Animal Man by Jeff Lemire Omnibus Overview!

[@paulvandenhogen4961]

Hi Omar, I don't often reply in the comments section, but since this is propably your last upload of the year, i'd like to thank you and your family and all the folks at Near Mint for everything you guys are doing with this channel. Your enthusiasm in life - and love for the comic book medium especially - really helps me get through the most difficult time of my life. This past year has been a year full of health and mental issues due to a spinal injury that has bedridden me for the last 8 months, and whenever i'm feeling down or having a hard time making it through the day, your videos always put a smile on my face and help me take my mind off the pain. Comics have been a real blessing in my rehabilitation and after not having read any (pretty much) since my childhood, this channel has gotten me interested in so many great titles i'd otherwise never would have layed my eyes on. I wish you guys all the best for 2020. You might not realize it, but you guys really make an impact on other peoples lives. And hey, if Near Mint really blows up and hits 1.000.000 subscribers this next year (you really deserve that), i'm sure you'll keep the same down to earth and humble attitude that makes us Minties appreciate your content even more. Keep being classy and cool.

[@NearMintCondition]

Paul, First of all it took me a couple of days to reply back to you, because I wanted to make sure I wrote the right words to express how much this comment means to me. I am so sorry for the injury in your life that has put you where you are for the last eight months. That is horrible. If watching our videos is able to put a smile on your face then I know I'm doing something right in this world. Thank you THANK YOU for the kind words that made my year kick off right and I can't express how much it truly means to me. I really hope for a recovery for you and please please if there is anything I can do let me know. Much love from all of us here.

[@paulvandenhogen4961]

@@NearMintCondition Hi Omar, Thank you so much for the kind words. Just keep doing what you've been doing for all these years. It not only means the world to me, but i'm sure also to so many other people from around the world who are going through a difficult time and enjoy watching your videos. I really appreciate you replying back, it made my day for sure. It shows you care for your community and that's why people love Near Mint. All the best from the Netherlands - cheers and let's make 2020 a year to remember.

[@ComicsGranPa]

Hey my Netherlands friend cheers from Greece..i m sorry about yr injury too hope everything will be better in the near future for you..you spoke for us all in regards to Omar and his amazing work.. Have a great 2020!!

[@Dhampir101980]

The best way to raise Animal man’s profile is to put him on a team. Justice League Dark would be the perfect place for him. Plus, swamp thing and hellblazer are there as well. The dynamics practically write themselves.

[@NearMintCondition]

He was on a team for a while, but man he's had some great runs.

[@ahmedelhaddad2116]

Ok this seems like a run that I would love to read, I can see so much body horror (even stuff that can be complete Lovecraftian horror) so am stocked to read this :)

[@NearMintCondition]

Delano's run is solid too, but only available in trade.

[@ahmedelhaddad2116]

Thanks I will check it out :D

[@larry3498]

Thanks Omar. This arrived yesterday along with the new Flash omni, which I am reading now. Love the Grant Morrison run, can't wait to dig into this Lemire omni. Let's give DC some credit for including a table of contents on this and The Flash as well. A positive sign and a step in the right direction is always welcome.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, my brother and happy new year to you!

[@frankscomiccastle4928]

So happy this run gets an omnibus and some welldeserved love. I have it in trades and just love this run for the story and artwork that fitts so perfect. Fantastic book from a fantastic team 👍👍👌👌

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes! It is a great run.

[@jaimechavez89]

Damn it. Every time I watch one of your videos, my wallet is left hurting! 😄

[@willyardiansyah7976]

happy new year Mr uncany , nier mint condition team . thank you a gain .

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching and a Happy New Year to you!

[@varrelricky200]

happy new year too mr willy sorry i late .

[@Darklantern2984]

Interested in picking this up but I really want DC to reprint that Grant Morrison animal man omnibus

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm surprised they haven't yet.

[@sugarray6250]

Should be recieving this any day now. Also thank you for reccomending Mike Grells Green Arrow. I read vol 1 the other day and I was hooked. Placed my preorder on the omnibus.

[@NearMintCondition]

It's a damn solid run.

[@ericsaye5250]

Happy New Year dude! Viewing your channel this year has been great thank you for all your vids!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, my brother and happy new year to you!

[@zemox2534]

Animal is criminally underrated. I hope he gets another ongoing one day.

[@newspooiechannel]

Huh. I asked about this in the stream earlier and didn't even realize there was a video you made for it. Why didn't I look for this first? 🤔 Anyway... thanks!

[@robertmccauley8366]

Great vid as always!! The book looks more gorgeous than I thought! An awesome design! I have the deluxe version of the Grant Morrison animal man and still waiting for vol 2 plus I have all the follow up trades. I started reading this series when It first came out but lost it after the swamp thing cross over. This looks amazing tho and I think I’m gonna have to pick up!!! Thanks again Omar!

[@NearMintCondition]

I can't believe they only did one volume of the Deluxe and then not reprint the omnibus.

[@dave-ot7hf]

I like how rather than having a set format to your reviews, e.g. 'this covers issues... the story is written and illustrated by... the binding is...' you discus such in a more fluid and passionate manner

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words. Seriously sometimes I think I come across like a jackass. :)

[@fausty616]

Happy new year to you Omar and the whole Near Mint crew! Seems it’s been a great year for the channel and 2020 can only be better. Hope to get some more books your way to be part of that greatness too.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much Vincent. Happy New Years to you and I cant wait to keep working with you.

[@byrontownsel7274]

I was given the 1st issue of the New 52 Animal man a year after it came out. I had to know more because I've never read Animal Man before. I kept buying more because of the story with The Rot. It's so good, but My local comic shop laughed at me when I told them how muched I liked it.

[@buggydes]

In two minds on weather i should upgrade my trades to the omni. Really hate the fact the book closes on you but at the same time love the art in oversized! lol. This was my favorite run on the New 52. Was so bumped when it was announced that Lemire was leaving the book. He had really good ideas and was fleshing out the character and his universe quite a bit. I hope he revisits the character again one day!

[@NearMintCondition]

I really hope he does too. This was a great run.

[@HarveyPekarsGhost]

You are correct in pronouncing Pugh "pew". It is derived from a Welsh term meaning "son of Hugh".

[@NearMintCondition]

My man comes out of hiding and does't let me down.

[@HarveyPekarsGhost]

@@NearMintCondition dude how the fuck did gem mint scoop you on an Uncanny X-Force omni video??? What the fuck is your marvel collected additions connect doing not making sure you get that shit first? Does this fool not know that you are the main man? It's not right and I won't have it!

[@sergiofreitas441]

One of the best New 52 titles. Gorgeous book!

[@josepholsen7450]

Sérgio Freitas i believe it is absolutely necessary to read concurrently with swamp thing. And i love it! One of the rare instances where the new 52 continuity was easy to go "these books cross over!" Since the commitment only required following two titles instead of like six.

[@josepholsen7450]

Ryan Wilson I jumped into comics with the new 52. all I read at the time were batman titles, aquaman, justice league, animal man, swamp thing, and a few other titles. Snyder wrote the first portion of Swamp thing in new 52. you could definitely only read Swamp Thing and Animal man from the new 52 and it will work. As they both end together, though, I highly recommend reading them side by side. otherwise one will spoil the other. also looks like animal man continues past rotworld, as lemire stuck to the title a little longer than Snyder stuck with swamp thing

[@timshea2761]

Love this run. I loved it so much I had it custom bound by herring and robinson so there is no gutter loss. I thought about getting this omni but was worried about the tightness of the bind. It seems it would be a down grade. Glad you made this video, you saved me some $. It's pronounced pew. Imagine Hugh with a P. (I googled it)

[@NearMintCondition]

Pew! Got it. Thank you.

[@4dao]

Got it in the mail! Thanks for the overview brotha! Can’t wait to dive in :D Happy New Year Omar and NMC crew!

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope you enjoy it! Happy new year!

[@spaceydragonmanga686]

I ordered this a few days ago, such absolute hype!

[@NearMintCondition]

Great book.

[@Chandasouk]

If I don't catch you before then, Happy New Year, Omar!

[@NearMintCondition]

My dood, thank you so much for all the kind words in all the videos. Have a great New Year!

[@RahulRoy-uz1tt]

Happy New Year Nice Video as always

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, my brother and happy new year to you!

[@JMan77]

Great run. I have number one signed by Jeff.

[@NearMintCondition]

Oh hellz yeah. It's a great run and he's such a nice guy.

[@epicortez666]

Just ordered my copy sooooo excited

[@wes1581]

I got mine Monday, super hyped for it.

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@iansmart4158]

Is there also a Scott Snyder or just new 52 SWAMP THING omnibus to compliment this one?

[@rafalvarenga]

there is a HC collection of scott snyders swamp thing 1-12 i believe, then its another writer after that. and i think that was collected in tpbs.

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope they reprint that one.

[@platinumphazer]

The swamp thing side of the story is pretty good aswell

[@rayanknezic8682]

Need this now. My wallet doesn't say thank you omar. Great review. Waiting on Morrison s omnibus reprint

[@NearMintCondition]

Hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for the kind words. :)

[@ShaneMatlock]

I really need this omni. I've read it and enjoyed it a lot but don't have it in my collection. I've had the three Grant Morrison tpbs (wish I had the omni) for years as I'm a huge Morrison fan but not too long ago I found liquidated volumes 4, 5, 6, and 7 for like 7 dollars each in the bargain books at BAM and the Tom Veitch and Jamie Delano runs were a lot better than I was expecting as I'd never heard much about them, but the Morrison run is by far the best and Lemire's is probably the second best. Steve Pugh, which you correctly pronounced by the way, didn't just work on the New 52 Animal Man with Lemire, he also did quite a bit of the art during the Jamie Delano run. Really like his art.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm surprised that Morrison omnibus hasn't been reprinted yet.

[@ShaneMatlock]

@@NearMintCondition Me too, brother. It's one of the greatest superhero comics runs of all time.

[@Almighty_Mage]

Never read animal man but I ordered this the other day.

[@NearMintCondition]

this is a great run to start.

[@imay_9270]

have never read any animal man comic book. Thought it is some cheesy character for kids or from silver or golden age. But after reviews decided to try with Lemire omni. Hope to get some horror and thriller vibes from it.

[@NearMintCondition]

It's alot different than what you expected that's for sure. :)

[@Animefan127-z2v]

Happy early 2020 everyone.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, my brother and happy new year to you!

[@simonholm99]

Damn, before anyone knew what was coming...

[@marcelo-ramos]

I read the Grant Morrison run and really liked it, but I haven't read any of this run. I did went blind nonetheless. I preordered mine months and months ago, but lately, because of stock issues, Amazon Mexico has been very crappy at fulfilling preorders to the point that only yesterday I got my Snyder and Capullo Batman. (Still worth the wait, considering I got like 70% off stacked on Prime day, I think.)

[@NearMintCondition]

Great price on that Snyder Capullo run!

[@Martin_TheCollector]

I love Animal Man, wish I had that Morrison omni as well.

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope they end up reprint the book.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

@@NearMintCondition YEZ

[@anthonyufert8477]

I know it’s not the same but you can get Morrison’s Animal Man in 2 OHC on Amazon for around $60. A lot cheaper than paying for Morrison’s OOP omnibus.

[@DrDoomPool]

Got mine last week but as I stretched the spine I noticed the first 20 or so pages were torn significantly close to the binding. Sent it back now I’m back to waiting to finally read this!

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope you get this soon.

[@danniles3315]

It's waiting for me at the book store, I ordered the Lemire omnibus! I'll pick it up tomorrow 😁

[@NearMintCondition]

Great choice!

[@cranberryfresh2592]

We need to collect the rest of the animal man in another omnibus!

[@ralphmaurice4843]

Seems creepy and cool- now I have to order this

[@NearMintCondition]

Yeah man! Its creepy as hell. I love it.

[@thecomicreadern4344]

Happy new year Omar,and my first first comment

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, my brother and happy new year to you! Catching up on comments as I edit videos. :)

[@Couick27]

Nice!!! Now I can let go of the full run...Are they doing a Scott Snyder Swamp Thing omnibus? I remember them crossing over

[@NearMintCondition]

Swamp Thing had an OHC but it is out of print now.

[@davidpressley5653]

I haven't read all Animal man by Jeff Lemire but what I have read it is really good. I really didn't mind some of the changes that Jeff made to the character. And I thought that they were really good so far. For me this had to be one of the golden Champs New 52 that why do people really didn't talk about that they should have been passing around to other telling them this series.

[@theomnibusguy2490]

I have the trades of Lemire’a Animal Man. Time to upgrade!

[@theomnibusguy2490]

I loved the cat!

[@NearMintCondition]

It's a great run.

[@lloydwong7852]

When I discovered Jeff Lemire I was tempted to get this run in trade. I held our hoping for this omni and it took a year since it was announced but I have it finally and I'm glad I waited. My only disappointment is that I missed getting the Snyder Swamp Thing Deluxe and had to get it in collection. The collection only goes to issue 11 though and I would have liked to get that story in it's entirety then get into Animal Man even if some of the issues overlap. My collections all seem to be coming from a time I didn't read any of the big 2 for the longest time including New 52 so I have a lot of catching up to do.

[@josepholsen7450]

Lloyd Wong the Snyder Deluxe book is awesome! I have it, i love it. i wish this animal man book was sized more like that book. Like two deluxe editions. Omnibus are just too big. Absolutes on the other hand are a better oversize alternative imo.

[@lloydwong7852]

@@josepholsen7450 I agree about having deluxe hardcovers over Omnibus, but the way DC is playing fast and loose with their collections I'm taking no chances and getting these books however I can. Plus I can't trust them to not cancel a book in the middle of a DHC or worse announce it then cancel it. However I'm not into Absolutes. They are too expensive for me and I only believe special books should get Absolutes. Again DC play it fast and loose on the definition of a special book for absolute treatment.

[@josepholsen7450]

Lloyd Wong i agree only special books should get absolutes, which is why i like them. I typically only buy books that can and should be read multiple times. Y the last man, transmetropolitan, preacher, sandman, and swamp thing were easy purchases for me on that metric. But its the main reason i haven't picked up the Wonder Woman absolutes yet. Not really sure it warrants it. But they are much easier to read than omnibus. That said, i loce the deluxe edition format for Fables. Perfect size for reading. You should check out more of Rick Remender's stuff. His hardcovers are basically absolute size but much more affordable at 50 bucks cover price.

[@lloydwong7852]

@@josepholsen7450 I have a few of Remender's books in the hc format. Deadly Class, Tokyo Ghost, and Low. I want to get Black Science and missed out on Fear Agent. My main sticking point about Absolutes is the cost is prohibitive for the material you get. I'd rather just get it in omni than pay for more than one absolute to get a run.

[@josepholsen7450]

Lloyd Wong I find omnibus too difficult to read due to size. the pages are always round and distort the image. that doesn't happen with absolutes. so I like the multiple volumes. plus I read with the book in my lap, I don't read at a table... so omnibus just don't work for me. but I understand the appeal of a one-and-done book/story

[@tatesears8958]

Great review

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, it's a great book.

[@MateoAbadia]

I hope they reprint the Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder Deluxe Hardcover

[@NearMintCondition]

Same here.

[@MateoAbadia]

@@NearMintCondition Since both were companion series, it would fit right next to this omnibus.

[@lionheart4012]

Definitely going to pick this omnibus up. I'm traveling back home from Phoenix today. Happy New Year to you and your family Omar.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much, my brother and happy new year to you!

[@Masterlordrx]

Start naming everyone who had worked on the project for any publisher

[@NearMintCondition]

You got it!

[@craigcamplin9580]

Add this with New 52 Swamp Thing too your reading list

[@rafalvarenga]

i remember this crossover having more than just 2 issues.....

[@NearMintCondition]

I think a total of 8 is what it had.

[@WildDogGamerBoy]

What's the paper quality? Matte or glossy?

[@platinumphazer]

The rot monsters look like "The Thing" movie monster to me

[@jojo-hf7wr]

I ordered this from in stock trades but haven’t received it yet never ordered from them.....it’s been about two weeks do they take awhile or should I be worried?

[@NearMintCondition]

With the Holidays they do take their time. Sometimes it takes me a couple of weeks too.

[@vinchieboy]

No matter how new 52 sucked big time, they produced amazing stand alone series and comics runs during that era: Animal Man by Lemire Swamp Thing by Snyder then Soule Batman by Snyder Batwoman by Williams III Wonder Woman by Azzarello Green Arrow by Sorentino Action Comics by Morrisson Grayson by Seeley/King

[@briantee7142]

The best thing to come out of the New 52

[@NearMintCondition]

I completely agree.

[@dude4192]

Picked this up today and i was loving it until the swamp thing crossover and then rotworld ruined it for me

[@josepholsen7450]

I wish this was two volumes. The size of Swamp Thing Deluxe Edition was perfect. I hate omnibus for this exact reason. Impossible to read like that. And i was really looking forward to this to pair up with swamp thing for rotworld. I dont even think i cam buy this, it's terrible binding.

[@NearMintCondition]

The size on this one is fine, but perhaps later down the road they may release some.

[@mider9996]

99 dollars...I paid 73 n tax

[@PacoPavlov]

So much bad binding at DC. After all these years you would think they know what they do.

[@NearMintCondition]

They'll get there.