Garth Ennis

Hitman by Garth Ennis and John McCrea Omnibus Vol. 1 collects one of DC's great hidden-gem runs. Tommy Monaghan is a Gulf War veteran turned contract killer in the Cauldron, a rough Irish corner of Gotham; a alien bite leaves him with X-ray vision and telepathy, and he sets himself up as the hitman who specializes in killing super-people. Ennis and McCrea — years before their creator-owned fame — blend savage dark comedy with genuine pathos and one of comics' great supporting casts, the regulars of Noonan's bar. Brutal, funny and unexpectedly moving.

The Authority Omnibus Vol. 2 follows the team's dangerous space between rescue and political force, shaped by intervention, power, violence and the uncomfortable line between protection and control. The appeal is seeing this DC period collected as one reading path, with its own tone, cast and visual rhythm.

Hellblazer by Garth Ennis Omnibus is the run that turns John Constantine into a bruised, funny and spiritually exhausted survivor. Ennis and Steve Dillon balance pub realism, religious horror, old guilt and vicious comedy, making Constantine feel less like a superhero occult lead and more like a man who keeps winning by losing pieces of himself. Its shelf value is character voice: cynical, wounded, profane and still strangely human.

Punisher MAX by Garth Ennis Omnibus Vol. 2 collects the later half of Ennis's MAX run, including the Barracuda material and closing one-shots, with a much bleaker crime-fiction focus than a conventional superhero book. A hard, adult-readers Punisher volume for collectors completing the Ennis MAX shelf.

Garth Ennis redefined the Punisher in 2004 by moving Frank Castle entirely outside the Marvel Universe. Under the MAX imprint, the series strips away superheroes and delivers raw, unflinching crime fiction. This first omnibus collects the opening chapters of what many consider the major Punisher run — brutal, literary, and uncompromising.

Punisher by Garth Ennis Omnibus collects the Marvel Knights era — the run that brought Frank Castle back from irrelevance and made him a star again. It opens with "Welcome Back, Frank," where the Punisher wages a one-man war on the Gnucci crime family, and runs through the whole black-comedy Marvel Knights series, mixing brutal action with a rogues' gallery of grotesque villains. Garth Ennis, reunited with his Preacher partner Steve Dillon, writes the definitive, character-defining Punisher — the run that set up his later, even grimmer MAX era. Note: this is the Marvel Knights run, distinct from Punisher MAX.

Collects the entire Tangled Web anthology (2001-2003), the series that handed Spider-Man to some of comics' strongest voices and let them look away from the hero. Garth Ennis and John McCrea's Rhino two-parter, Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso's noir, and Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo's tales sit alongside work by Brian Azzarello, Darwyn Cooke and Paul Pope, all in one hardcover.