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The FOMO Show – Top 50 Comic Book Collected Editions I Want to Buy (or already missed out on)
Do you get comic book FOMO – “fear of missing out”? Do you stare at books as their stock slowly dwindles, worrying that if you don’t buy them now you may never have them? What if you leave a collected edition on your wishlist for so long that it turns into the next white whale and costs you 100s of dollars to spear?
Welcome to my life. In over 15 years of buying collected editions, I’ve left many books on my wishlist a week too long. I’ve even had books go out of stock WHILE I WAS CHECKING OUT!
And, while some of you might not have a hard time snagging a recently out of print trade paperback in the states or Europe, here in New Zealand it means I not only have to find a copy – I usually have to pay an omnibus-sized amount of shipping to get it to NZ.
If the book I missed was an omnibus? I’m looking at a over the cover price just in shipping, before we even get to the price of the book!
That all means that FOMO (and its partner, ROMO – “regret of missing out”) is a very serious and expensive fear for me here in NZ!
On this stream I’m going to cover my Top 50 FOMO books. These aren’t necessarily my “MOST WANTED.” They’re books I fear missing out on or regret missing out on. Some of them are still around. Some of them just can’t be shipped to NZ. And, some of them are so out-of-print that we can go years between one of them popping up on eBay.
Are there any I should empty my bank account chasing after RIGHT NOW? I’ll let you be the judge of that.
Marvel Omnibus Reprint: Captain America by Waid, Garney, & Kubert Omnibus
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. [Read more…] about Marvel Omnibus Reprint: Captain America by Waid, Garney, & Kubert Omnibus
Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Incredible Hulk Omnibus Vol. 4 & What The–?! Omnibus
Near Mint Condition announced a pair of Marvel omnibuses – one that will be slightly earlier than expected in February 2027 and one totally off-the-wall choice for March 2027: Incredible Hulk Omnibus Vol. 4 & What The–?! Omnibus
There’s very little surprising about seeing Incredible Hulk Omnibus Vol. 4 except that we’re seeing it in February! We had Volume 2 in November 2023 and Volume 3 in November 2025. While I was fully expecting to see Volume 4 in 2027, I was also expecting it to be a 4th Quarter release like the last two.
The contents are also unsurprising: they are exactly the contents of Marvel Masterworks Vol. 10-12 with the addition of one piece of supplemental material. Hulk omnis always follow the “3xMMW” rule of having three Masterworks of content each, and we already have enough Masterworks for two more.
Other than the early release date, the only real element of note here is that this contains Wolverine’s first appearances in Incredible Hulk (1968) #180-181, so of course he will be on the DM cover – but, surprisingly, not the main one!
The second announcement in this video is an absolutely wild one. In fact, I’m sure many people might have actually exclaimed “What The–?” when Omar announced it! [Read more…] about Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Incredible Hulk Omnibus Vol. 4 & What The–?! Omnibus