The Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus Secret Ballot allows collected editions fans to play “Fantasy Collections Department” by picking the runs they’d most like to see in an oversized format.
Now that I’ve recapped the history of past years of the Ballot, we’re up to two weeks of the really fun stuff – thinking up dozens upon dozens of suggestions for Marvel omnibuses we’d love to see on our shelves!
I highlighted 50 runs that deserved an omnibus at the close of the survey last year, but this time I’m going to be a lot more comprehensive.
I’ll begin on my home turf: The X-Men. It’s how Crushing Comics guides began, and I own every issue of X-Men in either single issue or collected format, so I’m accutely aware of the gaps in oversized content.
Today I’ll cover both existing and potential Omnibuses for X-Men from their debut in 1963 through the launch of X-Men, Vol. 2 in 1991. Then, tomorrow we’ll look at the tumultuous and under-collected 90s, before finishing up on Wednesday with the pair of most recent X-Men eras – from Grant Morrison’s New X-Men in 2001 through present day.
After that, we’ll rinse and repeat this exercise in reverse for the entire Marvel Universe, working backwards from the current All-New All-Different Marvel to look at the top possible omnibuses across the entire line from every period until we’re back to the few books still left uncollected from the 1960s.
So, if you haven’t yet voted in the poll or just need a few more books to fill out your personal Top 20, get ready – the next two weeks of CK will have over 100 omnibus suggestions for you to choose from!
Now, let’s get to some X-Tensive X-Men omnibus mapping, staring with the Classic X-Men era from 1963-1974, before moving on to Chris Claremont’s tenure on X-Men from 1975-1991 (plus, all of the tie-in series from that era.
There are 19 potential omnibus volumes in this material! Collected Edition mapping can be exact and contentious work, so if you have a correction or disagreement don’t hold back – sound off in the comments below!
- Classic X-Men (1963 – 1974) (plus X-Men: The Hidden Years and X-Men: First Class)
- Claremont X-Men (1975 – 1991)
- Uncanny X-Men #94-280
- Dazzler (1981) (plus Uncanny X-Men: First Class and Wolverine: First Class)
- New Mutants (1983) (plus Fallen Angels #1-8)
- X-Factor (1986) #1-71
- Wolverine (1988) #1-48
- Excalibur (1988) #1-41
Classic X-Men (1963 – 1974)
Right now this period has a pair of omnibuses covering every issue of the actual 1963 X-Men series, as launched by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
The X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785129588)
Collects X-Men (19630 #1-31.The X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 2 (ISBN 0785153071)
Collects #32-66 & covers from 67-93. Also includes Avengers #53, KaZar #2-3, and Marvel Tales #30.See the Classic X-Men Guide for more information on collecting this run.
There’s really only one possible Omnibus of original content left to squeeze out of this era – the combination of X-Men Masterworks 7-8 that I covered last week in my post about orphaned and open lines.
X-Men: The Lost Years (27 projected effective issues)
Collects complete contents of X-Men Masterworks Vol. 7 and Vol. 8 minus the covers of X-Men #67-93, which already ran in the Volume 2 omnibusThat includes Amazing Adventures #11-17 (transformation of The Beast), Incredible Hulk #150, 161, 172, & 180-181 (debut of Wolverine), Amazing Spider-Man #92, Marvel Team-Up #4, 23, & 38, Avengers #110-111, Captain America #172-175, Defenders #15-16, and Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4.
To this, we could add Magneto’s appearances in Fantastic Four (1961) #102-104 and Amazing Adventures Vol. 2 (1970) #9-10.
That’s only a moderate-sized omnibus – it hardly seems worth the trouble to vote on or produce!
The complete, 22-issue series of “X-Men: The Hidden Years” would be the perfect addition to that classic material, both in length and scope.John Byrne wrote the series fit perfectly between X-Men #66 and Giant Size X-Men, and the Hidden Years collections already include the Fantastic Four issues I’ve added to The Lost Years.
Marvel doesn’t have a history of imaginatively combing their classic material in chronological order with modern flashback stories. In fact, the only time they’ve ever notably done is is with the recent Wolverine Pre-History collection.
Thus, as much as we’d all love it to happen, I think X-Men: The Hidden Years by John Byrne would be much more likely to show up as its own omnibus (similar to Untold Tales of Spidey) than it would as an addition to existing classic material.
X-Men: The Hidden Years by John Byrne (27 projected issues)
Collects X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #1-22 plus Fantastic Four (1961) #102-104, and material from Yellow Claw #2 and Amazing Adult Fantasy #14.See X-Men Ongoings for more information, including the pair of current collections.
While we’re talking about later-inserted flashback material, there’s also a solid omnibus worth of X-Men: First Class material, which could be combined with the Byrne material or stand on its own.
X-Men: First Class Omnibus (39 projected issues)
Collects Cyclops (2011) #1, Iceman and Angel (2011) #1, Magneto (2011) #1, Marvel Girl (2011) #1, material from Spider-Man Family (2007) #8-9, X-Men (1963) #1, X-Men First Class (2006) #1-8, X-Men First Class (2007) Special and #1-16, X-Men: First Class Finals (2009) #1-4.See X-Men Ongoings for more information, including current collections.
The First Class material straddles several eras, including the one-shots that are before X-Men #1, material that runs alongside the first 24 issues (before Jean moves to college) all the way through the period just before Giant Size X-Men in the “Finals” mini-series.
While this book could fit Uncanny X-Men: First Class (2009) #1-8, we couldn’t possible squeeze in 21 Wolverine: First Class (2008) issues. I think it makes more sense to keep these two volumes together, since they both occur in the post Giant-Size period – so we’ll cover them below!
Claremont X-Men (1975 – 1991)
This is a massive period, but it’s mostly focused on a small core of books – Uncanny X-Men #94-180, Dazzler (1983) , New Mutants, X-Factor #1-70, Wolverine #1-48, and Excalibur #1-41, plus a handful of mini-series.
Uncanny X-Men #94-280
Chris Claremont’s Uncanny X-Men is one of the longest runs of a creator on a single superhero title in the history of superheroes. The first half of it is incredibly acclaimed, while the back half practically invented the myriad spinoffs and serpentine crossovers we’ve all grown accustomed today as being synonymous with modern comic books.
If you want to dig in to how every issue from this period has already been collected, whether that’s in omnibuses or not, see Guide to Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont. However, that’s not our goal here. Today, we want to figure out the simplest way to ensure this entire run is covered by oversized releases.
We’re only dealing with a pair of oversize issue gaps – #176-209 and #215-219 – so this should be easy, right? Nope. Nothing’s easy when it comes to X-Men.
First, let’s look at the first portion of this run, which really needs only one further omnibus to complete it.
Uncanny X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1
Collects Giant-Sized X-Men (1975) and (Uncanny) X-Men (1963) #94-131 & Annual 3.Uncanny X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Reprinted in 2016)
Collects X-Men (1963) #132-141 & Annuals 4-5 and Uncanny X-Men (1963) #142-153 along with other X-Men appearances of the period in Avengers Annual 10 (first Rogue!), Marvel Fanfare #1-4, Marvel Treasury Edition #26-27, Marvel Team-Up #100, Bizarre Adventures #27, & Phoenix: The Untold Story #1.X-Men Classic Omnibus
Collects backup Stories and expanded story pages from Classic X-Men #1-44 (which reprinted Giant-Sized X-Men (1975) and (Uncanny) X-Men (1963) #94-138), plus material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #60.Uncanny X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 3
Collects Uncanny X-Men #154-175 and Annuals 6-7, God Loves, Man Kills AKA Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) 5, Wolverine (1982) #1-4, Special Edition X-Men (1983) 1, and Magic (1983) #1-4.Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 4 Omnibus (39 projected issues)
Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #176-198 & Ann 8, Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6, Marvel Team-Up #150, Dazzler #38, X-Men / Alpha Flight #1-2, Nightcrawler #1-4, and material from Secret Wars (1985) (probably just a few story panels in recap) and Marvel Super-Heroes #2 (Rogue story)
Here, our path splits into two possible options, which bears some explanation.
From Uncanny X-Men #210-280, a number of major X-Men events have already been collected in Omnibus-sized oversize hardcovers. They’re omnibus in everything but name – they’re the same production quality and format. They’re just missing an “omnibus” logo on the dust jacket.
That means the only gap in Uncanny X-Men is the scant handful of #215-219, plus some annuals and mini-series that fit into that period. However, the book that covers UXM #210-214 is Mutant Massacre, the oldest and tiniest of all those special event hardcovers. Given how small and out-of-print it is, perhaps it makes sense to just swallow it up into an X-Men omnibus (along with another old book, Asgardian Wars, which collects an annual).
That represents Option A, which swallows up the brief Asgardian Wars and Mutant Massacre material but doesn’t collect New Mutants or X-Factor.
Option A: Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 5 (53 projected issues)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #199-219 and Annuals 9-10, New Mutants Annual 2 and Special Edition, Marvel Fanfare #33, Alpha Flight #33-34, X-Men Heroes for Hope, Firestar #1-4, Longshot #1-6, Mephisto vs X-Men, Spiderman and Wolverine #1, Marvel Fanfare #38 (Rogue/Dazzler backup), X-Men vs Fantastic Four #1-4, X-Men vs Avengers #1-4, and Marvel Super-Heroes #1 (Magik story)
Alternately, Option B preserves collection continuity with existing oversized releases by breaking this section into two volumes – one on either side of Mutant Massacre, and continuing the trend of collecting New Mutants and X-Factor along with Uncanny X-Men.
X-Men: Asgardian Wars (ISBN 0785141480)
Collects X-Men and Alpha Flight #1-2, New Mutants Special Edition, and X-Men Annual #9. This falls before #199.Option B1: X-Men: Crossroads Omnibus (48 projected issues or less, depending on a NM Omni, below)
Uncanny X-Men #199-209 + Ann 9-10, New Mutants from the end of a New Mutants Vol. 1 omnibus through #45 + Ann 2 & Special Edition (those two non-negotiable, as they rely on each other), X-Factor #1-8 + Ann 1, Marvel Fanfare #33, Alpha Flight #33-34, X-Men: Heroes for Hope, Firestar #1-4, Fantastic Four #286, Avengers #263.X-Men: Mutant Massacre (ISBN 0785102248)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #210-214, X-Factor #9-11, New Mutants #46, Thor #373-374, Daredevil #238, and Power Pack #27.Option B2: X-Men: Before the Fall Omnibus (43 projected issues)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #215-219 & Annual 11, X-Factor #12-17 & Annual 2, and New Mutants #47-54 & Ann 3, and some or all of the following – Mephisto vs. X-Factor, Mephisto vs X-Men, Spiderman and Wolverine #1, Marvel Fanfare #38 (Rogue/Dazzler backup), X-Men vs Fantastic Four #1-4, X-Men vs Avengers #1-4, Fallen Angels #1-8, and Marvel Super-Heroes #1 (Magik story)
Then, the rest of Uncanny X-Men #220-281 and Annuals 12-14 are already covered by X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants, X-Men: Inferno Prologue, X-Men: Inferno (and X-Men: Inferno Crossovers), X-Men by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee Omnibus – Volume 1, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda, and X-Men by Claremont / Lee Omnibus, Vol. 2.
Additionally, there’s the all-ages First Class flashback material into this period, which could be collected as:
Wolverine & The Uncanny X-Men: First Class Omnibus (42 issues)
Collects Uncanny X-Men: First Class (2009) Giant-Size Special and #1-8, Wolverine: First Class (2008) #1-21, material from Free Comic Book Day 2009, Weapon X: First Class #1-3, X-Men and Power Pack (2005) #1-4, and Wolverine and Power Pack (2009) #1-4.See X-Men Ongoings for more information, including the pair of current collections.
The First Class series are meant to fit more strictly into continuity than the Power Pack ones, but all of them occur within Claremont’s first 100ish issues and make a fine companion that’s appropriate for readers of any age, unlike the increasingly complex material in the main series.
Dazzler (1981)
You didn’t really think I would forget Dazzler – the most fabulous X-Men of all?!
Dazzler’s series has only been comprehensively collected in black and white, which definitely will not do for the universe’s second most-famous mutant pop star (the first being, of course, Lila Cheney).
Dazzler: The Omnibus (52 projected issues)
Uncanny X-Men #130-131, Fantastic Four #217, Amazing Spider-Man #203, Marvel Team-Up #109, Dazzler #1-42, Dazzler Graphic Novel, + optional Beauty & The Beast #1-4
The downside on this book is that Omnibuses are typically limited to mirroring a single Essential collection (as we just saw with Punisher: Back to War), because two can be a little overwhelming in size for a single volume.
That said, unlike Punisher, there’s not a lot of value to issuing an open-ended first volume of Dazzler omnibus goodness since she is not the biggest all-time seller.
Given that we recently saw Marvel cram in 50-plus issues into 1260 pages of their Deadpool by Duggan and Posehn omnibus, I think they could find a way to make these 1240 pages work.
New Mutants (1983)
In 1983, Marvel and Chris Claremont used the X-Men’s sudden disappearance to space to battle the brood to spur Charles Xavier to assemble a new generation of students – The New Mutants! The early portion of this book has stellar art and storytelling – maybe even better than the main Uncanny X-Men issues at points.
For end-to-end coverage of how New Mutants has been collected – including a new Epic collection – check out the Guide to Young X-Men. Right now, we’re only interested in how the title could be covered in oversize tomes.
We’ve seen New Mutants #46, 55-73, and #95-100 collected in oversize format, but that leaves us with over half the series untouched! How could that be quickly resolved?
There are two paths to get there – on that respects the current gaps in New Mutants created by coverage in X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants, X-Men: Inferno Prologue, and X-Men: Inferno, and one that re-covers that material in a self-contained fashion. Either way, this sequence wouldn’t cover #95-100, as they really do it better with the X-Force material and should be left there.
Option A sees us starting fresh with a trio of self-contained volumes, and they each make a lot of sense.
New Mutants, Volume 1 AKA by Chris Claremont (37 projected issues)
Marvel Graphic Novel 4, Uncanny X-Men #167, and New Mutants #1-34 and Annual 1.New Mutants, Volume 2 AKA by Chris Claremont & Louise Simonson (40 projected issues)
New Mutants #35-61, Annuals 2-3, Special Edition, X-Men Annual 9, Fallen Angels #1-8, and Marvel Super-Heroes #1 (Magik story).New Mutants, Volume 3 AKA by Louise Simonson AKA Cable & The New Mutants (35 projected issues)
New Mutants #62-94 & Annuals 4-5 (and, optionally, X-Terminators #1-4). This starts with the plots that lead to Inferno, covers Inferno in full, and runs through Cable’s introduction to the team in the lead-up to X-Tinction Agenda.
Option B – Working around existing material (matching the Uncanny X-Men Option B books, above).
New Mutants by Chris Claremont Omnibus (37 projected issues)
Collects Marvel Graphic Novel 4, Uncanny X-Men #167, and New Mutants #1-34 and Annual 1.X-Men: Asgardian Wars (ISBN 0785141480)
Collects X-Men and Alpha Flight #1-2, New Mutants Special Edition, and X-Men Annual 9. This falls between #34-35.X-Men: Crossroads Omnibus (48 projected issues)
UXM #199-209 + Ann 9-10, NM 35-45 + Ann 2 & Special Edition, X-Factor #1-8 + Ann 1, Marvel Fanfare #33, Alpha Flight #33-34, X-Men: Heroes for Hope, Firestar #1-4, Fantastic Four #286, Avengers #263.X-Men: Mutant Massacre (ISBN 0785102248)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #210-214, X-Factor #9-11, New Mutants #46, Thor #373-374, Daredevil #238, and Power Pack #27.X-Men: Before the Fall Omnibus (43 projected issues)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #215-219 & Annual 11, X-Factor #12-17 & Annual 2, and New Mutants #47-54 & Ann 3, and some or all of the following – Mephisto vs. X-Factor, Mephisto vs X-Men, Spiderman and Wolverine #1, Marvel Fanfare #38 (Rogue/Dazzler backup), X-Men vs Fantastic Four #1-4, X-Men vs Avengers #1-4, Fallen Angels #1-8, and Marvel Super-Heroes #1 (Magik story)X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants (ISBN 0785108254)
Collects the entire Fall of the Mutants crossover: New Mutants (1983) #55-61, Uncanny X-Men #220-227, X-Factor (1986) #18-26, Captain America (1968) #339, Daredevil (1964) #252, Fantastic Four (1961) #312, Incredible Hulk (1968) #340, Power Pack (1984) #35.X-Men: Inferno Prologue
Collects the disparate stories from Uncanny X-Men (1981) #228-238 and Annual 12; X-Factor (1986) #27-32 & Annual 3; New Mutants (1983) #62-70 and Annual 4; and material from Marvel Age Annual 4 and Marvel Fanfare #40.X-Men: Inferno
Collects the entire Inferno crossover: X-Factor #33-40, X-Terminators #1-4, Uncanny X-Men #239-243, New Mutants #71-73, and X-Factor Annual #4.New Mutants: Cable & The New Mutants (mini) Omnibus (23 projected issues)
New Mutants #74-94 & Annuals 4-5.X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda (ISBN 0785155317)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #235-238 and #270-272, New Mutants #95-97, and X-Factor #60-62.X-Force Omnibus, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785165959)
Collects New Mutants (1983) 98-100, Annual 7; X-Men Annual (1970) 15; X-Factor Annual 6; X-Force (1991) 1-15; Spider -Man (1990) 16; Cable: Blood & Metal 1-2; material from New Warriors Annual 1, X-Force Annual (1992) 1.
X-Factor (1986) #1-71
As with New Mutants, there are two ways to deal with collecting X-Factor issues which have yet to be seen in oversize format, which are only #1-8, 12-17, and 41-59.
Starting fresh with self-contained volumes is our Option A. This is a little trickier in X-Factor than in New Mutants, since X-Factor’s Inferno issues cross over directly with Uncanny X-Men.
X-Factor, Vol. 1 (41 projected issues)
Collects Fantastic Four #286, Avengers #263, and X-Factor #1-32 & Annual 1-3 – plus Iceman #1-4.X-Factor, Vol. 2 (42 projected issues)
Collects X-Factor #34-59, 63-70 & Annual 4 and Uncanny X-Men #239-243 & 279-280.
Option B works around existing material (matching the Uncanny X-Men Option B books, above). This would use the two big X-Men omnibuses listed above in Uncanny and need only a single exclusive X-Factor volume.
X-Men: Crossroads Omnibus (48 projected issues)
UXM #199-209 + Ann 9-10, NM 35-45 + Ann 2 & Special Edition, X-Factor #1-8 + Ann 1, Marvel Fanfare #33, Alpha Flight #33-34, X-Men: Heroes for Hope, Firestar #1-4, Fantastic Four #286, Avengers #263.X-Men: Mutant Massacre (ISBN 0785102248)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #210-214, X-Factor #9-11, New Mutants #46, Thor #373-374, Daredevil #238, and Power Pack #27.X-Men: Before the Fall Omnibus (43 projected issues)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #215-219 & Annual 11, X-Factor #12-17 & Annual 2, and New Mutants #47-54 & Ann 3, and some or all of the following – Mephisto vs. X-Factor, Mephisto vs X-Men, Spiderman and Wolverine #1, Marvel Fanfare #38 (Rogue/Dazzler backup), X-Men vs Fantastic Four #1-4, X-Men vs Avengers #1-4, Fallen Angels #1-8, and Marvel Super-Heroes #1 (Magik story)X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants (ISBN 0785108254)
Collects the entire Fall of the Mutants crossover: New Mutants (1983) #55-61, Uncanny X-Men #220-227, X-Factor (1986) #18-26, Captain America (1968) #339, Daredevil (1964) #252, Fantastic Four (1961) #312, Incredible Hulk (1968) #340, Power Pack (1984) #35.X-Men: Inferno Prologue
Collects the disparate stories from Uncanny X-Men (1981) #228-238 and Annual 12; X-Factor (1986) #27-32 & Annual 3; New Mutants (1983) #62-70 and Annual 4; and material from Marvel Age Annual 4 and Marvel Fanfare #40.X-Men: Inferno
Collects the entire Inferno crossover: X-Factor #33-40, X-Terminators #1-4, Uncanny X-Men #239-243, New Mutants #71-73, and X-Factor Annual #4.X-Factor: Judgement War Omnibus (between 22 – 34 projected issues)
Collects X-Factor #41-59 & b-stories from Annual 3-4 + X-Factor: Prisoner of Love. (Although, it would not be unreasonable for this to also recollect #63-68 and maybe even the Muir Island material from #68-70 and Uncanny X-Men #279-280)Then, the remainder of the run is contained in X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda and X-Men by Claremont / Lee Omnibus, Vol. 2
Wolverine (1988) #1-48
The entirety of this run of Wolverine has been reprinted in color, but only the first 10 issues are collected as a run in oversize format. For information on collecting every Wolverine issue ever, see the Guide to Wolverine.
Both of the omnibus volumes we’d need to graduate Wolverine from the Claremont Era of X-Men were already on last year’s survey and they both have contents that have been pretty thoroughly picked over by many fans.
Wolverine, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785134770)
Collects Marvel Comics Presents #72-84, Incredible Hulk #180-182 & #340, Wolverine (1982) #1-4, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6, Marvel Comics Presents #1-10, Marvel Treasury Edition #26, material from Best of Marvel Comics HC,Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1, material from Marvel Age Annual #4, Wolverine (1988) #1-10, and Punisher War Journal #6-7Wolverine, Vol. 2 (between 20 – 47 projected effective issues)
Definitely collects Wolverine (1988) #11-30. Could also go back for Wolverine (1988) #1-10, given how out-of-print the original Wolverine Omnibus is – in which case, this would be rechristened Vol. 1 and we’d call the old one “by Claremont and Miller.” However, this also has the opportunity to collect some or all of Marvel Comics Presents #29-31, 38-47, 51-53, Wolverine/Havok: Meltdown #1-4, Wolverine/Punisher #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #268, Wolverine: Jungle Adventure OGN, and Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection OGN.Wolverine, Vol. 3 (as many as 54 projected issues!)
Definitely collects Wolverine (1988) #31-57. Could also collect some amount of the Wolverine material from Marvel Comics Presents #62-71, 85-92, & 97-100, Marvel Fanfare #54-55, and Marvel Collector’s Edition; and any or all of Fantastic Four (1961) #347-349, Wolverine/Punisher #1-3, Spider-Man (1990) #8-12, and the original graphic novels Wolverine: Bloodlust, Wolverine: Rahne of Terra, Wolverine: Bloody Choices, Hearts of Darkness.
Excalibur (1988) #1-41
Last but not least is my favorite of all late-80s X-Men series, the equal-parts comedic and heartfelt Excalibur.
Since Excalibur is so self-contained and has never seen oversize release of issues in this period (except for a pair in X-Men: Inferno Crossovers), this is pretty easy to map – one book would cover all of the five existing Excalibur Classic collections, which a second would cover a brief gap in collection, some uncollected OGNs and guest appearances, and three Alan Davis Visionaries volumes.
Excalibur, Volume 1 AKA by Chris Claremont & Alan Davis (40 projected effective issues)
Collects Excalibur Special Edition AKA The Sword Is Drawn, Excalibur (1988) #1-34, Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem, and Excalibur: Weird War III, and material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #31-38Excalibur, Volume 2 AKA by Alan Davis (41 projected effective issues)
Collects Excalibur #35-67, Excalibur: The Possession, Excalibur: Air Apparent, Excalibur: XX Crossing, Thor #427-429, Marvel Comics Presents #75, Sensational She-Hulk #26
For more on how these comics are already collected, see the Guide to Excalibur.
Drew says
Fantastic job as usual, Krisis!
The only thing I’d suggest adding to your proposed X-Men: The Lost Years omnibus is the brief (I think it’s only a page or two) flashback from Fear #20, showing how Morbius escaped the X-Mansion. It’s not *critical*, but it wraps up the Morbius plotline from MTU #4 (The X-Men’s part in it, anyway) and mildly foreshadows the upcoming Secret Empire story in Captain America.
As for the New Mutants omnibus, likewise not critical, but I’d suggest adding MTU #100 (first appearance of Karma) and MTU annual #6 (New Mutants/Cloak & Dagger team-up that leads into a later story in New Mutants). The old NM Classics volumes didn’t include those, but I believe the recent Epic did.
Thanks, as always, for all of your work!
krisis says
I had no idea about that little Morbius tag – that’s some amazing trivia you just pulled out!
And, yes to both of those stories from the NM Epic. I was just pulling from the classics, forgetting we now have slightly better maps in the Epics.