Marvel Comics

This volume closes the Clone Saga and Ben Reilly's full run as the one true Spider-Man, ending with Revelations, the storyline that killed Ben, brought back Norman Osborn and reset Peter Parker as the hero. It gathers the four 1996-97 Spider-Man ongoings plus Redemption and The Osborn Journal in one oversized hardcover, the definitive way to read the end of the 1990s Spider-Man era in order.

Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo Omnibus understands the team as a family of explorers before anything else. Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo bring warmth, invention and emotional clarity to Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben, making the cosmic ideas work because the people at the centre still feel close. For a Fantastic Four shelf, the appeal is the family engine: exploration, ego, affection and scientific danger all matter because the team is a household before it is a brand.