Characters

Alpha Flight

Alpha Flight is Canada's official superhero team. Created by John Byrne in Uncanny X-Men, it has one of Marvel's best-loved first runs of its own.

Avengers

Avengers omnibus editions follow Marvel teamwork from founding icons to sprawling events, line-wide continuity and the changing shape of Earths Mightiest Heroes.

Black Panther

Black Panther is T'Challa, king of Wakanda. From Jack Kirby to Christopher Priest to Ta-Nehisi Coates, each era has delved deeper into Wakandan mythology.

Blade

Blade is the Daywalker, half human and half vampire, hunter of the beings that killed his mother. An icon of Marvel horror since the seventies.

Captain America

Captain America is Steve Rogers, the perfect soldier turned symbol. Key stints by Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Ed Brubaker and Rick Remender have redefined him every generation.

Captain Marvel

Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel, an Air Force pilot turned into one of Marvel's most powerful heroines. Modern protagonist with huge space sagas.

Captain Mar-Vell

Captain Mar-Vell is Marvel's original Captain Marvel, a Kree warrior sent to Earth who became its cosmic protector. His death from cancer in Jim Starlin's 1982 graphic novel was a milestone in comics history.

Cyclops

Cyclops omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus, Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Omnibus.

Daken

Daken is Akihiro, Wolverine's son and one of Marvel's darkest anti-heroes. A member of Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers, he oscillates between villainy and redemption with retractable claws and manipulative pheromones.

Daredevil

Daredevil omnibus editions trace Matt Murdock from Silver Age swashbuckling to Miller noir, Bendis/Maleev crime, Brubaker fallout, Waid reinvention and modern Catholic guilt.

Dazzler

Dazzler is Alison Blaire, the Marvel mutant capable of converting sound into light. Born in the disco era as a multimedia project, she became a beloved heroine and X-Men member.

Deadpool

Deadpool is Wade Wilson, the Mercenary Mouth. He breaks the fourth wall, laughs at everything and stars in one of the best-selling Marvel franchises of the 21st century.

Doctor Strange

Stephen Strange is Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme. From Steve Ditko's classic to Jason Aaron's modern re-reading, one of the pillars of the mystical Marvel.

Dracula

Marvel horror icon and central figure of Tomb of Dracula.

Eternals

The Eternals are beings created by the Celestials millions of years ago. Pure cosmic mythology originally signed by Jack Kirby and recovered by Neil Gaiman and Kieron Gillen.

Excalibur

Excalibur is the UK-based mutant team created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis. Featuring Captain Britain, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers, and Meggan, it blends superhero action with British humor and interdimensional adventures.

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including Ultimate Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1.

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider is Johnny Blaze (and later Danny Ketch and Robbie Reyes), a biker with a flaming skull linked to the Spirit of Vengeance.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy are Marvel's cosmic team. Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot, relaunched by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning in 2008.

Hawkeye

Clint Barton is Hawkeye, the archer of the Avengers. Matt Fraction and David Aja's modern era is one of the best in recent superhero comics.

Hulk

Hulk omnibus editions track Bruce Banner as monster tragedy, psychological fracture and body-horror myth, from early Marvel to Peter David and Immortal Hulk.

Iron Man

Tony Stark is Iron Man, the billionaire genius in armour. One of the pillars of Marvel and protagonist of key sagas such as Demon in a Bottle, Extremis and Civil War.

Jean Grey

Jean Grey omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus.

Loki

Loki omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including Loki Omnibus Vol. 1.

Miles Morales

Miles Morales is the Afro-Latino Spider-Man from the Ultimate Universe, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli. Star of the acclaimed Into the Spider-Verse film, he has become one of Marvel's most popular heroes.

Moon Knight

Marc Spector is Moon Knight, mercenary turned avatar of the Egyptian god Khonshu. One of the most complex characters in modern Marvel due to his multiple identities.

Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel is Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenager from Jersey City with Inhuman shape-shifting powers. Created by G. Willow Wilson and Sana Amanat, she is a diversity icon and has become an MCU character.

Namor

Namor is the king of Atlantis, one of Marvel's first characters and an eternal anti-hero protagonist: not quite hero, not quite villain.

New Mutants

The New Mutants are the young mutant team created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod in 1982. Featuring members like Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Magik, Sunspot, and Dani Moonstar, they represent the next generation of X-Men.

Nick Fury

Nick Fury is the most famous S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in Marvel comics. From the classic commandos to the modern Ultimates.

Punisher

Punisher omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including Punisher by Rick Remender Omnibus, Punisher Max by Aaron & Dillon Omnibus.

Scarlet Witch

Wanda Maximoff is Scarlet Witch, sorceress of chaos and one of Marvel's most powerful heroines.

Sentry

Sentry is Robert Reynolds, Marvel's Golden Guardian and arguably its most powerful hero. Created by Paul Jenkins, his tragic duality with his dark alter ego, The Void, makes him one of the most fascinating characters in the Marvel universe.

She-Hulk

Jennifer Walters is She-Hulk, lawyer and cousin of Bruce Banner.

Silver Surfer

Norrin Radd is Silver Surfer, Galactus' herald turned cosmic hero.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man omnibus editions follow Peter Parker from the Lee/Ditko foundation through Bronze Age tragedy, symbiote eras, Ultimate reinvention and modern Amazing Spider-Man runs.

Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman is Jessica Drew, Marvel's original spider-powered heroine. A double agent between HYDRA and SHIELD, Avengers member, and revitalized by Brian Michael Bendis, she is one of the most powerful women in the Marvel universe.

Strange Academy

Strange Academy is the magic school of the Marvel Universe, created by Skottie Young. Young sorcerers from around the world are trained by Doctor Strange and other mystic masters in this series blending magical fantasy with Marvel's superhero tradition.

Thanos

Thanos is the Mad Titan, obsessed with death and one of Marvel's most powerful cosmic villains.

Thor

Thor omnibus editions build Asgard from Lee and Kirby's mythic Marvel foundation through Buscema classicism, Simonson reinvention and Jason Aaron's modern god-saga.

Thunderbolts

Marvel's most morally slippery team — villains posing as heroes, and later incarcerated criminals working off their sentences.

Ultimates

The Ultimates are the modern reinvention of the Avengers in Marvel's Ultimate Universe, created by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. With a darker, more realistic approach, this series deeply influenced the MCU's aesthetic and characters.

Venom

Venom omnibus editions trace the symbiote from Spider-Man nightmare to antihero mythology, Agent Venom, cosmic legacy and body-horror identity.

Wolverine

Wolverine omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Omnibus, Wolverine & the X-Men by Jason Aaron Omnibus.

X-23

X-23 is Laura Kinney, the female Wolverine clone originally created for the X-Men Evolution animated series. Becoming a fundamental comics character, she eventually assumed the Wolverine mantle as All-New Wolverine.

X-Factor

X-Factor omnibus editions follow the original X-Men and later mutant investigations through identity crisis, Apocalypse pressure and team reinvention.

X-Force

X-Force omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Omnibus.

X-Men

X-Men omnibus editions map mutant history through Claremont's long run, 1990s crossovers, Ultimate reinvention, Krakoa and modern team branches.

X-Men 2099

X-Men 2099 omnibus editions collect the main shelves where this character or team shapes the reading order, including X-Men 2099 Omnibus.