Star Wars Legends: Legacy Omnibus Vol. 2

Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin bring Luke Skywalker’s first adventure to comics in Marvel’s original adaptation of A New Hope. Luke, Leia, Han Solo and their allies confront Darth Vader and the Death Star, with scenes that never reached the screen. This 50th anniversary Deluxe Edition collects the six-part adaptation in an oversize hardcover.

Han Solo is frozen in carbonite, and the search for him sends the rebels into fresh trouble after The Empire Strikes Back. Leia faces Darth Vader, Luke stands trial for treason, and Lando returns to a deserted Cloud City. Marvel’s original Star Wars series continues in this second oversize omnibus, collecting issues #45–78 and Annual #2. Standard cover by Gene Day.

Han Solo is frozen in carbonite, and the search for him sends the rebels into fresh trouble after The Empire Strikes Back. Leia faces Darth Vader, Luke stands trial for treason, and Lando returns to a deserted Cloud City. Marvel’s original Star Wars series continues in this second oversize omnibus, collecting issues #45–78 and Annual #2. Direct Market cover by Greg Hildebrandt.

Cade Skywalker is stranded on Tatooine with Black Sun assassins on his trail, while rival Sith struggle for control of the galaxy. Legacy then turns to Ania Solo, whose discovery of a damaged droid and a lightsaber draws her into a new conspiracy. This omnibus brings together the later chapters of Cade’s story, Legacy – War and the complete 2013 series. Direct Market cover by Dave Wilkins.

The first Star Wars comic begins with A New Hope, then has to invent what comes next before the saga has rules. Luke returns to Tatooine, Vader hunts for answers, and Han and Chewbacca cross paths with Crimson Jack, Beilert Valance and Jaxxon on the road to The Empire Strikes Back.

The first Star Wars comic begins with A New Hope, then has to invent what comes next before the saga has rules. Luke returns to Tatooine, Vader hunts for answers, and Han and Chewbacca cross paths with Crimson Jack, Beilert Valance and Jaxxon on the road to The Empire Strikes Back.

Head far into the future of a galaxy long ago! A new evil has arisen, shattering a resurgent Empire and seeking to put an end to the Jedi. The Sith Lord Darth Krayt sits on the throne. Only one hope remains: the last remaining heir to the Skywalker legacy. Cade Skywalker may be strong in the Force — but years after a tragedy, he is a bounty hunter working with Jariah Syn and Deliah Blue.

Head far into the future of a galaxy long ago! A new evil has arisen, shattering a resurgent Empire and seeking to put an end to the Jedi. The Sith Lord Darth Krayt sits on the throne. Only one hope remains: the last remaining heir to the Skywalker legacy. Cade Skywalker may be strong in the Force - but years after a tragedy, he is a bounty hunter working with Jariah Syn and Deliah Blue.

Cade Skywalker is stranded on Tatooine with Black Sun assassins on his trail, while rival Sith struggle for control of the galaxy. Legacy then turns to Ania Solo, whose discovery of a damaged droid and a lightsaber draws her into a new conspiracy. This omnibus brings together the later chapters of Cade’s story, Legacy – War and the complete 2013 series. Direct Market cover by Dave Wilkins.

Suicide Squad by John Ostrander, collected as a pack of 2 oversized omnibus volumes and cheaper than buying them one by one. Suicide Squad by John Ostrander Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the run that invented everything the concept is known for: Amanda Waller, the bomb in the neck, and the certainty that some of the team will not come back. Ostrander writes it as a Cold War espionage book that happens to use supervillains, and it remains far sharper than any adaptation of it. Amanda Waller keeps sending convicts on missions the government will deny, and in the second omnibus the bill starts arriving: congressional hearings, defections, and a body count among characters readers had come to like. Ostrander wrote the political thriller everyone else has been copying since.

The Spectre by Ostrander & Mandrake, collected as a pack of 2 oversized omnibus volumes and cheaper than buying them one by one. John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake took on The Spectre in 1992, after acclaimed runs on Suicide Squad and Batman, and made it DC's most serious book about judgement. Ostrander writes theology rather than superheroics: the Spectre has unlimited power and no idea how to use it well, and the run is largely about the difference between vengeance and justice. Mandrake's art is genuinely frightening, and the book is far stranger than anything DC was publishing under its main line. The second Spectre omnibus completes Ostrander and Mandrake's run, one of the longest and least compromising books DC published in the nineties. The back half is where Ostrander stops asking whether the Spectre is right and starts asking whether Jim Corrigan deserves to exist at all. The original series proposal is a genuinely interesting document, it shows how much of the run was planned from the start.

John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake took on The Spectre in 1992, after acclaimed runs on Suicide Squad and Batman, and made it DC's most serious book about judgement. Ostrander writes theology rather than superheroics: the Spectre has unlimited power and no idea how to use it well, and the run is largely about the difference between vengeance and justice. Mandrake's art is genuinely frightening, and the book is far stranger than anything DC was publishing under its main line.

The second Spectre omnibus completes Ostrander and Mandrake's run, one of the longest and least compromising books DC published in the nineties. The back half is where Ostrander stops asking whether the Spectre is right and starts asking whether Jim Corrigan deserves to exist at all. The original series proposal is a genuinely interesting document, it shows how much of the run was planned from the start.

Darkseid cannot beat Earth's heroes, so he sets out to make the public stop believing in them instead. Legends is the first event DC ran after Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the fallout created the Suicide Squad, the Justice League International and the Flash everyone knows today.

Suicide Squad by John Ostrander Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the run that invented everything the concept is known for: Amanda Waller, the bomb in the neck, and the certainty that some of the team will not come back. Ostrander writes it as a Cold War espionage book that happens to use supervillains, and it remains far sharper than any adaptation of it.

Amanda Waller keeps sending convicts on missions the government will deny, and in the second omnibus the bill starts arriving: congressional hearings, defections, and a body count among characters readers had come to like. Ostrander wrote the political thriller everyone else has been copying since.