It’s time to map the DC Universe! In June, I’ll be joining with Near Mint Condition to launch the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll! This post explains every DC Hero from A to E I haven’t already covered in other posts – including Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Doctor Fate, & Deathstroke omnibus mapping – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.
Through the end of May I’ll be covering DC entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your DC oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll on Near Mint Condition the first week of June.
Here’s the full list of the characters this post covers: Adam Strange, Ambush Bug, Amethyst, Angel & The Ape, Animal Man, Arak, Arion, The Atom, Black Adam, Black Lightning, Blue Beetle, Blue Devil, Booster Gold, Cameron Chase, Captain Atom, Captain Carrot, Creeper, Cyborg, Damage, Deadman, Deathstroke, The Demon Etrigan & Demon Knights, Doctor Fate, & Elongated Man.
If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to collected editions on the planet.
Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about DC history and find some great comics to read!
This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:
- Adam Strange, The Modern Omnibus Vol. 1 (1972 & on) [Bronze through Flashpoint]
- Ambush Bug (1982 & on)
- Amethyst: Princess of the Gemworld (1983 – 1987)
- Angel and the Ape, The Complete Omnibus (1968 & on)
- Animal Man Omnibus Mapping
- Animal Man: The Vertigo Years Vol. 2 by Milligan & Veitch (1990 – 1992) [follows Morrison]
- Animal Man: The Vertigo Years Vol. 3 by Delano & Prosser (1992 – 1995)
- Arak: Son of Thunder by Roy & Dann Thomas, The Complete Series (1981 – 1985)
- Arion, Lord of Atlantis by Paul Kupperberg & Jan Duursema (1982 – 1985) [includes Immortal mini]
- The Atom Omnibus Mapping
- Atom, The Bronze Age Omnibus (1968 – 1984)
- Atom, The Silver Age Omnibus (1961 – 1968)
- Atom: All New Atom by Gail Simone (2006 – 2008)
- Atom: The Power of the Atom by Roger Stern & Tom Peyer (1988 – 1995)
- Black Adam, The Modern Era Omnibus (2004 & on)
- Black Lightning, The Complete Omnibus (1977 – 2018)
- Blue Beetle Omnibus Mapping
- Blue Beetle & The Mystery Men, The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1939 & on)
- Blue Beetle, The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1939 & on)
- Captain Atom & Blue Beetle, The Charlton Years Omnibus (1964 & on)
- Blue Beetle, The Post-Crisis Omnibus (1986 – 1988)
- Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes (2006 – 2009)
- Blue Beetle, The Modern Years (2016 & on)
- Blue Devil (1984 – 1986)
- Booster Gold Omnibus Mapping
- Booster Gold by Johns, Giffen, & Jurgens (2007 – 2011 / 2014 – 2022)
- Booster Gold, The Classic Omnibus (1986 – 1988)
- Captain Atom Omnibus Mapping
- Captain Atom & Blue Beetle, The Charlton Years Omnibus (1964 & on)
- Captain Atom by Cary Bates Vol. 1 (of 2) (1987 – 1989)
- Captain Atom, The Modern Years (2005 – 2017)
- Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1982 – 1986)
- Chase: The Cameron Chase Omnibus (1998 & on)
- The Creeper Omnibus Mapping
- Creeper, The Bronze Age Omnibus (1968 – 1983)
- Creeper, The Modern Omnibus (1990 – 2009)
- Cyborg, The New 52 & Rebirth Omnibus by Walker, Semper, & Wolfman (2015 – 2018)
- Damage Omnibus Mapping
- Damage, The 90s Omnibus by Tom Joyner & Bill Marimon (1994 – 1996)
- Damage, The New Age of Heroes Omnibus by Robert Venditti & Tony Daniel (2018 – 2019)
- Deadman, The Modern Omnibus Vol. 1 by Kelley Jones et al (1985 & on)
- Deathstroke Omnibus Mapping
- Deathstroke Inc. by Joshua Williamson, Ed Brisson, & Dexter Soy (2021 – 2022) [follows Priest omni]
- Deathstroke, The New 52 Omnibus by Higgins & Jordan (2011 – 2013) [fits before Tony Daniel omni]
- Deathstroke: The Terminator by Marv Wolfman Vol. 2 (of 2) (1993 – 1996)
- The Demon Etrigan Omnibus Mapping
- Demon Etrigan, The Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby (1972 – 1985)
- Demon Etrigan: The Post-Crisis Omnibus by Grant & Semeikis Vol. 1 (of 2) (1987 – 1995)
- Demon Knights, The New 52 Omnibus (2011 – 2013)
- Doctor Fate Omnibus Mapping
- Doctor Fate by DeMatteis & Messner-Loebs (1987 – 1992)
- Doctor Fate: Fate – Jared Stevens & The Helmet of Fate (1994 – 2007)
- Doctor Fate: The Golden Age of Earth-2 (1940 – 1986)
- Doctor Fate: The New 52 Omnibus (2015 – 2017)
- Elongated Man (1960 & on)
Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how DC could assemble these books. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of DC creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific map. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.
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Adam Strange Omnibus Mapping
Adam Strange, The Modern Omnibus Vol. 1 (1972 & on) [Bronze through Flashpoint]
Adam Strange already has a Silver Age omnibus, and with him not having much Bronze Age material I thought this would leap right to the Post-Crisis era. However, some intrepid commenters have pointed out he has a solid trade paperback worth of Bronze Age material that we could start this with!
In the Bronze Age, we could cover appearances in Justice League of America (1960) #96, 100, 120-121, 138-139, Showcase (1956) #101-103 (with Hawkman), DC Comics Presents (1978) #3, The Brave and the Bold (1955) #161, World’s Finest Comics #262-263 (8pg stories); Green Lantern #132-147 (backups), The Brave and the Bold (1955) #190, and DC Comics Presents (1978) #82
Then, this would move on to Post-Crisis appearances in Swamp Thing (1982) #57-58, Adam Strange (1990) #1-3, JLA (1997) #20-21, Adam Strange (2004) #1-8, Rann-Thanagar War (2005) #1-6, Rann-Thanagar War Infinite Crisis Special (2006) #1, assorted excerpts from 52 (2006), Countdown to Adventure (2007) #1-8, Rann-Thanagar Holy War (2008) #1-8, Adam Strange Special (2008) #1, Hawkman Special (2008) #1, and Strange Adventures (2009) #1-8, and maybe material from Mystery in Space (2006) #1-8, Hardcore Station, or Death of the New Gods (2007) #1-8.
Ambush Bug Omnibus Mapping
Ambush Bug (1982 & on)
This would start by mirroring the contents of a Showcase Presents black-and-white volume, which collected DC Comics Presents (1978) #52, 59, & 81, Supergirl (1983) #16, Action Comics (1938) #560, 563, & 565, Ambush Bug (1985) #1-4, Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer (1986) #1, Son of Ambush Bug (1986) #1-6, Secret Origins (1986) #48, and Ambush Bug Nothing Special (1992) #1.
That’s 480 pages, which is enough for a slim omnibus, but there’s plenty of room to push onward from there – especially because Ambush Bug doesn’t make all that many appearances before Flashpoint!
I think it would definitely include material from DCU Heroes Secret Files (1999) #1 and 52 (2006) #24, and then all of Ambush Bug: Year None (2008) #1-5 & 7 (there was no issue #6).
Amethyst Omnibus Mapping
Amethyst: Princess of the Gemworld (1983 – 1985)
This would start by mirroring the contents of a Showcase Presents black-and-white volume, which collected Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #298 (a preview story), Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (1983) #1-12 & Annual 1, DC Comics Presents (1978) #63, Amethyst (1983) #1-11.
That was about 650 pages, which is the perfect size for a Pre-Crisis DC omnibus! However, it could easily continue a bit farther to wrap up all of her major material by adding Amethyst (1983) #12-16 & Special and Amethyst (1987) #1-4, at which point she stars briefly in Legion of Super-Heroes and then fades into obscurity.
Angel & The Ape Omnibus Mapping
Angel and the Ape, The Complete Omnibus (1968 & on)
I was completely unaware of this material before several people suggested it in the wake of last year’s poll! I researched every appearance of both characters, and they have just enough significant appearances for a slim omnibus.
This would collect Showcase (1956) #77 (and excerpts from #100), Angel and the Ape (1968) #1-6, Meet Angel (1969) #7, material from Limited Collectors’ Edition (1972) #C-34 (1974), Swamp Thing (1982) Annual 3, Angel and the Ape (1991) #1-4, Lobo (1993) #17, Martian Manhunter (1998) Annual 2, Angel and the Ape (2001) #1-4, Solo (2004) #5
Animal Man Omnibus Mapping
Animal Man: The Vertigo Years Vol. 2 by Milligan & Veitch (1990 – 1992) [follows Morrison]
The Animal Man by Grant Morrison omnibus is relatively short at just 26 issues. It’s followed by a similarly-sized 24 issue run by Peter Milligan and Rick Veitch, so it definitely has a creator pedigree to exist on its own!
In this period, Animal Man is slightly more-adjacent to the main DC Universe than he was in Morrison’s run, even directly tying in to the War of the Gods event.
This would collect Animal Man (1988) #27-50 and material from War of the Gods (1991) #3.
Animal Man: The Vertigo Years Vol. 3 by Delano & Prosser (1992 – 1995)
After Milligan & Veitch run, Jamie Delano penned the book for another 30 issues before a brief final run by Jerry Prosser with a very different take on Buddy Baker.
This would collect Animal Man (1988) #51-89 & Annual 1, and material from The Children’s Crusade (1993) #1, Vertigo Rave (1994) #1, and a pin-up in The Vertigo Gallery: Dreams and Nightmares (1995) #1.
Arak: Son of Thunder Omnibus Mapping
Arak: Son of Thunder by Roy & Dann Thomas, The Complete Series (1981 – 1985)
Arak: Sone of Thunder (1981) spun out of a first appearance in Mike Grell’s Warlord. With that finally seeing omnibus, perhaps DC would also collect this 50-issue Roy & Dann Thomas series in omnibus as well.
This would collect Arak: Son of Thunder (1981) #1-50 & Annual 1, along with his only other appearances in Warlord (1976) #48, Young All-Stars (1987) #20, and material from History of the DC Universe (1986) #1.
Arion, Lord of Atlantis Omnibus Mapping
Arion, Lord of Atlantis by Paul Kupperberg & Jan Duursema (1982 – 1985) [includes Immortal mini]
Many thanks to my frequent Near Mint Condition co-host Larry’s Library for submitting this run last year, which I definitely would have missed! This is another Warlord spinoff comic
This would collect Arion, Lord of Atlantis (1982) #1-35 & Special Edition #1 and Arion the Immortal (1992) #1-6! Also, there is some lead-in material from Warlord (1976) #55-62 that would be critical to appreciate this series (and maybe a later appearance in #121).
The Atom Omnibus Mapping
Atom, The Silver Age Omnibus (1961 – 1968)
The contents of a pair of Showcase Presents black-and-white volumes ran for about 1100 pages – too big for most DC Silver Age Omnibus volumes, but about the size of a book like Doom Patrol when they had the motivation to knock out a series all in one go.
This would collect Atom stories from Showcase (1956) #34-36 and The Atom (1962) #1-38.
Atom, The Bronze Age Omnibus (1968 – 1984)
This would collect Atom and Hawkman #39-45 (1968), World’s Finest Comics #213, 236, & 260, DC Comics Presents #15 & 51, Superman Family #220 (1982), Justice League of America #213-216 (1983), and material from DC Special Series #1 (1977), Detective Comics #432, 463-464, & 489, and Action Comics #425, 427, 430, 433, 435, 438-439, 442, 447-448, 453-454, 487, 489, 513-516, 521-524, 530-533.
I think this ought to also include Sword of the Atom (1983) #1-4 and Sword of the Atom Special (1984) #1-3, which wouldn’t fit well with Post-Crisis material.
Atom: The Power of the Atom by Roger Stern & Tom Peyer (1988 – 1995)
This would collect Power of the Atom (1988) #1-18, Atom Special 1993 & 1994, and other post-Crisis material.
Atom: All New Atom by Gail Simone (2006 – 2008)
This would collect All New Atom (2006) #1-25 and pre-Flashpoint guest appearances (including material from Countdown to Final Crisis and DCU: Brave New World (2006) #1).
Black Adam Omnibus Mapping
Black Adam, The Modern Era Omnibus (2004 & on)
This rough mapping is courtesy of our DC mapper-in-cief, BrandXK, who figured out if there was enough Black Adam solo material and key arcs to make this worthwhile. Of course, we’ve already missed the release window of the film, so this might never happen for us!
This would collect JSA #56-58, Hawkman #23-25, World War III #1-4, Black Adam: The Dark Age #1-6 Justice Society of America vol. 3 (2007) #23-25, Year of the Villain: Black Adam #1, Black Adam (2022) #1-12, and material from 52 (2006) #1-3, 6-10, 12-16, 18-26, 29-34, 36-40, 43-50, & 52.
Black Lightning Omnibus Mapping
Black Lightning, The Complete Omnibus (1977 – 2018)
This would collect all of Black Lightning’s major material from his introduction to the beginning of Rebirth, largely written by his creator Tony Isabella AKA Jenny Blake Isabella. It probably would not make sense to collect his recently-concluded 2024 series, as it tied in very closely to Justice League Unlimited (2024).
It would collect Black Lightning (1977) #1-11, Worlds Finest #260( plus a story from Cancelled Comics Cavalcade), World’s Finest Comics #256-259 & 261, DC Comics Presents #16, Justice League of America (1960) #173-174, Detective Comics (1937) #490-491 & 494-495, Black Lightning (1995) #1-13, Black Lightning: Year One (2009) #1-6, DC Universe Presents (2011) #13-16, Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands (2017) #1-6.
Note: Author Tony Isabella recently changed her name to “Jenny Blake Isabella.” However, it is her wish that prior work for DC continue to be credited to “Tony,” saying “I don’t consider ‘Tony Isabella’ to be a dead name” in a recent blog post that discusses how her past credits should be handled.
Blue Beetle Omnibus Mapping
Many thanks to my frequent verbal sparring partner Lars of Mad Norwegian Press for tackling the majority of mapping for the Charlton Comics era of Blue Beetle!
Blue Beetle & The Mystery Men, The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1939 & on)
This would collect Blue Beetle material from Mystery Men Comics (1939) #1-31, to which we may be able to add contemporaneous material from Blue Beetle (1939) #1-15.
Blue Beetle, The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (1939 & on)
This would start from either Blue Beetle (1939) #1 or Blue Beetle (1939) #16 and continue to collect Blue Beetle (1939) #16-42 & 44-60, Blue Beetle (1950) #1-2, and Blue Beetle (1955) #18-21.
Captain Atom & Blue Beetle, The Charlton Years Omnibus (1964 & on)
Last year we had Blue Beetle with his own Charlton-era book, but it was a scant fourteen issues plus a handful of stories from Captain Atom (1965) issues.
This year we’ve collapsed both into a single option, which would help with the marketing of this material to folks with an interest in its historical context.
This would collect Blue Beetle (1964) #1-5, Blue Beetle (1965) #50-54, Blue Beetle (1967) #1-5, back-ups from Captain Atom (1965) #83-86 (1966), Americomics (1983) #1-6, Americomics Special (1983) #1, and material from Charlton Bullseye (1981) #1.
And, it would also include Captain Atom material from Space Adventures (1958) #33-42, Strange Suspense Stories (1951) #75-77, Captain Atom (1965) #79-89, Peter Cannon… Thunderbolt (1966) #53 (although DC wouldn’t have the rights to print this), Sinister Tales (1964) #59, Astounding Stories (1966) #42 & 58, Creepy Worlds (1962) #118, Charlton Bullseye (1981) #1-2 & 7, Space Adventures (1968 / 1978) #9-12, Americomics Special (1983) #1.
Blue Beetle, The Post-Crisis Omnibus (1986 – 1988)
This would mirror the black-and-white Showcase Presents mapping to collect Blue Beetle (1986) #1-24 and Secret Origins (1986) #2, to which we could add any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes (2006 – 2009)
Collects Blue Beetle (2006) #1-36 and any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period (though his trades never collected any additional issues).
Blue Beetle, The Modern Years (2016 & on)
This would collect Blue Beetle (2011) #1-16 & 0, Blue Beetle (2016) Rebirth & #1-18, Blue Beetle: Graduation Day (2022) #1-6, and Blue Beetle [Dawn of DC] (2023) #1-11.
Blue Devil Omnibus Mapping
Blue Devil (1984 – 1986)
This would collect Blue Devil (1984) #1-31 and Annual 1 and any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Booster Gold Omnibus Mapping
Booster Gold, The Classic Omnibus (1986 – 1988)
This would mirror the mapping of a single Showcase Presents volume and a pair of 2019-2020 hardcovers to collect Booster Gold (1986) #1-25, and material from Action Comics (1938) #594, Secret Origins (1986) #35, and Millennium (1987) #3-7.
Booster Gold by Johns, Giffen, & Jurgens (2007 – 2011 / 2014 – 2022)
This would collect Booster Gold (2007) #0-47 & One Million, The Brave and the Bold (2007) #23, material from 52 (2006) #24, and possibly adding the later Booster Gold: Futures End (2014) #1 & Convergence: Booster Gold (2015) #1-2, and Blue and Gold (2021) #1-8
Captain Atom Omnibus Mapping
Captain Atom & Blue Beetle, The Charlton Years Omnibus (1964 & on)
This would collect Blue Beetle (1964) #1-5, Blue Beetle (1965) #50-54, Blue Beetle (1967) #1-5, back-ups from Captain Atom (1965) #83-86 (1966), Americomics (1983) #1-6, Americomics Special (1983) #1, and material from Charlton Bullseye (1981) #1.
And, it would also include Captain Atom material from Space Adventures (1958) #33-42, Strange Suspense Stories (1951) #75-77, Captain Atom (1965) #79-89, Peter Cannon… Thunderbolt (1966) #53 (although DC wouldn’t have the rights to print this), Sinister Tales (1964) #59, Astounding Stories (1966) #42 & 58, Creepy Worlds (1962) #118, Charlton Bullseye (1981) #1-2 & 7, Space Adventures (1968 / 1978) #9-12, Americomics Special (1983) #1.
Captain Atom by Cary Bates Vol. 1 (of 2) (1987 – 1989)
This pair of volumes would collect all of Captain Atom (1987), likely splitting it into Captain Atom (1987) #1-29 & Annual 1-2 and Captain Atom (1987) #30-57, and any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Captain Atom, The Modern Years (2005 – 2017)
This would collect 00s-era Captain Atom series and appearances including Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) #1-9 (a crossover into the WildStorm universe!), Action Comics (1938) #879-889 (backups), material from DC Universe: Legacies (2010) #5 & 10, Captain Atom (2011) #0-12, and The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom (2017) #1-6, plus any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Captain Carrot Omnibus Mapping
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1982 – 1987)
This would mirror the black-and-white Showcase Presents mapping to collect Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1983) #1-20, a preview story from New Teen Titans (1980) #16, and Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! in The Oz-Wonderland War (1986) #1-3.
Since that’s not very big, we could add The Oz-Wonderland War (1986) #1-3 and Captain Carrot and the Final Ark (2007) #1-3, and some relevant Infinite Crisis material.
Cameron Chase Omnibus Mapping
Chase: The Cameron Chase Omnibus (1998 & on)
This would mirror an existing 400 page paperback to collect Batgirl Secret Files and Origins (2002) #1, Batman (1940) #550, Chase (1998) #1-9 & One Million, DCU Villains Secret Files (1999) #1, The Flash Secret Files (1997) #3, Hawkman Secret Files and Origins (2002) #1, Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files (2001) #1, JSA Secret Files (1999) #2, Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 (2000) #1, and Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files (2001) #1.
We could add to that Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape (2009) #1-6 and other key material, since this could easily absorb another 300 pages!
The Creeper Omnibus Mapping
Creeper, The Bronze Age Omnibus (1968 – 1983)
This would collect Showcase #73 (1968) 1st appearance, Beware the Creeper (1968) #1-6, Brave and the Bold #80 (1968), Justice League of America #70 (1969), Detective Comics #418 (1971), Detective Comics #447-448 (1975), Joker #3 (1975), 1st Issue Special #7 (1975), material from Super-Team Family #2 (1975), Adventure Comics #445-447 (1976), World’s Finest Comics #249-255 (1978), Brave and the Bold #143, 178 (1978), Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2, and Flash #318-323 (1983).
Creeper, The Modern Omnibus (1990 – 2009)
This would collect Hawk and Dove #18-19 (1990), Creeper (1997) #1-11 & One Million Superboy #93 (2001), Beware the Creeper (2003) #1-5 Creeper (2006) #1-6, and material from Secret Origins #18 (1987), Eclipso #3-6, 9, 11-13 (1993), Showcase ’93 #12 (1993), DCU: Brave New World #1, and “Beware the Creeper” story from Wednesday Comics (2009).
Cyborg Omnibus Mapping
Cyborg, The New 52 & Rebirth Omnibus by Walker, Semper, & Wolfman (2015 – 2018)
This would collect Cyborg (2015) #1-12 and Cyborg (2016) Rebirth & #1-23.
Damage Omnibus Mapping
Damage, The 90s Omnibus by Tom Joyner & Bill Marimon (1994 – 1996)
This would collect Damage (1994) #1-20, all of which was written by Tom Joyner and pencilled by Bill Marimon, along with any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Damage, The New Age of Heroes Omnibus by Robert Venditti & Tony Daniel (2018 – 2019)
This would collect Damage (2018) #1-16 & Annual 1 and Suicide Squad (2016) #35.
Deadman Omnibus Mapping
Deadman, The Modern Omnibus Vol. 1 by Kelley Jones et al (1985 & on)
This would be multiple volumes, as Deadman’s solo material alone is 50+ issues!
The existing omnibus ends at Deadman (1985) #1-4 (1985-1986) but does NOT include his other 1985 series, so that’s where this would begin. It would include all of the following plus key guest appearances, which easily takes this over 50 issues.
This would begin to collect Deadman (1985) #1-7 (1985), Action Comics [Weekly] (1938) #601-612, 618-621, 623-626, and #642 (1988-1989), Deadman: Love After Death (1989) #1-2 (1989-1990), Deadman: Exorcism (1992) #1-2, Lobo / Deadman: The Brave and the Bald (1995) #1, Batman / Deadman: Death and Glory (1995) OGN, Deadman: Dead Again (2001) #1-5 (2001), Deadman (2002) #1-9 (2002), Deadman (2006) #1-13 (2006-2007), DC Universe Presents (2011) #1-5, Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (2016) #1-3 (2016-2017), and Deadman (2017) #1-6 (2017-2018).
Deathstroke Omnibus Mapping
Deathstroke: The Terminator by Marv Wolfman Vol. 2 (of 2) (1993 – 1996)
The first omnibus in this line ends with Deathstroke: The Terminator (1991) #26, so this would collect Deathstroke: The Terminator (1991) #27-40 & Annual 3, Deathstroke the Hunted (1994) #0 & 46-50, Deathstroke (1995) #46-60 & Annual 5, and any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Deathstroke, The New 52 Omnibus by Higgins & Jordan (2011 – 2013) [fits before Tony Daniel omni]
The Deathstroke By Tony Daniel Omnibus collects only the second of Deathstroke’s New 52 series! This is the first series, which directly precedes it.
This would collect Deathstroke (2011) #1-20 & 0.
Deathstroke Inc. by Joshua Williamson, Ed Brisson, & Dexter Soy (2021 – 2022) [follows Priest omni]
This is the direct follow-up to Christopher Priest’s massive Deathstroke omnibus, although it splits its attention between Deathstroke and Ravager (and, curiously, Black Canary).
This would collect Deathstroke Inc. (2021) #1-15, the “Shadow War” crossover (from Shadow War: Alpha (2022) #1, Batman (2016) #122-123, Deathstroke Inc. (2021) #8-9, Robin (2021) #13-14, Shadow War Zone (2022) #1, and Shadow War: Omega (2022) #1), Knight Terrors: Ravager (2023) #1, and perhaps the Ravager-starring Stormwatch story from Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2023) #1-6.
The Demon & Demon Knights Omnibus Mapping
Demon Etrigan, The Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby (1972 – 1985)
This book would significantly expand an early DC omnibus with more content.
This would collect The Demon (1972) #1-16; The Brave and the Bold #109, 137; Wonder Woman #280-282; DC Comics Presents #66; Saga of the Swamp Thing #26-27; Blue Devil #12-13 & Annual #1; Action Comics #587; The Demon (1986) #1-4; Detective Comics #602-603; Material from Batman Family #17; Detective Comics #482-485, Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985) #6.
Demon Etrigan: The Post-Crisis Omnibus by Grant & Semeikis Vol. 1 (of 2) (1987 – 1995)
This would begin to collect The Demon (1990) #1-58, 0, & Annuals 1-2, and any crossovers and significant guest appearances from that period.
Demon Knights, The New 52 Omnibus (2011 – 2013)
This would collect Demon Knights (2011) #1-23 & 0.
Doctor Fate Omnibus Mapping
Doctor Fate: The Golden Age of Earth-2 (1940 – 1986)
This is fun to explain!
During the actual Golden Age, Doctor Fate appeared only in stories in More Fun Comics (1936) #55-98. Those have been collected in a single DC Archives hardcover, which was 336 pages – only half the length we need for an omnibus!
However, Doctor Fate was unique amongst Golden Age characters in that when he was brought back in the Silver Age as an Earth-Two character he continued to make his own independent appearances away from the Justice Society. He has stories in World’s Finest Comics (1941) #201 & 208, Doctor Fate in 1st Issue Special (1975) #9, DC Special Series (1977) #10, The Brave and the Bold (1955) #156, DC Comics Presents (1978) #23, a story from DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980) #3, The Flash (1959) #305 (full story) & 306-313 (back-ups), and Amethyst (1985) #13.
With all of that material included, this would be the perfect size for an omnibus!
Doctor Fate by DeMatteis & Messner-Loebs (1987 – 1992)
This would slightly expand on the contents of a recent compendium volume.
This would begin with a story from Secret Origins (1986) #24 and then The Weird (1988) #1-4, before continuing to Doctor Fate (1987) #1-4 and Doctor Fate (1988) #1-41 & Annual 1.
Doctor Fate: Fate – Jared Stevens & The Helmet of Fate (1994 – 2007)
This would continue collecting 1990s material with a new heroes behind the historic helmet – Jared Stevens.
This would collect Fate (1994) #0-22 and The Book of Fate (1997) #1-12.
That’s 35 issues, which is a fine-sized and reasonable omnibus.
To that we could also add Doctor Fate (2003) #1-5 and the “Helmet of Fate” one-shots (The Helmet of Fate: Detective Chimp (2007) #1, The Helmet of Fate: Sargon the Sorcerer (2007) #1, The Helmet of Fate: Ibis the Invincible (2007) #1, The Helmet of Fate: Black Alice (2007) #1), and maybe even Countdown to Mystery (2007) #1-8.
That’s another 18 issues, which takes this to a somewhat kooky length – but, it truly is all of Doctor Fate’s material aside from JSA appearances and Reign in Hell (2008) #2-8.
Doctor Fate: The New 52 Omnibus (2015 – 2017)
This would collect Convergence Aquaman (2015) #2 (the debut of a new Doctor Fate), Doctor Fate (2015) #1-18, and material from DC Sneak Peek: Doctor Fate (2015).
The Elongated Man Omnibus Mapping
Elongated Man (1960 & on)
This would mirror the black-and-white Showcase Presents mapping to collect back-up stories from The Flash (1959) #112, 115, 124, 130, 134, & 138 and Detective Comics (1937) #327-371. However, Elongated Man continued to appear in Detective Comics (1937) #372-383.
The Showcase volume was already more than 500 pages, so with the additional back-ups stories this nearly the perfect amount of material for a Silver or Bronze Age omnibus! Plus, Elongated Man makes many regular appearances continuing into the Bronze Age – so this volume could continue into the 1970s.
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