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Announcing Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot! – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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It’s time for the most wonderful Omnibus time of the year! That’s right, today is the kickoff of Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot – and, I am thrilled beyond words to say that I am both announcing and co-organizing this year’s poll alongside the legendary Tigereyes and Omar!

[cue screaming in excitement and waving my arms around Kermit-style]

Announcing Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot!

This annual Tigereyes Marvel Omnibus poll is the reason many of you even know who I am or visited CrushingKrisis in the first place! This year, I’m not only co-hosting the announcement of the poll – I’m also a part of the team that’s actually constructing, monitoring, and tabulating the poll alongside Tigereyes! Read on to understand what that means – and why it’s so necessary this year.

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Debating our Evergreen X-Men Omnibus List – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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Are you ready to rumble? Today, I’m live with Near Mint Condition to share my Evergreen X-Men Omnibus List – that means the X-Men books should never go out of print!

Omar of Near Mint Condition, Jess the Omnidog, Lars of Mad Norwegian Press, cosplayer and X-Men mega-fan Ødfel, GLAAD-Award Winning author Joe Glass, and more distinguished panelists will share their lists, too… and then we’ll fight tooth and nail over our officially endorsed Evergreen X-Men Omnibus List of 10 books. Plus, viewers on the live stream will get to have their say to correct our mistakes!

It’s the show that is half serious recommendations, half a cut-throat game show of all of us trying to block other people’s recommendations so that all of our own make the list. Will we allow Omar to get Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 on the Evergreen X-Men Omnibus List, or will we blockade him with votes for Phoenix Vol. 1? Will side books like X-Factor and X-Force make the cut, or will we just stick to Uncanny X-Men and X-Men? And, what about Wolverine!?

Tune in to Near Mint Condition on YouTube to find out!

Reacting to the X-Men: From The Ashes announcement LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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We interrupt your regularly-scheduled weekend of Drag Race power rankings for this special emergency X-Men bulletin! Last Thursday at SXSW, Marvel Comics announced the initial line-up of the next era of X-Men comics – titled X-Men: From the Ashes. Tonight, I’ll be dissecting every title, creator, and cast member live with the one-and-only Uncanny Omar in a special bonus live stream on Near Mint Condition!

It’s just Omar and I one-on-one f0r this X-Men: From The Ashes reaction as we discuss what we think this new era will hold in store… and how it will connect to the end of the Age of Krakoa.

Plus, I made a sweet slide show! Don’t miss it live at 6:30 PM US ET – or, just watch the stream anytime after it ends.

Old Reader, New Reader: X-Men – Mutant Massacre – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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I’m making a very special appearance on Near Mint Condition RIGHT NOW at 8pm US ET – my debut on their iconic, long-running show “Old Reader, New Reader” to help celebrate Omar’s birthday week by serving as the (very) old reader of X-Men: Mutant Massacre! It was the first multi-title X-Men event, and it includes two of my favorite comics of all time – Uncanny X-Men (1963) #213-214!

Want to read along yourself? Check out the Guide to Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont for collection options for Uncanny X-Men (19630 #210-214, plus all of the other Mutant Massacre tie-ins.

Old Reader New Reader: X-Men Mutant Massacre Omnibus

Announcing Marvel June 2024 Collected Editions – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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Today I’m live with Near Mint Condition @ 1pm US ET to announce Marvel’s June 2024 collected editions – including omnibuses, Masterworks, Epic Collections, and new trade paperbacks. This is the official, exclusive announcement of Marvel June 2024 Collected Edition solicits on the web – Near Mint Condition receives them directly from Marvel!

I’ll be on a panel with Omar of Near Mint Condition, Jess the Omnidog, Ødfel, & John from Dying Breed Collectors to discuss every new release. And, per usually, I’ve read just about everything new from Marvel in this catalog, so I have plenty to say!

Tune in to Near Mint Condition on YouTube live @ 1pm ET today or watch our stream as a replay to hear all the announcements.