Bill Mantlo

The concluding half of Marvel's Bronze Age cult favourite: Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema drive Rom the Spaceknight's war against the Dire Wraiths to its finish, exposing the shapeshifters' invasion across the wider Marvel Universe before Rom finally regains his humanity. Long out of print in single issues, the Rom run stayed unreprinted for decades due to licensing, making this omnibus the only complete way to own the ending.

The first time Rom the Spaceknight's Marvel run has been collected in one book. Bill Mantlo turned a Parker Brothers electronic toy into a genuine Marvel Universe saga, threading the Dire Wraiths through S.H.I.E.L.D., the X-Men and Doctor Strange, while Sal Buscema drew the entire run. It gathers the origin and Rom's arrival on Earth across his first twenty-nine issues, a Bronze Age cult classic locked out of print for decades by licensing disputes.

The book that finally brings Marvel's cult Micronauts back into print from the very first issue. Bill Mantlo built a full cosmic mythology out of Mego's toy line, and Michael Golden's landmark art made it one of the most striking Marvel debuts of its era. This first omnibus gathers the run's opening arcs, from the flight out of the Microverse to the Baron Karza war, long expensive and hard to find on the back-issue market.

This second omnibus opens with the explosive six-part origin of the Microverse, then follows Commander Rann and his rebels as they race to find three keys and stop the mad King Argon, cross into the X-Men's Danger Room pursued by the metamorph Huntarr, and confront the returning Baron Karza. It gathers the deep-cut stretch of Bill Mantlo's cult run that Marvel kept out of print for decades, drawn by Pat Broderick, Gil Kane and Butch Guice.

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the companion series that lets Spider-Man stay closer to campus life, street-level trouble and the supporting cast around Peter. Bill Mantlo, Gerry Conway and Sal Buscema use the title to explore friendships, smaller villains and the parts of Peter's world that do not always fit inside Amazing Spider-Man.