Marvel Wants You to Choose the Contents of their 75th Anniversary Omnibus

I couldn't begin suggesting any stories, it's impossible for me to narrow it down to just 75. One thing's certain, this book will be mine as soon as it becomes available.

This is going to be really good.

Runaways, please! It may not be iconic, but was still an excellent story that was different from regular Marvel Stuff. Also, Age of Apocalypse.

Reminds me that I still need to read Spider-Man: Blue and Dark Phoenix Saga !

cant do too much new stuff. put in sme classics

Amazing spiderman: gwen stacys death

Uncanny X-men: Days of the future past

infinity gauntlet

secret wars

secret invasion

civil war

age of apocalypse? (maybe)

Uncanny X-men: dark phoenix saga

Avengers: 1

Fantastic four: coming of galactas

marvels

wolverine mini/weapon x with barry windsor smith ((either or would be a good representation)

Captain america: 100

Hulk: 1-6 (original)

Doctor strange: 169?

This is a really good list. 3 of which I was going to put in my top 5 (Born Again, Kraven's Last Hunt, and Parable). I was also going to add Spider-Man: Blue because it is a more heartfelt story that balances against some of the darker themed Marvel stories (especially Born Again). I think the other has to be either Secret Wars or The Phoenix/Dark Phoenix saga just because of molds they broke in the comic industry.

How about releasing Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 2?

So many great suggestions here. Love to see Jason Aaron's Thor included in so many. I agree with most of the lists people posted here though I'm not quite sure about the Ultimate stuff. I know there are some great stories there as well, but isn't it kind of weird to have two different origins of, let's say, Spidey in the same Omnibus?

@humanrocket: Up there with Clone Saga, Sins Past and Ultimatum

If I had to choose, it would be:

1. First appearances of Marvel characters (Amazing Fantasy #15, etc.)

2. Infinity Gauntlet

3. Annihilation

4. Death of the Stacys

5. Days of Future Past

6. Age of Apocalypse

7. Spider Man Blue

8. Kraven's Last Hunt

9. Civil War

10. Death of Captain America

11. Demon in a Bottle

12. Coming of Galactus

13. Iron Man Extremis

14. Marvel Zombies (just the first one)

15. The Ultimates 1 (or 2)

16. Death of Captain Marvel

17. Marvel 1602

18. Planet Hulk

19. World War Hulk

20. Thor God Butcher arc

21. Infinity

22. Marvels

23. Fraction's first Hawkeye arc

24. Frank Miller's Daredevil run

25. Dark Phoenix Saga

26. DnA's Guardians of the Galaxy run

27. Ultimate Spider-Man highlights (first issues, appearance of Green Goblin, Death of Peter Parker, first issues with Miles, etc.)

28. Captain America Winter Soldier arc

My entry:

Fantastic Four vol. 1 #51: "This Man.. This Monster!"

BEST single issue story in the formative years of marvel. It was so great that Lee & King Kirby chose it as a follow-up issue to the epic introduction of Galactus in FF #48-50.

Gonna send it right now! I hope it gets picked

1.X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga

2.X-Men: Days of Future Past

3.Avengers: Ultron Unlimited

4.The Avengers: Under Siege

5.The Avengers: Assault on Olympus

6.Amazing Spiderman: The Night Gwen Stacy Died.

7.Defenders: The Headman/Nebula Storyarc, Issues 31-38.

8.X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills.

9.Anything from Walt Simonson's Thor run.

10.Captain America: The Winter Soldier

11.Ironman: Demon in a Bottle.

12.Fantastic Four: The Coming of Galactus

13.Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

14.Avengers Forever

15.Planet Hulk

16.Marvels

17.Captain Marvel: The Death of Captain Marvel

May post more later.

@mrtummytumms:

Pretty sure he was just being a DC fanboy.

I'm pretty sure he was just kidding. Calm down.

Buy it off of Amazon and you'd get a huge discount.

Neat Idea

Plenty of good storys or single issues could go in. But I think its more important marvel learn from their mistakes aswell:

(In no particular order)

Every Jean Grey Resurrection story after the original

One More Day

Red Hulk

Hulked Out Heroes

Marvel Apes

AvX

Ultimatum

Chaos War

All the stories where Squirrel Girl beats Thanos, dr doom etc

That Story where Norman Osborn had sex with Gwen Stacy while she was dating Peter Parker

Trouble

The Amazing Spiderman 700

That story where the all the mutants got depowered by High Evolutionary (House of M didn't do it first)

Onslaught

Heroes Reborn!

Teenage Tony Stark

Maggot Debut!

That Grant Morrison New X-Men issue where Magneto send human's to be gassed in a concentration camp built in Central Park (Oh Yes Its happened! and marvel spent years trying pretend it wasn't magneto)

The entire Chuck Austin run on x-men and Avengers!

the spider mobile

Every Fantastic Four story where Reed cured Ben only for ben to choose to become the thing again

Every story where Bruce banner cured/separated himself of the hulk

That issue of Fantastic Four where everyone got turned into the thing

Those issues of Fantastic Four where Susan turned into an alien

The time Scarlet Witch and Vision had human children

Captain America Vol 4 (Aka the Post 9/11 Merica F*** YH run)

Ultimate Adventure

the Transformers/New Avengers cross over!

The Clone Saga

Every story where wolverine has lost his healing powers

Ultimate Comics the Ultimates: President Cap Merica F*** YH

That period where wolverine had no nose
Every Issue where Professor X regained the ability to walk

Every Issue where Professor X got crippled

Any other suggestion to hall of shame?

This is a really great idea by Marvel.

I won't send this in yet, but this is everything that I thought of at first:

First appearances of major characters (so Amazing Fantasy #15, Fantastic Four #1, Journey into Mystery #83, Tales of Suspense #39, The Incredible Hulk #1, X-Men #1, Giant Sized X-Men #1, Captain America Comics #1, The Avengers #1, & Daredevil #1)

• X-Men: The Phoenix Saga
• X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Captain America: Winter Soldier
• Civil War
• House of M
• Ultimate Spider-Man (I can’t pick just one arc)
• The Ultimates
• The Ultimates 2
• Thor: The God Butcher
• Thor: Godbomb
• Infinity Gauntlet
• The Kang Dynasty
• The Night Gwen Stacy Died
• Fantastic Four #48, 49, & 50/The Galactus Trilogy
• Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
• Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut
• The Punisher: Welcome Back Frank
• X-23: Innocence Lost
• X-23: Target X
• Thor #337-340
• Secret Wars
• Ultimate Daredevil & Elektra
• The Immortal Iron First: The Last Iron Fist Story
• Fantastic Four Annual #2

There are other things I’d like to include, such as Stan Lee’s run on Spider-Man or Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil, but those are just too long to be included.

• First appearances of:
  • Spider-Man
  • Fantastic 4
  • Doctor Doom
  • Captain America
  • Iron Man
  • The Hulk
  • The X-Men
  • Thor
  • Dr. Strange
  • Ghost Rider
• The Avengers #1
• The original Galactus Trilogy
• Iron Man: Armor Wars
• Demon in a Bottle
• The Dark Phoenix Saga
• Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars (the original)
• Civil War
• Secret Invasion
• Kree/Skrull war
• The Death of Gwen Stacy
• Emperor Doom
• Days of Future Past
• Age of Apocalypse
• X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
• Marvels (1994)
• Planet Hulk/World War Hulk
• Spider-Man: the Real Clone Saga (director's cut version)
• This Man...This Monster

@nahuel:

Wow DC fanboy to the max overhere. Maybe they would include that if DC comics period didn't suck for the last oh say 5 years.

What can i say that wasn't already mentioned that should be included in this book? Well the Fantastic Four/Namor crossover technically building the first comic book shared universe seems pretty important part of Marvel history. First appearences of great characters. Anything that got controversy like Kravens Last Hunt or bad controversy like One More Day. Major moments in a characters life like the birth of the FF kids, Gwen Stacys death, Superior Spider-Man,Tony's alcholism etc.

@captainmarvel4ever Maybe try to find a way to get this since it would help you on your Marvel history that you find so confusing.

Funny thing is, I haven't actually read 95% of the most famous Marvel stuff. From what I have read, they should put in:

Dark Phoenix Saga

Original Avengers issues

Secret Wars

Ultimate Spider-Man (anything)

First half of Civil War (hate the second half)

Captain America Reborn

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (anything)

Superior Spider-Man

Waid Daredevil (anything)

Anything Deadpool

Thor: God of Thunder

@nahuel Get out.

@nahuel: wow...really?

what story/issues is that Spidey/Kingpin fight from?

@humanrocket: "Just...just get out."

How much is this going to cost $200?

@cap10nate: Busiek's Avengers run may be the best Avengers series ever. It's too bad it didn't get much recognition since it was in the wrong time period (right around the time Marvel went bankrupt). I would have added Ultron Unlimited as well but I didn't want my list to be too long (even though it's fine to have a top 75 list).

This is cool. I might get this. I have the Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1. Easy way to collect great stories.

@space4rentt: yup #542

@nukea6: Cheers on having both Avengers Forever and Kang Dynasty on that list. Two of my favorite stories that I think are often overlooked.

Can't wait to buy this. Sucks DC didn't do this.

AvX and Age of Ultron should def be included. :)

@shroudofsorrow: what's that from? Is that the back in black era after civil war?

This is a perfect opportunity to make a sole tribute masterpiece to Deadpool.

Jokes aside, I agree with this list:

Being a Thor fan (soz) I'd add JMS' Thor run but that's just me being biased.

They could add the first-appearance issues of some of their most well known characters but that's most likely a long-shot.

Either way I'm faced with either buying this or being able to eat for a living. Tough choice.

Great idea Marvel!

Oh man, oh man, oh man. I love this so much! Doubt I'll ever be able to afford the actual book, but this is still awesome!

Let's see, all the major characters and teams should have their origin issue in, some newer work with stuff like Deconnicks Captain Marvel, Gillian and Ewings Loki, All-new X-men, Miles Morales, and maybe the new Ms. Marvel.

Event or story wise, I have a list.

Dark Phoenix Saga

Dark Angel Saga

Planet Hulk/World War Hulk

Annihilation

Spider-Island

And etc.

Annihilation

Thanos Imperative

Annihilation: Conquest

Ultimate Spider-man origin arc (can't remember what it's called)

Planet Hulk

Fantastic Four # 48, 49, & 50

Werewolf by Night # 32 & 33

Irredeemable Ant Man (probably won't get any votes, but I loved this series)

World War Hulk

DnA's Nova series (literally any issues)

DnA's Guardians of the Galaxy series (literally any issues)

Charlie Huston's Moon Knight

"The first appearance of Captain America, the Death of Gwen Stacy, the coming of Galactus, Civil War and everything in between! From the first time four adventurers flew a fateful mission to outer space to the epic clash of Avengers vs. X-Men."

The fact that they even mentioned AvX next to all those other brilliant stories makes me want to puke.

Kraven's Last Hunt

Annihilation

Days of Future Past

Civil War

Infinity

One More Day

i am super excited for this. will be sending them my favorites once i sort them out. do we know when this will be coming out? cause i will need to save some money

Obviously they need to put in the first spiderman appearance and death of gwen Stacey, first x men appearance, creation of avengers, fantastic four, etc

My 5 picks and reasons for why they should be included:

1. Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (1987) - This comic acted as a response to DC's darker and more mature stories of the 80s, and what's more, showed that supposedly silly Silver-age villains like Kraven the Hunter could be relevant and compelling when in the hands of a competent writer with a unique vision.

2. The Death of Captain Marvel (1982)- Other that being being Marvel's first ever graphic novel (an incredibly influential move shown by the popularity of OGNs today), Jim Starlin crafted a tale which explored a mature and powerful take on the standard superhero death.

3. Silver Surfer: Parable (1988) - One of the few American collaborations with comic art legend Moebius, this cosmic tale delved into themes of religious oppression and free speech, and stands as one of the greatest Silver Surfer comics ever created.

4. Daredevil: Born Again (1986) - The high point of Frank Miller's incredible run, Born Again is one of the most brutal, uncompromising looks at a hero's fall ever seen in the medium, featuring beautiful art and an endlessly quotable script.

5. Marvels (1994) - Acting a love letter to the classic Marvel tales of the Golden Age, combined with a revolutionary photorealistic art style and clever writing, Marvels is truly a masterpiece with some of the most iconic panels in modern comics.

All five of these picks are in myFavourite Comics of All Time list which I made on Comic Vine just a couple of weeks ago.

How about a celebration of only the stuff that's been around the whole 75 years? Leaves a lot out eh?

@nukea6 well that's what I would love too, including:

- Nova side stories during Annihilation

- Secret Invasion

This:

Wow, seriously? See, this is why Marvel is taking my money while DC is giving my money back lol. I'm not big on the Marvel Vs. DC rivalry, but I mean really? I feel like Marvel cares just a little more right now. I'm hoping Futures End will get DC back on track, but I just don't know. :P