Marvel Solo Heroes Omnibus Mapping, M-R – Moon Knight, Namor, Nick Fury, & more! | 14th Annual Tigereyes Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus Poll

Once every year, thousands of Marvel collectors from around the world gather together online to watch Near Mint Condition and vote on their most-wanted omnibus titles. That time approaches – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 14th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Marvel Solo Hero omnibus from M to R that does NOT exist – including Machine Man, Man-Wolf, Miracleman AKA Marvelman, Mockingbird, Monica Rambeau AKA Spectrum, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, Namor, Nick Fury, Nova, Quasar, Red Skull, & Red Wolf.

As one of the organizers of the poll, I work closely with Tigereyes and a team of Mapping Minties to be sure Marvel’s entire publishing history has been mapped, with every issue fitting somewhere into an omnibus volume to fill your oversize Marvel shelf. Then, we’ll kick off the poll on Near Mint Condition on March 22, 2026.

Note that the following characters are already covered in other posts: Captain America (includes Nomad), Heroes For Hire (including Misty Knight), Hulk (includes Red Hulk, & Red She-Hulk), Punisher, Wolverine (includes Old Man Logan), and X-Men Solo Characters (including Maverick, Mister Sinister, Mystique, Nate Grey, Nightcrawler, etc).

Read this post and others in the series for a list of titles and omnibus mappings created by a group of the biggest collected edition enthusiasts on the internet. Every map is informed by Crushing Krisis comic guides and over a decade of polling data as explained by yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.

Even if you don’t own a single omnibus, you can use this post to learn about Marvel’s history of material and find great comics to read physically or digitally!

This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:

• Machine Man (1978 & on)
• Man-Wolf (1973 & on)
• Miracleman: Marvelman, The Early Years Vol. 1 (1954 & on)
• Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse (1971 & on)
• Monica Rambeau – Spectrum: The Early Years (1982 – 2012 (& 2022)) [AKA Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau]
• Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur (2016 – 2019)
• Moon Knight: The Modern Years Vol. 1 – Bendis, Ellis, Wood, Bunn, Lemire, & Bemis (2011 – 2019) [fits between Huston & McKay]
• Ms. Marvel in Omnibus
  • Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson (2016 – 2019)
  • Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan by Saladin Ahmed et al (2019 & on) [AKA Vol. 3 AKA Magnificent Ms. Marvel]
• Namor Omnibus Mapping
  • Namor, The Sub-Mariner – The Golden Age (1941 – 1943) [could restart the line OR be a “War Years” book]
  • Atlas Era Heroes (1950 – 1957) [MMW1-3, could include Black Knight / Yellow Claw]
  • Namor, The Sub-Mariner – The Silver Age Vol. 2 (1968 – 1971) [MMW 3-5]
  • Doctor Doom & Namor: Super-Villain Team-Up (1975 – 1984) [effectively Namor Vol. 4; includes his 1984 mini]
  • Namor, The Sub-Mariner by Kaminski & Herdling (1992 – 1995) [follows Byrne/Lee]
  • Namor: The Modern Years (1998 & on)
• Nick Fury
  • Nick Fury: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Vol. 1 (1963 & on)
  • Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1969 & on) [Vol. 1? collects guest/solo stories, 1989 ongoing, Scorpio OGNs]
  • Nick Fury Jr., Agent of SHIELD (2011 & on) [solo stories & backups, minis of Invisible Woman, Taskmaster, Secret Invasion, & Mystique]
• Nova
  • Nova: Richard Rider by Abnett & Lanning (2007 – 2010)
  • Nova: Sam Alexander (2013 – 2017)
• Quasar by Mark Gruenwald Vol. 1 (1978 – 1992) [includes material from before the ongoing]
• Quicksilver: The Early Years (1964 & on) [includes 1997 series]
• Red Skull Vol. 1 (1965 & on)
• Red Wolf: The Complete Saga (1971 – 2015)

Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to make the books easy to find and to vote for. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of Marvel creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific mapping. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.

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Marvel Solo Heroes: Machine Man Omnibus Mapping

Machine Man (1978 & on)

Machine Man is a relatively minor Marvel character with an intriguing pedigree – he was created by Jack Kirby during the run of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1976).

Whaaaaat?

It’s true! Jack Kirby adapted and extended the famous film by Stanley Kubrick co-written with Arthur C. Clarke. And, Kirby himself brought Machine Man back in a 1978 as a character in the canonical Marvel Universe.

An existing “Complete” trade of this character clocks in at more than 400 pages and collected all of Machine Man (1978), which means we have a core of content to make this omnibus a reasonable size. It could then also continue to collect other significant 1980s Machine Man material (there’s not a lot of it) even continuing as far as his X-51 (1999) #1-12, which takes us right up to his modern appearances in Nextwave in under 60 issues!

There’s not a lot to cut there, but if we skip all of Nextwave (eventually collected elsewhere) and his two Marvel Zombies series (already collected elsewhere), we could squeeze in his anthology story in Marvel Comics Presents (2007) and a team-up with Deadpool, which brings us to Marvel Now!

This would begin to collect This would collect 2001: A Space Odyssey (1976) #8-10, Machine Man (1978) #1-19, Incredible Hulk (1968) #235-237, Marvel Team-Up (1972) Annual 3 & #99, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #92-93, Iron Man (1968) #168, Machine Man (1984) #1-4 (not in continuity), Avengers (1963) #287-290, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #10 (3rd story), Iron Man (1968) Annual 11 (and material from Thor Annual (1966) 15, Avengers West Coast (1989) Annual 5, and Avengers (1963) Annual 19, but not Captain America (1968) Annual 9), Avengers West Coast (1989) #83, Cable/Machine Man Annual 1998, Machine Man/Bastion Annual 1998, material from Thunderbolts (1997) #29, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #371, X-Men (1991) #91, Uncanny X-Men (1963) Annual 1999, X-51 (1999) #0-12, Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. (2006) #1-12, and Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #8-12 (2nd stories), Marvel Zombies 3 (2008) #1-4, Marvel Zombies 5 (2010) #1-5, and Deadpool Team-Up (2010) #890.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Man-Wolf Omnibus Mapping

Man-Wolf (1973 & on)

We added this book to the poll in 2025 by special request of Larry’s Library, a man of excellent taste!

Believe it or not, Man-Wolf is a character who actually debuted in Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #1… not as wolf, but as John Jonah Jameson III! He is Jonah Jameson’s son, a United States astronaut.

John Jonah Jameson III makes a handful of appearances in the first 100 issues of Spider-Man, including briefly getting his own superpowers. However, it’s on a mission to the moon in Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #124-125 where he encounters the “Godstone,” which imbues him with power and transforms him into a cosmic werewolf.

I swear, you cannot make up anything wackier than actual Silver & Bronze Age comics.

Man-Wolf never had his own series, but he has briefly taken over a few anthology titles over the years plus made several featured guest appearances. This omnibus would expand his 400-page complete collection with his significant pre-Man-Wolf appearances as well as his modern material.

This would collect some pre-Man Wolf material with (material from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #1; Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) #4; & Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #41-42) and then continue to collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #124-125 & 189-190; Giant-Size Super-Heroes (1974) #1; Creatures on the Loose (1971) #30-37; Marvel Premiere (1972) #45-46; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #36-37; Savage She-Hulk (1980) #13-14; material from Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) Annual 3; Avengers (1963) #323-324 [B-Story]; She-Hulk (2005) #8-11; Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda (2019) #3-4; Web of Venom: Cult of Carnage (2019) #1; Ravencroft (2020) #1-5; and material from Blood Hunters (2024) #1.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Miracleman Omnibus Mapping

See Guide to Miracleman AKA Marvelman for one of the most concise and complete summaries of Miracleman’s publishing history you’ll find on the entire internet!

Miracleman: Marvelman, The Early Years Vol. 1 (1954 & on)

This would begin to collect Marvelman (1954) #25-370, Annual 1-8, & Album 1-2, which began in Feb 1954.

However, it could also act as a line-wide book also collecting Young Marvelman (1954) #25 (which began in the same month) and continue through Young Marvelman (1954) #25-370, Annual 1-8, & Album 1-2. Eventually, it would also add material from Marvelman Family (1956) #1-30.

It now seems certain we will never see the final Miracleman trilogy completed, and Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham (2015) #1-6 and Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age (2022) #1-7 wouldn’t likely be marketed without their intended final chapter.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Mockingbird Omnibus Mapping

Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse (1971 & on)

Mockingbird has an existing trade of her early material that weighs in at a substantial 450 pages, which means this omnibus already meets our minimum length criteria to consider for the poll. See Guide to Mockingbird for more info on that and all of her other material.

After that we’d add significant issues from Avengers and West Coast Avengers, as well as solo and duo stories from Solo Avengers (1987) and Avengers Spotlight (1989).

If the version of this in your head presses on to collect her post-return material in the 2000s and even her 2016 ongoing series, go for it! Mockingbird has little enough significant material that this book really could hit almost everything in her history. It’s just up to you if you picture it sticking with classic pre-2000 material or also including modern work.

This would begin to collect Astonishing Tales (1970) #8 & 11-20 (and material from #6-7); Ka-Zar (1974) #3-5; Savage Tales (1971) #8; Marvel Super-Action (1976) #1 (2nd story); Marvel Team-Up (1972) #95; Hawkeye (1983) #1-4; material from Avengers (1963) #239 & 242-246; material from West Coast Avengers (1984) #1-4; material from West Coast Avengers (1985), Avengers West Coast (1989), Solo Avengers (1987), & Avengers Spotlight (1989); Avenger West Coast (1989) #96-100; material from Secret Invasion (2008) #8; New Avengers: Reunion (2009) #1-4; Hawkeye & Mockingbird (2010) #1-6; Widowmaker (2011) #1-4; Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary (2015) #1; Mockingbird (2016) #1-8

Marvel Solo Heroes: Monica Rambeau Omnibus Mapping

Monica Rambeau – Spectrum: The Early Years (1982 – 2012 (& 2022)) [AKA Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau]

A “Saga of” trade of Monica Rambeau’s materal already gave us a core of material for this omnibus, but it was less than 300 pages.

That’s truly all there is to collect of Monica until Nextwave, aside from subsequent issues of Avengers Infinity (2000) #1-4 (which isn’t primarily her series, though she is significant in it) and Black Panther (2005) #12-13. See my Guide to Monica Rambeau – Photon & Spectrum fro more details.

That leaves us two options. We could collect more of the best of her material from Roger Stern’s run on Avengers – which I think you could trim down to about a dozen more significant issues.

Alternately, you could actually include Nextwave: Agents of Hate (2006) #1-12 here – Monica was the leader of the team and she’s in every issue!

And, you could easily fit her only significant appearances after that Marvel Divas (2009) #1-4, Marvel Holiday Special (1991) 2010, World War Hulks: Captain America vs. Wolverine (2010) #1 (2nd story), and Heralds (2010) #1-5 – maybe even concluding with an outstanding appearance in Captain Marvel (2012) #7-8 where Monica and Carol discuss the “Captain Marvel” title.”

I say… why not all three? Or, at least, your vote for this book could represent any of those three options. It would still add up to under 40 issues, even with all that Avengers material.

This would begin to collect all of Monica’s significant appearances from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) Annual 16; Avengers (1963) #227-230, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #142-143; Avengers (1963) #279 & material from 281-294; material from Solo Avengers (1987) #2; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #42 (2nd story); Captain Marvel (1989) #1; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #42 (2nd story); Captain Marvel (1994) #1; material from Avengers Unplugged (1995) #5; Avengers Infinity (2000) #1-4; Black Panther (2005) #12-13; Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E (2006) #1-12; Marvel Divas (2009) #1-4 (and material from Marvel Holiday Special (1991) 2010); World War Hulks: Captain America vs. Wolverine (2010) #1 (2nd story); Heralds (2010) #1-5; and Captain Marvel (2012) #7-8.

I think that would wrap up what we could fairly call “The Early Years,” as that gets us to a decade with a lot of Monica Rambeau team memberships that are hard to excerpt meaningfully (especially during Al Ewing’s run with her across multiple titles). However, you could hopscotch right over all of that to add Thunderbolts (2022) #1-5 and Monica Rambeau: Photon (2022) #1-5 to make this omnibus truly comprehensive.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur Omnibus Mapping

Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur (2016 – 2025)

This would collect all of Moon Girls first decade of comics in one place!

This would be close to the size of Squirrel Girl’s massive omnibus with a hair over 60 issues of content. However, since this perfectly maps her entire first decade of comics and because it would be hard to sell multiple volumes on her name alone, I think this is a book Marvel would go HUGE on.

This would collect Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2016) #1-47; Extraordinary X-Men (2015) Annual 1; Venom (2017) #153; Monsters Unleashed (2017) #12; Moon Girl Marvel Legacy 3-page primer; Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Infinity Comic Primer (2021) #1; her 2022 team-up one-shots (Miles Morales & Moon Girl (2022) #1, Avengers & Moon Girl (2022) #1, & X-Men & Moon Girl (2022) #1); Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #37-44; Devil Dinosaur Infinity Comic (2023) #1-4 (Jan – Mar 2023); Moon Girl (2022) AKA Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1-5; Who Is… Moon Girl Infinity Comic (2023) #1 (Feb 2023); Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur 10th Anniversary Special (2025) #1; and material from Marvel’s Voices (2020) #1, Marvel’s Voices: Legacy (2022) #1

Marvel Solo Heroes: Moon Knight Omnibus Mapping

See Guide to Moon Knight for how Moon Knight’s entire comics history has been collected in omnibus except for this one book.

Moon Knight: The Modern Years Vol. 1 – Bendis, Ellis, Wood, Bunn, Lemire, & Bemis (2011 – 2019) [fits between Huston & McKay]

This book would cover all of Moon Knight’s material from 2011 (after the Moon Knight by Huston, Benson & Hurwitz Omnibus) until 2021 (where the Moon Knight by Jed MacKay Omnibus picks up).

If you can believe it, all of that decade of material could fit into just one book! And, Marvel has shown a willingness to combine authors and runs in the prior Moon Knight volume, so this is really not so unprecedented.

Given the selling strength of the names on this material, I suspect we could be looking at two books: Vol. 1 by Bendis, Ellis, Wood, Shalvey, & Bunn and Vol. 2 by Lemire, Smallwood, & Bemis.

A potential Vol. 1 by Bendis, Ellis, Wood, Shalvey, & Bunn would collect Moon Knight (2011) #1-12 by Bendis & Maleev; Moon Knight (2014) #1-6 by Ellis, #7-12 by Wood & Shalvey, and #13-17 by Bunn.

Then, if broken into two volumes, a potential Vol. 2 by Lemire, Smallwood, & Bemis would collect Moon Knight (2016) #1-14 by Lemire & Smallwood, Moon Knight (2016) #188-200 by Bemis, Moon Knight Annual 1/2019, a story from Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #4, and the “Age of Khonshu” story from Avengers (2018) #33-38 (which leads to the McKay material).

Marvel Solo Heroes: Ms. Marvel Omnibus Mapping

See my Guide to Ms. Marvel – Kamala Khan for complete coverage of all of Kamala’s starring series.

Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson (2016 – 2019)

We’ve now waited for more than a decade for a follow-up on the first G. Willow Wilson volume! Perhaps Ms. Marvel is more of a paperback hero than an omnibus all-star.

This would collect Ms. Marvel (2016) #1-38; The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7-8; S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014) #2; Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel (2017) #1; and material from All-New Marvel NOW! Point One

Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan by Saladin Ahmed et al (2019 & on) [AKA Vol. 3 AKA Magnificent Ms. Marvel]

This would collect all of Kamala’s appearances prior to her being pulled into the world of X-Men, and maybe even her two solo series during Krakoa!

This would primarily collect Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1-18 & Annual 1, plus Ms. Marvel Infinity Comic: Bottled Up (2022) #1.

To that, I think it’s incredibly obvious to add the preceding Marvel Team-Up (2019) #1-6 by Eve Ewing, which was a Kamala-focused team-up book! I also think you have to include Eve Ewing’s Outlawed (2020) #1 for context on some of what is happening at the end of this Ahmed run.

I think we ought to also push onward for 8 more issues to Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit (2021) #1-5 and then Ms. Marvel and… Wolverine (2022) #1, & Moon Knight (2022), & Venom (2022).

It’s possible this could then continue to Dark Web: Ms. Marvel (2022) #1-2 and Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel (2023) #1, after which Kamala becomes part of the Krakoa line with Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant (2023) #1-4, Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace (2024) #1-4, and Ms. Marvel Annual (2024) #1.

Alternately (or additionally, depending on how you’d like to see this mapped), you can vote for Ms. Marvel’s material from Krakoa and onward in X-Men: From the Ashes – NYX, The Wolverine & Ms. Marvel Omnibus (2024 – 2025) [includes NYX, Giant-Size one-shots, Laura Kinney, Deadpools & Wolverines].

Marvel Solo Heroes: Namor Omnibus Mapping

See my Guide to Namor – The Sub-Mariner for a complete reading order of Namor’s comics history from the Golden Age to present day!

Namor, The Sub-Mariner – The Golden Age (1941 – 1943) [could restart the line OR be a “War Years” book]

There are a pair of existing Golden Age Sub-Mariner omnibuses – a Pre-War omnibus collecting through issue #4 and a Post War omnibus collecting from issue #21 (but only Bill Everett stories).

While some people might be voting for this assuming it would simply collect the Golden Age Masterworks to pick up Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) #1-12, there’s a very good argument that it should instead be “Sub-Mariner: The War Years” and collect Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) #5-20, and then pick up any non-Everett Namor content that isn’t included in the Post-War omnibus.

Your vote can count for either or both of those sets of contents.

Atlas Era Heroes (1950 – 1957) [MMW1-3, could include Black Knight / Yellow Claw]

DC continued to publish most of their superheroes through the 1950s and kicked off the Silver Age in 1956 with the introduction of Barry Allen as Flash in the pages of Showcase (1956).

Marvel’s publishing history is a little different. It’s not just were they five years late in showing up to the superheroic Silver Age with the introduction of Fantastic Four. The majority of their output in the 1950s were war comics, westerns, and romance – with relatively few of their World War 2 era superheroes making an appearance.

Those few appearances were collected in a trio of Atlas Era Marvel Masterworks called Atlas Era Heroes Vol. 1-3, which I am very proud to have on my shelf!

This would collect the contents of the Atlas Era Heroes MMW line: Marvel Boy (1950) #1-2, Astonishing (1951) #3-6, Young Men (1950) #24-28 (starring Namor), Men’s Adventures (1950) #27-28 (including Namor), Captain America (1941) #76-78, Human Torch (1940) #36-38 (with Namor backups), and Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) #33-42.

It could also possibly add Black Knight (1955) #1-5 and/or Yellow Claw (1956) #1-4.

Namor, The Sub-Mariner – The Silver Age Vol. 2 (1968 – 1971) [MMW 3-5]

The Namor, The Sub-Mariner Vol. 1 Omnibus breaks the “3 Masterworks” rule with a good reason – because it starts with what are effectively the contents of a non-existent Masterworks Vol. 0 (as seen in Epic Collection Vol. 1) detailing Namor’s return at the start of the Silver Age. I am so thrilled his material was collected that way, since it forms a cohesive and incredibly compelling story!

That means we have a perfect set of two trios of Masterworks remaining in this omnibus line.

Volume 2 would collect MMW 3-5, including Sub-Mariner (1968) #2-38 and material from Ka-Zar (1970) #1

Volume 3 would collect MMW 6-8, including Sub-Mariner (1968) #39-72 and Daredevil (1964) #77

Doctor Doom & Namor: Super-Villain Team-Up (1975 – 1984) [effectively Namor Vol. 4; includes his 1984 mini]

In Super-Villain Team-Up (1975), Namor and Doctor Doom conspired with each other and against each other throughout. We don’t have it complete collected in Masterworks or Epic Collection, although it did get a 450-page complete trade paperback edition in 2015. Clearly that was too long to fit in the Book of Doom omnibus, which is why only two issues were excerpted there.

That means it has been over a decade since we’ve had this material collected in full and in color!

Not only is it significant for Doom, but it’s effectively Namor’s next adventure after the close of his 1968 series. If Namor received one more Masterworks volume, this would be collected there – and, there’s a chance it is included in his Epic line. That gives us an opportunity to fill the length of this out with more Namor material that takes us up to his 1990 omnibus by John Byrne, since by definition any further significant Doom material is already in his own omnibus.

This would collect Giant-Size Super Villain Team-Up (1975) #1-2, Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) #1-14, 15 (cover only), & 16-17, The Avengers (1963) #154-156, and The Champions (1976) #16

Plus, for Namor, it would collect Marvel Spotlight (1971) #27, Daredevil (1964) Annual 4, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #28, Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner (1984) #1-4, and covers of reprint issues Tales to Astonish (1979 – 1981) #1-14.

Namor, The Sub-Mariner by Kaminski & Herdling (1992 – 1995) [follows Byrne/Lee]

Marvel pulled one of their typically annoying moves when it comes to anything involving John Byrne and collected a weirdly-shaped amount of this run in Namor The Sub-Mariner by John Byrne and Jae Lee. That volume thankfully doesn’t skip anything like the Byrne She-Hulk volume, but it does stretch all the way to issue #40 of a 62-issue series.

However, that still leaves us plenty of material to collect for Namor – 22 issues of his series, an annual, some anthology stories, and at least a four-issue epilogue to this run that formed the core of the “Atlantis Rising” mini-event led by the Fantastic Four.

This would collect Namor The Sub-Mariner (1990) #41-62 & Annual 3, Wolverine: Global Jeopardy (1993) #1, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #149 (4th story), and material from Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #8 & 10, as well as some of the relevant issues of the Starblast from the final few issues of this series and his epilogue in the core of the Atlantis Rising mini-event (Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995) #1, Fantastic Four (1961) #401-402, & Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995) #2)

Alternately, this could collect all of the Atlantis Rising event if it will not all be in the Fantastic Four line. While we could also pick up some other issues of Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four Unlimited, and Fantastic Four Unplugged, I think they’re better left to the Fantastic Four line so we don’t overcomplicate this book.

Namor: The Modern Years (1998 & on)

After the conclusion of his series in 1995, Namor only scores his own titled series three more times in the next 30 years. Between those brief runs he is often a member of The Invaders, which we would not collect here. However, he does make some significant team appearances elsewhere, which could help to link together those three series.

This would collect Hulk/Sub-Mariner Annual ’98 (1998) #1; Fantastic Four: 1 2 3 4 (2001) #1-4; Namor (2003) #1-12;
What If: Sub-Mariner (2005) #1; Sub-Mariner (2007) #1-6; Sub-Mariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009) #1; Namor: The First Mutant (2010) #1-11 & Annual 1; Fear Itself: The Deep (2011) #1-4; Captain America and Namor (2012) #635.1; Namor: The Best Defense (2018) #1; Atlantis Attacks (2020) #1-5; Sub-Mariner: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1; King in Black: Namor (2020) #1-5; Namor (2024) #1-8; and material from Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #7; Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009) #1; Dark X-Men: The Beginning (2009) #3; and Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #1.

It could optionally collect Sub-Mariner: The Depths (2008) #1-5 and Namor the Sub-Mariner: Conquered Shores (2022) #1-5, neither of which are in continuity.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Nick Fury Omnibus Mapping

Nick Fury: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Vol. 1 (1963 & on)

Sgt. Fury was the original version of Nick Fury as the lead character in a World War II comic, common filler on the stands int he early 60s even as superheroes were taking over the public consciousness. However, just a few months later Jack Kirby also introduced him as a modern character in the pages of Fantastic Four (1961), which allowed him to spring into the role of Marvel’s spy chief in 1965.

All of that Silver Age spy material has now been completely collected in S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus, but none of the WWII material has been released in oversized collections (aside from Marvel’s special single month flashback omnis).

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (1963) hold a special place in my heart, because single issues of that series were some of the first Silver Age comics I ever got to touch and page through in my life – back when collected editions weren’t really a thing!

The challenge here is that only a third of the 120 issues of original material series has ever been collected, across a series of four Masterworks.

If Marvel would commit to allowing these books to break a 3x Masterworks rule, we could knock this out in three volumes. However, that means the first volume would still simply be an omnibus of the four existing Masterworks – and it would need to sell well enough to inspire Marvel to keep going with two more volumes that would require significant restoration.

Ultimately, I’m in favor of this material seeing omnibus for reasons beyond just my personal nostalgia. This is some of the only Silver Age Marvel material that still needs a reprint, along with their Westerns and Romance comics. The difference is that this material is headlined by one of their biggest and most-recognizable stars, which hopefully gives it enough of a push to finally see restoration and collection. Especially with DC figuring out how to sell War material of a lesser pedigree in their DC Finest line, it feels possible that this could finally become reality.

This would begin to collect Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (1963) #1-120 & material from Annual 1-7 (and covers of reprints from #121-167)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1969 & on) [Vol. 1? collects guest/solo stories, 1989 ongoing, Scorpio OGNs]

Nick Fury has always been one of Marvel’s most-prominent guest stars, but there was a time before the year 2000 when he was also a solo star in his own right across anthology stories, original graphic novels, and a four-year solo series.

There are three distinct pieces of this material, and it is up to you which would be collected in this omnibus (or pair of omnibuses).

First, we have Bronze Age guest appearances and anthology stories, as well as two flashback adventures set during his “Sgt. Fury” years. Then, we have the 1988-1994 run of his solo material – itself enough for a full omnibus thanks to 47 issues of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989). And, after that there are a trio of graphic novels, more anthology stories, and a handful of one-shots and limited series – also enough material for an omnibus of their own.

Your choice here is really (a) if you care about that first material at all, (b) if you would split Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989) in half to balance across two books, and (c) if you care about that final material at all, and if you do if it should simply be its own omnibus – maybe even extending to include 2000s-era Fury material.

This would collect Defenders (1972) #48-50 (and material from #51 & 54); Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #26-27 & 51; material from Hulk Comic UK (1979) #1-19; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #82-85 & 139; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #77-79 (Sgt. Fury/Dracula); and Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection (1989) OGN.

Then, it would continue to solo starring material fromNick Fury vs Shield (1988) #1-6; Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989) #1-47 and material from Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #4.

Finally, it would continue with material from after the conclusion of his series with Wolverine/Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising (1994) OGN; Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #157 (1st story), 171 (4th story), & 173-174 (2nd stories); Fury (1994) #1; Fury/Black Widow: Death Duty (1995) OGN; Captain America/Nick Fury Blood Truce (1995) OGN; Fury of SHIELD (1995) #1-5; Double Edge (1995) Alpha & Omega; Fury / Agent 13 (1998) #1-2.

Nick Fury Jr., Agent of SHIELD (2011 & on) [solo stories & backups, minis of Invisible Woman, Taskmaster, Secret Invasion, & Mystique]

Marvel made the curious choice to release a 2026 omnibus of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a book that hung in the bottom reaches of the poll last year with barely a handful of votes. At 672 pages, it has virtually nothing remarkable about it save for some writing from Mark Waid.

I don’t understand why Marvel wouldn’t have leaned into making it a Nick Fury Jr. book, considering that would’ve given them at least another 300 pages of material and a slightly more marketable hook than ” for the book some agents and also occasionally Deathlok.”

However, that allowed us to stop worrying about all of that SHIELD material to map a vastly superior Nick Fury Jr. book than what we had before!

This book now collects everything from Fury’s 2011 origins onward. That not only includes his origins in the wake of Fear Itself (2011) and his stylish 2017 series, but also a string of mini-series with familiar heroes as agents or antagonists (e.g., Invisible Woman, Taskmaster, and Mystique), plus two years of special Annual backup stories he anchored.

Ironically, I think this could have entirely fit within the dumb and sure-to-be low-selling SHIELD omni is marketing this year. Alas, I can’t fix that map, but at least it led us to mapping something great for this book.

This would collect Battle Scars (2011) #1-5, “Post Prologue” from Civil War II: Choosing Sides (2016) #1-6, Nick Fury (2017) #1-6, & Invisible Woman (2019) #1-5, Taskmaster (2020) #1-5, The “Infinite Destinies” 2021 Annuals “Infinite Fury” backup stories (Iron Man, Captain America, Black Cat, The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Miles Morales, The Avengers), Secret Invasion (2022) #1-5, Fury (2023) #1, “The Infinity Watch” 2024 Annuals back-up stories (Thanos, Amazing Spider-Man, Immortal Thor, Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, Incredible Hulk, Moon Knight, Spider-Boy), Avengers Annual 2024, Mystique (2024) #1-5, and material from Marvel’s Voices (2020) #1

Marvel Solo Heroes: Nova Omnibus Mapping

See Guide to Nova for all the details on both major Novas – Richard Rider and Sam Alexander.

Nova: Richard Rider by Abnett & Lanning (2007 – 2010)

This outstanding run of Richard Rider going fully cosmic has been collected entirely across the War of Kings omnibus line and in its own paperbacks, but never on its own!

This woul collect Annihilation: Nova (2006) #1-4; Nova (2007) #1-35 & Annual 1; The Thanos Imperative: Ignition (2010) #1; The Thanos Imperative (2010) #1-6; The Thanos Imperative: Devastation (2010) #1; and material from Nova: The Origin of Richard Rider (2009) #1 and I Am An Avenger (2010) #3

Nova: Sam Alexander (2013 – 2017)

Sam Alexander was created by Jeph Loeb as a teenage perspective hero for the Marvel Now period. He predates Ms. Marvel and Miles joining the Marvel-616, as well as many other legacy heroes who took over the Marvel Universe in All-New All-Different Marvel starting in 2015.

Sam Alexander had his own series that run for almost the duration of Marvel Now, plus a pair of further series in All-New All-Different. That makes for a hefty book, so we wouldn’t include much else here – leaving his guest appearances and membership in The Champions to their own omnis.

This would collect material from Marvel Now! Point One (2012) #1; Nova (2013) #1-31 & Annual 1, Nova Special (2014) #1 AKA “No End in Sight” (but NOT the other two one-shot specials, he barely appears in them); a few issues of the “Black Vortex” crossover (but NOT all of it, it’s just not relevant); Nova (2016) #1-11; and Nova (2017) #1-7; plus some excerpted establishing material from the end of the Heroic Age from Avengers vs. X-Men: Infinite (2012) #1, Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) #1 & 12, and Uncanny X-Men (2012) #19.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Quasar Omnibus Mapping

Quasar by Mark Gruenwald Vol. 1 (1978 – 1992) [includes material from before the ongoing]

As Marvel continues to attack their 1980s comic series with gusto in collected editions across omnis and Epic Collections, one of the few that sticks out as being under-collected is Quasar (1989).

While we have some older trades covering the first half of this series penned entirely by Mark Gruenwald, the back half of it remains untouched in collection.

This first volume would largely be recollecting material from those trades, but to make this more interesting we could pick up all of Quasar’s early material as “Marvel Man.” Then, a second volume would crack into uncollected material – including “Starblast,” a forgotten mid-90s cosmic event that crossed through Quasar, Fantastic Four, Sub-Mariner, and Secret Defenders.

Maybe it’s forgotten because it mostly centered on the events at the end of the run of Quasar – a title whose hero disappeared for a long time (and has no MCU counterpart).

For this map, we turn to our very own Near Mint Condition polling guru BFFNut!!!

This would collect his pre-Quasar appearances as “Marvel Man” (from Captain America (1968) #217-218, material from Defenders (1972) #62-64, Captain America (1968) #229-230 (and material from #238), and Incredible Hulk (1968) #232-234); and then Quasar material from Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #53-58, 63, & 67; Dazzler (1981) #9-10; Marvel Team-Up #113 & Annual 5; Avengers (1963) #301-303 & Annual 18 (where he joins the team); Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #29; and Quasar (1989) #1-31.

Then, a second volume would collect Quasar (1989) #32-34 and selected elements from Operation Galactic Storm; Questprobe (1984) #1-3; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #35; Quasar (1989) #35-60; the full Starblast crossover (Starblast (1994) #1, Quasar (1989) #54, Secret Defenders (1993) #11, Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #46-47, Fantastic Four (1961) #385, Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #48, Fantastic Four (1961) #386, Starblast (1994) #2, Quasar (1989) #55, Starblast (1994) #3, Quasar (1989) #56, Starblast (1994) #4); Star Masters (1995) #1-3; and Cosmic Powers Unlimited (1995) #4-5.

Marvel Solo Heroes: Quicksilver Omnibus Mapping

Quicksilver: The Early Years (1964 & on) [includes 1997 series]

Shoutout to friend of the blog and Near Mint regular NextImaginaut, who squeaked this map in under the wire as the last book added to the 2025 poll. We’ve left the map untouched this year.

This would begin to collect key early Silver Age appearances including his debut in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #4-7 and joining “Cap’s Kooky Quartet” in Avengers (1963) #16, Bronze Age material like his wedding in Fantastic Four (1963) #150, some later 80s and 90s appearances like X-Factor (1986) #87, then move on to Quicksilver (1997) #1-13 & Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver Annual ‘98 plus “Siege of Wundagore” crossover issues (Heroes for Hire (1997) #15-16), some key 2000s appearances, Son of M (2006) #1-6, Silent War (2007) #1-6, and further appearances to carry us through Quicksilver: No Surrender (2018) #1-5 (and maybe Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (2024) #1-4)

 

Marvel Solo Heroes: Red Skull Omnibus Mapping

Red Skull Vol. 1 (1965 & on)

I won’t even attempt to enumerate what this volume would contain. Would it start in the Golden Age? The Silver? Red Skull makes nearly 200 appearances just by the mid-80s. As with all villain-centric volumes, you’d have to do an incredibly close reading to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Let’s say this would start with his Silver Age debut in Tales of Suspense (1959) #66, which also depicts his origin story. Want a full map? Get this book into the Top 100 on this year’s poll!

Marvel Solo Heroes: Red Wolf Omnibus Mapping

Red Wolf: The Complete Saga (1971 – 2015)

There are several characters known as Red Wolf. This would collect across them to include Marvel Spotlight (1971) #1, Red Wolf (1972) #1-9, Rawhide Kid (2010) #2-4, Blaze of Glory (2000) #1-4 (does not appear in #1), 1872 (2015) #1-4, Red Wolf (2015) #1-6, and Occupy Avengers (2016) #1-8 (which co-stars Red Wolf throughout).