Jon Bogdanove

The Death and Return of Superman is not just the day Superman falls; it is the whole shockwave after the fall. Doomsday turns the fight into a public wound, Metropolis has to imagine a world without Clark Kent, and four new figures step into the empty space where Superman used to stand. This omnibus keeps the event, grief and rebirth together as one huge DC turning point.

The complete X-Tinction Agenda crossover in one oversized hardcover. Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson reunite X-Men, X-Factor and New Mutants against Cameron Hodge and the mutant-enslaving state of Genosha, with early Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld art. The turning point that closes the 80s era and sets up the 90s relaunch.

Superman: Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 3 keeps the 1990s Superman machine moving through linked weekly storytelling, where Clark's personal life, Metropolis, supporting cast and superhero threats all feed into one another. Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern, Jon Bogdanove and Tom Grummett make the line feel like a living city.

X-Men: Inferno Omnibus turns New York into a demonic pressure cooker where private trauma, mutant drama and supernatural catastrophe all erupt at once. Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove and Marc Silvestri make the crossover feel grotesque, emotional and huge, with Madelyne Pryor’s pain at the centre of the fire. For a shelf, this is one of the clearest examples of the X-line turning private pain into a line-wide event. The horror matters because it grows from relationships, betrayal and loss before it becomes spectacle.

X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus captures an era where the X-Men, X-Factor and New Mutants all face transformations that feel existential rather than cosmetic. Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove and Marc Silvestri build stories about sacrifice, identity and what survives after the old shape of a team breaks. The volume is strong because it treats change as something frightening and necessary at once. Each team faces a different version of loss, making the crossover feel like a turning point rather than a branding exercise.

Second volume with the central arcs of the Triangle Era experiment: the time when editorial coordination between the four Superman titles was at its creative peak, with weekly crossover sagas and consequences that spanned months. The heart of an entire decade of the character's history, culminating in the run-up to the Death of Superman. Roger Stern, Dan Jurgens, and Louise Simonson write complementary threads that reward reading in publication order. The most ambitious Superman publishing experiment ever attempted.

Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 1 begins DC's 1990s weekly Superman machine, where Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Superman and Man of Steel function as one coordinated reading order. The numbered triangles turn the line into a continuous serial rather than separate titles. Jurgens, Ordway, Stern and Simonson build the dense ecosystem that leads toward Death of Superman and the most interconnected Superman publishing era.