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Every Missing Doctor Strange Omnibus, Mapped | 13th Annual Tigereyes Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus Poll

April 15, 2025 by krisis Leave a Comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Doctor Strange omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

For the next two weeks, I’ll be covering Marvel’s entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your Marvel oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot on Near Mint Condition on April 28, 2025.

Marvel announced a pair of Doctor Strange omnibuses for 2025 – the next oldest possible omnibus and the newest possible omnibus! First, last month we got Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts Vol. 1 collecting the beginning of the Bronze Age and inching us closer to the hotly-desired Roger Stern material. And, in September we’ll be seeing Doctor Strange by Jed MacKay, collecting the recently-concluded run that saw Strange’s death and return.

What’s left in the middle of Doctor Strange? More Bronze Age and 80s books, and some coverage for his uncollected 2000s runs!

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 Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.

Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!

The book titles and mapping in this post were curated with the help of BrandXK! BrandXK proudly supports The Hero Initiative, an incredible charity that helps to support comic creators in their times of need – especially with medical expenses.

Every Missing Fantastic Four & Silver Surfer Omnibus, Mapped | 13th Annual Tigereyes Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus Poll

April 15, 2025 by krisis Leave a Comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, & Silver Surfer omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

With the MCU Fantastic Four movie arriving in just a few months, Marvel has already been active in their Fantastic Four release schedule. We’ll see a classic Fantastic Four Vol. 6 omnibus in June, followed by the start of a new omnibus line with a Marvel Two-in-One Vol. 1 omnibus a week later. Plus, Silver Surfer finally gets his 1987 series in omnibus (and some key preceding material) in Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways this May, followed by a reprint of the Stan Lee Silver Surfer Volume 1 in June! All three books were popular on the 2025 poll, with Vol. 6 and Spaceways both in the Top 60.

That leaves us a dwindling list of Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics that have never been printed in omnibus compared to least year’s poll options for the F4 and Silver Surfer. Can the new MCU popularity of the team spur us on to get another three omnibuses crossed off this list in 2026? Perhaps, but it would send a stronger signal to Marvel if you cast your votes for some of them!

Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!

The book titles and mapping in this post were curated with the help of Captain Okona! Captain Okana is a supporter of the charity Vintage Pugs, so if you love this post and have a bit of extra comics cash you can spare consider helping rescue a pug today!

Every Missing Avengers Omnibus, Mapped | 13th Annual Tigereyes Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus Poll

April 14, 2025 by krisis 2 Comments

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Avengers team omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

Marvel has stepped up their Avengers omnibus game in 2025 with three new Avengers volumes. The announcement of Avengers by Johns & Coipel and New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis Vol. 2 means we now have an unbroken run of the Avengers flagship title from 1998 to 2010. And, Marvel announced Avengers Forever by Jason Aaron, making it clear exactly what material prior the big finale will need to be collected to cover all of Jason Aaron’s Avengers (2018).

That still leaves us with many Avengers comics that have never been printed in Omnibus compared to last year’s poll options, including the entire 1980s, the mid 90s, supporting titles from the 00s, and 2012 and beyond other than Hickman’s, run – including all of Al Ewing’s many Avengers runs. What Avengers omnibuses do you want to see printed the most? And, what Avengers runs do you still need to dig into?

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New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Image Comics – April 16 2025

April 12, 2025 by krisis Leave a Comment

Next week is the 16th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Image Comics April 16 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Image Comics April 9 2025 new releases.

This week in Image Comics: Redcoat meets another Unnamed, two Rogue Suns plus a Radiant Black, Body Bags zips up, Horizon Experiment in trade, Leonardo Romero goes full auteur on GI Joe’s Spirit, and more!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: I’m excited for Rogue Sun (2022) #26! I was so excited about my initial contact with Rogue Sun last month that I’m equally psyched for my catchup read and for a new issue.

This post includes every comic out from Image Comics this week on April 16 2025, plus collected editions. This isn’t the typical comic releases post you can find on other sites. Why? I explain each collection and comment on every series with a new issue out this week to help you figure out if they’re for you.

Plus, for some long-running series and Image Comics imprints, I’ll point you to a personally-curated guide within the Crushing Comics Guide to Indie Comics to find out how to collect that title in full!

There’s no other website on the internet that can claim that.

And now, onto Image Comics April 16 2025 new releases!