A comprehensive look at the reading order of Fantastic Four in Collected Editions Pt. 2

Part two of my Fantastic Four reading order is here. Today I focus on the trade paperbacks and standard size hardcovers. I do a deep look as to what the content of the books are and talk about what the reading order should be and where they fit in if you own the omnis. Join me as I explore The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!
Some of the books can be bought here:
Fantastic Four Epic volume 2
www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Four...
Fantastic Four Epic: New Fantastic Four:
www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Four...
Fantastic Four The More Things Change:
www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Four...
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#fantasticfourincollectededitions

[@MastermindAXL]

Two things: 1) Great to meet another Dwayne McDuffie fan! He was gone too soon. 2) And James Robinson's FF run was criminally short and underrated. He was awesome. And Leonard Kirk was beautiful.

[@NearMintCondition]

Absolutely. I love that man's work. Gone way too soon. And Robinson will always have a special place in my heart since Starman.

[@comicbookcrazy]

🙇‍♂️ Once again I bow down to your mastery of these type of videos, Omar. I refer back to all of your reading order videos all the time when I'm looking to see what to read next for a character/group. Sometimes what I want is OOP or too expensive to buy second hand but it's great to know what to look for. The Marvel Epics are great until we get Omni's from Marvel. Simonson's run on FF is vastly underrated in my opinion along with Englehart's run. Once again, my friend, you've outdone yourself. Thanks! #OmarRules

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for the kind words, my brother. I'm with you Simonson's run needs an omni treatment. I think alot of Defalco is underrated too.

[@trigganosis81]

My favorite KZbin series!! Thanks again for another great vid!!!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for the kind words, brother. I hope these help.

[@vishansilva8546]

Thank you so much on these videos it’s so much easier reading order with these books I been wanting to get into fantastic four this would be my perfect chance.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words and the reason I started making these was because I wish there were visual guides like this when I first started reading in collected editions.

[@vishansilva8546]

Near Mint Condition i can’t tell I love these kinds of videos I hope you make more and question I have is I have the fantastic four omnibus first or I start with the TBP and hardcovers after.

[@NearMintCondition]

@@vishansilva8546 It really depends on what you like. Oversized artwork then go for the nice Omnis. Cheaper and more readable books, go for the Epics. Just some our out of print. But the first omni is back in print. :)

[@vishansilva8546]

Near Mint Condition thank you so much I appreciate it.

[@robertmccauley8366]

I loved that when I was a kid collecting the marvel annuals you could ALWAYS depend on the uncanny X-men annuals because Arthur Adams usually was the artist and how can you not love that?! ( unless the odd annual was done by John Byrne LoL) perfect example X-Factor Annual 4 (Atlantis attacks) drawn by Byrne and inks by Walt Simonson! GORGEOUS ❤️

[@OHaterMaisSincero]

Again, dude, GREAT VIDEO! Really awesome.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@mawinstallation6626]

Great video. Marvelous reading order.

[@derekthediversecollector4107]

I love James Robinson. I want to continue reading his all new invaders run. But I might just start fantastic 4 from waid to fraction to Robinson to Hickman since that material is easier to obtain right now but this video really helps thank you omar.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you very much for watching and I'm glad I could help out. Also good to hear I saw Waid's name in there. That's my favorite run. :)

[@robertmccauley8366]

LOVE Carlos Pacheco’s version of the Thing and Jeph Loeb was the “Word-smith” they brought him in to neaten up the words and story cuz Pacheco was new at that sort of thing lol LOVED that run tho!

[@robertmccauley8366]

Fill in issues were done by Stuart Immomenn

[@mangageekdom]

Great video! I love collecting F4 books! As of now I own the Byrne Omnis, Waid up to Fraction. Hopefully I can go back and get all those other books I'm missing! :)

[@NearMintCondition]

Did you pick up the reprint of the first omni, Gio?

[@mangageekdom]

Near Mint Condition Not yet! =\

[@jvalencia27]

Please do a Red Hood reading order!!! Ur the best!

[@NearMintCondition]

Already in the works, good sir. Just keep an eye on the channel.

[@BLH97]

Hey Omar! Do you have any plans of remastering this video now that there are so many epics and complete collections that have been released since you uploaded this video that fill in gaps and consolidate trades?

[@pookie9121]

Just started reading Fantastic Four starting at Omni 1. Any chance of getting a new Fantastic Four reading order video? Cheers

[@omgtheykilledkenny47]

Hey brother, do you have this full reading list written down by chance ? I’d like to get all the omnis possible to keep the aesthetic, but I’d like to have a written version or a list that has the full amount of books needed to get the whole story. You’re the man!!

[@NearMintCondition]

I do have a master sheet on my Drive. I don't mind sharing them. But sometimes I honestly just forget.

[@MagicJulienBertone]

Back for a rewatch!!

[@itszackempire]

Hey, Omar, great video as always. I'm curious of your opinion on this, but, if I was to pick up the new Heros Return collection, do you think I should read the the Heroes Reborn trade first? To be honest, I'm not that interested in it. Just wondering how you feel about it?

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, brother. You realy don't have to read the Heroes Reborn books to enjoy the Heroes Return story. All you have to know is that the heroes were gone for a year.

[@hankmoody4610]

Nice video once again. Two things I would like to add: You forgot Fantastic Four: Beginning of the End TPB, which collects two issues between Waid and JMS and about 3 later issues. All these are not collected anywhere else. Also, there are 2-3 issues before Civil War that are only collected in a tpb called "Road to Civil War". I'm not sure if any of the above are collected in a Thor or Hulk omnibus but they are not collected in any FF collection. I am a big Epic Collection fun as well, collecting almost all the Epic lines :) Can't wait for FF: Heroes Return and I hope they don't stop until they reach all the way to Waid's run.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for adding those in here, I wasn't aware for the Beginning of the End, but the Civil War I had forgotten to add those in here since I used to have the OHC. I hope one day they give us Epics all the way to these runs here. :)

[@hankmoody4610]

I'm happy to contribute :)

[@roninsplinter8098]

Love these keep them coming plz. Wondering and shocked really. How u have not done a Superman reading order yet? Is that coming in the near future? Also a Green Arrow one would be AWESOME. Keep up the great work man. :)

[@AP-ig9tg]

I think it’s coming, I was also wondering that.

[@MastermindAXL]

Dude, the Epics are like the best trade format for me. I really like them. You get stuff that's also in the omnis and the same comic material but for a much lower price! Plus, it's a backlist, so I can have the entire run of a comic. I have all the Spider-Man epics and I really like them!

[@NearMintCondition]

Aaron, how was your copy of the Venom Epic? I heard horror stories of printing errors?

[@MastermindAXL]

@@NearMintCondition My copy was fine! The paper is a little thinner, but I'm good with it. It's a great book! And it'll complement nicely with the Assassin Nation epic coming out this year.

[@NearMintCondition]

Okay good deal. As a completist I need it because the omnibus starts with issue 298. My last DD had that thin paper too. I hope they go back to the thicker paper.

[@MastermindAXL]

@@NearMintCondition I'm sure they will! The Essentials had the same transition where they went from very thick newspaper to thin newsprint.

[@benjones8276]

Near Mint Condition I also noticed thinner paper with a kravens last hunt epic I picked up last month, had no idea that they had reprinted any epics yet

[@machinemanbaltimore]

Great video as usual. I want them all but, sadly, can’t afford them all!

[@NearMintCondition]

Chris, I usually have to sell some of my books to get new books. So I understand.

[@connorcarruthers1024]

Do the first 2 Epic Collections contain the letter pages and extras seen in the first Fantastic Four Omnibus?

[@NearMintCondition]

I don't know. I'm sorry I don't own the FF Epics volumes 1 and 2.

[@connorcarruthers1024]

No problem! I was just curious as to the contents in the epics vs the omnis since I am a sucker for extras

[@t2comicbooksoverviews251]

not easy to find comic books in my country,what i find are never complete runs,great video and info,thank you

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@TaylorTalksComics]

1. I’ve probably watched these two FF videos a hundred times. I’m trying to get a complete run of everything FF. 2. Where does the Marvel Knights run fit in? And does Morrison’s 1234 mini come before or after the MK run?

[@NearMintCondition]

I would read the MK stuff in the middle of Waid's run. Keep in mind the MK stuff was supposed to replace Waid and Ringo until fans went all nuts and Marvel honored their word and gave that creative team another book. Morrison's mini was before the MK series.

[@TaylorTalksComics]

​ Near Mint Condition Wait... So, does that make the MK stuff non-canon then? I have the Waid omni, is there an obvious point when the MK takes place?

[@NearMintCondition]

It is. Even though they kept going back and forth wheter it was or not. Not really an obvious point. I would say around the middle of the omnibus.

[@ericbernardo5317]

Hi Omar! Could you do a video like this for Batman, Superman, The Flash and Green Lantern all after Crisis on Infinite Earths until Infinite Crises? By the way, thanks for the video!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for watching. I will add those to the monthly voting polls. Thank you.

[@jamesjetson]

Great video!

[@NearMintCondition]

James Dayrit thank you brother!

[@leocollumbell1251]

Will Marvel do a Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus Volume 2 reprint anytime soon ?

[@NearMintCondition]

I haven't heard.

[@starstudio8402]

Nice

[@frasert8779]

I completely agree about Mark Millar, I’m curious though what do you dislike about his writing specifically? I ask because I’ve never thought about it enough to put my finger on it but his writing just turns me off... and he screwed over Grant Morrison who is my favorite comic writer of all time

[@NearMintCondition]

Oh so much. His edginess for the sake of edge. His repetitive dialogue. So much so that everyone starts to sound the same.

[@lloydwong7852]

Those epic collections are so random. Why would Marvel release the epics out of order? If I was a new reader that wanted to start at the beginning and go in order in a cheap manner I would be so confused because of all the different formats- Epics,Masterworks,Premier Editions, Trade Paperbacks,Complete Collections. None of which have any cohesive reading order. I'm hoping the price of the Mark Waid Omni comes down because it's nearly full blown Canadian retail online at Chapters/Indigo. Can I just use that run as a jumping on point to read it? I didn't see you mention the Marvel Knights:4 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa art by Steve McNiven for the first arc. Did you ever read it and what did you think of it since it lasted 30 or so issues?

[@benjones8276]

Lloyd Wong epic are also to reprint material that most likely won’t sell well in an omnibus, which are usually reserved for popular runs. Also sales usually drop off after about 3-4 volumes of a series, so marvel are trying to avoid that, by releasing volumes from different eras. Finally some people for example someone may really want some late 80s fantastic four, but will have to wait years to get it if they release it in chronological order.

[@NearMintCondition]

Lloyd, I didn't mention it because I wanted to mainly focus on the Fantastic Four, I also didn't mention Fantastic Force and FF. but that arc you are talking about is where I fell in love with Mcniven's artwork . Precisely what Ben Jones said is the reason these Epics bounce around all over the place. Originally they were only going to do four lines: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and Fantastic Four and they were mapped out with the omnis in mind. Now we have 17 lines and not mapped out with omnis in mind. Marvel...the house of changing their damn mind. :)

[@joelatorre]

Love your channel and these segments of videos are just awesome and very helpful. Keep up the good work. And a request if I may, would love to see one done for the Flash

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words, Joe, I love doing these segments to try to help people out. I would love to do the Flash.

[@bouelf]

Where do you put: fantastic four world's greatest comic magazine by Erik Larsen and friends?

[@NearMintCondition]

Those stories take place after Fantastic Four 100, but remember they were written decades later. It was just a love letter to those Kirby and Lee FF days.

[@bouelf]

@@NearMintCondition that was one of my favorite runs. It felt as though I was reading a genuine Stan Lee and Kirby story. Should be inserted in continuity after issue 101 in new trades or omnibus! 😉

[@gobot90]

Omar can you do an Injustice reading order? Or can someone post it in the comments? There’s year one and year two and all the dif volumes and then there’s Injustice 2, is that a sequel or what? It’s so confusing! And I want to read them all…help!

[@timmeyer9191]

Was there a Heroes Reborn issue 13 tpb?

[@NearMintCondition]

No there wasn't.

[@timmeyer9191]

@@NearMintCondition drat. That's too bad.

[@NearMintCondition]

Tim Meyer yeah...

[@conorlamb1685]

Green Arrow Pls

[@kindrednerdsunited7513]

holy shit that looks expensive. are they action packed near mint marvel premiera comics kinda like KZbin ?

[@NearMintCondition]

The epics aren't that bad in price. As far as action packed, some completely!

[@kindrednerdsunited7513]

Near Mint Condition. I see noice dude your my new favorite channel I used to watch pewds 247 now I watch you your fun do you watch the netflix marvel shows stay postive near mint

[@NearMintCondition]

Thanks man, you too. Just Daredevil, Amanda has seen them all though.

[@brobert27]

Is there any chance for reprints of the epic collection editions?

[@NearMintCondition]

They've reprinted some in the past, so here is hoping they keep these in print.

[@brobert27]

@@NearMintCondition Thx, Im missing ASM Epic Collection vol. 20 and it is hard to get these days...

[@hefner1115]

Can you make one for Deadpool?

[@NearMintCondition]

I sure as hell can!

[@hefner1115]

Near Mint Condition And you sure as hell will! (hopefully)

[@mahadadnan3422]

Can you do Iron Man

[@NearMintCondition]

I will add that to the poll on Patreon for next month. Thank you.

[@timmeyer9191]

Definitely would have liked to seen Storm and Black Panther in FF uniforms.

[@NearMintCondition]

That was such a short lived team.. I'm a big McDuffie fan.

[@charlieandrews-came1392]

Ant man plz

[@TheDckfilms]

I’m currently writing my own little Fantastic Four screenplay. Really happy with it, actually. It would be an amazing opportunity to even present it to Kevin Feige one day and get the opportunity to write a final draft with another screenwriter. Wishful thinking, but I’ve always dreamt big! If Mark Millar can have huge success, surely I can! I also find him HIGHLY overrated. I just find his writing far too... “child-fan fiction”.