Marvel Omnibus/Oversized Hardcover Discussion Part V

[CrazyOldHermit]

Think it's more to do with the fact that they reprinted an existing book instead of giving fans something they'd been clamouring after for years.

Like UXM2.

You say this as if 30% of this thread isn't posts clamouring for reprints of various volumes.

[Magnum_Valentino]

Fair point!

[CrazyOldHermit]

It's a shame that close to a year has passed since the New X-Men solicit and no new reprints have been announced.

[shaggyforum]

It's a shame that close to a year has passed since the New X-Men solicit and no new reprints have been announced.

I think Marvel's focus is entirely upon Marvel NOW, but yes you're right. It seems right now their writers are doing 4 issue arcs that make hardcovers expensive, it's all very curious. What exactly is being said behind their closed doors?

[UltimateMarvel Dude]

If you're referring to my massive Omni & Pseudo-Omni page, I only included OHCs that the community felt were huge enough to warrant mention alongside the omnis (or, which were initially solicited as omnis).

Since I mainly buy only X-Men, I'd need the group to chime in on if something is big enough to qualify - which Punisher might, as might the new Deadpool Max. It does, of course, include Bishop's Crossing ;)

Just wanted to say that the page is really well done and helpful!
But, there's no direct link to this from your page? WTH?!
Personally I'd like a dedicated comics page with links to all comic related articles, but that's just me.
Keep up the good work!

[merrick97]

It's a shame that close to a year has passed since the New X-Men solicit and no new reprints have been announced.

No kidding. This time last year we were all excited about the possibility that it was a positive sign of things to come.

My how things have changed.....

[smokeysabear]

Over in the Jonathan Hickman-Avengers Q&A thread someone asked when the FF omnibus was going to arrive...

"Sometime. We're doing two I think."

Great news. Like a lot of people, I'm waiting for these before tearing fully through Hickman's FF run.

http://forums.comicbookresources.com...man-Q-A/page13

Wow. This post single-handedly proves the existence of a Higher Power.

Hickman F4 omnibi? I'm freakin' dancing right now.

[Shinobi100]

"Seven rings has Raggadorr,
from indigo to deepest black!
Their fabled might we now implore...
Grant us the power to force Marvel to reprint the entire Stern run of Dr. Strange + Triumph and Torment in an Omni to celebrate his appearance in Thor 2...back(I just threw that last word in there cuz these things have to rhyme to work)"

[NZ_InFerno]

Ok, bombshell time......It is no secret I went nuts buying Omnibuses and OHC's the past two years since I got back into comics since the Diamond - Amazon / B&N glitch.

The problem is I just have too many books and not enough free time to read everything. Also with space becoming a big issue I made the decision a little awhile back to sell off the OHC's. So what was once over 100 OHC's is down to just a handful of keepers.

On the Omnibus front I am not liking the thinner paper in the recent omnibus releases either (gives it a cheaper feel to it) and the time has come to become "Omnibus Light" as the quest to own them all is over. I will be all over the Grade A future releases like Uncanny Vol 2, FF Byrne Vol 2 etc…. but for titles like The Stand and Marvel Zomnibus I just cannot pull the trigger on them. (Minus a nice price glitch of course )

These days I am getting more comics read on my Ipad than at home with an omnibus. When you commute by train it just comes in so handy to have a few on there.

So I may be a watered down version of myself but I will still be looking out for deals and Omnibus news.

What OHCs did you keep?

I had a good look at my books last night and picked out nearly a fifth that I could sell off and I wouldn't be sure that I'd miss them. When you work in what they go for secondhand as a few are OOP it becomes quite compelling, especially when you can get an Ultimate Collection or cheaper copy and still have the material. Probably helped that a few of the books I've bought lately have been to read and flick off, but there was still a few that I've had for a while that were once books I wanted but now that I've read a few more comics they are not that good as they were on the first read.

Could end up with a very different collection come the new year.

[NZ_InFerno]

Wow. This post single-handedly proves the existence of a Higher Power.

Hickman F4 omnibi? I'm freakin' dancing right now.

Yeah that was awesome, and I can't wait to get my hands on a Hickman F4/FF Omnibus but the whole Avengers/New Avengers answers where to me the best bit. Those books sound amazing, and if I had a perfect comic it would be written by Hickman and drawn by those artists and probably Coipel and Hitch as well. Seriously can't wait for Hickman Avengers, and an Omnibus will only take a year too :D

"Seven rings has Raggadorr,
from indigo to deepest black!
Their fabled might we now implore...
Grant us the power to force Marvel to reprint the entire Stern run of Dr. Strange + Triumph and Torment in an Omni to celebrate his appearance in Thor 2...back(I just threw that last word in there cuz these things have to rhyme to work)"

Link? Dr Strange in Thor 2 would be EPIC!

[Squallid Snake]

well if it makes anyone happier, I am still in full omni mode, and I buy this stuff to READ it, not just let it sit there in plastic ppl!

Too bad I'm a poor 24 year old 1.5 years out of college working part time and unpaid interning in my 2nd internship...not much extra cash floating around anymore with all these loans!

[shaggyforum]

well if it makes anyone happier, I am still in full omni mode, and I buy this stuff to READ it, not just let it sit there in plastic ppl!

Too bad I'm a poor 24 year old 1.5 years out of college working part time and unpaid interning in my 2nd internship...not much extra cash floating around anymore with all these loans!

What kind of degree did you get to be thrown into that?

[Enormouse]

Link? Dr Strange in Thor 2 would be EPIC!

It was a big rumor a several months back that hasn't been confirmed or denied.

[Squallid Snake]

What kind of degree did you get to be thrown into that?

my degree was Writing and Rhetoric...basicly professional writing. I've interned at a magazine and now I am a marketing intern for a company doing press releases, product copy, ect.....but neither one is really offering a full time position, so I am resume building while racking up my office experience (so far at one year, where most places want 2-3 minimum)

[AstonishingXMan]

Does seem like a lull in releases.

We all went from "Keep the Spine Logo the SAME, DAMNIT!" to "Finally solicit something great, now."

And Uncanny X-Men vol.2 has to be here soon, right?