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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.

A List of Every 2024 Marvel Omnibus! (and January 2025, too)

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This is a list of EVERY 2024 Marvel Omnibus (and January 2025, too!) complete with ISBNs, explanations of what’s in the book, and links to the comic guides and reading orders that contain their full contents. That’s 126(!) books.

This past Sunday I was overjoyed to get to spend the afternoon with my dear friend Omar on Near Mint Condition (as well as a live chat full of Minties) as we recapped the 42 new and reprinted Marvel omnibuses solicited for August through the end of this year (plus January 2025).

I was going to simply recap those books to you again here in text. Then I thought… maybe we should do MORE. What use is an omnibus list that randomly starts in August? And what use is the same list of books you could get on a Wikipedia page?

So, instead, here is a list of every 2024 Marvel Omnibus (and January 2025, too!) with links to the Crushing Comics guides that contain their full contents (and how to collect the material around them) as well as my thoughts on the significance of most of the books.

Note that all release dates are tentative right up until they arrive! We’ve seen some books be delayed by a week or two in recent years, or even as much as six months in the cases of some of the early-2024 books that were originally solicited for 2023.

Are you ready to feel your wallets and bank accounts ache as we look at this massive list of every 2024 Marvel Omnibus? Let’s go! [Read more…] about A List of Every 2024 Marvel Omnibus! (and January 2025, too)

Recapping the 42(!) Marvel Omnibuses announced for August 2024 through January 2025 – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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We interrupt your regular weekend wall-to-wall Drag Race coverage for this special announcement: I’m going LIVE with Omar on Near Mint Condition at 2:30pm US ET to review every Marvel omnibus announced from August 2024 through January 2025. That’s 42 new and reprint omnibuses!

(I’ll be back with my weekly Power Rankings of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16 tomorrow.)

Unlike our recent Evergreen shows, this show is pure high-quality analysis of why these omnibuses were announced, what they contain, and if you should check them out. I think this is one of the strongest release slates Marvel has ever had – there’s really just one or two books I think are weak, and only one I’d call “garbage.”

Tune in to Near Mint Condition later today. for over two hours of 1:1 discussion between Omar and I, plus comments from the amazing Minties in the live chat. Then, come back later this week for my own recap of all 42 of these books – including which guides you can find them in on Crushing Comics.

Debating our Evergreen DC Omnibus List – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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Are you ready to rumble? Tomorrow, on Thursday 22 February at 5:30 pm US ET I’m live with Near Mint Condition to share my Evergreen DCOmnibus List – that means the books should never go out of print!

Omar of Near Mint Condition, Jess the Omnidog, Lars of Mad Norwegian Press, and more distinguished panelists will share their lists, too… and then we’ll fight tooth and nail over our officially endorsed Evergreen DC Omnibus List of 10 books.

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. How many Batman books will make the cut? Can we manage to shut out all of Omar’s choices for the second stream in a row?

Tune in to Near Mint Condition on YouTube find out!