Marvel Comics

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.

Ghost Rider by Jason Aaron Omnibus collects Aaron's supernatural road-war take on Johnny Blaze and the Spirit of Vengeance.

Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan's Deadpool run launched with Marvel NOW! in 2012 and became one of the era's defining titles — taking the character in a direction that honored Kelly's emotional complexity while fully embracing Way's comedic maximalism.