This is a Marvel Omnibus review and it's called Marvel Firsts the 1990s show the
back of the dust jacket cover here the cover price of this volume is $125 it
seems the Omnibus price range is going up from $99 to hundred
twenty five dollars in their volumes this is the inner jacket here this is
pretty nice that when you take off the dust jacket you see the inside cover
here it's the same thing this might be something new maybe this is a new idea
just put all the covers in the back and make the inside cover of the hardcover
books the same as the outside this looks very nice here I should mention that
even though it 125 dollars the only reason I bought this book was
because it was $36 on Amazon that's right super cheap about 1/4 of the price
almost of what of what this book should sell for retail so $125 get it for 36
and that's what I'm judging this review on in terms of how much I paid for it and
I think is a fantastic volume one thing to notice is there is no like
introductory page other than the content listings it goes right into it and
there's no material in the back you know extras this is really a mish mash of
1990s First Appearance and First Issues for a bunch of characters and that's
what this is it's not storylines its first issues only or first appearances
and there's so much to get to here Ghost Rider number one Deathlok
number one, New Warriors, Captain America annual nine, Foolkiller, Darkhawk
Sleepwalker, X-force one, X-factor 71, Warlock and the Infinity Watch two
Silver Sable and the Wildpack Terror Inc Night Thrasher, Darkhold, Night Stalker
Spider-Man 2099, Venom lethal protector series Cable, Web of Spider-Man 100
Deadpool, Thunderstrike, Gambit, Marvel Comics Presents, War Machine
Blackwulf, Force Works, Marvel Comics Presents issue played, Generation X
Fantastic Force, Web of Spider-Man, Bishop, X-men, Elektra
Green Goblin, Captain Marvel, Tales on the Marvel
Universe, Heroes for Hire, Maverick, Quicksilver
Spider-Girl, Slingers, Spider Woman
again Deathlok, Warlock so basically as
mentioned this is a real mish mash book of comics all over the place from the
1990s one thing to notice is Ghost Rider this is the 1990s version as I
look at this I thought you know they don't have it yet and hopefully they'll
make it but the Ghost Rider 1990s deserves an Omnibus for the first 25
issues or so were fantastic, fantastic art fantastic writing after about issue 25
the art and then the storylines really got bad
so the first 25 issues of Ghost Rider were amazing
and deserve its own omnibus and I'm not sure why it hasn't happened yet because
it was a fantastic run and a real popular character for the first few years and so thats
Ghost Rider and can see you know just looking at this makes you
want a Ghost Rider vol I'm just surprised we don't have it yet you got a Deathlok
volume here you know there's a whole bunch of stuff to get through here the
New Warriors that was another popular 1990s comic book title Foolkiller this
character never really was popular in the 1990s very limited appeal the art is all
over the place because some art is really good and some art is not good at
all so is the writing in terms of quality Darkhawk this was who Marvel bet on
to be one of the popular stars of the 90s thought they would it would take
off as a character but it never really did it never became a fan favorite
character that the Marvel wanted it to be but it just wasn't case but with that
said Darkhawk the first about twenty issues or so were really good in terms
of the story the art and the mystery of the character after about the 20 issue
range or so the art and then story quality went downhill so same thing with
Ghost Rider I think Darkhawk deserves an omnibus for
the first couple of years worth of stories and then it got wasn't too good
of a character anymore Sleepwalker was never really a popular character from
the get go it just wasn't popular really it never
really took a hold in the community and the art really wasn't that great
compare the art of Darkhawk and Ghost Rider to this and you'll see a huge
difference in quality
X-force already got an omnibus of the Liefeld stuff and it was popular 90s
book I could see why they put it here but if you got the X-force omnibus
this is just an extra issue you don't need but I can see why they put it here
so was that 1990s X-factor was when they rebooted it with a new set and
creative team and characters so this was that start Warlock and Infinity Watch it
was funny and they start with issue 2 and not issue 1 and this is when the
team formed what everyone got a gem or an infinity stone as they call it now
and this was after the Infinity Gauntlet storyline Silver Sable and the Wildpack
yeah she had her own title in the 1990s for a bit Night Thrasher in his spinoff
series again I'm not going through the whole volume every issue or every page
or every storyline the Darkhold this is the midnight sons 1990s where they tried
to tie Ghost Rider character with other supernatural characters under an
umbrella term called the Midnight Sons
Nightstalkers again part at Midnight Sons library of characters and you have
Blade in their Spider-Man 2099 that was another 1990s character set in the
future or an alternate future Venom his first his first solo series and some
really good art yeah and they do have a Venom omnibus
with a whole bunch of those mini series including this Cable 1990s solo series
Thunderstrike a character was really popular for a bit but again like most of
these 1990s heroes most of them not all but a good majority of them
they started strong and they had a good couple of years worth and yet the
character never got a foothold that they became a mainstay really popular or
lasted you know some characters last and get really popular and some don't
or they're only popular for a bit and then they fade away and that's
Thunderstrike that's Sleepwalker that's Darkhawk and that's like Night
Thrasher characters were popular for a bit but just they don't have it you know
they're not the A listers don't know why that is but that's just the way it is in
comics you know Gambit solo series this was a mini series originally actually
something like this is a good test awards preview to get the appetite of
the fans you know what do you want to see as an omnibus to get a good run War
Machine this was solo series I like the armor
this was a good armor design you know it looks a lot like Iron Man's, Blackwulf
this was a character that never got popular and I think they also had like
some UK crossover appeal with what they were publishing their Marvel in the
1990s Force Works this was supposed to be a replacement for the West Coast
Avengers and it never really got super popular it lasted only for a couple of
years and it's basically the West Coast Avengers under a different name
even though had that nice Iron Man 300 armor that was when this started out and
they had a character US Agent with a terrible costume and had a new character
that they were trying to get popular called I think Century and this
character again like I'd mentioned 1990s characters that they tried to get
popular and this character never took off you know unlike some characters like
Sleepwalker or Darkawk who had limited appeal for a couple of years this
character was never popular to begin with Generation X again another 1990s
title that was popular for a couple of years but never really took off and
became something that was a mainstay if you notice it's a common theme in this
review Fantastic Force this was supposed to be a spin-off group from the
Fantastic Four and it was never really popular it was sort of just there but
never had a strong foothold or fan following from the beginning and it just
again another failed idea I would say is this Fantastic Force
1990s this was a good issue right here and that was Ben Riley the spider clone
in his Scarlet Spider costume this was the first appearance of it fantastic
cover stand out from the 90s and that's when the clone went solo and his first
storyline was to take on Venom and again back then they thought what Ben Riley
was made the real Spider-Man and they had switched it later and they were trying
to make him the permanent one so is that whole confusing storyline Bishop
you see unlike other characters had previously mentioned that didn't get
popular or last Bishop was a character who lasted and still has a certain level
of popularity and even from the first appearance he had it he was a character
that had some lasting appeal in terms of the comic books unlike say Sleepwalker
or Darkhawk for example X-man this was a character who was the Age of
Apocalypse who would be Cable without the techno virus X-man for the first
couple of years was really popular it really was a good book good art and
story but like I'd mentioned when you look back on it like a Sleepwalker like
a Darkhawk like a Night Trasher X-man where is he now what impact does he
have at Marvel Comics now it's like no he's not a factor anymore it's just not again
some characters have this appeal to last like a Gambit like a Bishop like a Cable
and some character just popular for a couple of years and then they don't have
it anymore they just don't have a lasting impact at all oh don't get me
wrong you'll see them appear once in a while some writer will bring them back
some artists but they just don't have a foothold in the community that's what
I'm saying and Elektra you see this is a
character who lasted from the 1980s actually you see compare X-man who I
just mentioned to Elektra in terms of fan appeal and lasting popularity
Daredevil 1990s armor looking back on it it's not as bad as you thought
but back then people didn't like that armor Green Goblin this was a really fun
and a good series where they had a new character take over the costume but when
they were gonna bring back Norman Osborn to end the Clone Saga then this
character had to go but again nice idea just wrong costume and wrong legacy to
take up Captain Marvel 1990s the male version and this later became Genis
Captain Marvel and his character didn't last either 1990s this was the first
appearance of the Thunderbolts and this team did last even though the title is
around and they get mentioned the original team it's never been quite the
same ever again Maverick number one this was a character in 1990s spin-off
from the X-men world with a Wolverine connected to and Sabretooth as I
mentioned you know one of those characters that might still be around
but it's never been as popular again as those 1990s appearance Quicksilver
and solo book and an ugly costume that's that's not a good costume
an the art not too appealing consider some of the really good art that you've
seen before and this doesn't quite live up to some of the other artists in
this volume I'm not even sure why Quicksilver got a solo series
Spider-Girl I would have preferred if they put the What If first appearance
for Spider Girl but they didn't they start it with our first issue solo just
kind of odd and but that was a good run for the first few years the Spider Girl
title Slingers this is Wizard issue actually Spider Woman and so this is
it this is that 1990s volume most of this volume does not have page numbers on the
bottom so it's hard to skip along and get to which issue you want when there's
no page number at the bottom really to follow up on but I think this is over a
thousand pages from what I saw online so to get this volume this 1990s mish mash
book of Marvel Firsts of Marvel Firsts the 1990s Omnibus I think this does have
some appeal as a book definitely not $125 worth of appeal and I don't even
think it's worth $75 to be honest but if you could get this I would say for $50
or less and preferably about the $40 range or less
I think it's worth it for about one-third the cover price or less but
that's about it I wouldn't pay fifty or a hundred and for this mix and mash of a
volume I would say just about $40 range overall give or take is the ideal price
point if you want this volume and so that's the review and so that's Marvel
Omnibus Marvel Firsts the 1990s Omnibus let me know what you think if
you liked it or not and so that's the review and thanks for watching
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