Marvel Omnibus/Oversized Hardcover Discussion Part V

[Mobe1969]

The New Warriors omni is of definite interest to me. X-Force - I might be if the stories are good. I probably won't preorder though.

[ShooCat]

Yes sadly that is true. Over in the sideshow freaks forum in the thread for the new Deadpool premium format statue (awesome statue BTW) there are plenty of folks gushing for Liefeld.

I don't think there are that many fans over there, to be honest. There's that guy who's a joke, but I can't think of many other people atm. Great statue, though.

[NZ_InFerno]

The starting off with fists does seem out of character for Cap but with how Cyclops has been spiraling into a Magneto type character it seems totally in character for him. Imagine if Cap had tried to reason with Magneto in the 90s, fists would have ensued. So it ended up not bothering me since Cyke has seemed pretty close to a "villian" type character to me for a few years now.

Anyway, just my 2 cents on the matter. It's, obviously, not everyone's.

I don't really read Xmen, but now that I've read that you're right. Last Xmen book I read was schism, cyclops was a bit villainous there. Just seemed like a (poor) excuse to kickoff the event.

Finished reading AvX and I'm torn, the last 7 or so issues are surprisingly really good. First issues aren't quite frankly, it's like two different books in one. Also not a fan of the VS stuff except the last issue which had some hilarious one page AvX stories.

With all the binding issues it's a real pain to read the spreads, as a lot of small panels are smack in the middle of double page spreads and end up in the gutter.

Don't think I'll be keeping this, Marvel better not be adopting this binding for future large hardcovers as its terrible.

are there any good omnibus with more recent events or series, not AVX

[momaw]

I don't think there are that many fans over there, to be honest. There's that guy who's a joke, but I can't think of many other people atm. Great statue, though.

Gee I wonder who that could be?

[DrGregatron]

I agree that it will sell more than those, the one that I am curious to see if it beats is the upcoming Iron Man omnibus by Michelinie. I could see it going either way. Unfortunately, we will only have direct market sales estimates to go on. Iron Man is currently ahead in the Amazon sales rankings- but I don't even know their criteria for ranking.

I don't mind Liefeld's art and I really enjoy that particular era of the x-universe.

That's just the Pandemic F you've got talking, haven't they got a cure for that yet.

[ShooCat]

Gee I wonder who that could be?

10char.

[Jelybely8]

are there any good omnibus with more recent events or series, not AVX

There are a few - Secret Warriors and Ultimate Death of Spider-Man being the books that first spring to mind.

[Rimmer]

Shelf porn! I figured it was about time. I know, a lot of the books are still wrapped, but I will get to them eventually!
http://s1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag96/Kewbamboo

Nice! It always cracks me up how SMALL Devil Dinosaur is and still called an omnibus. Funny stuff. There are many many OHCs larger than that book.

[Rimmer]

I dont know if this is a trend or not, but The long inprint Incredible Hulk omnibus has started climbing in price on ebay.

One just sold for $135.

This makes me VERY happy since I will be able to unload mine before too much longer.

I want an opinion.

I have the classic cover and I have been wanting to sell this for quite some time. Is anyone else of the belief that this will shoot up in value like X-men or Spiderman?

$135 is awfully tempting, but I made the mistake of letting many of my others go wayyyy too soon.

I would wait. Once it's "officially" OOP, everyone scrambles for it, and Ebay prices skyrocket. They then tend to stay there for a bit before coming down.

I sold my X-Men SA 1 at around $125 back when, I think they went even as high as $175 at times, but I was happy with that since it wasn't a book I was ever going to read again. If you need the $ right now, I'd post it with reserve or high starting price (but I know you know what you're doing in that regard ) otherwise I'd recommend holding onto it for a little while longer.

Also, think about this - a lot of folks get $ for Christmas, so perhaps more people will have disposable income as of 1/1/2013 and will be willing to bid higher on a collectible book then before Christmas. Good luck.

[merrick97]

Sold at $135 ? Its still available for $62 at tow

That's the variant cover. I have the other OOP cover.

That difference is apparently worth over $60 for some people.

[regomar]

Finished reading AvX and I'm torn, the last 7 or so issues are surprisingly really good. First issues aren't quite frankly, it's like two different books in one. Also not a fan of the VS stuff except the last issue which had some hilarious one page AvX stories.

This is exactly how I felt. I suffered through he first few issues just because I knew it would change things in the Marvel universe but I hated every second of it. But... the later 2/3 of the event were actually really good and enjoyable. As soon as JRJR got off the art even the writing seemed to turn around and start being interesting and enjoyable. Personally, I felt the VS stuff was just filler.

[Rimmer]

This is exactly how I felt. I suffered through he first few issues just because I knew it would change things in the Marvel universe but I hated every second of it. But... the later 2/3 of the event were actually really good and enjoyable. As soon as JRJR got off the art even the writing seemed to turn around and start being interesting and enjoyable. Personally, I felt the VS stuff was just filler.

That's because Hickman took over,and he's awesome. (okay, turning fanboy mode back down to normal levels...)

[Squall835]

Wow! Great stuff KEWBAMBOO!
Are there any omnibus' that you don't have?

Awesome stuff! Where'd you get those two wooden shelves?

[NZ_InFerno]

There are a few - Secret Warriors and Ultimate Death of Spider-Man being the books that first spring to mind.

New Avengers is basically an event tie in book, but these are good suggestions.

[PandemicF]

That's just the Pandemic F you've got talking, haven't they got a cure for that yet.

I'm sure it is part nostalgia. I really enjoy Inferno, X-tinction Agenda and the like. And I'm sure enough people have caught it to be at least an epidemic. I already have the MPEs and don't know yet if I will upgrade.

Liefeld did create (or co-create) two of the more enduring new characters from that era: Deadpool and Cable. His personality doesn't bother me- I tend to avoid artist's "pseudo-celebrity" as it generally has nothing to do with the stories I read or how I enjoy them. I mean I would have to avoid Byrne, Miller, David and countless others if that were the case.

Random: I am humored by how many people hate on Silvestri's 80's X-men work, when he is one of my favorites. I loved the scratchy/sketchy look.