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.

Batman by James Tynion IV Omnibus Vol. 2 continues the Gotham shake-up through Joker War fallout, Ghost-Maker, Clownhunter, Fear State pressure and the question of whether Batman can still operate the way he used to. Its value is the transition from classic billionaire infrastructure toward a more vulnerable modern Batman, with new characters and city politics changing the shape of the mission.

Batman by Paul Dini Omnibus is Batman as detective first and superhero second. Dini brings the economy and character intelligence of the animated series into compact Gotham mysteries where the case matters as much as the costume, and where villains such as Hush, Riddler and Harley Quinn stay personal rather than decorative.

Batman: The Arkham Saga Omnibus collects the comics surrounding the Arkham games, where Gotham is filtered through the continuity, villains and brutal atmosphere of Rocksteady's universe. The appeal is not a standard Batman run but a game-continuity shelf piece: Joker, Harley, the rogues and Arkham's institutional nightmare expanding around the versions many readers met through the games. It belongs with Batman, but its identity is specifically Arkham-world storytelling.

Green Arrow: Archer's Quest Omnibus Vol. 1 follows Oliver Queen after his return, when personal objects and old wounds reveal what Green Arrow means beyond the costume. Brad Meltzer treats the quest as an identity story rather than a simple road trip, while Phil Hester gives the book a lean street-level shape. The hook is memory, not spectacle: what survives when a dead hero comes back changed.

Green Lantern Corps by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason Omnibus Vol. 1 is the Corps as ensemble war drama. Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner and the wider Lantern cast carry the emotional weight while the book explores duty, sacrifice and the cost of policing a universe full of fear. It belongs as Green Lantern Corps, not a single-hero shortcut, because the selling point is the institution under pressure and Gleason's large-scale visual identity.

Green Lantern Corps by Tomasi and Gleason Omnibus Vol. 2 is the war-front companion to Geoff Johns' Green Lantern shelf, following Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner and the Corps through cosmic crisis, battlefield trauma, institutional collapse and rebuilding. It gives the Johns era its soldier-level perspective.

Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo Omnibus Vol. 1 is Dick Grayson choosing a different kind of power in Bludhaven: money, attention and trust redirected toward people rather than weapons. It is a modern Nightwing run built around hope, motion and community. The volume is Nightwing as heart, organizer and survivor: Taylor and Redondo build Bludhaven around Dick's optimism, public responsibility and the cost of being visible.

52 Omnibus is DC's weekly experiment after Infinite Crisis, a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman at the centre. Booster Gold, Renee Montoya, Black Adam, The Question, Steel and Ralph Dibny carry the universe while Johns, Morrison, Rucka and Waid make the absence of the Trinity feel like a narrative engine. It belongs in Events, not under Batman.

Agent Venom Omnibus is the moment Venom stops being only Spider-Man's nightmare and becomes Flash Thompson's second chance. Rick Remender turns the symbiote into a black-ops weapon with a damaged hero inside it, built around addiction, military trauma and the desire to be useful. The run works because Flash is never simply cool in the suit: Secret Avengers missions, alien violence and the symbiote's hunger keep pulling against his attempt to control both the mission and himself.

One of the most ambitious periods ever written about Batman begins here. Grant Morrison rewrites the character based on a radical thesis: everything published since 1939 is canon. Damian Wayne appears for the first time as the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. The seeds of Batman R.I.P. begin to take shape. Andy Kubert provides spectacular art that handles Morrison's densest plotting with visual clarity. The beginning of a seven-year run that would transform Batman mythology permanently.

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.

Closing of seven years of Morrison on Batman. Bruce Wayne is back, publicly declares that he is funding the Dark Knight and launches Batman Incorporated: a global Batman network in every country. Damian Wayne's death in combat is one of the most memorable moments of the modern Batman. Art by Chris Burnham.

Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Omnibus is the noir spine of modern Batman reading: The Long Halloween, Dark Victory and related material built around mystery, seasonal structure and the slow transformation of Gotham's crime world. The book matters because it shows Batman between mob city and super-villain city, while Sale's silhouettes and Loeb's detective rhythm give the era a distinct, cinematic identity.

Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Omnibus Vol. 1 is the New 52 Batman starting point because it makes Gotham feel unknowable again. Court of Owls is not just a new villain group; it is a claim that Bruce has never fully understood his own city. Death of the Family then turns Joker into a horror presence aimed at Batman's found family. Capullo gives both arcs the muscular, theatrical identity that defined modern Batman for a decade.

Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Omnibus Vol. 2 carries their New 52 Batman into Zero Year, Endgame and Superheavy, where Bruce's origin, the Joker's final escalation and Jim Gordon's replacement-Batman era all test what the symbol can survive. The book is not just a sequel volume; it is the half where Snyder and Capullo push Batman from secret history into mythic reinvention.

With Bruce Wayne convalescing, Jean-Paul Valley takes up the mantle in a radically different version: claws, flamethrower and zero moral restraint. It raises the central question of the saga: what makes Batman Batman, the suit or the principles? The answer the writers give redefines the character permanently. Valley's increasingly erratic behaviour forces the question of whether Gotham needs Batman or just any powerful protector. Chuck Dixon and Doug Moench write the central conflict with genuine moral weight.

Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 3 is the recovery volume: Bruce Wayne returns, Jean-Paul Valley loses himself inside the Batman symbol, and Gotham has to decide what the mantle actually means after Bane broke the old order. KnightsEnd and Prodigal make this more than an ending; they show the Bat-family absorbing the damage left by AzBats.

Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus Vol. 2 closes the ruined-Gotham saga after months of gang borders, collapsed institutions and Bat-family survival. Lex Luthor enters with reconstruction money, the Joker delivers one of the era's cruelest final blows and Batman has to decide what saving Gotham means after the city has already been abandoned.

Batman & Robin By Tomasi and Gleason Omnibus collects the New 52 father-son run where Bruce Wayne and Damian Wayne become the emotional center of the Batman line. Across 1248 pages, Tomasi and Gleason turn Batman and Robin into a story about grief, training, trust and what family means in Gotham. It is essential for readers following Damian after Grant Morrison, because it turns the Robin role into a lasting Bat-family pillar rather than a simple sidekick position.

Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee join forces for the event that's been talked about for years: someone is manipulating all of Batman's villains from the shadows, someone who knows him personally. Each issue brings a classic villain under Hush's control. The story that defined the modern look of Batman for a generation.

Chip Zdarsky kicks off his acclaimed run with a radical premise: Matt Murdock accidentally kills a man during a fight in Hell's Kitchen, and that moment tears him apart. The entire run explores the moral, legal and religious consequences. At his side is Marco Checchetto, one of the most atmospheric cartoonists in modern comics. Multiple Eisner nominations.

Closing of the Zdarsky-Checchetto run with the Devil's Reign event: Wilson Fisk outlaws all New York vigilantes in an act of personal revenge against Daredevil. The final Daredevil vs Kingpin showdown closes a decades-long cycle and redefines the relationship between the two characters. One of the most coherent Marvel events of the last decade.

The era that transformed Daredevil from a minor title to one of Marvel's most respected comics. Frank Miller creates Elektra, reinvents the Kingpin, introduces the Hand Ninjas and writes Born Again: considered one of the 10 best superhero comics ever written. Miller also draws the seminal story — his art on Daredevil is raw, urban and unlike anything else in 1980s Marvel. Direct basis for the Netflix series and the Daredevil reboot.