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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

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.

If you think you might like them, give them a try. I do have it but haven't opened it yet so I can't offer an opinion. Worse to worse, resell the book if it's not your thing. Get the first Cap volume now, though. It'll go oop soon and the price creep will begin. It's still cheap now and given how small it is - less than half the size of New Mutants omni - you don't want to over pay. Vol2 is due in August if you find a want to continue.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

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.

The best strategy. There's early plot threads that unravel throughout the long years of his run. I'm waiting on v5 before I even open v1 to start a read through. I've only just started Excalibur and the special at the beginning fills in a huge post-massacre gap for me. I rarely read New Mutants or Excalibur growing up as I was all in on the X-Men so these are - for the most part - all new reads for me as well.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Yeah, I am glad Marvel has been going all out for their OMnibuses.

It's a great business move. Not only are they cashing in on that nostalgia bug big time with people like me that are rediscovering the stories from childhood, I've also picked up a number of newer stories in omni format that I wouldn't have bothered trying to track down multiple TPBs for if I was even inclined to read them to begin with (SpiderGwen/Fem Wolverine, looking your way).

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Like you, this is my preferred way to read comics now. I also love that Marvel includes the fan letter pages in most of their older books.

I'm enjoying everything they add to the onmi format. They're even starting to put art/patterns on the ad pages instead of leaving them just blank.