I bought the first two Shang Chi omniboo. I will probably complete it. Make sure you don't overlook micronauts and ROM .

The 3rd Shang-Chi can still be gotten rather cheaply, but the 4th one is almost impossible to get for anything less
than $400, and it often lists for well over $1,000. (But I doubt anyone sells many at that price). Yeah, I should have
gotten them as they were being published, but the character had no real nostalgic value for me. I knew they weren't
likely to ever be reprinted, but it was a choice that I made at the time based on having limited space to store the books.
Yesterday, I saw an opportunity, so I went for it. I think I have most of the issues that are in vol. 4 as singles; I was buying
most everything put out by DC and Marvel at that time through Westfield.

Yes, I pounced over all three ROM volumes, even though I already own every single issue. I just like the series/character.
As for Micronauts, I didn't like them as much, so I only got the first volume due to Michael Golden's art. A lot of people
skipped getting vol. 2 and 3 once they heard Disney wouldn't include the X-Men/Micronauts crossover.

Sometimes the actual back issues are cheaper than the Omniboo’s.

Oh, definitely, I've seen that. And I know some complain about the bulkiness and hard-to-read nature of
a 1000+ page Omnibus, but I find it easy enough. A lot easier than diging out an issue from one of my
stacked storage boxes, and removing it from the sleeve. I just like having 30 issues or so all in one place
on a handy shelf. And often I'm more in the mood to just page through a 100 pages than read them again.

Corrected to make correct.

I have been transitioning my back issues to these.
https://www.bcwsupplies.com/comic-book-foldaway

And putting them in these.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/kallax-she ... -80275887/

I am about half way done, since it can get quite expensive.

I also buy a lot of the Masterworks on Kindle when they are on sale for $3.99.
I use the kindle app on my large iPad, so everything is in color, and full comic book size.

Those look very nice, Garp.

Something very wrong with a poll when 46% of those who responded to quite a long list said 'other'

Yes. Again, it was clear in the QUESTION

I forgot to vote in the poll until now, so make that 50%!

In case anyone reading this thread wonders what Jeff actually voted for.

Worst. Mod. Ever.

"Other" is clearly the winner...but does this mean that Dark Phoenix is the loser?

Yeah, but it's even worse than that. Almost every time I post in a poll thread, I forget to actually vote in said poll! It's probably something like one out of twenty that I remember.

So what did people mean when they chose "Other"? I went for the Jack Kirby Captain America.

Personally I think it WAS quite good, and RATHER overrated. Especially THE dialogue.

I voted "Other" on behalf of Steve Ditko's Creeper run in World's Finest Comics.

Evansy needs to scour the thread and then consult each voter who chose that option, and report back. It's only fair to the rest of us.

I voted for Starlin Warlock. There are several other close candidates on the listed choices. If I had voted "Other" it might have been for Gerber Man-Thing (artists included Mike Ploog and Val Mayerick)

Just a reminder of my quality thread while reading Man-Thing. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=80845&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

I should have kept writing reviews, but it seemed life kept me too busy. I did finish the whole Omnibus, just couldn't write quality reviews as I went along. Now I'd have to re-read to do the kind of depth that I displayed in that thread.

My favorite in the 1970s as they were coming out was Englehart's Avengers, pretty much his entire run.

There's a lot of great stuff in the 1970s by quite a few different writers (and artists), but for me, it's Englehart
who is consistently the guy, and he managed to do it across several different titles and characters.

I like Mayerick quite a bit. And I just wish that Marvel would release a Mike Ploog Omnibus, featuring just his
Monster of Frankenstein, Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, and Planet of the Apes issues. If there's
room and licensing rights, then Kull the Destroyer, Weirdworld, and anything else. I have most of it but I'd like to
have it all in one place. And with Marvel Masterworls on hiatus, my dream of getting a Monster of Frankenstein
MMW one day is all but lost. So, some sort of Omnibus or Artist Edition is the next best chance.

They did do a stand alone Monster of Frankenstein in paperback a few years back that had most everything. I bought it -- it's put together kind of like an Epic Collection, but without that branding.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0785199063/?tag=imwan-20

I have that. They also did a black and white essential.

Sorry, I should have stressed my desire for a Hard Cover version, ideally lovingly restored by Cory Sedlmeier.