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X-Treme X-Men was the book Chris Claremont was given after Grant Morrison took the main title: a smaller team, travelling the world, hunting the diaries of a mutant who could see the future. Claremont uses the format to write the characters he built and Morrison was not using: Storm leading, Rogue and Gambit together, Bishop and Sage as investigators. Salvador Larroca draws most of it. The Destiny diaries plot seeded here became central to Krakoa twenty years later.

Darkness Reigns. Kneel before the lord of the Symbiotes - The King in Black. Darkness reigns in the Marvel Universe! After a campaign of terror across the galaxy, Knull - ancient and malevolent god of symbiotes - reaches Earth with an endless army of symbiote dragons at his command! The King in Black is a force unlike any ever faced by Venom and the rest of the planet's heroes - but now Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the Sub-Mariner and more must battle an endless wave of darkness!

Darkness Reigns. Kneel before the lord of the Symbiotes - The King in Black. Darkness reigns in the Marvel Universe! After a campaign of terror across the galaxy, Knull - ancient and malevolent god of symbiotes - reaches Earth with an endless army of symbiote dragons at his command! The King in Black is a force unlike any ever faced by Venom and the rest of the planet's heroes - but now Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the Sub-Mariner and more must battle an endless wave of darkness!

Before Carol Danvers became Captain Marvel, she was Ms. Marvel — and her origin is one of the most significant in Marvel history. Gerry Conway wrote the character's debut series, establishing the framework of a hero who would eventually become one of Marvel's most important figures after decades of evolution. This omnibus collects the foundational Ms. Marvel material including Carol's debut and origin as a superhero, her early adventures establishing her powers, rogues gallery, and supporting cast.

Road to Onslaught covers the year after Age of Apocalypse, when the X-Men return to their own timeline carrying the survivors and the secrets it produced. X-Men Prime is one of the densest single issues Marvel published in the nineties: it restarts every subplot at once and plants the seeds of Onslaught, Operation: Zero Tolerance and Bishop's warnings. Wolverine/Gambit: Victims is the other draw — a Jack the Ripper story in London that is far better than it needed to be.

Danny Ketch's Ghost Rider debuted in 1990 and immediately became one of Marvel's best-selling titles of the decade. The second Ghost Rider is tonally distinct from Johnny Blaze: darker, more violent, rooted in 1990s urban horror. Howard Mackie's run launched the character and established the mythology the Midnight Sons line would build on. 1,216 pages covering the opening years of Danny Ketch's adventures, from his origin onwards. Continues in Volume 2.

Brian Michael Bendis relaunched Guardians of the Galaxy in 2013, the year before the first film, and rebuilt the team as Marvel's cosmic front line with Iron Man attached. This is the run that set the modern voice of the team — bickering, disposable planets, Star-Lord's father as a threat rather than a mystery — and it introduced Angela to the Marvel Universe. It also covers Secret Wars, which leaves the Guardians with no galaxy to guard. If you came from the films, this is the run closest to them.

Gwen Stacy became a fan favourite the moment she appeared in Edge of Spider-Verse, and Marvel spent the following years working out what her solo book should actually be. The run splits Gwen between two realities: her own Earth-65, where something is hunting her, and the main Marvel Universe, where she enrols at ESU and the Jackal takes an interest. Including all eleven issues of Web Warriors is what makes this the complete package, since that series is where the wider Spider-Verse cast actually lives.

The second Silver Age volume continues Batman's most experimental decade, with the character appearing in stories that would be unthinkable ten years later in either direction. The crossover material is what makes this volume more than a completist purchase: Batman appearing in Lois Lane's book and in Adventure Comics shows how DC used him as a guest star before shared universes were formalised. It stops at Detective Comics #281, in 1960, four years before the New Look would strip all of this out.

Onslaught Aftermath covers the months after the crossover, when the Avengers and Fantastic Four were gone to Heroes Reborn and the X-Men were left carrying the blame for it. The solo miniseries are the reason to buy this: Magneto, Beast, Juggernaut and Bishop's XSE each got a rare spotlight in this window, and none of them have been reprinted much since. It is also where public opinion turns against mutants in a way that sets up Operation: Zero Tolerance.

Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch's Ultimates reimagined the Avengers for the post-9/11 world — a government-sponsored super-soldier program with real-world weight, moral ambiguity, and geopolitical consequence. Hitch's widescreen cinematic approach changed how superhero comics were drawn and directly influenced every Marvel film that followed. This is the run that Hollywood adapted into the MCU's Avengers. Collects The Ultimates #1–13 and The Ultimates 2 #1–13, the complete Millar/Hitch run.

A Gang War rages as Zeb Wells' high-octane run concludes! Spider-Man is grief-stricken after a shocking death — but there’s no shortage of super villains lining up to put him in the grave, too! First up: a revitalized and upgraded Doctor Octopus! Then wedding bells are ringing, and Peter Parker must make it to the church on time — because he’s the best man!

A Gang War rages as Zeb Wells' high-octane run concludes! Spider-Man is grief-stricken after a shocking death - but there's no shortage of super villains lining up to put him in the grave, too! First up: a revitalized and upgraded Doctor Octopus! Then wedding bells are ringing, and Peter Parker must make it to the church on time - because he's the best man!

One of the finest - and funniest - writers in comics spins amazing tales of Spider-Man! As one of the key creators in Spidey's "Brand New Day" era, Joe Kelly crafted a series of memorable adventures for the wall-crawler - including a clash with crime bosses Hammerhead and Mister Negative, and a romantic reunion with the Black Cat!

The final volume of the reinvigorating "Brand New Day" era sets Spidey against a gauntlet of his deadliest foes! The violent tension between Spidey and Norman Osborn builds to a boil! Electro becomes the voice of the people! When one of Peter Parker's closest friends is on the brink of ruin, all clues point to the sinister Sandman!

The complete saga of the Gang War pitting Marvel's street-level heroes against a horde of feuding crime bosses! When the gangs of New York go to war, no one is safe from the chaos that ensues - and Spider-Man knows that to beat them, he must join them. With his fellow Spider-Man Miles Morales, She-Hulk, Daredevil and Spider-Woman at his side, Spidey swings into action with the goal of shutting down these villains in under 48 hours - but will Tombstone be their biggest target or a surprising ally?

Every. Spider-Man. Ever. Two epic tales of multiversal madness in one spider-filled Omnibus! It begins with the Inheritors - a family of killers working their way through the realities, leaving a trail of dead Spider-people in their wake! Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Jessica Drew are joined by Spider-Men, Women and Girls from across the worlds in an interdimensional battle for survival!

Every. Spider-Man. Ever. Two epic tales of multiversal madness in one spider-filled Omnibus! It begins with the Inheritors - a family of killers working their way through the realities, leaving a trail of dead Spider-people in their wake! Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Jessica Drew are joined by Spider-Men, Women and Girls from across the worlds in an interdimensional battle for survival!

In an early phase of his legendary career, John Romita Jr. joins AMAZING SPIDER- MAN as ongoing artist! This Omnibus collection covers the Amazing debut of one of the greatest artists in Spideydom! Spider-Man all-time art great John Romita Jr. makes takes the reins, plus John Byrne draws a Parker crackup on campus and Frank Miller puts Spidey in the path of Doctor Strange and Punisher in a pair of Annual-sized classics!

Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley continue their sensational, 21st century reimagining of the world's greatest super hero! As life gets ever more complicated for Peter Parker, Spider-Man faces off against an explosive new teenage villain, has another run-in with the infamous Kingpin of Crime and meets the Black Cat - a jewel thief who will complicate Spidey's career and Peter's love life!

Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley continue their sensational, 21st century reimagining of the world's greatest super hero! As life gets ever more complicated for Peter Parker, Spider-Man faces off against an explosive new teenage villain, has another run-in with the infamous Kingpin of Crime and meets the Black Cat - a jewel thief who will complicate Spidey's career and Peter's love life!

Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley continue their sensational, 21st century reimagining of the world's greatest super hero! As life gets ever more complicated for Peter Parker, Spider-Man faces off against an explosive new teenage villain, has another run-in with the infamous Kingpin of Crime and meets the Black Cat - a jewel thief who will complicate Spidey's career and Peter's love life!

Sensational Spidey adventures - most of which have never been reprinted! Peter Parker gets more than he bargained for as a substitute teacher at his old school - including a rematch with the Living Brain! Spider-Man battles the Hobgoblin and the Looter - but on a trip to Las Vegas, the wall-crawler is out of his weight class when he encounters Mr.

Chip Zdarsky's Spider-Man in one omnibus: Spectacular Spider-Man #1-6 and #297-310, Spider-Man: Life Story with Mark Bagley and Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow. New printing, Direct Market edition with a cover by Zdarsky himself.