Near Mint Condition announced a Marvel omnibus reprint for June 2027 that is certainly due for a fresh run, but comes before a brand new book I think we all assumed we’d see first: Captain America by Waid, Garney, & Kubert Omnibus.
The Captain America by Waid, Garney, & Kubert Omnibus was originally released in 2017. It collects the final year of the original Captain America (1968) ongoing, skips over the 13 issues of the Captain America (1996) “Heroes Reborn” series, and then continues to collect the first two years of Captain America (1998).
Mark Waid is always a huge name in comics, but he is particularly notable the past few years as one of the major drivers of the DC Universe with hit after hit on his hands, including the much beloved (by everyone but me) Batman/Superman: World’s Finest (2022).
When a major writer has major visibility at any publisher, it’s not uncommon for Marvel or DC to release an omnibus of their work. DC just did it the past few years with Gail Simone, who has her highest profile of all time at Marvel right now!
However, there’s another reason to reprint this Captain America by Waid omnibus, and that’s due to the omnibus that directly precedes it: Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Vol. 4, which has yet to be announced.
That is slightly confusing, because:
(a) the first three Gruenwald books have all had a late Jane / early July release date each of the past three years, which this omnibus seems to have co-opted, and
(b) Why would you release a reprint of the follow-up book to your current Captain America omnibus line before you release the final volume!?
Maybe Marvel is in a rush to cash in on the Mark Waid factor here, but given the perfect consistency of the three prior Captain America by Mark Gruenwald releases I’m deeply confused of why they would break the cycle to release this book first.
To learn more about those Captain America by Mark Gruenwald omnibuses, see my Captain America Collecting Guide & Reading Order.
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