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Crushing Comics includes definitive comic book guides, essays about characters and titles, collecting strategies, comic reviews, and more!

Crushing Comics S01E21 – X-Men: Manifest Destiny and Dark Avengers / X-Men: Utopia

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After a brief digression about how weight training helps with comic collecting, I unwrap a hefty brick of six books, including a pair of X-Men “Manifest Destiny” volumes and the X-Men’s throwdown with Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers. The episode ends in a cliffhanger, as I tease what the other half of the brick holds in store.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

 

Episode 21 features X-Men: Manifest Destiny (Amazon), Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny (Amazon), and Avengers/X-Men: Utopia (Amazon / eBay). This material is covered in the guide to Uncanny X-Men’s Matt Fraction era as well as in the guide to Bendis’s Dark Avengers.

Crushing Comics S01E20 – Marvel’s Annihilation and Annihilation Conquest hardcovers

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In this episode I open a massive hunk of modern cosmic Marvel that is a massive fan favorite and the birthplace of the Guardians of the Galaxy as we know them today. I give a quick crash course on where Marvel’s galactic characters where in 2006 prior to Annihilation, and a hint of where they head after Annihilation Conquest.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 20 features the contents of the Annihilation Omnibus (Amazon / eBay) in the form of Annihilation Book 1 OHC (Amazon / eBay), Annihilation Book 2 OHC (Amazon / eBay), & Annihilation Book 3 OHC (Amazon / eBay), and 2/3rds of the contents of Annihilation Conquest Omnibus (Amazon / eBay) in Annihilation Conquest Book 1 OHC (Amazon / eBay) and Annihilation Conquest Book 2 OHC (Amazon / eBay).

Read more about Annihilation in the Guide to Marvel Events, or follow the formation of the Guardians of the Galaxy in their guide.

Crushing Comics S01E19 – Hellboy Library Editions Vol. 3 & Vol. 4

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Today I open another pair of Hellboy Library editions and talk about Dark Horse’s consistency in issuing comprehensive collected editions, including the upcoming Hellboy Omnibus series.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 10 features Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 3 (Amazon / eBay) and Vol. 4 (Amazon / eBay). Need more direction on how to read Hellboy?

Crushing Comics S01E18 – The classic Wolverine Omnibus, Vol. 1

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I begin this episode by reminiscing about my earliest exposure to comics unaware of how prescient a choice in topics I have made, I am about to unwrap my first ever Marvel Omnibus – which has grown to be a major whale!!

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 18 features the Wolverine Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Amazon / eBay), which is covered in the the Guide to Wolverine.

Crushing Comics S01E17 – Captain Britain Omnibus (Direct Market Variant)

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Today I unwrap one of my earliest “whale” acquisitions, which involves discussing the origins of the Marvel 616 Universe.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 17 features Captain Britain Omnibus (Amazon / eBay), which is covered in the Guide to Captain Britain & Excalibur.