What is the Marvel Epic Line?

Today I answer a question that I have been asked many times on the channel. Join me as I talk about the Marvel Epic Line today. And compare them to other books.
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[@alfrede.neumann5513]

Best thing Marvel ever did for us Collectable crew.

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!! Completely agree.

[@85wastedyears]

Mad Magazine is awesome.

[@TheMonghy]

It’s kinda wild to think how far we’ve come with Epics. Marvel really struck gold with this line imo, really looking forward to completing my collection one day!

[@lightningmchick8948]

What I love about the Epic Collections is the formality of the spines when display them on the shelf. As someone who has minor OCD it means a lot having a constant spine a collection format

[@ericbernardo5317]

In my personal opinion this is the ultimate format to collect all Marvel chronologically. First because it's seems to be really organized, second because is not so big as the omnibus version and it's perfect to save space and third because is much more cheap than the omnibus. I looking forward to see the entire libray of Marvel in this format and would be very happy if DC did the same with his Golden, Silver and Bronze Age omnibus in TPB version.

[@NearMintCondition]

I would love for DC to do something like this for their collection.

[@theovlach]

@@NearMintCondition They kinda do it with the bronze/silver/golden lines.

[@donaldduckdid9118]

Exactly

[@DannyWhittingham-yk9oq]

Just don't understand why DC didn't jump in on the idea

[@TheBlahh888]

well now they have :)@@DannyWhittingham-yk9oq

[@Justegarde]

I’m with you on the paper, man. That rougher textured paper makes art look so much more attractive. That’s why I preferred Snyder’s Batman in TPB compared to other formats. Something about that rough feeling...

[@ludan2573]

This content is honestly amazing 25 I’d love daredevil and fantastic four

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much. It's a video I've been excited to do.

[@Couick27]

I think Moon Knight is the first “complete” collection in the epic line. It’s his first appearances and first full run...

[@NearMintCondition]

You are completely right. :)

[@Puddin_Tame]

I LOVE the Epics. I sometimes think if I were to start over with my collection, I would have foregone omnibuses for the epics. One other advantage of the Epics is that you can hold one in your hands and read it. Omnibuses can be a bit awkward and unwieldy.

[@NearMintCondition]

Omnis are also hard to carry with you on trips. :)

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Love how comprehensive you always are!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@halotangle6654]

Super useful video! I'd love to collect this line, They're a great size, I love the names of the volumes, and the books look so good lined up on a shelf.

[@TheSentryRob]

I'm collecting everything Daredevil at the moment, and the epic collections have been great because there's no way I'm opening my golden age daredevils every time I feel like rereading.

[@F0xUni]

With the announcement of the Modern Era epics I’m thinking of getting all the DD in epics and then getting the omnis for Waid/Soule/Zdarsky

[@MastermindAXL]

Heck yeah! I like to include the Epics with the trades too! It looks like a much more complete backlist!

[@romerom.9659]

Started collecting these cause of you ! Thank you for making me read these glorious stories Mint condition ❤️

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@Usery8890]

26 - either collection. You really convinced me to look into collecting all the epic collections I can

[@BigBennKlingon]

I started collecting these over the last year. The lack of numbering in the listings (or anywhere besides the back cover) was actually pretty annoying. They are usually just listed by title (eg "Spiderman: With Great Power"). I had to look up each book individually to figure out which volume it actually was.

[@NearMintCondition]

I know book sellers hate that idea. But for a completionist filling in gaps in his collection, I love these.

[@DekeRadio]

THANK YOU, Omar. This was exactly the kind of info I was looking for on Epic Collections. My drug of choice are omnis, but I know that a lot of these runs will never see an omni format. Some characters I want to read as sequentially as possible, so it seems like Epic Collections are my best bet.

[@NearMintCondition]

I hope this video was able to help!

[@FinGriffey]

5, just started watching. Love the videos!

[@iPoorman]

I'm new to collecting and these seem the best way to go. Definitely gunna have to visit my local comic shop and see what they have!

[@supergenesis6494]

33 for Defender and Excalibur lot. Love your preview content omar! Keep it up bro!

[@TheDarthVaderPlays]

41- FF and Daredevil Wow man, thanks so much for opening to internacional. Im from Brazil, and i love your content, keep it up!

[@TypicPanic]

12: Daredevil/Fantastic Four. I would really love to start reading Epics since i think they have a dope concept and this video really helped me understand it

[@KalleVilenius]

The Epic collections really are nice. Just the right size, all looking sleek. The Moon Knight Epics are my pride and joy.

[@felipecavalcante5078]

Great channel and videos, as always! I’ll go with 51 for the Defenders and Excalibur

[@shinshenmichailovich7711]

I'm totally late, but looks like #30 is still in a game, so be it. Defenders & Excalibur, just the lines I collect and volumes I do not have. Great video!

[@kamiikazeheartchris529]

Excalibur is literally the reason I got into comics as kid! Great video as always!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for the kind words and Excalibur is a great series.

[@almirsadovic]

As usuall my dear Omar amaaaaazing video, love it love it. I am ordering a lot of Epics lately and they are really really good format. 🙏🍀✊

[@NearMintCondition]

As usual thank you so much for the kind words.

[@jessemillan1385]

We need more of the Modern Era Epic Collection. For example, a Modern Era Epic Collection of Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four.

[@danielmitchel31310]

Cool video Omar. I was brought here from the Top 10 Epic Collections video..I didn't know they started in 2013! So I guess they started these right after the 107 Volume Premiere Classic Hardcover Series ended. Only the Direct Market Editions were numbered of those. I personally think they really don't get enough love! I love them. Sure, they're not Oversized, but the quality is there. They're Hardcover. They range from 4 to 17 issues each. Will you do a video talking about them? I'd love to see that! I started really getting into Collected Editions February 2022 last year. I only had like 15 I'd amassed in the 8 years I'd collected comics. Before I got knee deep in the Omni game, I was going after all of the Marvel Premiere Classic Hardcovers. I've taken a break for a bit, but I'm up to 30 Volumes (32 total cuz some I have both the Standard & the DM Edition). I'm going to get back into them soon after I scratch a few more Omnis off my list!

[@christophersantos7607]

32. Daredevil & FF! Nice video. I've been thinking about picking up some of the Star Wars Epic Collections as they seem to be the best way to read the old Dark Horse comics. Those seem to go more in order too to my knowledge. Edit: Dang, there were less than 30 comments before I refreshed lol!

[@emir8192]

Love this format! 34 good luck to everyone! Daredevil lot

[@mawinstallation6626]

I'm drooling while watching that collection...it's amazing

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much.

[@samuellasuzzo435]

I love the idea of epic line. I started omnibus this year and love these other collection lines. If I pick a number it would be 37

[@andrewwladis2839]

Thank you! You answered a lot of my questions!

[@NearMintCondition]

Happy to help!

[@nestorvasquez3098]

I’ve been waiting for this one!

[@dom020876]

Love the video Omar. Your 'world outside your window' video a few weeks back inspired me to get the Iron Man Michelini omni and also the epics that come after the omni ( up to 16). I've been really impressed with the epics and I'm going to continue to collect the iron man books (probably the ones before the Michelini omni as well) and I'm considering getting the silver surfer and F4 ones.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm so glad you are picking this line up. They are an amazing line that more and more people have recently been getting into.

[@Jag2045]

Awesome overview Omar, I love the Epic line and wish DC would do something similar to the Epics (thick, full colour TPB's) for their titles as well!

[@NearMintCondition]

That would be cool!

[@Jakejesus]

20 - Defenders and Excalibur Please! Great vid, So happy to the Epics getting some KZbin love :)

[@wesriley7618]

I got into collecting Omnibus' about a year ago, I didn't really know about The Epic Collection until I watched this video. Daredevil & Fantastic 4

[@NearMintCondition]

Welcome to the club.

[@christopheverre4848]

The epics look great. I remember having a Spider-Man Essential a while ago, but the black and white printing did not quite fit with those stories. 12, new defenders/Excalibur.

[@epicmegaelectricboogaloobo5080]

23, I love that late 90s daredevil stuff!

[@thebookacademy2417]

i pick number 4 for the second lot great video!

[@TheJohnWhites]

I just bout soooooo many of the Spider-Man epics. I dont really like reading Hard Covers so the idea I'm actually gonna be able to read Amazing Spiderman start to finish is amazing!

[@TheJohnWhites]

Thanks for showing these Beauties!

[@peterx1957]

Thanks again Omar. Brilliant video. I'm obviously too late for the competition. I love the Epic Collection series but have been selective in my purchases. I kind of want to revise that thinking though. Like you, I do double dip though inconsistently. I've bought The Avengers Omnibuses but then also the equivalent Epics as well. Plus I'm buying all of them. Whereas with ASM & FF it's just the Omnis. With IM, DD & Thor, I have just focused on the first few volumes. Now I realise I should delve deeper. I keep my Epics shelved with my trades & HC's in chronological order too. Love your work mate as always.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you, my friend. I promise next giveaway, I will make it fair for everyone. Glad to see great minds think alike with the shelf display.

[@stevenkitchen642]

44 - Excalibur lot. Awesome content!!

[@ericsaye5250]

Thanx again dude. Love Epics! I recently started collecting them. I had to start with Surfer, he is an awesome character who doesnt get enough love sometimes.

[@NearMintCondition]

He really doesn't and he's getting major love recently.

[@ericsaye5250]

@@NearMintCondition yea i was really excited when they announced surfer black by cates. That first issue was pretty good :) i hope the epics keep coming as well

[@awiebz285]

36- Excalibur/Defenders, great video as always!

[@wheelchairman1335]

17. The fantastic four the more things change was one of my favorites too!

[@Emily-Whitfield]

Wow. That is an amazing collection ❤❤❤❤ Thanks for the video ❤❤❤

[@NearMintCondition]

My pleasure 😊

[@t2comicbooksoverviews251]

awesome books,wanted those stories for a long time,Excalibur and Fantastic 4 random number 25

[@samcohen6078]

Wow, that competition looks amazing! Even though I'm not in the first thirty, I might as well try and guess the number. If I'd win I'd really want that DareDevil/FF lot since I'm trying to get into Fantastic Four! 47

[@Bay6Print]

Again very informative as I don't have any Epic. Thanks for the layout

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@lukejennings6589]

34 Defenders/Excalibur You rock Omar!

[@kindrednerdsunited7513]

Anythifn from spider man. And deadpool and dardevil for me at least lol nice is this your 1st time being sponsored I think you did the same thing with the last time lol

[@strongblackcoffee5111]

#2. FF/Daredevil. Thanks for all your efforts!

[@ryanrathwell6175]

47 Daredevil/Fantastic 4 please. And thanks for the info!

[@DrewHLMW]

stoping the epic collections at onslaught made sense 7 years ago when it was 2013 but here we are 7 years later and the releases are so slow, we'll just continue to get further ahead in time so it only makes sense to bring the epics forward as we go, theres plenty of new stopping points now like dark reign or heroic age or marvel now. I hope they reprint the ones that are out of print too, I wanna try and get as many as possible next year. Spider-Man is the only one i kept up with and even then i dont have the most recent 2.

[@NearMintCondition]

Well now we know some series like Wolverine and X-force go past Onslaught.

[@seans.383]

3- Daredevil lot! (Changed numbers cause I saw another person with mine)

[@ariesfire331]

2 DD and FF ! Amazing content as always! 🙏

[@TheDom122]

Love the epic collection thanks for the video Omar

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much.

[@jeremy14k]

Loving the content recently!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@jordanthomas4379]

The breaks me up to double dip, I don’t know how you do it.

[@grypeseye]

Great video! I'm too late for the contest. Oh well. Keep up the good work! Omar, I like to display my graphic the same way: chronological order by title.

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!!! There are many of us!! :) And thank you for the kind words.

[@ripforever222]

Number 7 I love epics they are great to catch up on great stories. I want the Excalibur lot. Saludos Omar :)

[@brumbexdabings3328]

Lol just found out this exist. Definitely gonna buy these over the omnis. Thanks a lot for this vid !

[@NearMintCondition]

Glad I could help! I hope you enjoy them!

[@Baseballlover169]

16 for the Daredevil Lot! Great Video!

[@Rangersly]

Good video! This isn't the kind of books I buy. I prefer to buy hardcover volumes (as long as they are not too large, I hate those heavy 1000-pagers omnibuses) or even better, the actual issues. That being said, I knew nothing of this collection prior to watching your video, but I now must say that I like the design, with no numbers on the spine. This way, you can buy only volumes that covers the runs you like without having a bookcase that seem to have gaps in your collection. You said that you didn't like the Marvel Essential collection, and you were right to point out that black and white only, and cheap paper was not the best way to collect stories. But what I like with Essentials was: the price. Epic collections cost at least 3 times the price of an Essential volume, often for less pages. Essentials were great when you just wanted to read the stories for the price of a cheap meal at an hamburger joint. Then, if you liked them, you could hunt down the actual issues, or invest in a nice hardcover edition. Then you could pass the Essential to a friend. No biggies since they were so cheap. You could bring this to the beach, lend it, you didn't care if it got damaged, it was not really a collectible.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much. You said it. The price of the essential was so damn cheap.

[@logansanwolvemeister8925]

@11:15 The upcoming X-Force Epic Collection volume will also cover the whole X-Cutioner's Song crossover which I'm totally down with :). Another cool video,nice

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much. Interesting that they are also releasing the X-Cutioner's Song in Milestone format.

[@scottmoore1614]

I think they’re the greatest thing since sliced bread! I’m only collecting Amazing Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk because they’re my all time favorites. If I had the money and shelf space I’d love to get them ALL.

[@danieltinnirello2013]

Thank you for the educational video. These books look nice.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you, Daniel.

[@danieltinnirello2013]

I will be looking for these epic collection books at my lcs.

[@bertrammorris214]

I didn't take your channel serious at first but I see I was totally wrong. Long Live the EPIC line. Near Mint Condition is at the top of my viewing list!

[@NearMintCondition]

Ha! well thanks for giving me a chance to change your mind. Yes!! May they long live!

[@codydemchy4281]

As someone who only really collects paperbacks, this line is amazing.

[@NearMintCondition]

Completely agree with you!

[@KennethKralyJr]

Great video Omar as always !!! I love the Marvel Epic Collections my 1st 3 I got where X-Men: Second Genesis , Amazing Spider-Man: The Goblin's Last Stand and Amazing Spider-Man: Return of The Sinister Six. The formats for the Epic Collections are great also I hope more come out to fill in some gaps. I hope more Star Wars Epic Collections like The Dark Empire Trilogy stories like that would look great in Epic Collection format.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching, brother. I'm sure the Star Wars will get there some day.

[@AeropathX]

Great Review!

[@chr1sk0n69]

Thanks for bringing to us this wonderful and very informative vid. The epic line by the way is in my honest opinion the most appreciated series many collectors like me have waited for. It brings a lot of stuff (Spider-Man/X-Men and other X titles/Avengers/FF) in a collected format which is hard to find in any other edition.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching! It's one of my favorite formats.

[@hankmoody4610]

32 I would like to have the Fantastic Four & Daredevil but anything would be great. (I'm probably late but I'll take my chances :P )

[@klang2005]

I'm probably too late but here we go: The new defenders/Excalibur. And I'm from Sweden

[@slimak8888]

I like that in Poland we get epic collection in hardcover

[@PLOJ]

11 - defenders, excaliber think i missed it but why not and nice video

[@davesample7862]

Thanks for this!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@colin6612]

The epics are easy to handle and read. I enjoy taking one or two with me on a trip or vacation. # 35 - Prefer Fantastic Four (all were good)!

[@angelwright2354]

45 love the videos and I like iron man Stan lee and Star Wars by Jason Arron but great content.

[@mackopolol]

28 :) excalibur and defenders ...I hope they released more epic

[@marcelo-ramos]

Good content as always :) I don't know if I made it to the first 30, but here it is: 12 - FF / Daredevil

[@Ntron475]

24. Daredevil F4. Thanks for doing this giveaway!

[@KEYO_87]

39! I would love me some New Defenders. Rock on Omar!

[@matthiasg.3645]

Amazing contest, amazing channel! I would like the Daredevil/Fantastic Four pile. Random number: 49

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much.

[@Mendes232323]

23! And I would be fine with either!

[@85wastedyears]

I bought the first Wolverine one when it came out about 5 years ago, then I got busy and forgot about them. This Year, I've been getting all the X-Men collections and they are excellent.

[@NearMintCondition]

They really are.

[@lucasmackey2808]

The epic collection is how I’ve been able to read these great issues

[@NearMintCondition]

They are a perfect way to collect these classics.

[@starstudio8402]

Thanks for explanation

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for watching.

[@skatemo100]

The Comic book industry needs to release their comics in volume format. It's the only way for the comic book industry not to get swallowed whole by manga.

[@NearMintCondition]

I would be good with that as long as omnis are still an option.

[@usedbymyusername]

Hoping that Wolverine vol 1 gets reprinted. I think there are good odds.

[@theuserintheroom4450]

usedbymyusername I agree. That's the only good Wolverine volume imo.

[@usedbymyusername]

@@theuserintheroom4450 vol 2 Back to Basics has Chaykin, Mignola, Byrne, Buscema, and Janson. I'd say that one is a pretty hard one to ignore. Murder's row of artists.

[@danielivopol1383]

Love the Epic Collection line. Currently i'm collecting X-Men, Excalibur, X-Force, X-Factor, Excalibur, New Mutants, Wolverine, Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil. I would love to collect more but i must have a budget for this. :)

[@NearMintCondition]

I tend to stick to certain lines as well. Try to limit myself to those.

[@TheComicBookHeel]

23 f4 and daredevil. Man I wish I saw this earlier

[@randallkemp3038]

50 I am happy with either thank you

[@yorpshard]

I don’t think anyone picked 6 yet... so I’ll take that. Excalibur Lot. Cheers

[@carlosyabar]

Nice video and info! very cool... thanks bro y arriba Perú!

[@NearMintCondition]

Viva Peru, Carajo!

[@wesriley7618]

I made a comment on this video about a month ago, now I have a slight problem. If I ever get to meet you Omar I don't know if I want to shake your hand or punch you in the nose for introducing to me something else to collect (just kidding). The Epic Collection books are awesome, I have bought 18 volumes this past month. I've bought various books but I really like the Star Wars collections. I like how Marvel was able to fill in the void between the Original Marvel Years and the return to Marvel in 2015. The Star Wars comics of the Dark Horse or should I say the Dark Side years needed to be put in larger collected volumes. Fingers crossed for some Omnibus', Thanks Omar & the rest of the Near Mint Condition crew for all the great videos.

[@NearMintCondition]

HAHAHA what an amazing AMAZING comment. Thank you so much for watching and making me smile.

[@ernestog20]

#47 Daredevil/ Fantastic Four. I hope they put out more Baron/ Portacio Punisher Epic Collection.

[@jordanmellor5903]

13 New Defenders Excalibur lot please! Hopefully I’m not too late!