Carlos Pacheco

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1 is the modern rehabilitation of Hal Jordan and the launchpad for the emotional spectrum era. Rebirth brings Hal back, Sinestro Corps War expands the conflict and the Corps becomes cosmic mythology again. Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis and Carlos Pacheco help define the visual scale, while Johns builds the architecture that leads toward Blackest Night.

Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Omnibus is Cyclops at his most ideological: the Extinction Team is not a superhero roster but a deterrent. Emma Frost, Magneto, Namor, Colossus, Storm and Hope stand between mutantkind and extinction-level threats while Gillen turns Mister Sinister into a theatrical, genuinely modern menace. It is the sharpest bridge from Schism into Avengers vs. X-Men.