X-23 Omnibus Volume 1 Overview | The Origin of X-23 | X-23 Vs. Wolverine | Target X

Let's go, bub and bubettes! Here we go!! With my advance look of X-23 OMNIBUS VOL. 1! I talk about what is collected in this omnibus, what's missing and when to read those books.
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[@Rodimusprimerib]

Getting this but man it would have looked great with a complete white cover instead of the borders.

[@johnlindsay7301]

I really loved her character in Bendis’s run. I haven’t read much of her material other than that. Obviously she was amazing in the “Logan” movie.

[@alejandrorisso3151]

Will buy, hope it gets enough sales to make Marvel give us an X-Force by Kyle & Yost Omnibus!

[@uxm4life94]

Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda are such a great team. Marvel should have done more to hold on to them

[@chinohormann]

_LOVED_ the "All New Wolverine" omni, so I'm looking forward to this.

[@datboisteve6992]

"X-23... volume 1" I LOVE the sound of that, gimme that volume 2. 😎

[@toeknee1505]

I am DEFINITELY going to buy THIS omnibus! Thanks Omar!

[@Critter94]

Love this series and character, I already have all of it but bought it anyway just to have more X-23 on my shelf haha.

[@TheComicBookReport]

Can’t wait to check out this coverage

[@ddkixk]

Dang you really learn something new everyday. I loved x-men evolution as a kid especially Laura when she showed up, but I never new she came from that show and now comics. I try to read everything with her in it when I got into high school but I feel pretty dumb for not knowing this lol

[@eVeNmOrEiNsAnItY]

I'm kinda torn at it leaving out NYX, and I do think it should have split before the second series, since Laura goes through massive changes in between, both in New X-Men and X-Force. torn on the frame too - thankfully it doesn't chop any of the cover off like the Star Wars Legends frames have been doing, but it does reduce the amount of cover size you get. I'm pretty shelf-limited at the moment, so I might give this a miss and hope for a better mapping/collection reprint in the future one day. My ideal mapping would've been the old NYX-23 OHC, plus Target X and Captain Universe, then stopping so you can go read the claremont, New X-Men, and X-Force and so on stuff, and then a second volume fo the Liu run and its adjacent stuff. Both on the shorter side, but it would lend itself to a much smoother reading experience, and while I know NYX is controversial, IMO it does both pair well with Laura's themes of an abused background, and it directly leads to several things that come up later.

[@BBoy770]

I would have picked this up if it included the 7 NYX issues with her first appearances.

[@izik7220]

NYX run was absolutely trash though

[@eVeNmOrEiNsAnItY]

@@izik7220 I just really disagree, and frankly trash stories have never been excised from omnibuses if they fit in the order, so even if I did agree, why start now?

[@izik7220]

@eVeNmOrEiNsAnItY those stories aren't great. Besides I don't really care about a teenage x23 being pimped out in fact it's kind of creepy and pervy. But hey if that's your thing than more power to you

[@eVeNmOrEiNsAnItY]

@@izik7220 ?????? I don't really see the perv aspect. It's a fairly deliberately bleak story and it presents the situation as extremely messed up. Like I'm sure someone gets off on it but it's not framed like that within the story. It's about trauma, and that's par for the course all across Laura's background.

[@JetBrones]

You know I was looking forward to this!

[@mawinstallation6626]

Of course it was Joe Quesada who came up with THAT for Laura's backstory .

[@LevyNeptune]

I really can't wait for this omni. I picked up the Facsmilie when it came out and loved it, so I preordered this from CGN and bought the All-New Wolverine omni off of IST. I found the NYX trade during a Free Comic Book Day sale and I'm not sure if I want to tackle it before this arrives or not.

[@Hawk_Ryder]

Yet another entry on the long list of marvel Omnis that will require a custom dust jacket to look cohesive and attractive on collectors shelves.

[@FlintWestwood-kc5hr]

Love Laura and this run, but the border is awful. Still picking up this omni

[@garyfoster65]

Pre-ordered this. Know very little about the character or the run but wanted to explore it. However that change of cover is unwelcome. That new border is not a good look on what was a pretty hot piece of art

[@not_zeronic]

This is one of my day one purchases of 223

[@TheWrestlinEra]

Do you know if we’ll get the punisher Max Omnibus reprinted being as we have the complete collection TPB that came out

[@g-roy23]

Very odd design choice that border🧐

[@Chap711]

Let's go!

[@tialynnstudios]

I’m honestly happy I have the complete collection graphic novels because the borders on the Omni is straight up hideous. Love x23 tho Is there any difference in content between the complete collection graphic novels compared to the Omni??

[@deadmousyplutaprestige8771]

Any chance Marvel can throw in some dryer sheets free with purchase for imac printed books?

[@Dangerousflower918]

When they announced this I was hoping the dell'otto variant would at least be on the front or back of the book since it wasn't the standard or dm cover. I usually like yu's art but for some reason that x-23 cover never clicked for me. It just looks weird. If we do get a vol 2 I'm very curious on what would be in a vol 2 seeing as they skipped over her nyx, uncanny x-men, new X-Men & x-force stuff I thought would be in vol 1. I would think some avengers Academy issues avengers arena, logan's legacy, wolverines, x-23 ongoing, all new x-men & X-Men red. I hope they won't double dip with all new wolverine because I already have that omni.

[@dogmd7]

Yu is a phenomenal artist but I agree, the piece isn't quite right. It lacks emotion and her expression is too plain. It's fundamentally a fine piece of art but it lacks definition and doesn't exactly nail Laura's personality. The standard/Choi's cover is superior in my opinion, although the background looks better with the image being boxed in on the DM.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Nice

[@logancm]

NYX was absolutely great. I was really hoping it would be part of this Omni. Other than that I am disappointed with the boarder on the cover. I feel it takes way from it.

[@breydburd]

Border is annoying just like every other person above me said What about the place of this Omni on a shelf? When would you recommend me reading it and where placing among x-omnis? There seems like some highly-suggested reading to be done before touching this book based on the content.

[@thatsupernick9686]

Not gonna lie, I was kinda unsure about this omni, but OMG the art is to die for!! Lowkey I also thought this was the Tom Taylor run lol. Is this widely popular to be pre-ordered? Thoughts on how fast it might go OOP? Kinda wanna get it now lol

[@TheArtunism]

New printings last like 4-9 months while reprints are more like 1-3. Since this a first print, budget your money and spend when the time is right. Even if they are out of stock, the print run will be long enough for additional stock

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Amazon has an Overstock on it right now. 33%off MSRP.

[@xposhboyx]

Is this the exact same content as the two complete collections?

[@Synch340]

Now I wonder how would you map X-23 vol. 2 and is there enough for a volume 2?

[@TheArtunism]

There would be but it may be a smaller omni to slot in between this and All New Wolverine. As that would cover 2012 to 2015

[@olestokke]

Is this a good start to get Into the x-men universe?

[@writingteacher2161]

pardon my curiosity, but why is that one page censored?

[@JonBarber8]

He usually censors pages that contain big spoilers for the story: characters dying, surprise characters appearing, that kind of thing.

[@writingteacher2161]

@@JonBarber8 gotcha... thanks!

[@MiLara]

Great book … but borders like that are pretty awful… almost bad enough for passing on the book just to send the message - if they all have borders it might be the end for me. First spines that make you squint .. now borders that reduce cover art size … image on interior board is spectacular

[@NichoMania2]

Definitely thinking of getting this. For some reason I keep hearing from people X-23 is like Daredevil, where there ‘is no bad run’. I hope thats true, cause this’ll be my intro to the character. 😊 Eitherway, keep itup with the great vids Omar! 👍

[@tannerheslet5347]

That’s true. While all her content is “good,” it consistently gets worse over time. The material in this omnibus is the best by far, Tom Taylor’s All New Wolverine was a drop in quality, and the 12 issue series by Tamaki continued to drop in quality but always stayed “good enough.”

[@NichoMania2]

@@tannerheslet5347 Oh dang, the Taylor omni is the only one I have. 😅 I did read like one page while airing it out, and it felt weird seeing [/spoilers] a smaller wolverine girl, Laura, and old man logan morally berating captain america for some reason...I assume maybe it was during Secret Empire though, where Cap 'wasn't himself' to say the least..

[@TheArtunism]

@@NichoMania2 I'd say Taylor was still good but they have been neutering her personality and just making her female Logan since that run. Its kinda sad

[@bigjohnnyy4488]

I don't like the border but I guess I'll have to deal with it

[@robertday4390]

Really disappointed with the final dustjacket design. I thought one of the selling points of omnis was having the artwork in oversized format. The border reduces the cover image and I don’t think it’s visually appealing anyway. I will still buy this book but I think Marvel kinda dropped the ball on the design and disappointed collectors for this one.

[@kurumais]

when a character like x23 is created on tv is brought over to the comics who owns the rights?

[@Hawk_Ryder]

The parent company that owns the overall rights to any format of the characters: Marvel

[@Kelvin-cr2nf]

Reminds me of the Marvel Master work border they use for all their books. I hope this border BS isn’t something they will try to put on all omnis from here forward.

[@chrisnc0]

These borders are truly awful. Marvel needs to stop doing this to their covers.

[@mawinstallation6626]

Has this happened in another Omni?

[@chrisnc0]

@@mawinstallation6626 Loki God of Stories has a border, but at least that's thematically relevant to the "stories" part. The entire Star Wars Legends line has borders too.

[@nothingisitchingme5874]

@@chrisnc0i personally thinks it Looks better on this one than the others

[@izik7220]

Looks like wood grain at a glance

[@xposhboyx]

Agreed what the heck is going on with these borders lately.

[@logicalvslateral]

Not a fan of the bordered cover here and on the Loki omnibus

[@izik7220]

But the border is what ?? Scratch marks on a red school desk ???

[@leorobertson448]

Honestly glad they left NYX out. Simply because i honestly find it boring and underwhelming. It barely features Laura, and really isn’t about her. The “controversial” aspect is a non-issue for me. It just really wouldve felt like filler taking up unecessary space in a book. Despite the supposed controversy, it seems to have its fans, but im not really sure why.

[@derma_tek]

i hate the border...

[@mattnevins8733]

Barf

[@RyanRoemer8624]

You saw your reflection in the mirror ?

[@mattnevins8733]

@@RyanRoemer8624 barf

[@johnjenkins8918]

Ok, Marvel goes smaller font so they can have have more room for creator names. Takes the shortest omni title ever, and doesn't add names. Lets add horrible looking borders instead.... Who approves these covers and spines?

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

I hate it when writers make female heroes come from prostitution. It's my least favorite aspect of Catwoman in Batman year one. Didn't know they had done that with X-23.

[@PeterMarinari]

Luckily, every subsequent writer moves her further away from it and has rightfully relegated it to the dusty corners of rarely-referenced canon.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Oh boo hoo

[@Untitledfoundtape]

thats some BAD designs