Marvel Omnibus

Marvel Omnibus is a line of large format, high quality, full color, hardcover graphic novel omnibuses published by Marvel Comics. They often contain complete runs, either by collecting multiple consecutive issues, or by focusing on the works of a particular writer or artist.
The company's first experiment with a large hardcover was 2004's Ultimate Spider-Man Collection, which was exclusively published by Barnes & Noble. The 992-page book cost $49.99 and had the same contents as the first three oversized hardcovers from Brian Michael Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man. This release did not use the 'omnibus' branding.
Marvel's first official omnibus came a year later, with Fantastic Four Vol. 1 in June 2005. With 848 pages, it collected the first 30 issues and an Annual of the comic. It cost $45 and debuted at no.58 in the graphic novel chart.
Senior vice president at Marvel, David Gabriel, told the New York Times the idea came from “trying to come up with a product tie-in for the Fantastic Four film to be released that summer — ‘something to get the extreme collector excited‘.”
The book “sold out in a few weeks” and Kuo-Yu Liang, a vice president for Diamond Comic Distributors, said that trend for larger, more-expensive books: “reflects the demographics of the consumer, who is both older and more affluent.”
After that success, four omnibuses followed in 2006: Alias, Uncanny X-Men Vol.1, Eternals, and New X-Men. The line has seen enormous growth, with 12 omnibuses released in 2009; 19 in 2014; 33 in 2019; and 89 in 2024.
The creation of an omnibus allows Marvel to improve its overall process of releasing collected editions. Gabriel said: “ been allowed to go out of press, say Secret Wars, in order for us to create a special Omnibus Edition which also allows us to gather new extras, redo files that need fixing and get the best possible re-creation available for all the pages. This process in turn allows us to then put out a better version of the paperback and keep that one in stock.”

Format overlap

The omnibus launched three years after Marvel released its first oversized hardcover. With the lines running side-by-side while sharing the same print size, there was often confusion in regards to how Marvel classified books. In 2015, a Spider-Verse ‘oversized hardcover’ was released at 648 pages; yet, months later, a Superior Foes Of Spider-Man ‘omnibus’ came out, with only 376 pages. Both collected full runs of a Spider-Man miniseries that had been released within the prior two years. In February 2019, the Hulk: Dogs Of War ‘oversized hardcover’ was 832 pages; while, four months later, Hulk by Loeb and McGuinness was a 912-page ‘omnibus’.
The contents of an OHC and omnibus may be identical: The 2011 ‘oversized hardcover’ of X-Men: Fall Of The Mutants was re-released with the exact same page count and cover in 2022, while using ‘omnibus’ branding. Similarly, 2025’s X-Men: Fatal Attractions ‘omnibus’ has the same content to the 2012 ‘oversized hardcover’.
The smallest omnibus was 2007’s Devil Dinosaur at 184 pages, while the largest oversized hardcover was 2013’s Avengers vs. X-Men Companion at 1,112 pages.

Direct Market covers

The practice of having multiple covers for the same comic book has been a feature of the industry since the mid-1980s. This increased throughout the 1990s, with the five covers for 1991's X-Men #1 helping it to sell a record-breaking 8.1 million copies.
Marvel omnibuses have used variants since the first release of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 in 2005. The main ‘bookshop’ cover featured the original artwork from Fantastic Four #1, drawn by Jack Kirby; with a ‘variant’ version of the same image produced by Alex Ross. Variant covers are exclusive for the direct market, meaning they are only available from comic book shops, or specialist retailers.
The practice is polarising, being described as both “exciting options for readers who want a different flavor from what they’re buying”, but leading to comics companies avoiding “finding new readers... by selling more to existing ones”.
The vast majority of Marvel omnibuses released between 2005 and September 2016 had a variant. The practice largely disappeared until early 2020, although, by 2021, every new Marvel omnibus again had more than one cover.
Marvel’s Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, David Gabriel, said: “As long as no one is just taking advantage of customers and retailers, I think it is going to continue to grow for a while.”

Marvel Universe omnibuses

These books contain stories that take place in the primary Marvel Universe. This fictional continuity is often referred to as Earth-616, with a legacy that stretches back to 1939.

Adam Warlock

Jim Starlin's interpretation of Adam Warlock was named by Publishers Weekly as one of Marvel's 10 hidden gems. The 1975 to 1977 portion of the Adam Warlock omnibus “is a heady, trippy sci-fi epic about what happens when a lab-created ‘perfect man‘ discovers that the evil messiah of the cruel intergalactic church he's been battling is, in fact, his own future self.” The omnibus also contains the introduction of infinity gems and Gamora.

#	Title	Years covered	Material collected	Pages	Released	ISBN
	Adam Warlock	1967-1980	Fantastic Four #66–67; Thor #165–166; Marvel Premiere #1–2; Warlock #1–15; Incredible Hulk #176–178, Annual #6; Strange Tales #178–181; Marvel Team-Up #55; Avengers Annual #7; Marvel Two-in-One #61–63, Annual #2	904		Gil Kane cover:
	Adam Warlock	1967-1980	Fantastic Four #66–67; Thor #165–166; Marvel Premiere #1–2; Warlock #1–15; Incredible Hulk #176–178, Annual #6; Strange Tales #178–181; Marvel Team-Up #55; Avengers Annual #7; Marvel Two-in-One #61–63, Annual #2	904		Jim Starlin DM cover:

Alpha Flight

The all-Canadian team of Alpha Flight was first introduced in Uncanny X-Men #120, written by Chris Claremont, alongside John Byrne; who also provided art for the issue. The debut led to the spin-off series, with Byrne writing the first 28 issues - all of which is collected in the Alpha Flight by John Byrne omnibus.

#	Title	Years covered	Material collected	Pages	Released	ISBN
	Alpha Flight by John Byrne	1977-1985	X-Men #109, 120–121, 139–140; Machine Man #18; Marvel Two-in-One #83-84; Incredible Hulk #272, 313, Annual #8; Alpha Flight #1–29; X-Men and Alpha Flight #1–2; X-Men/Alpha Flight #1–2; material from Marvel Team-Up Annual #7	1,248		John Byrne cover:
	Alpha Flight by John Byrne	1977-1985	X-Men #109, 120–121, 139–140; Machine Man #18; Marvel Two-in-One #83-84; Incredible Hulk #272, 313, Annual #8; Alpha Flight #1–29; X-Men and Alpha Flight #1–2; X-Men/Alpha Flight #1–2; material from Marvel Team-Up Annual #7	1,248		John Byrne cover:
	Alpha Flight by John Byrne	1977-1985	X-Men #109, 120–121, 139–140; Machine Man #18; Marvel Two-in-One #83-84; Incredible Hulk #272, 313, Annual #8; Alpha Flight #1–29; X-Men and Alpha Flight #1–2; X-Men/Alpha Flight #1–2; material from Marvel Team-Up Annual #7	1,248		John Byrne original art DM cover:
	Alpha Flight by Mantlo & Lee	1986-1989	Alpha Flight #30-70, Annual #1-2; Avengers #272; Marvel Fanfare #28	1,192		Jim Lee cover:
	Alpha Flight by Mantlo & Lee	1986-1989	Alpha Flight #30-70, Annual #1-2; Avengers #272; Marvel Fanfare #28	1,192		Mike Mignola cover:

Avengers

Savage Avengers

Avengers: West Coast Avengers

Black Cat

Jed MacKay's Black Cat omnibus contains the complete series. The story spun out of Amazing Spider-Man #16, where the character crossed the Thieves Guild, “leading her to go on the run both from the secret order as well as the authorities.”
That issue is collected in Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Omnibus Vol. 1.

#	Title	Years covered	Material collected	Pages	Released	ISBN
	Black Cat by Jed MacKay		Black Cat #1–12, Annual #1; Black Cat #1–10, Annual #1 ; Giant-Size Black Cat: Infinity Score #1; Iron Cat #1–5; FCBD 2020	784		Pepe Larraz cover:
	Black Cat by Jed MacKay		Black Cat #1–12, Annual #1; Black Cat #1–10, Annual #1 ; Giant-Size Black Cat: Infinity Score #1; Iron Cat #1–5; FCBD 2020	784		Inhyuk Lee DM cover: