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Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.

Haul Around The World: Prelude to FOMO Haul – EVERY New Epic & DC Finest, X-Men, Compendiums, & More

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I hauled around the world and I, I, I, I… I am out of shelf space.

No, seriously, this is the haul where I have truly run out of any space on any shelf where I can possible fit the books. And, this is just one of TWO (or maybe THREE?) parts of the haul that resulted from my FOMO show a few weeks ago! This is mostly the things I decided to buy while MAKING the FOMO list. A few FOMO items are on here, but… a lot more is to come in the next Haul.

Join me as I dig into EVERY new classic Marvel Epic Collection, EVERY new DC Finest, tons of DC Compendiums, X-Men in omnibus, and some indie books that you may have never heard of before!

Seriously, this haul is absurd. I’m not sure what I was thinking. Honestly, even before the FOMO show, the FOMO had taken control of my brain like a rat sitting beneath a chef’s hat, except mine would be a Golden Lion Tamarin clinging to the back of my head (maybe that’s why the back of my hair never quite looks right – it’s the Tamarin!)

DC Finest Announcement: DC Finest Western – Requiem for a Gunfighter

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DC Finest Western - Requiem for a Gunfighter, starring Jonah Hex and ScalphunterWhoa, nelly! After two months full of Marvel Omnibus announcements, now it’s time to begin shifting our attention to DC catalog announcements – including new DC Finest Volumes! I collect every one of these comprehensive paperbacks of DC’s pre-Flashpoint history and I was incredibly proud to partner with DC to present the first ever DC Finest Most-Wanted Poll! And, today I’m happy to take a look at what seems to be the final DC Finest volume of 2026: DC Finest Western – Requiem for a Gunfighter.

DC Finest: Western – Requiem for a Gunfighter is a book from the #23 most-demanded era on the 2026 DC Finest Poll, which we voted on as “Western: Jonah Hex (1972 & on) [volumes after The Hangman Never Loses].”

In fact, this is the volume that immediately follows The Hangman Never Loses, which included the first appearances of Jonah Hex.

DC Finest: Western – The Hangman Never Loses was released in March 2026 and collects following contents:

Tomahawk (1950) #130-140 (the final issue of this title); All-Star Western (1970) #2-8 & 10-11; Weird Western Tales (1972) #12-17; material from Super DC Giant (1970) #S-15 (“Stand Proud the Warrior Breed”); and the covers of All-Star Western (1970) #1 & 9 (both of which were all-reprint issues) and Super DC Giant (1970) #S-14 & #S-22

That takes a bit of explaining, which will also help to explain the contents of this new volume.

DC and Marvel both released many Western comics from the 1940s through the 1960s, although the genre was beginning to die off as we reached the start of the Bronze Age in 1970-1972. At DC, the surviving Western title at that time was Tomahawk (1950), which primarily starred Thomas Haukins, a white 18th Century soldier of the French and Indian Wars who later became a frontiersman.

The Hangman Never Loses collects the final two years of bi-monthly issues of Tomahawk (1950). It also collects the newly-launched All-Star Western (1970), which ran alongside those issues. It was an unremarkable title in its first year, until issue #10 – the final issue of 1971, which introduced a new gunslinger named Jonah Hex. [Read more…] about DC Finest Announcement: DC Finest Western – Requiem for a Gunfighter

Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 8

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The Amazing Spider-Man 1963 0250 coverNear Mint Condition announced one of the final Marvel omnibuses for the first half of 2027, and this June 2027 book is arriving earlier than many of us guessed it would! Of course, there’s always money in Spider-Man – especially right now – so it’s the perfect time to announce this book: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 8

The “Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus” line are what many of us refer to as a “Masterworks” line of omnibuses. That’s because they are generally based on the restoration work and mapping of Marvel Masterworks hardcovers. Masterworks began by collecting their characters’ first stories from the Silver Age, but have now extended through the Silver Age into Bronze (and, in some cases, beyond).

New volumes of this Amazing Spider-Man line used to arrive at a 2-5yr interval, which is why it has been somewhat shocking (and prediction-defying) that we’ve now had three volumes in three years – Volume 6 in 2025, Volume 7 out last month, and now Volume 8 in 2027.

That is the quickest pace Marvel has ever set for a Masterworks-based line of omnis. We have no precedent for it whatsoever.

I suspect that part of that accelerated pace has to do with what this book double dips and what is just on the other side of the contents of this omnibus. [Read more…] about Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 8

Pull List: Survivor Mode! – Reading Comics Released on 15 July 2026

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Can I live through The Pull List: Survivor Mode, reading comics released on 15 July 2026? I had so much fun with the pilot of this new stream idea last week that I wanted to give it another try with a special mid-week stream while it was fresh in my brain.

Here’s the pitch: Instead of just reading comics and encountering both good and bad ones along the way, what if Pull List reading was more like a video game – complete with health scores, damage, and special challenges?

Could you put your pull in the right order to read only the VERY BEST books so you could keep reading for as long as possible? What if you had to read a book from a different publisher every time? What if you had to start with your LEAST FAVORITE book on your pull list? Or what if you had to read a random #1 issue?

And, what if you had the superpowers of one of your favorite heroes to help you avoid defeat?

Will I survive the experience? Tune in to find out!