Ian Churchill

Superman: Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus Vol. 2 closes the Rebirth Action Comics shelf with Clark, Lois and Jon at the centre of Superman's world. Jurgens understands the character as both headline hero and family man, so the appeal is not only villains and cosmic threats, but the stability of the Kent family after years of continuity repair.

Deadpool: Beginnings collects the mercenary's earliest appearances — from his New Mutants debut through his initial solo outings — before the character had fully evolved into the fourth-wall-breaking icon he would become. Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld created a character who was initially played fairly straight as a threat, and watching the early material shows how gradually the humor, self-awareness, and meta-commentary were layered onto what began as a fairly conventional 90s assassin concept.