slipcase
10/1 Absolute Swamp Thing 2
10/7 War of Realms Omnibus
10/21 Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus
10/27 Lucifer Omnibus 2
10/27 Criminal DLX 3
10/27 Incredible Hulk (David) Omnibus 2
10/27 Black Hammer LE 2
11/10 Thanos: Infinity Saga Omnibus
11/10 Uncanny X-Men Omnibus 2
11/10 Papergirls DLX 3
11/10 East of West DLX 3
11/18 Excalibur Omnibus
12- Uncanny X-Men Omnibus 3
12- New Mutants Omnibus
12- The Eternals Omnibus
12/1 Prince Valiant Boxset 3
12/15 20th Century Boys Perfect 10

[Erik, Moderator]

Can someone give me the thickness of the Kirby absolute?

[Blindzider, Moderator]

The outside of the slipcase is 2.5”.

[Antony]

Well, an amazing thing happened to me on my way to work today....

Some of you have followed my posts about collecting X-Men OHC/Omnibus and have given some great advice. One nugget was "buy cheap when you see them" (paraphrased).

So, I found an ebay seller that was selling several of my "These are going to COST me" books, but they were listed as auctions, and as I had some spare funds still, I decided to put bids on them just before I started work, and then check at tea-break and see how I'd done.

I know how much these books go for, and didn't want to go all-out crazy on them, so I put "moderate" bids on three books, thinking I might win one of them and lose out on the rest.

Anyway, long story short, checked my phone at tea-break and I'd won ALL THREE books with my "moderate" bids! (& I was only the second bidder, I think!)

so next week I'll be receiving:

X-Men: Fall of The Mutants Omnibus
X-Men: Inferno Prologue OHC
X-Men: X-tinction Agenda OHC

And I am so chuffed! (jumping cartwheels inside right now!!) :)

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Congrats! Not only is it nice to get stuff you are hunting for but for a decent price and when you didn’t even expect to win.

[Erik, Moderator]

Nice score!!!

[Erik, Moderator]

Nick,

20th century boys col. 9 is already out if you want to snag it.

[J]

Does the upcoming Eternals omnibus have new material not collected in the original?

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Joseph wrote: "Does the upcoming Eternals omnibus have new material not collected in the original?"

I believe it does. I think they went the Squadron Supreme route: there's an omnibus of just the original series, then there is this new "Complete Saga" version which contains the original series and all of the other appearances of the characters. I remember reading the solicitation and being happy with what is included. I'm planning to get this one myself.

It's called "Eternals: The Complete Saga"
COLLECTING: ETERNALS (1976) #1-19, ETERNALS ANNUAL (1977) #1; ETERNALS (1985) #1-12; ETERNALS: THE HEROD FACTOR (1991) #1; NEW ETERNALS: APOCALYPSE NOW (2000) #1; IRON MAN ANNUAL (1971) #6; AVENGERS (1963) #246-248; material from WHAT IF? (1977) #23-30

I didn't realize there was a series in '85.

If you are referring to the Gaiman version I don't think there's anything else to include.

[J]

Oh cool. I have the older omni with the original series. One of my favorite Kirby creations but will check out this new one as well. Thanks.

[Nate]

Finally got an omnibus yesterday! It feels like a lifetime!
I'm going to read Astonishing X-Men in the garden with a bowl of Cherrios
Never read it before! I kinda just wait for DLX,OHC or Omins to come out because then I don't do any double-dipping.
And I've been waiting for this reprint for a looong time!

[Antony]

My Wolverine Omnibus arrived from Amazon Spain today! Wow - it is so thick (said the actress to the bishop)! There's a lot of reading in this and it all starts off with Weapon X! ;)

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Congrats on the X-Men scores Antony! I really enjoyed the wolverine omnibus. Now that the first volume is reprinted I hope we finally get volume 2. I bought mine in 2009 so I'm on year 11 waiting for the second volume.

Nate, I hope you enjoy Astonishing. =)

I should be getting Kill or be Killed HC, Undiscovered Country TPB vol 1, and final volume Drifting Classroom vol 3 HC this coming Monday.
I read Kill or be Killed already and wanted to go ahead and add it to the Brubaker hardcover shelf and avoid it possibly going out of print.

I thought the second volume of Drifting Classroom was a step backwards in several aspects but interested in seeing how the story wraps up.

I do have another order pending with Immortal Hulk OHC 2 and Oblivion Song OHC vol 1, one of Kirkman's new series. Also picking up a couple more Vizbig editions of Vagabond.

Anyone read and have thoughts on the High-Rise Invasion manga?

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Recent Omnibus volumes going back to print: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marve...

[Johnny]

OCT191090 SILVER SURFER OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 NEW PTG

I wonder if that will fix the production errors of the latest printing.

[Erik, Moderator]

Rel,

I read Vegabond Omni 1 about 6 months ago and felt it was just so so, better stuff out there to read was my thought. If you’re last there, does it pick up? I assumed it was good given the format and the continued volumes vizmedia put out.

My orders are nearly identical to yours except I received those a week ago . . . Odd how drifting classroom changed the color scheme in book 3.

Kill or Be Killed DLX I grabbed in release months back. I’m pretty sure if Brubaker has a Hardcover, I have it and do have a shelf dedicated to him. Kindt gets a shelf too

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I thought the first Vizbig Vagabond volume was more ok than great but I've heard tons of super positive reviews so I decided I would get further in to see if the hype is justified. My initial impression was that Blade of the Immortal was better so I finished off that series but now I'm going to go back and give Vagabond another look.

My copy of Berserk HC vol 5 was ordered day of release on 30 Jun and it has yet to be shipped with another book in the order still not picked yet.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Coming out next week in comic shops and on IST per Diamond.
Almost nothing in oversize hardcover.


East of West TPB vol 10 (final TPB)
Oliver TPB (Reimagining of the Dicken's Oliver Twist story in a post apocalyptic setting)
Blacksad Collected Stories TPB
Hellsing DLX vol 1 (of 3)
Making of Umbrella Academy HC
Tales from Harrow County TBP
Folklords TPB by Matt Kindt
Star Trek Year Five TPB vol 2
Beastars TPB vol 7 (manga)
Demon Slayer TPB vol 14 (manga)
Dr. Stone TPB vol 12 (manga)
Hells Paradise Jigokuraku TPB vol 3 (manga)
High-Rise Invasion TPB Omnibus vol 7 (manga)
Kingdom of Z TPB vol 1 (manga)
Levius TPB vol 5 (steam punk manga)
Moorcock Library Corum HC vol 4
No Guns Life TPB vol 6 (manga)
One Punch Man TPB vol 20 (manga)
Out of the Blue Complete HC (WWII aerial combat comic by Ennis)
Radiant TBP vol 12 (manga)
Record of the Grancrest War TPB vol 7 (manga)
Seven Deadly Sins TPB vol 38 (manga)

[Nate]

Relstuart wrote: "Recent Omnibus volumes going back to print: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marve..."

Was hoping that Uncanny X-Force would have been on that list. Available in the US but seems to have been lost in the Corona War!

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Nate wrote: "Relstuart wrote: "Recent Omnibus volumes going back to print: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marve..."

Was hoping that Uncanny X-Force would have ..."

Just popped up for sale again on IST: https://www.instocktrades.com/TP/Marv...

[Nate]

Oh nice! I'll jump on that quick.
I'm between counties at the moment.
It's making Omni buying hard!
But I do have a great collection waiting in my shop when I do get back to the states!

[Antony]

The three X-men OHCs I mentioned a few days ago arrived today - that's only 4 days from France to Scotland! They were packed to withstand a head-on charge from The Juggernaut, and wow are they in great condition! If they were comics they'd be NM-. So chuffed to get these books in such great condition and at very affordable price.

In addition, my Batman Rebirth Book 2 Deluxe arrived (I love DCs Deluxes) and I ordered the hardcover of House of X/Power of X.

My collection is galloping but I'm not panicking yet! ;)

[Nate]

Every time I think of The Juggernaut, I think of Vinnie Jones saying “I’m the Juggernaut, B**ch”
Shudder!
Always nice when they are packed well! Congrats on the great steal!
I lived on the wild side and ordered 3 books from Amazon over the weekend. And they came out okay! They even put some air bags in there.
Someone must have made a mistake!
I got The Ultimates Omni, History of the Marvel Universe Treasury Edition & Immortal Hulk OHC.
Heading to Forbidden Planet tomorrow where I’m hoping to pick up Immortal Hulk Vol 2.

[Antony]

Nate wrote: "Every time I think of The Juggernaut, I think of Vinnie Jones saying “I’m the Juggernaut, B**ch”
Shudder!
Always nice when they are packed well! Congrats on the great steal!
I lived on the wild si..."

Off-topic slightly, but I've never read more than an issue or two of any Hulk series. I heard Immortal Hulk was good and plan on trying Planet Hulk/World War Hulk someday. Enjoy FP tomorrow!

[Nate]

If you like Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing run, I would strongly recommend Immortal Hulk. I’ve read the first volume on Marvel Unlimited and was like “I have to get this in print”

Also if you haven’t got the Absolute Swamp Thing yet, grab that!
Also, Vol 2 is listed at £28 on Amazon UK at the moment!
A mistake which I have capitalised on!

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I highly recommend Immortal Hulk also. And Moore’s Swamp Thing!

[Erik, Moderator]

Immortal Hulk is great. I was not a fan of world war hulk and felt planet hulk was good, but mostly praised due to exploring new ground with the Hulk. Personally, some of my favorite hulk stories come from the early 2000’s where banner is really in his own head (always is though) and some great stories in there with writing for slightly more mature readers. I’d say start reading with what Marvel calls volume 2 for Incredible Hulk. You’ll be missing much from the 450+ issues from before it, but it’s not realistic to recommend someone start with issue 1 and push through

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Agreed. WWH has a good buildup but I thought the ending was a let down. Planet Hulk was good but not outstanding. Just different like Erik said. There are some bright points in Peter David’s run but most are not in volume 1 of the omnibus.

[Tamas]

Planet Hulk is one of my favorite Marvel books, I really liked it. WWH was good, but I think nothing special.
I also read Loeb’s run, but I almost hated it.
Immortal Hulk looks great, should I wait for an omni?

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I read the series will end at #50 so I think that’s at least a year from now. Since they are doing OHCs, it will probably be awhile after the last one of those before we see an omnibus. Just my guess. They don’t always put the omnibus out immediately after the run.

[Antony]

Today's arrivals: X-Men Classic Omnibus (preordered and kinda forgotten about it until I got the delivery email - lol) and it's superb! Also OHC of Age of Ultron to replace my floppy issues (now I'm grown up I can read Big Books rather than Little Comics).

It's been an amazing week so far.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Antony wrote: "Today's arrivals: X-Men Classic Omnibus (preordered and kinda forgotten about it until I got the delivery email - lol) and it's superb! Also OHC of Age of Ultron to replace my floppy issues (now I'..."

Mail days when your books come in are the best. =)

[Nate]

I had to really push myself to get through the WWH Omni.

And in all the excitement at FB with entering through the back and one way systems in place, I forgot what I went in there for and missed out on Immortal Hulk OHC Vol 2!

Grabbed Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Complete Collection Vol 1 as it's getting pretty hard to find.

Hoping for an omni one day (I thnk it will happen) but this will do me for now

[Blindzider, Moderator]

The gauntlet is something I’ve been hoping to get in HC also. But would just prefer an omnibus of that whole era.

[Johnny]

Nate wrote: "Grabbed Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Complete Collection Vol 1 as it's getting pretty hard to find.

Hoping for an omni one day (I thnk it will happen) but this will do me for now."

Oh trust me, Spider-Man is (together with X-Men and the Avengers) Marvel's big seller. If you just wait long enough every Spider-Man comic will eventually be collected in Omnibus format.

[Nate]

That's my goal!
Luckily my 2 faves (Spidey & Bats) are also the most popular.
So I'm hoping to have everything collected in OHC/ Omni one day.
I mean the spin offs don't help!

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Went ahead and ordered the new Hellsing DLX vol 1 from IST yesterday. Also ordered a couple things off my wish list, BPRD Plague of Frogs TPB vol 2 and 3. I have the first volume in hardcover and want to read the series so I guess I'll have to break down and get the thick TPB volumes since the hardbacks don't appear to be coming back into print.

IST finally is shipping my copy of Berserk DLX vol 5 I ordered on 30 Jun. Another book in the order took a while for them to show it was picked. Not sure if they were waiting for more copies to arrive, it never showed it was out of stock (it was TIANANMEN 1989 Our Shattered Hopes HC).

Finished reading the Batman City of Crime DLX by David Lapham. I suspect this got the DLX treatment because of the villain being interesting (The Body). The story itself was depressing and is a strong contender for my least favorite Batman story.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I may finally start buying the Hellboy Library editions. IST doesn’t have V2 or 5. Are those regularly kept in print?

Also are the stories continuous, meaning it’s best to read them in order? Because aren’t they a series of mini series?

[Nate]

Yeah they're kept in print pretty regular. If you keep an eye out, they will pop up again soon.

Excited for anyone reading them for the first time, beautiful books. Probably the best looking set on my shelf.

It's definitely best to read them in order. You're right that most are separate stories but Mignola starts to pepper some big things right from the start.

Have you read any BPRD?

If not, it might be worth doing a whole Mignolaverse readathon. It's not necessary to enjoy Hellboy but it makes it all the more sweeter!

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I recently looked at several sites to see the Hellboy reading order and this was my favorite: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/ann...

They are a bunch of mini-series, some connected more clearly than others. The Library Editions are basically in chronological order. I'm planning on getting the upcoming Hellboy/BPRD Devil You Know Omnibus that comes after Hellboy in Hell and doing a read through in order to the best of my collection (I have all the Library Editions and most of the BPRD omnibus hardcovers, just lacking the Plague of Frogs 2-4).

The Library Editions are typically evergreen so when a volume goes out of stock they've usually brought them back with additional printings.


Side note: The Witcher Library Edition vol 1 is back in stock on IST. This went out of print for a while and shot up to $100+ on the secondary market. With the popularity of the show this could happen again so not a bad idea to grab it if it's something of interest.

The Hellsing DLX vol 1 is out of stock on IST.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Nope haven’t read BPRD either. Is that in parallel to Hellboy or afterwards?

[Nate]

I think it's the first 4 Hellboy Library Editions & then the first BPRD omni comes in.
BPRD is really great, you won't be disappointed if you jump on that as well.
I'm a huge fan of The X-Files and it's got that vibe.

[Nickviola]

BPRD is very different, just for loose expectations. Rather than short stories making a bigger tapestry. It’s more straight forward team moving chronological ally forward linearly and isn’t as expansive with mythology but is more expansive with world building. It’s excellent. It’s reads really fast and if I could go back and do it a first time again I’d go slow and live in the mood and the art more.

[Nate]

There is a lot of B Movie type Monster stuff as well.
It hasn't got that folktale and lore stuff that Hellboy has.
I'd say they compliment each other.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I’ve heard nothing but good things about both so really looking forward to reading them. Thanks for the reviews!

[Darth Bane]

Those Hellboy LEs are my favorite books! You won’t be disappointed. BPRD is just as good, and perhaps at times even better. That multiversity order is my go to. Join us over at r/Mignolaverse!!

[Nate]

Always up for talking Mignola so I'll definitely join!