I love this run so much, I just finished 250 last night so I’m on to mantlo now but sterns run was my favorite so far, even more than englehart because he really utilizes Doc Sampson one of my favorite characters and starts to move Betty and Talbot away from eachother. Was a good run
This way way back then when you had real writers in marvel .so definitely this is a must buy. It was so different back then Not like today. This is when marvel was at its peak the 70s and 80s thanks to writers that kept the stories fun for the whole family before comics became to dark and woke because leftist people just infiltrated the marvel comics industry . Without any supervision .at all . Bill mantlo was an awesome writer and full of great ideas 💡 that made sense .
As the Content Consultant and Feature Writer on these Comic Anthologies, I can explain that the reason we used the Italian comic and photostory magazine covers throughout was because the UFO strips were three pages for several months - two colour pages as a spread with a third in b/w. I wanted to retain each of the colour spreads rather than every other one being split. But it didn't work to have features split across the spare pages! I was writing features on the Italian comics and magazines and they had these glorious covers, so it made sense to use those pages as a running gallery for them. So there you go!
Thanks for answering my question. I had no idea! You really did a great job on these books. Thank you for sharing how you did this; it’s really interesting!
@@omegablu6881 Yes it was a bit of a tough one but as you can see those covers were really something. So much so, that the designer decided to use part of one for the cover! I had my doubts at first, worried some fans might think we were also reprinting the Italian comics, but in the end it was a good decision.
They're rereleasing these in the UK within a week. I think they are releasing 1) a box set containing seasons 1-2, 2) a box set containing only the later TV movies and 3) the ultimate set containing everything. The TV movie set has separate original artwork for every movie. I own this exact Shout! box already so I'll be getting only the TV movie set from the UK. I don't think Shout! ever released the TV movies in the USA
Rom's a nostalgic trip for me. I enjoyed the single issues back in the 80's, although not in sequence. It was a time when comic book distribution wasn't great and comic book shops didn't exist. Whether or not you want to pick up the 3rd volume is entirely up to you. How did you find the stories? Did you enjoy it enough to pique your curiosity to continue reading the subsequent stories? If so, then by all means get it. If not, then there's no point spending money on an omnibus. Even at discounted prices, they still cost a pretty penny.
I read these as a kid. In fact, I actually started getting the toys due to my love of the comic. It’s been over 40 years, so I can’t remember much of the story… but I do remember that I liked it enough to stay with it through both runs (which is saying something, considering my attention span). I bought the Omni but haven’t had a chance yet to sit down and read it.
Someone in a comment on Amazon said Secret wars II issues were also in other Omnibuses, but so far, I saw was maybe in John Byrne Fascistic Omnibus. Definably not he John Byrn Alpha Fight Omnibus. I got the Hulk Tie in after reading the issue after that saying the Beyonder was there and later the Avengers one in the late 1980's. They later damaged in a flood, but replaced Hulk and more recently got the Epic collection.
The issue of Doctor Stange also had Eternity which you asked who his name was. I recognize him from Marvel Saga and an article that showed Dorminnu attacking him.
I'm English and I had the Rom action figure, it was part of the Action Man range made by Palitoy in the UK. Also managed to pick up most of the comics from my local newsagent as they came out, not bad considering the patchy distribution that we got in the UK before comic shops were a thing!
I read these as a kid, but only up to issue 10 or so. Michael Golden was the best artist for this and when he left I began to lose interest. Would like to have seen the various artists pointed out after Golden, I saw some Howard Chakyn and I think Ditko? Pat Broderick was good also, but none of them had the aesthetic appeal of Golden's work. The Micronauts copied a lot from Star Wars but were also pretty original in some of the characters and concepts. Thanks for the review.
I think the next volume will be the final one. I love Rom. It was one of my favorites as a kid. I long ago gave up on any hope of ever seeing it collected as Marvel’s licensed stuff from back then rarely is collected. These Omni’s are a dream come true.
Like you, I also didn't collect ROM comics or the toys. I think I do have a couple of issues, though. Likely some of the guest appearances. Regarding the omnibus size, however, I prefer these slimmer volumes as they are easier to handle and read. Monsters like the Fourth World books are just too unwieldy. These ROM books, Master of Kung-Fu, Micronauts, etc are far better for that, IMO.
@@omegablu6881 I'm a big Captain Scarlet fan too, and spec-ed up a two volume Comic Anthology release for the strips which would have been awesome, and very much in the vein of the Space:1999 Comic Anthology with multiple overviews, related strips, and features. Sadly, the publisher let me go, to carve their own way after I had effectively - and successfully - launched the range... :-/
What did I just watch?!?!?! I should have gotten a tax deduction for sitting through it!!! No opinions, no synopsis, no mention of Alan Davis , Mark Famer or how this came out of Mutant Massacre. What was the point????
I saw a video in which some told what omnibuses they wanted reprinted to Omar. He said it will be. I saw on Amazon it was in January 2023 but was of stock on the Cheap Graphic Novels website. It looked Ebay had it but was only a lot of the first one. It is expensive on Ebay now so it must be out of print again. so have to ask for a 3rd printing.
I own this one, it's an incredibly neat collection. You got a sweet deal for less than $60. I usually don't buy these kind of books hot off the press, I definitely wait for Black Friday discounts or big sales. Really love the George Perez art too! I don't think the team-up stories are not in here; like Marvel Team-Up with Spidey or Marvel-Two-in-One with Thing. I agree, it was awesome to see her on the big screen. I don't know if they'll ever team her up with Daredevil like they did in the comics.
Adventures Of The Outsiders continued the numbering from #33, May 1986 to #46, June 1987 and inevitable post-Batman cancellation. There've been intermittent revivals of Batman and the Outsiders since.
Thank you! 🙂 Excellent review, as always! I also collected BatO at the time but stopped after the first dozen or so issues. Don't remember why. Your review of the first volume reignited my interested and now I'm on the hunt for all three omnibuses. Wish me luck!
The size is definitely a disadvantage with these monstrous omnibuses. I'd rather they split these into two or three volumes to make the reading experience more pleasant!
I bought the whole series of Countdown and TV Action (its successor) comics when they came out back in the 70's in New Zealand. Managed to buy seven original copies of Countdown and three of TV Action a few years back for only twenty five bucks for the lot.
I purchased it a while back very cheap even though by today's standards it's not the best adaptation of the characters (especially if you are not a fan of the campy Batman comics from the 50s/60s before the character's dark and gritty reboot in the 70s), but the series was very well made with amazing sets and props (although, like Star Trek, they pretty much abandoned physical sets in the last season to save money). The colors are astounding, and it was a very faithful adaptation of the comics of the era. Those who are fans of Hollywood's Golden Age will get an added kick out of seeing A-list actors appear on the series. It's a great Blu-ray set, but it's not for those who prefer a more realistic and brooding Dark Knight.
Sony is now in control of the distribution for physical media for Disney so I’m assuming they have to figure out what they can do before Disney/ fox approve everything. I’d hope they include the tv show & animated series in the 4K set. I’d hope for an alternate cut of the original like we got for the last 2 sequels.
One of the greatest tv shows of all time in my un-humble opinion. Nice video. Such a great collection but yeah the cover is misleading and I would think it was the old Buster Crabbe movies instead with that cover
I never read the original copies but read them on reprints on different paper with more than one issue together. Not all fo the were reprinted, so I bought some later issues through mail order. I did not get all of the rest, but some of the issues that were left off. I also bought the annuals and saw one of the pages of annual one that showed the Fantastic four were in it and I bought that after. I also bought some of the issues from the second series. Unfortunately, they were damaged in a flood in the house I live in now. My father told me to keep the in his and my mother's basement. So far this video I do not see any of the letter's pages included. It seems like most of the comics after the 1970s do not have their letters included except for some of the X-Men -men Ones.
