[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Mordiganne

V4 is actually on par with v1&2 in terms of size. I counted the actual X-Men issues between v4 and what's left for v5 and it's a 2 issue diff with v5 getting a second annual as well. It's the "extras" that are iffy. I'm not sure what else they can add to help the page count, but low page count onmis are not unheard of (Brubaker DD v1 among many) they just don't charge a retail price of $125 for them. So there's that.

I guess you are right when compared to Volumes 2 and 3, but I'm also looking at my Excalibur and New Mutant Omnis that included nearly 40 issues

Not familiar with the Brubaker DD volume as I'm really only collecting Silver Age and Bronze Age for most of the material with the few exceptions being Spider-Man and X-Men (though, I stopped X-Men with Age of Apocalypse).

I might grab the modern Cap Omnis though.

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As long as I get the Claremont stories I grew up on in glorious high quality hard cover volumes, I'm good.

I kind of wish I had grown up on these stories, but X-Men #1 from Lee was the first X-Men comic I ever read.

On the other hand, experience these stories for the first time now has made me truly appreciate them. They are the best comics I have ever read. I've actually decided that I'm going to hold off on reading V4 until I can read (or reread in the case of most of the run) the entire Claremont era in order rather than leap frogging.

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Now that Marvel is aware omni collecting is a "thing" they'll be cashing in even more. Only a matter of time.

Yeah, I am glad Marvel has been going all out for their OMnibuses. I wish DC would do the same as I'm still waiting for a Flash Bronze Age Volume 1, the Alan Moore run of Swamp Thing, that Jonah Hex Omnibus they advertised and then turned into an All-Star Western OHC. I just got the reprint of Flash by Geoff Johns Volume 2 so hopefully it won't take them too long to reprint Volume 3.

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I haven't bought single issue comics in 25 or so years

I stopped buying individual comics about 3-4 years ago when I got into the Omnibus game as I got spoiled thanks to the three Uncanny books, the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four books, and then the Spider-Man ones.

Like you, this is my preferred way to read comics now. Hell, reading the entire Silver Age of Flash, Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four in order with little to no breaks between books was just amazing all around. I also love that Marvel includes the fan letter pages in most of their older books. It lets me get a bit of insight on how fans reacted to these stories back then along with aspects of how the world was at the time.

The most disheartening letter of all was in a Spider-Man book from a soldier that talked about how much he loved the series and then a few issues later there was a letter informing Marvel that soldier was killed in action just before the issue with his letter came out. That was really sad, and yet, heart warming.