Collections I'd Like to See

 There are so many runs in the Bronze and early Modern Ages of comics that haven't been collected or haven't been collected recently. Here are five I'd really like to see:

Dominic Fortune: This 30s pulp adventurer created by Howard Chaykin also managed to have some adventures in the modern day. Chaykin even came back and did a series in the 00s but let's end this collection in the 80s. Includes material from Marvel Preview #2, Marvel Super Action #1, and The Hulk! #21-25; Marvel Premiere #56, Marvel Team-Up #120, Web of Spider-Man #10, and Iron Man #212-213.

DC Comics Presents: While we're on the subject of Superman, where's our Superman: DC Comics Presents Bronze Age Omnibus? Sure, the series was collected in Showcase Presents volumes, but we need them in color omnibus to balance the Batman team-ups in Brave and the Bold. I don't know how many omnibuses it would take, but we need the whole series: DC Comics Presents #1-97 and annuals #1-4.

Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja: This one isn't likely to be high on most people's lists (it was meant to last 24 issues but only went 16), but I appreciated what Hama and Wagner were trying to accomplish, which was something like G.I. Joe meets Akira. Even if it's a failure, it's an interesting one and deserves to be seen by more eyeballs! A collection could include material from Marvel Comics Presents #25, Nth Man #1-16, and Excalibur (vol. 1) #27.

Superman and the Forgotten Heroes: The Forgotten Heroes, a minor team in the 80s of short-run characters from the Silver Age, are once again, mostly forgotten--except maybe for Animal Man, whose inclusion I'd argue help raised his profile for better days to come. This would include Action Comics #545, 552-553, and DC Comics Presents #77-78. It could be rounded out with earlier Bronze Age appearances of the individual characters with or without Superman: Showcase #100, Detective Comics #486, Wonder Woman #268, Action Comics #536, and Action Comics #540.

Cover mockup by Catspaw Dynamics

Barren Earth: This sci-fi epic by Gary Cohn and Ron Randall about the survivor of an expedition of spacefaring humans to a post-apocalyptic Earth working to reunite the remnants of humanity ran as backups in Warlord, then got a limited to tie things up. It has never been collected. A collection should include material from Warlord (first series) 63-74 and 76-88, Who's Who vol. 1 #2, and Conquerors of the Barren Earth #1-4.