r/EpicCollections

I’m mainly an omnibus collector, but since a lot of the omnis I want are out of print, I’m thinking of picking up some Epic Collections instead.

These are the ones I’m looking at:

Wolverine – The Four Sisters
Amazing Spider-Man – Big Time
Daredevil – The Devil in Cell-Block D
New Avengers – Assembled

Are these good entry points for each series, or am I jumping into the middle of major ongoing storylines?

Also, if I start with these, will I be missing any important stories that were collected in the omnibus line but not covered here? I’m okay with references to older events, but I’d rather not be completely lost.

I’d love to hear your thoughts before I pull the trigger. Thanks!

Today’s delivery. Had to close some gaps. Still have to. Hope some of my missing trades will be reprinted

Hi all,

My Uncanny X-Men collection stop with Vol 3 of the UNcanny X-Men omnibus which covers Uncanny X-Men (1981) #154-175, X-Men Annual (1970) #6-7, Marvel Graphic Novel #5, Wolverine (1982) #1-4, Special Edition X-Men #1 And Magik #1-4.

From here, I jump directly into blue and gold era of the 90s.

So my question is, are the Epic Vol 13 and 14 worth picking up in case some important events take place, or can I just skip the remainder of this era?

I'm not really a completionist, but I do wanna know if these two epics have any substantial/important content.

A month or so ago I found the out of print Brood Saga on a small comic shop’s shelf for cover price. Fast forward to today and now I’ve found DD Modern vol 3 on ANOTHER shop’s shelf at cover price. Snagged this thing so quick and paid even faster.

Got a couple steals on the web lately. I’m incredibly pumped for cap vol 18 that’s 2 of the 3 white whales for me when it comes to finishing up the line (bagged vol 12 for slightly more than cover a couple months back.)

I pre-ordered x-men wounded wolf for when it restocks like a month ago and it hasnt shipped yet and now the page for the pre-order is showing out of stock instead of "coming soon" should I be worried?

Just searching through Amazon and found these for $60 Aud and $80 Aud.

June acquisitions.

Finally got New X-Men Epic Collections Vol. 1–3 together.

I’ll be honest, one of the biggest reasons I wanted to read this run properly is because of Cyclops, Emma and Jean. I know Morrison’s run is considered a major turning point for modern X-Men, but for me the main curiosity is the character drama and how it leads into the Scott/Emma era.

I already know I love me some Scemma, so I’m really interested in seeing the foundation of that dynamic here, even if I’m not sure yet how much Morrison’s style will fully click with me.

For people who love New X-Men, what made this run work for you, the ideas, the character drama, the school setting, or the way it changed the X-Men going forward?

For Father’s Day both of my kids each got me 1 of the 2 Epic Collection Trades I was missing. Now I just have to hold tight until October for Vol 8!

The concept:

1. Crossover arcs (Kraven's Last Hunt, the Mad Dog Ward, Maximum Carnage, Pursuit, Spider-Hunt, Gathering of the Five, and the entirety of the Clone Saga) are not collected here because they either are or will be in ASM Epics anyhow. I also trimmed out a couple annuals for the same reason. I think Marvel would be best served to just reprint the relevent ASM volume about the time they release its Spectacular counterpart. And from a collectors point of view, who wants to have multiple Maximum Carnage's anyhow? I certainly wouldn't buy another. We'd just be adding extra volumes and making it even longer to collect the line for no reason really

2. The more I thought about it, the more clear it is that Web of Spider-Man should be collected alongside Spectacular. You just can't map Conway's era any other way. Adjectiveless and Sensational were added as well to get books to realistic sizes for Marvel, with them as a seperate lines I was getting 21-26 books per volume which would be nice (and smart for Marvel to try and compete with DC Finest) but I just don't believe Marvel would do that. So basically, while the line is called 'Spectacular Spider-Man', really this would be for all the significant Spider-Man B-titles from this era (except Team-Up and Unlimited because they are so different in what they do)

3. The '-1' issues are also not collected, because I am assuming that Untold Tales of Spider-Man will get Epics as well, where they would slott ij well and help fill it out to two Epics. If this is not the case though, the last three volumes of this line would need to shuffle a bit to make room for them

Below is the content of each volume. 'UC' means issues that are yet to be collected. Hopefully Marvel would release 2 volumes a year, finally get some of these holes in accessible continuity plugged, since ASM pre-clone saga is about to wrap up

**Vol 1: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #1-23

**Vol 2: Secrets of the Grave:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #24-42, Annual #1 (UC 0)

**Vol 3: Pretty Poison:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #43-61, Annual #2 & 3 (UC 1)

**Vol 4: The Long Goodbye:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #62-80 Annual #4 (UC 0)

**Vol 5: The Final Answer:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #81-100, Web of Spider-Man #1 (UC 0)

**Vol 6: The Death of Jean Dewolf:**

Spectacular Spider-Man #101-110 and Annual #5, Web of Spider-Man #2-10 and Annual #1 (UC 7)

**Vol 7: Ashes to Ashes:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #111-119, Web of Spider-Man #11-19 and Annual #2 (UC 8) 

**Vol 8: Foreign Affairs:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #120-129 and Annual #6, Web of Spider-Man #19-28 (UC 9)

**Vol 9: The Return of the Sin-Eater:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #130, 134-138 and Annual #7, Web of Spider-Man #29-40 and Annual #3 (UC 1)

**Vol 10: The Tombstone Testament:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #139-148, Web of Spider-Man #41-48 and Annual #4 (UC 0)

**Vol 11: The Wolves of War:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #149-155 and Annual #8-9, Web of Spider-Man #49-57 and Annual #5 (UC 3)

**Vol 12: Knight and Fogg:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #156-167, Web of Spider-Man #58-65 (UC 7)

**Vol 13: Torment:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man 168-172 and Annual #10, Web of Spider-Man #66-71, Spider-Man #1-5 (UC 6) 

**Vol 14: Perceptions:**

 Spectacular 173-177, Web of Spider-Man #72-78, Spider-Man #6-12 (UC 11)

**Vol 15: The Child Within:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man 178-184, Web of Spider-Man #77-83, Spider-Man 13-16, X-Factor #4 (UC 3)

**Vol 16: Funeral Arrangements:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #185-190, Web of Spider-Man #84-90, Spider-Man #17-23 (UC 6)

**Vol 17: Death of Vermin:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #191-196 and Annual #12, Web of Spider-Man #91-94 and Annual #8, Spider-Man #24-28 (UC 7)

**Vol 18: Spirits of Venom:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man 197-200, Web of Spider-Man #95-100, Spider-Man #29-34, Ghost Rider/Blaze #5-6 (UC 6)

**Vol 19: Death by Tombstone:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #204-210, Web of Spider-Man #104-108, Spider-Man #38-44 (UC 12)

**Vol 19: Live and Let Die:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man 212-216 and Annual #13, Web of Spider-Man #109-111, #113-116, Spider-Man #46-50 (UC 11)

**Vol 20: Facedancing:** Spectacular #241-248, Spider-Man #76-81, Sensational Spider-Man #12-18 (UC 12)

**Vol 21: Son of the Hunter:**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #249-254, Spider-Man #81-88, Sensational Spider-Man #19-24 (UC 12)

**Vol 22: The Hobgoblin Lives**

 Spectacular Spider-Man #256-261, Spider-Man #90-95, Sensational Spider-Man #26-31, Hobgoblin Lives #1-3 (UC 6)