Frank Quitely

The second volume of Morrison's run executes his riskiest move yet: kill off (apparently) Bruce Wayne and let Dick Grayson take up the mantle. The Dick-Damian duo Morrison builds here is one of the best Batman and Robin ever written. Art by Frank Quitely, Morrison's long-time collaborator on All-Star Superman and We3.

All-Star Superman is widely considered the greatest Superman story ever told. In Action Comics, Morrison reimagines the hero's origins for the New 52 with radical energy. This omnibus brings together both Grant Morrison masterworks with art by Frank Quitely and Rags Morales: the focused vision of the Man of Steel.

The Authority Omnibus Vol. 1 is the book where WildStorm superhero comics became widescreen, ruthless and politically charged. Across 984 pages, Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch establish a team that does not wait for permission to save the world, while Mark Millar and Frank Quitely push the concept into even more confrontational territory. This is a team omnibus, so The Authority belongs as its main entity: Apollo, Midnighter, Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor and the rest function as one aggressive idea about power and intervention. The description and metadata should sell that identity, not flatten the book into generic DC action.

New X-Men by Grant Morrison Omnibus is the point where modern mutant comics mutate again. Cassandra Nova, Genosha, the Xavier school as a real school, Quentin Quire, Weapon Plus, Fantomex and the post-human future all make the book feel like an X-Men manifesto rather than a status quo run. Frank Quitely gives the era its sterile, unsettling beauty, but Morrison's real move is turning evolution itself into the villain.