Posted December 26, 2021
Deuter0s: Marvel's omnibuses are such a mess, what with the mostly overlapping 'Epic Collection' and 'Marvel Masterworks' lines. Adding to that, the latter are inconsistent in their presentation, having two different types of covers.
slavojsneak: True that, and it's not just the omnibuses. I've read Marvel comics for 35 years (holy shit, I'm old), and I still can't work out how they collect stuff. Like Jason Aaron's Thor run -- do I only read the "complete Jason Aaron" or do I need to read "complete Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman" as well? (I ended up buying some of that stuff than once) First you have Thor: God of Thunder (25 issues).
Then Thor (2014) (8 issues and one annual)
Then Thors (2015) (4 issues).
Then The Mighty Thor (2015 too) (issues 1 to 23, and then it changes numeration and becomes 700 to 706, just to be relaunch with a new number one after only 7 issues with the old numeration, plus one special called At the gates of Valhalla) and The Unworthy Thor (5 issues). And don't forget the special issue Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor #1 from 2017.
Then Thor (2018) (16 issues) and, if you want to be read anything Thor related by Aaron, Valkyrie: Jane Foster (2019), co-written by Aaron.
Finally you have King Thor (4 issues), King in Black: Return of the Valkyries (4 issues) and the Mighty Valkyries: All Hel Let Loose (5 issues).
And of course you have the Avengers (2018) (51 issues and counting) and now also, Avengers Forever (just launched. Also by Aaron but I think with no Thor in it).
About these two editions Complete Jason Aaron, and Complete Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman, it's... a complex matter. The Complete Jason Aaron begins with Thor: God of Thunder but the last volume collects issues still before Thor (2018). Then, the Complete Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman begins with Thor (2014), so you are missing the 25 first issues written by Jason Aaron in Thor: God of Thunder. BUT, the Complete Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman has reached King Thor, which is the official end of Jason Aaron's Thor run if you don't cound the Avengers and the three Valkyries series I said. So...
BE VERY CAREFUL when you're buying any marvel collection if you don't want to buy something twice by mistake :S
PS: Oh! And I forgot about Original Sin, also written by Aaron, to be read between Thor: God of Thunder and Thor (2014) (9 issues), which helps to understand the changes between both series, and Original Sin: Thor and Loki - The Tenth Realm (5 issues), also written by Aaron.
Edited to add the PS.
Post edited December 26, 2021 by Jsmnox