An omnibus collects a large run of issues in a single oversized hardcover, often several hundred pages covering multiple arcs, a complete creative run, or years of a title at once. It is the format publishers use to keep major runs permanently available. VerseDB catalogs omnibuses as their own series, separate from the issues they reprint, with their volume lists, page counts, covers, and release dates.
Comic Book Omnibus Editions
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Black Science Omnibus: The Beginners' Guide To Entropy (2016)
Collected Edition
Image Comics
1 issue
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics Omnibus (2014)
Collected Edition
IDW Publishing
2 issues
Top publishers for Omnibus
992 series catalogued, published between 1950 and 2026.
- Marvel Comics 392 series
- DC Comics 194 series
- Dark Horse Comics 58 series
- Dynamite Entertainment 47 series
- IDW Publishing 38 series
- Marvel UK/Panini UK 31 series
Longest runs for Omnibus
- Asterix Omnibus (2007) 13 issues
- Marvel Omnibus: La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (2019) 10 issues
- Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2019) 10 issues
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015) 9 issues
- The Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2019) 8 issues
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013) 7 issues
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Omnibus FAQ
- What is the difference between a TPB and an omnibus?
- Length and binding. A trade paperback collects one arc, roughly four to six issues, in softcover. An omnibus collects several hundred pages in hardcover, often an entire creative run.
- Do omnibus volumes stay in print?
- Not reliably. Publishers reprint the popular ones, but out-of-print volumes often sell well above cover price on the secondary market.
- Why is an omnibus filed as a series rather than an issue?
- Because omnibus lines are numbered like a run. Filing them as a series keeps volume 1 and volume 2 together, each with its own cover, page count, and release date.
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