Marvel & DC Omnibus

Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips give Hellblazer a grimy, human texture: John Constantine as liar, survivor, manipulator and magnet for every bad thing he pretends he can handle. The horror here is not only demons; it is guilt, class, friendship, addiction, memory and the cost of always being the cleverest man in the room.

The Sentry arrived in 2000 as Marvel's answer to a question the universe had never asked: what if there was a Superman-level hero who had always existed, but everyone had forgotten him? Paul Jenkins constructed the concept as a mystery — Bob Reynolds is the most powerful hero alive, but something made all of Marvel's heroes erase their own memories of him. The series is as much psychological thriller as superhero comic.