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Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – The Top 59 Books!

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Omnibus on ShelfThe past two weeks of posts at Crushing Krisis have recapped Marvel’s most-wanted omnibuses based on the 4th annual secret ballot by Marvel forum frequenter Tigereyes.

Here’s the full list of all the 59 top-ranked books from the results. Books grouped together without a line break are all in the same post. You can also check out over a decade of Marvel’s Omnibus editions in the Omnibus & Oversize Hardcover Guide.

#1. Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 4 AKA by Claremont & Romita, Jr.
#2. The New Mutants, Vol. 1 AKA by Chris Claremont

#3. Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 3
#4. The Incredible Hulk by Peter David, Vol. 1 – by special guest GrahamGG!

ASMv01 - 0068#5. Alpha Flight, Vol. 1 AKA by John Byrne
#6. New Avengers by Brian Bendis, Vol. 2

#7. Excalibur, Vol. 1 AKA by Claremont & Davis
#8. Fantastic Four, Vol. 4
#9. Avengers (1963), Vol. 3

#10. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 1
#11. Iron Man by Michelinie, Vol. 2 AKA by Michelinie & Layton
#12. Amazing Spider-Man by Michelinie, Vol. 1 AKA by Michelinie, Larsen, & Bagley

#13. X-Factor, Vol. 1
#14. Infinity War
#15. (tie) Punisher MAX (2004) by Ennis, Vol. 1
#15. (tie) Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Bendis, Vol. 2

#16. X-Men: Mutant Massacre Aftermath AKA Old Soldiers AKA Before the Fall
#17. Ghost Rider (1973), Vol. 1 (of 2 or 3)
#18. Journey Into Mystery by Kieron Gillen AKA Loki by Kieron Gillen & Matt Fraction
#19. Thunderbolts (1997), Vol. 1 AKA by Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley
#20. New Warriors, Vol. 2 (or 3)

#21. The Mighty Thor, Vol. 3
#22. Incredible Hulk, Vol. 2
Wolv2 - 0024#23. Daredevil by Ann Nocenti (Vol. 1 of 2?)
#24. Moon Knight, Vol. 1 AKA by Doug Moench
#25. ROM Spaceknight, Vol. 1 (of 2)

#26. Generation X, Vol. 1 AKA by Lobdell, Bachalo, & Grummett
#27. Wolverine, Vol. 2
#28. Doctor Strange by Roger Stern
#29. Adam Warlock by Friedich and Starlin
#30. X-Factor (2006) by Peter David, Vol. 1

#31. X-Force, Vol. 2
#32. Miracleman by The Original Author (AKA Alan Moore, shh, don’t tell)
#33. Daredevil (2011) by Mark Waid, Vol. 1 (of 2)
#34. Black Panther (1998) by Christopher Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2)
#35. Namor, The Sub-Mariner (1990) by John Byrne

#36. Silver Surfer (1987) Vol. 1 AKA by Steve Englehart
#37. Daredevil (1964), Vol. 1
#38. (tie) Conan The Barbarian, Vol. 1.
#38. (tie) X-Factor (1985) by Peter David OR by David, DeMatteis, & Dezago
#39. Iron Man by Matt Fraction & Salvador Larroca AKA Vol. 3 (sort of)
#40. Captain Marvel, Vol. 1

#41. The Defenders, Vol. 1
#42. Marvel Horror of the 1970s
#43. Iron Man, Vol. 3
Avgv01 - 0234#44. (tie) Killraven
#44. (tie) Punisher, Vol. 1.
#45. West Coast Avengers, Vol. 4 AKA by Roy Thomas AKA Disassembled

#46. She-Hulk by John Byrne
#47. Wolverine, Vol. 3
#48. Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 1
#49. Avengers by Roger Stern, Vol. 1
#50. Realm of Kings

#51-56. 2001: A Space Odyssey & Machine Man
#51-56. Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski, Vol. 1 (of 2)
#51-56. Avengers: Galactic Storm
#51-56. Doctor Strange, Volume 2
#51-56. The Micronauts, Vol. 1 (of 2)
#51-56. X-Men Legacy by Mike Carey (Volume 1 of 2?)

Plus, I covered the books from prior ballots that have since been printed or have gone missing from the survey.

Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – #2 and 1 Most-Wanted!

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Omnibus on ShelfWe’ve arrived – it’s the finale of my annotated countdown of Marvel Most-Wanted Omnibuses, from the annual Secret Ballot officiated by TigerEyes. I covered #3-4 in the last installment.

As you’ll see in a moment, the top two are a pair of books that hold special interest for me, so this will be a fun one!

Before we get started, I want to thank everyone who has been tuning in daily to read these recaps – especially because you could have easily spoiled the anticipation by Googling to see the ballot results!

Now that you’ve formed a habit of stopping by, I hope you’ll keep it up. I’ll be back to posting comic reviews but I also have a ton of Marvel collections content dreamt up, starting with an absolutely monstrous post tomorrow that acts as an epilogue for this Most-Wanted Omnibus series. To stay up-to-date each week on site content – including new and expanded comic guide pages, you can join my mailing list, “Crushing On Crushing Krisis”:

For more details on all of Marvel’s existing omnibuses, visit my Marvel Omnibus & Oversized Hardcover Guide. It’s the most comprehensive tool on the web for details on every oversize book, including a rundown of contents and if the volume is still readily available for purchase. I’m always working to add more and more-updated information.

Okay. This is it. The final pair of most-wanted omnibuses. Are you ready? [Read more…] about Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – #2 and 1 Most-Wanted!

Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses – What’s been printed and what’s gone missing?

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Omnibus on ShelfAlright eager readers – like modern-day Marvel with their absurd .1 issues, I have one more interstitial installment of extra material about Marvel’s Most Wanted Omnibuses to share with you before I recap the final two spots of this year’s secret ballot tomorrow.

For this installment, I want to take a look at the books that have been printed and the ones that have mysteriously gone missing from the survey – and why that might be!

Not counting a few newly-revealed omnibuses for early 2017, the 83 books voted on in the first three years of the survey have yielded 20 Marvel Omnibus volumes. Whether you look at the survey as a guessing game or information that Marvel actually considers, seeing one out of every four books get printed is not such a bad ratio!

There have also been 21 books previously voted on that haven’t hit omnibus and aren’t represented this year, plus a few more than dropped off the survey and came back. If they didn’t get printed, why did we lose track of them?

Allow me to explain… [Read more…] about Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses – What’s been printed and what’s gone missing?

Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – 6 books that missed the cut

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Omnibus on ShelfWe’re hurtling towards a conclusion of 2016’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses from TigerEyes’ secret ballot, but before I could even get the whole list out some of them have been announced for publication in 2017!

This isn’t all that unusual – they whole reason TigerEyes runs this survey in May and June of each year is to beat the solicitations for January of the following year. Anticipating we’d see a few of the most-wanted books picked off, he reveal a list of the next six books that just missed the cut.

These six books will all be big contenders next year (unless they’re printed before then). Let’s dive in… [Read more…] about Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – 6 books that missed the cut

Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – #4 and 3

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Omnibus on ShelfWelcome back for the next pair of books from the Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus secret ballot by TigerEyes. I covered #5 & 6 in the last installment.

Today’s installment of the next pair of books on the survey is a pair of prohibitively classic runs – one from the early 70s and another from the mid-80s. Even without the ballot results in front of me, I’d probably name these as two of the most famous single-creator streaks in Marvel’s pre-00s history.

For one of the runs I even took the unusual, exceedingly-rare step of recruiting a guest author to make sure I’ve got the details right.

(Clearly, that run is not The X-Men ;)

Marvel has released these oversized omnibus editions for over a decade now, with a staggering amount of their most-popular material now covered in the format – from Silver Age debuts to modern classics. Is your favorite character or run of issues already in an Omnibus? My Marvel Omnibus & Oversized Hardcover Guide is the most comprehensive tool on the web for answering that question – it features every book, plus release dates, contents, and even breakdowns of $/page and what movies the books were released to support.

Okay, here we go – the fourth and third of Marvel’s most-wanted Omnibuses! [Read more…] about Marvel’s Most-Wanted Omnibuses of 2016 – #4 and 3