Is it worth getting?
Is it worth getting?
Yes. It contains the best storyline ever published by marvel and Alan Davis' art is amazing. Highly recommended.
It's very good, though the colouring is a bit iffy.
The Moore-era Captain Britain is also the first place to designate the Marvel Universe as 616, so I guess it's kind of important historically speaking.
The Omnibus basically contains the better half of all of Captain Britain's pre-Excalibur appearances. Everything that Alan Davis was involved with too. It's good stuff, and comes with some pretty solid back-matter too.
Would very much recommend.
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Definitely pick it up. You won't be disappointed. Excellent storytelling from Alan Moore and Jamie Delano combined with the beautiful artwork of Alan Davis.
Definitely worth getting. It doesn't just give you "Jasper's Warp", but the Dave Thorpe issues that set up that storyline that have not been reprinted in the tpb version. Then you get Jamie Delano's run on the character, which is on a level with Moore's, in my opinion. Finally, two excellent X-annuals from the '80s drawn by Alan Davis that feature Cap and Betsy Braddock. (That X-Men Annual, in particular, may be the best post-Byrne Claremont X-Men story.)
If you're an Alan Davis fan-- and everyone should be-- you owe yourself this. You can watch him develop as an artist over time, from the raw but amazing talent in those Thorpe stories to the master we know today by the time those Delano stories come around.
There is actually a huge Omnibus thread right here
http://forums.comicbookresources.com...336577&page=99
Originally Posted by adam_warlock_2099
That's why I am so glad it's easier to click ignore in a forum than it is to do in life. There are a lot of people I would "click" ignore in life if I could.
The original 3 omnibus oversized hardcover thread started off as a simple question and grew into one of the premier threads at CBR.
Link to Marvel Masterworks OHC list
http://collectededitions.com/storefr...marvelhcs.html
Link to Marvel Masterworks Omnibus list
http://collectededitions.com/storefr...lhcs_omni.html
*** if you are interested in discussing DC Hardcover Editions, then please visit This Thread and keep the Marvel Omnibus/HC discussion about Marvel books. Thanks- GH
Here begins part III!!!
Release Dates:
12/7 X-Statix Omnibus
12/14 Avengers: Siege OHC
12/28 X-Men: Schism OHC
1/4 X-Men by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee V2 Omnibus
1/4 X-Force Vol. 2 OHC
1/4 Invincible Iron Man Volume 2 OHC
1/4 Hulk: World War Hulks OHC
1/11 Spider-Island OHC
2/1 John Carter: Warlord of Mars Omnibus
2/1 Incredible Hulks: Fall of the Hulks OHC
2/8 X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus
2/15 The Avengers V1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Omnibus
2/15 Spider-Island Companion OHC
2/15 Vengeance OHC
3/7 Avengers: Heroic Age OHC
3/7 Incredible Hulks: World War Hulks OHC
3/14 Untold Tales Of Spider-Man Omnibus
3/14 Avengers: Children's Crusade OHC
4/4 Ultimate Avengers Omnibus
4/4 X-Men: Mutant Genesis 2.0 OHC
4/4 X-Men: Fatal Attraction OHC
4/18 Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 2
5/2 Avengers: The Crossing Omnibus
5/2 Avengers: Kree/Skrull War OHC
5/2 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 12 OHC
6/6 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 Omnibus
7/18 The Punisher by Rick Remender Omnibus
7/18 Secret Warriors Omnibus
8/15 X-Men: New X-Men Omnibus (reprint)
8/15 X-Men: Operation Zero Tolerance Hardcover
TBA Secret Warriors Omnibus
All release dates are taken from talesofwonder.com.
Count on there being a two week - two month delay from amazon.
This is the official part IV thread.
Last edited by merrick97; 07-07-2012 at 09:02 PM.
How amazing is it that this thread is on its fourth run? Loving it.
slaine: Tell me about bad delivery conditions. I'm up north as well.
Wait is AOA Omnibus really next week? I gotta get money in my account if so.
I think AOA is releasing to comic sites (TOW, etc...) next week, since it is still listed as early March on Amazon/Barnes.
Tales of wonder has it listed as the Feb 22nd.
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