This makes me wish that the Marvel Masterworks (and Omnibuses) were printed on non-glossy matt paper too. The colours always look better that way. Never understood why it has to be glossy. Old comic-books were NOT glossy! Looks like Penguin is outdoing Marvel at its own game here.
Thanks for the overview. I have the Black Panther collection on order. There`s an Omnibus scheduled for October but since I only wanted Panther`s Rage story, this is perfect. Just right for reading.
thank you, I was not intending to get them all but I enjoyed the Cap one and then bought the Black Panther one and thought, why not get the full set. Will probably continue with the next ones, though no idea if it will be the Avengers etc (though again, covers material I already have). Don't know if they have been turning up in the local bookshops, I assume the London FP has got them and Foyles etc
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I know our booksellers in the states have these. I’ve been toying with the idea of picking them up 🤔 Really enjoyed your review to get a better look at them
thanks, must pop into my local waterstones and check them out as I doubt if I will be up to London until the next comic mart (with the heat / strikes / concerts etc)
And the answer is ... yes! Black Panther from Jungle Action was reprinted in Marvel UK's Planet of The Apes weekly, starting roughly around issue 60, though I'm not sure which issues or for how long as Ka-Zar and Man Thing showed up soon after (and Warlock and Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction and some Marvel Preview before it)
thank you, didn't realise that about the Black Panther, I should have remembered those as I am certain I was still collecting the POTA at the time, certainly would have collected them for the Ka-Zar ones and likewise the Warlock and UWOSF. Can't imagine that the Black Panther covered many issues of the Jungle Action comic or the Black Panther ones though.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I think it was a quick burst of JA starting around issue 8. I have a feeling it may have seen print somewhere else too later on
Yes, those Folio Society ones are amazing as well but extremely expensive. There was a recent release and it was £750 or so for Gormenghast (Dave McKean illustrations), just way too expensive for me (unless I win the lottery this evening !)
I'm hoping for a more affordable Folio edition of that Dave McKean Gormenghast edition in the future. It does look beautiful. But *how much*???!!! I'd be too scared to read it even if I could afford to buy it...
It is a crazy price, I am not going to pay £750 for it and I would love to see a more affordable version but that does seem to be the way things are going. Probably see collector editions at 1000+, 2000+ etc at some point (Bob Dylan and his Blowing in the wind single record for 1.5 million). Not for me, prefer them to be more affordable and for everyone
Do you remember the Spiderman newspaper comic strips? I'm collecting its compilations but they stop it at vol. 5 just before the wedding and before the Larry Lieber era. It's a shame because he was doing the strip for over 30 years 🧐
I have only one volume of the Spiderman newspaper comic strips, never really saw them here in the UK (I don't know if they were in any UK paper either). It would be great to see them in omnibus form and complete. There were others, Conan comes to mind. I always wanted, but never could get a copy (and not for want of trying) of the Wonder Woman series
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews if you think it's difficult in the UK imagine in LATAM but still to me is worthy to import and you're right a Conan compilation would be great. Another would be a Steve Ditko's Mr. A Omnibus because I hear his nephew was preparing one
There are a lot of Steve Ditko's on Kickstarter with Robin Synder. I have a few of them. I know, I should not complain about certain volumes that are not available, we are fairly lucky here in the UK with the comics / TPB we get plus the shops etc. I still occasionally whinge about some volumes that are only available in the US though but then I suspect they moan about some of the books that are generally only available here. I love books from all around the world, and often see books mentioned that I know I will never find in a million years here.
Great looking books the covers alone are worth they admission fee along with the great looking paper stock , they remind me of bound comic books I hope that they continue the covers in the same style sometimes the masterworks and omnibuses dont look quite right on the shelf but if they continue in this vain these are really going to stand out on any display.
Yes, they definitely will. As mentioned, the FF I assume will be blue as well, but the Avengers one ?? Not sure I can think of a colour for the Avengers ? X-Men, perhaps Amber ? Daredevil, Yellow or perhaps Red. Thor ?? Iron Man, Red / Yellow ? I suppose there are a limits on the colours. Sgt Fury, brown ?? Captain Marvel, Green ? Or Red / Blue ?
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews yeah i think they may go red with the Avengers or possibly green, X-men yeah amber would be good but I have a feeling they may go white, I think the FF has to be blue and Daredevil red or possibly yellow and black, brown sounds perfect for Sgt Fury and I would prefer green for Captain Marvel, I guess that they do have scope with Thor of going for a rainbow to represent the bridge.
Yes, White would be a good one for X-Men or perhaps glowing radioactive green for Mutants ? Red is a possible with the Avengers as Giant Man / Thor / Iron Man / Cap / Wasp etc all have red in their costumes. A rainbow one for Thor would be interesting, no reason why they need to go for a single colour. Millie The Model ? Patsy Walker ? (I doubt if we will see a penguin classic for them though)
@@captain_uk I am not certain the bookies would be doing much business on that one but we will have to wait and see, perhaps we will be right with some of them. I assume it will be 2023 for the next batch ?
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews They also work better for the shelf I'm keeping these types of Marvel reprint books, main,y the Marvel Masterworks I have, both hardcover and softcover copies.
@@jonny9884 My collection is all over the place, I have hardbacks, softcovers, flexi, large, small etc. I have a small selection of Marvel Masterworks and was quite happy to collection the softcover ones but that set was discontinued so I moved over to the epics and omnis, mainly keeping to those now with a few completes. I may get a few of the smaller softcover MMW ones when they get to titles I haven't got (though I have a number of them in Kindle) such as the Golden age ones.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews A few years back a friend gave me a decent handful of the softcover ones, and quite a few grocery bags full of the Marvel Essentials. I'm now hoping to complete the sets he started of both. At the moment I personally don't have a need to collect more than what was released through the softcovers, and do appreciate the small handful of hardcovers I've come across as well. Oh, and I am also collecting all the Direct Market copies of MMMW for my son. He's four now but will give them all to him when he's 7 or 8.
@@jonny9884 I had most of the essentials but got rid of many of them, wish I hadn't. Since then I have bought them as I find them, they often turn up in my local charity shop for £3 or so even for some of the more obscure ones and the same with the DC showcases. I don't think I have ever found a MMW via that though Omnis turn up in the shop, normally for about £50 or so. I certainly don't need all the complete sets, but if it is an interesting run I will try and pick up there or at the comic mart (essentials turn up there as well, normally for £5 or so in some cases). Looking forward to the next mart next week as I missed the last one (though we have a train strike again on comic mart weekend ... always seems to be the way). I would have loved all those MMW at the age of 8, I had lots of Fantastics / Terrifics (all in black and white) at that age.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I'd be OK with a Stan Lee Daredevil, I have the essentials but a nice hardcover in colour with his yellow suit would be welcome.
@@Ya_Mosura I would imagine the Daredevil will have a penguin (if the series is a success) and surely they will cover a number of those early yellow Daredevil ones. There were not many yellow Daredevils though so most would be in his red such as the Wally Wood ones.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews Yeah, it's a shame he didn't have it long as I always thought it looked better that his regular suit, the red one looks a little too plain to me.
Yes, I always liked the yellow one. I enjoyed the Tim Sale Daredevil one 'Yellow' because of that as well. I still think they could do an early 'Untold years of Daredevil' as they could squeeze a load of other tales into those 1-6 issues.
These are higher quality than ANY "marvel" distributed product. Thats kind of sad to me. Anyways, they are good. I got the paperbacks because hardcovers are awkward to read.
I was wondering about the paperbacks, I have yet to see them in the shops so I decided for the HB versions. If I prefer them, will get the upcoming ones in paperback - I don't have to have all the books identical on the bookshelf !
These are lovely books btw - got Cap in soft back and Spidey in hardback. Just cannot resist old Spidey reprints as have also been picking up those loveable Mighty Marvel Masterworks too (can't resist a digest!)
I have yet to get any of the masterwork digests. They have covered all the material I have in other forms but I suspect I will get some if they get further up into the books I haven't got such as the Luke Cage, some of the Timely / Atlas era etc as well as the later Thor, Iron man etc but I suspect that will be ages off.
Apparently Marvel are going to start reprinting the hardback Masterworks from the beginning, in publication order, starting next year (?). But who knows how long it will take to get to the volumes I'm missing... Or if they even get that far.
I just hope they continue with the paperback series. I used to get the MMW paperbacks and then they stopped that, was hoping to get all the Atlas / Timely ones in that format. Hopefully this new format gets that far but it will be slow. They are on 200+ now (if not 300) so that is many, many years of volumes and I'll be over 70+ before they get to the current set of books at that rate. The HB ones would be great but they have always been very expensive, certainly relative to the omnibus volumes that often include 2 to 3 MMW. I have a number of them in Kindle format when they did specials for 99p or so for some of the MMW ones so I have a lot of the Atlas / Timely ones in that format which is fine enough for me.
@@davidhume7260 Yes, it was always stretching off to eternity when we were 15 or 16 but I do get to the point now, bring out those omnis and epics etc a little quicker. Bit depressing though !!
Hang on. They're £40 RRP?! Who's paying that much for them?? I would definitely buy them for less than 30 quid though. In fact I have my eye on the Spider-Man volume at least...
Great video btw! I really appreciate your enthusiasm and end up buying a lot of books I wouldn't have without seeing them reviewed on your channel. You have excellent taste :)
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This makes me wish that the Marvel Masterworks (and Omnibuses) were printed on non-glossy matt paper too. The colours always look better that way. Never understood why it has to be glossy. Old comic-books were NOT glossy! Looks like Penguin is outdoing Marvel at its own game here.
Yes, I think they are definitely the omnibus series that should have been. I really love them
Thanks for the overview. I have the Black Panther collection on order. There`s an Omnibus scheduled for October but since I only wanted Panther`s Rage story, this is perfect. Just right for reading.
thanks for the info about the Black Panther omni !
Thats good news about the Omnibus, thanks for the info.
Oh wow I’ve been looking at these so happy to see you doing a video to cover them 👏👏👏
thank you, I was not intending to get them all but I enjoyed the Cap one and then bought the Black Panther one and thought, why not get the full set. Will probably continue with the next ones, though no idea if it will be the Avengers etc (though again, covers material I already have). Don't know if they have been turning up in the local bookshops, I assume the London FP has got them and Foyles etc
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I know our booksellers in the states have these. I’ve been toying with the idea of picking them up 🤔
Really enjoyed your review to get a better look at them
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I've seen them here in the UK in Waterstones
thanks, must pop into my local waterstones and check them out as I doubt if I will be up to London until the next comic mart (with the heat / strikes / concerts etc)
And the answer is ... yes! Black Panther from Jungle Action was reprinted in Marvel UK's Planet of The Apes weekly, starting roughly around issue 60, though I'm not sure which issues or for how long as Ka-Zar and Man Thing showed up soon after (and Warlock and Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction and some Marvel Preview before it)
thank you, didn't realise that about the Black Panther, I should have remembered those as I am certain I was still collecting the POTA at the time, certainly would have collected them for the Ka-Zar ones and likewise the Warlock and UWOSF. Can't imagine that the Black Panther covered many issues of the Jungle Action comic or the Black Panther ones though.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I think it was a quick burst of JA starting around issue 8. I have a feeling it may have seen print somewhere else too later on
Class books
they are !!
They look great! Giving the Folio Society a run for their money and a lot less expensive.
Yes, those Folio Society ones are amazing as well but extremely expensive. There was a recent release and it was £750 or so for Gormenghast (Dave McKean illustrations), just way too expensive for me (unless I win the lottery this evening !)
I'm hoping for a more affordable Folio edition of that Dave McKean Gormenghast edition in the future. It does look beautiful. But *how much*???!!! I'd be too scared to read it even if I could afford to buy it...
It is a crazy price, I am not going to pay £750 for it and I would love to see a more affordable version but that does seem to be the way things are going. Probably see collector editions at 1000+, 2000+ etc at some point (Bob Dylan and his Blowing in the wind single record for 1.5 million). Not for me, prefer them to be more affordable and for everyone
Do you remember the Spiderman newspaper comic strips? I'm collecting its compilations but they stop it at vol. 5 just before the wedding and before the Larry Lieber era. It's a shame because he was doing the strip for over 30 years 🧐
I have only one volume of the Spiderman newspaper comic strips, never really saw them here in the UK (I don't know if they were in any UK paper either). It would be great to see them in omnibus form and complete. There were others, Conan comes to mind. I always wanted, but never could get a copy (and not for want of trying) of the Wonder Woman series
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews if you think it's difficult in the UK imagine in LATAM but still to me is worthy to import and you're right a Conan compilation would be great. Another would be a Steve Ditko's Mr. A Omnibus because I hear his nephew was preparing one
There are a lot of Steve Ditko's on Kickstarter with Robin Synder. I have a few of them. I know, I should not complain about certain volumes that are not available, we are fairly lucky here in the UK with the comics / TPB we get plus the shops etc. I still occasionally whinge about some volumes that are only available in the US though but then I suspect they moan about some of the books that are generally only available here. I love books from all around the world, and often see books mentioned that I know I will never find in a million years here.
I think I’ll get the black panther one looks very cool
It is a good volume, was not expecting it to be as good as I have had limited exposure to the Black Panther collections - was impressed
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews that’s great to hear and thank you for sharing the video
Great looking books the covers alone are worth they admission fee along with the great looking paper stock , they remind me of bound comic books I hope that they continue the covers in the same style sometimes the masterworks and omnibuses dont look quite right on the shelf but if they continue in this vain these are really going to stand out on any display.
Yes, they definitely will. As mentioned, the FF I assume will be blue as well, but the Avengers one ?? Not sure I can think of a colour for the Avengers ? X-Men, perhaps Amber ? Daredevil, Yellow or perhaps Red. Thor ?? Iron Man, Red / Yellow ? I suppose there are a limits on the colours. Sgt Fury, brown ?? Captain Marvel, Green ? Or Red / Blue ?
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews yeah i think they may go red with the Avengers or possibly green, X-men yeah amber would be good but I have a feeling they may go white, I think the FF has to be blue and Daredevil red or possibly yellow and black, brown sounds perfect for Sgt Fury and I would prefer green for Captain Marvel, I guess that they do have scope with Thor of going for a rainbow to represent the bridge.
Yes, White would be a good one for X-Men or perhaps glowing radioactive green for Mutants ? Red is a possible with the Avengers as Giant Man / Thor / Iron Man / Cap / Wasp etc all have red in their costumes. A rainbow one for Thor would be interesting, no reason why they need to go for a single colour. Millie The Model ? Patsy Walker ? (I doubt if we will see a penguin classic for them though)
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews We could open up a book for the odds on this ha ha.
@@captain_uk I am not certain the bookies would be doing much business on that one but we will have to wait and see, perhaps we will be right with some of them. I assume it will be 2023 for the next batch ?
Thanks for the heads-up ! I ended up getting all three books, but the paperback ones.
The paperbacks are pretty good as well, look more like a traditional Penguin Classic as well.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews They also work better for the shelf I'm keeping these types of Marvel reprint books, main,y the Marvel Masterworks I have, both hardcover and softcover copies.
@@jonny9884 My collection is all over the place, I have hardbacks, softcovers, flexi, large, small etc. I have a small selection of Marvel Masterworks and was quite happy to collection the softcover ones but that set was discontinued so I moved over to the epics and omnis, mainly keeping to those now with a few completes. I may get a few of the smaller softcover MMW ones when they get to titles I haven't got (though I have a number of them in Kindle) such as the Golden age ones.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews A few years back a friend gave me a decent handful of the softcover ones, and quite a few grocery bags full of the Marvel Essentials. I'm now hoping to complete the sets he started of both. At the moment I personally don't have a need to collect more than what was released through the softcovers, and do appreciate the small handful of hardcovers I've come across as well.
Oh, and I am also collecting all the Direct Market copies of MMMW for my son. He's four now but will give them all to him when he's 7 or 8.
@@jonny9884 I had most of the essentials but got rid of many of them, wish I hadn't. Since then I have bought them as I find them, they often turn up in my local charity shop for £3 or so even for some of the more obscure ones and the same with the DC showcases. I don't think I have ever found a MMW via that though Omnis turn up in the shop, normally for about £50 or so. I certainly don't need all the complete sets, but if it is an interesting run I will try and pick up there or at the comic mart (essentials turn up there as well, normally for £5 or so in some cases). Looking forward to the next mart next week as I missed the last one (though we have a train strike again on comic mart weekend ... always seems to be the way). I would have loved all those MMW at the age of 8, I had lots of Fantastics / Terrifics (all in black and white) at that age.
Great video thanks very much
thank you, glad it was of interest - they are excellent books !
Lovely looking books, although unless it's Daredevil/X-Men I'm more of a DC guy.
Perhaps they will do a DC one ??
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I'd be OK with a Stan Lee Daredevil, I have the essentials but a nice hardcover in colour with his yellow suit would be welcome.
@@Ya_Mosura I would imagine the Daredevil will have a penguin (if the series is a success) and surely they will cover a number of those early yellow Daredevil ones. There were not many yellow Daredevils though so most would be in his red such as the Wally Wood ones.
@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews Yeah, it's a shame he didn't have it long as I always thought it looked better that his regular suit, the red one looks a little too plain to me.
Yes, I always liked the yellow one. I enjoyed the Tim Sale Daredevil one 'Yellow' because of that as well. I still think they could do an early 'Untold years of Daredevil' as they could squeeze a load of other tales into those 1-6 issues.
These are higher quality than ANY "marvel" distributed product. Thats kind of sad to me. Anyways, they are good. I got the paperbacks because hardcovers are awkward to read.
I was wondering about the paperbacks, I have yet to see them in the shops so I decided for the HB versions. If I prefer them, will get the upcoming ones in paperback - I don't have to have all the books identical on the bookshelf !
I cant unsee the streaks now
sorry about that
These are lovely books btw - got Cap in soft back and Spidey in hardback. Just cannot resist old Spidey reprints as have also been picking up those loveable Mighty Marvel Masterworks too (can't resist a digest!)
I have yet to get any of the masterwork digests. They have covered all the material I have in other forms but I suspect I will get some if they get further up into the books I haven't got such as the Luke Cage, some of the Timely / Atlas era etc as well as the later Thor, Iron man etc but I suspect that will be ages off.
Apparently Marvel are going to start reprinting the hardback Masterworks from the beginning, in publication order, starting next year (?). But who knows how long it will take to get to the volumes I'm missing... Or if they even get that far.
I just hope they continue with the paperback series. I used to get the MMW paperbacks and then they stopped that, was hoping to get all the Atlas / Timely ones in that format. Hopefully this new format gets that far but it will be slow. They are on 200+ now (if not 300) so that is many, many years of volumes and I'll be over 70+ before they get to the current set of books at that rate. The HB ones would be great but they have always been very expensive, certainly relative to the omnibus volumes that often include 2 to 3 MMW. I have a number of them in Kindle format when they did specials for 99p or so for some of the MMW ones so I have a lot of the Atlas / Timely ones in that format which is fine enough for me.
Gosh, I didn't even think about how old I'll be by then too... What a depressing thought :(
@@davidhume7260 Yes, it was always stretching off to eternity when we were 15 or 16 but I do get to the point now, bring out those omnis and epics etc a little quicker. Bit depressing though !!
Bought them all 27 quid a piece
I don't know why it quotes 40 on the back
I bought mine at approx £27 as well but if buying them from the High Street, probably be £40 as marked
Hang on. They're £40 RRP?! Who's paying that much for them?? I would definitely buy them for less than 30 quid though. In fact I have my eye on the Spider-Man volume at least...
Great video btw! I really appreciate your enthusiasm and end up buying a lot of books I wouldn't have without seeing them reviewed on your channel. You have excellent taste :)
thank you