Marvel & DC Omnibus

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 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.

Justice League by Snyder and Tynion Omnibus Vol. 1 is the post-Metal League pushed back into cosmic scale. The Source Wall breaks, Lex Luthor builds the Legion of Doom and the team faces forces that make the multiverse feel unstable again, turning the League into the spine of DC's next crisis logic.

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 3 closes Johns' long Lantern architecture with War of the Green Lanterns, Sinestro's impossible return to the Corps and the road into the New 52. Its value is resolution: Hal, Sinestro, the Guardians and the emotional spectrum all reach the point where the mythology has to break, reset or transform.

Blackest Night in full: after years of building the emotional Lantern spectrum (green will, yellow fear, red rage, violet love, blue hope), Johns introduces an eighth colour: the black of death. Black Hand awakens DC's dead as Black Lanterns. Most visually iconic event of the modern Green Lantern and peak of the Johns run.

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.

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.

Second classic volume with Stan Lee and Herb Trimpe. Trimpe visually defined the Hulk for a whole generation of readers in the 70s and is the cartoonist we always come back to as a classic reference. Clashes with the military, Leader, Juggernaut. The Hulk before Peter David came to psychoanalyse him.

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1 is the modern rehabilitation of Hal Jordan and the launchpad for the emotional spectrum era. Rebirth brings Hal back, Sinestro Corps War expands the conflict and the Corps becomes cosmic mythology again. Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis and Carlos Pacheco help define the visual scale, while Johns builds the architecture that leads toward Blackest Night.

Classic third volume with Roy Thomas on script and Herb Trimpe on art: the era when the Hulk ceases to be "that weird Marvel character" and becomes a cultural phenomenon, culminating in the 1970s TV series. Thomas introduces emotional nuances that Stan Lee had barely explored, paving the way for Peter David.

The Mighty Thor Omnibus Vol. 5 closes the classic pre-Simonson stretch, with Gerry Conway, Len Wein and John Buscema guiding Thor through late Bronze Age Asgard before the next generational change. The value is transition: old mythic machinery preparing to hand the hammer forward. Its shelf value is transition: the late Bronze Age Thor machine preparing the ground for the next great reinvention while still rooted in Buscema's classical Asgard.

Marc Guggenheim (showrunner of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow) brings his sense of TV pacing to the comic: each issue with its emotional arc, each arc with its climax, and the whole working as a serialised season. Focus on individual characters and the ethical dilemmas that define mutants. Good gateway to the modern format.

The Ultimate relaunch of the foundational Marvel team with a teenage genius Reed Richards, a college Johnny Storm, a young scientist Sue Storm and a Ben Grimm as his childhood best friend. Adam Kubert on absolute form: one of the best Marvel cartoonists of the 2000s. Co-scripted with Brian Michael Bendis.

DC Versus Marvel Omnibus collects the rare DC and Marvel crossover one-shots, bringing Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Captain America, the X-Men, the Teen Titans and other icons into shared stories.

Secret Wars: Battleworld Omnibus Vol. 2 explores another side of Marvel’s 2015 Battleworld, where familiar characters are reshaped by domains, rules and alternate versions of the universe.

Spider-Man Brand New Day Omnibus Vol. 2 is where the rotating post-One More Day era starts to find its rhythm. Dan Slott becomes the dominant voice, John Romita Jr. brings muscular Spider-Man energy and Peter Parker's rebuilt life gains momentum through new villains and supporting-cast pressure. The volume is useful because it shows Brand New Day becoming less a reset shock and more a working Spider-Man engine, moving Peter toward Big Time and the later Slott era.