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Absolute New Frontier. (There aren't any extra story/art pages in the omnibus, are there? Because that would make it a bit harder to choose).

Absolute New Frontier.

I love Morrison's NXM, but it's already been reprinted in oversized hardcover format. If there'd been more Quitely, it might be a different story, though.

Absolute New Frontier. I'm with DanLarkin; as far as I know, there's nothing new in the Omnibus. Furthermore, there's no part of New Frontier that I don't like, whereas Igor Kordey and unbridled Morrisonweird drag down the quality of the New X-Men stuff at points.

New Frontier. I didn't care for Morrison's take on X-Men much-- wasn't really what I like out of X-Men, definitely not Morrison's best writing. The fill-in art distinctly did not help matters.

I got New Frontier for free already, but I think I'd choose that. Although I did, when I asked for it for my birthday and all. Surprisngly easy decision, because I do love me some Morrison X-Men. Got me back in to comics and all.

Absolute New Frontier is the greatest thing since the invention of the printing press. I'm leaving instructions to have my copy buried with me.

I'm going to say X-Men Omnibus ONLY because I already have (and adore) New Frontier in the two-volume form and only have about four issues of Morrison's X-Men. I really wasn't a fan at all of what I read, which is why I dropped it - but I hear such glowing things about the series that I'd like to give it a chance.

Still, New Frontier is just plain rad - and even now, I hesitate to say I'd rather have a new story that I might not like over a more prestigious edition of a story I absolutely love.

more Quitely would turn the tides, but New Frontier wins. and ditto the concerns with Kordey - a jarring change of art.

New Frontier. Morrison's X-Men was the first time I had read the book since the early early 90s (and the first time I really liked it since Byrne left) but NF is perfection on paper.

I have no idea what 0(which seems to be optional) Absolute New Frontier is and I've already stroked a copy of the X Men thing in the shop.

New X-Men.

Challenging, status-quo shattering storytelling wins out over yet another in a seemingly endless string of love letters to DC's Silver Age, no matter how well done said love letter is.

Morrison's X-Men, by far the more enjoyable book to me.

New Frontier and it's not a tough decision at all.

Wow. I started to laugh when I first read the proposition, thinking N.F. would win hands down — and then I caught myself as I re-read the cat's question. "New X-Men Omnibus?" I sez to myself. "Is that something collecting the entire Morrison run?!?" And I click on the comments, knowing you all could fill me in, and I discover: Indeed it is. How did I not know about that?

Well ... gosh ... now it's a tough call. I also own N.F. in two paperbacks, but New X-Men is mine only in the single issues. To have that entire run, collected together (is it in oversized form?) ... well, now I must lean in that direction. The clincher would be if we could elect to have that dreadful (and unnecessary) coda arc with Silvestri art (gag) swapped out in favor of Quitely sketches, Morrison scripts and such.

Damn, that's a tough decision. I have a more presonal love for New X-Men, but New Frontier seems to be chock-full of extra material, and I don't already own it.

I'd probably go for the omnibus, just because of the sheer amount of comicky goodness it delivers. It'd be nice to be able to show it to people without having to dig up individual issues.

I'd have to go for Absolute New Frontier, simply because that features lots and lots of lovely Darwyn Cooke art. Now, if New X-Men had been entirely illustrated by Darwyn Cooke too, then we'd have a fair contest. Also, I would need to sit down for a while in a cold room.

Omnibus?

Is that, like, a Dodge minivan?
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Absolute New Frontier. In 20 years, New Frontier will
be on everybody's must read list. The X-Men Omnibus will be lost among all the other X-Men projects.

"The X-Men Omnibus will be lost among all the other X-Men projects. "

I have to firmly disagree. New X-men will be up there with the Dark Phoenix Saga and the other X-men greats and New Frontier will be just another Elseworlds.

I think you folks can guess what I would say and I don't think reading New Frontier would change my opinion.

New X-men. More stuff. And I only actually own, like, four scattered issues. New Frontier was good but overall I like X-men better. Morrison was writing Science Fiction with a superhero veneer, while New Frontier just felt like writing continuity.

Was it official continuity? I forget.

Anyway, it was just too "Stuff as many superheroes that I liked as a kid into one book," for my taste.

No contest, Absolute New Frontier.
X-Men books have been boring for nearly two decades. Wake me when an X-Men anything is worth reading again.

If it's free, Absolute New Frontier since I already have all the NXM issues.

Although if they had someone good redraw all the Kordey and Van Sciver issues, the NXM would be my choice.

New X-Men Omnibus here, though I really like and want to own both. NXM is going to be my first purchase though, because I just find it more engaging, and there's more of it!

New Frontier, because I would never PAY for it.

Let me explain that. The Omnibus book (which I PAID for!)
is 100 bucks for a truckload of issues (over 1000 pages
total). About the same (or less) than they would cost as
single issues or TPBs.

The Absolute editions (not just the New Frontier, but ALL
of them) have less than half of it for 75 bucks. Much
more expensive than the single issues or the TPBs (and
the New Frontier TPBs are already expensive to begin
with!). In New Frontier's case, I would pay almost the
double of the TPBs price for a slightly larger format and
a few sketch pages. That's why I don't usually buy the
Archives and Masterworks, they are WAY too expensive for
what they are!

So, since I would never waste my money for such a small
return, I would only get that thing if someone gave that
to me, while I would (and did) buy the Omnibus. Again,
nothing to do with the story (which, for all I know, it's
quite good), my beef is with its price.

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

I've got the X-Men already in singles, so I'll take New Frontier.

I'd take New Frontier because I haven't read it yet. Is it really that good? I mean, the art looks gorgeous and all, but is the story substantial?

That's a tough one. Well, right now I'd say Omnibus because I already own ANF. Overall, it's a tough choice. I think X-Men was the more challenging story, but that non-Quitely/Leon art doesn't quite work often. So I will stick with my reality-based option.

X-Men. Morrison's take on the X-Men feels more like the actual continuation of what I started reading with Uncanny X-Men #96 or so than anything since Warren Ellis' run on Excalibur, and then it's back quite a ways before that to anything else that makes me think "This is them" rather than "This is an interesting variation on a theme". And there's something about Darwyn Cooke's work that simply fails to hook me, not as actively as Alex Ross' lifeless hagiography repels me, it just...doesn't make me want to read more, or to own more of it to read and re-read later.

Absolute New Frontier, without question. Never had tons of interest in the X-Men, is the main reason.

I've never read New Frontier, but I own NXM in singles.

So, yeah, New Frontier.

New X-Men for a couple of reasons

1 - New Frontier isn't bad, but I wasn't bowled over by it

2 - I'm missing 3 issues out of the middle of the NXM run

Absolute New Frontier. I already own the three oversized hardcovers that contain the material in the new omnibus. But, even if I didn't have them I'd take New Frontier. The rotating artists and the art of Igor Kordey really hurt New X-Men in my opinion.

Absolute New Frontier! Please send me one

I have the full issue run and the three volume hardcovers for New X-Men and I would still rather have the Omnibus over New Frontier.

I like Cooke's work; I'm simply not big on "yay Silver Age!" nostalgia. I suppose it depends on who you give the gift to.

I also find that I'm a rarity in that I actually like Kordey's work on New X-Men.

I read a good chunk of Morrison's NewXmeN run and really, for the 1st time in a LONG while, really liked the X-men again.

Sadly, I read my buddies copies and don't have them myself. Thusly, the HC swould be sweet.

I'm not usually a DC reader, but I've heard NOTHING but GLOWING reports on NEW FRONTIER.

It sure LOOKS like a fun read.

So, it's a tough choice.

However, that said, I think I'd have to go with...
...(drumroll, please)...

NEW FRONTIER.

What can I say?
I'm a surprised as you are.

~P~
P-TOR

Absolute New Frontier, please and thank you!

I own both, but I would have to pick New Frontier. But I've just started reading the Omnibus and remembered how good the run was.

New X-men Omnibus, because Absolute New Frontier is sitting on my shelf.

New Frontier, 'cause all my usual blogs/podcasts are raving about it.

New X-Men. I already have both series in single issues so that's not an issue. I just cannot believe that DC would try to pass that Babelfish-generated nonsense coming out of Hal Jordan's mouth as actual dialog in Korean language. Not fixing that mistake in TPB's and the Absolute edition is even more unforgivable.

Absolute New Frontier. No question whatsoever.

I think the New X-Men wouid be more rewarding in repeat readings.

I enjoyed New Frontier, but most of the characters look like drawings of those old school marionette sci-fi adventures from TV (a la Thunderbirds). It's blasphemy, I know, but I actually criticized New
Frontier. I do like the ultra curvy, thick thighed Wonder Woman, though.