The massive hardcover for Captain Marvel: Highest, Furthest, Fastest Omnibus HC hits comic shop shelves this week, and it easily takes our undisputed crown for the Most Anticipated Trade Paperback (MATP). If you missed these single issues when they first dropped, this 1,072-page monster gives you the perfect excuse to head down to your local shop this Wednesday. This collection is a huge structural bridge for Carol Danvers. It packages the spectacular finale of Kelly Thompson’s historic run alongside the moment she passes the torch to bold new creative voices like Torunn Grønbekk and Alyssa Wong. Completely skipping predictable superhero tropes, this omnibus delivers a wild cosmic epic that absolutely deserves a prime spot on your bookshelf.
What Issues Are Collected in the Omnibus
Tracking modern comic eras across shifting creative teams can be a massive headache for collectors. Marvel streamlines the experience by having everything you need to see this transition play out right in one place. This hardcover contains a comprehensive reading order, collecting Captain Marvel (2019) numbers 27 through 50, Captain Marvel Annual (2022) number 1, X-Men (2021) numbers 19 through 21, Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest (2023) numbers 1 through 5, Captain Marvel: Assault on Eden (2023) number 1, and Captain Marvel (2023) numbers 1 through 10.
Magical Vulnerabilities and Tragic Cosmic Entities
Thompson does not waste a single page expanding the stakes of this modern era, making it an incredibly rewarding pickup for everyone invested in how Marvel’s premiere powerhouse has grown. Instead of relying on standard physical brawls, the story forces Carol to confront her absolute greatest vulnerability, which is magic. Haunted by a recent failure, Captain Marvel actually seeks out Agatha Harkness to learn the mystic arts. It is a completely fresh dynamic that pairs Carol’s blunt force style with the chaotic rules of sorcery. The personal stakes ramp up big time when a distress call drops from Carol’s Accuser half-sister, Lauri Ell, leading to a bumpy cosmic road trip with James Rhodes.
The traditional rules of Carol’s galaxy get completely shattered during the historic Revenge of the Brood crossover. This nightmarish sci fi horror epic reunites Captain Marvel with the X-Men to fight off the galaxy’s most terrifying parasitic threat. The balance shifts entirely with the introduction of a mysterious new cosmic entity named Binary. Longtime fans will remember Carol using that moniker during her vintage space faring days with the Starjammers. Thompson completely flips the script by manifesting Binary as a separate, living sentient energy being whose tragic, beautiful relationship with Carol forms the emotional core of the book’s middle act.
Grounded Body Swaps Meet Absolute Cosmic Horror
While the book hits massive cosmic highs, the final third of this volume introduces a fantastic narrative pivot when Torunn Grønbekk and Alyssa Wong take over the reins. We transition from sprawling space opera into a tense, gritty status quo where Carol finds her world turned completely upside down by the Undone, a terrifyingly absolute cosmic entity, and her ruthless herald, the Omen. To survive this reality warping scale of danger, Carol becomes unwittingly bound to a normal human cat burglar named Yuna Yang. Utilizing the legendary Nega Bands, which are the classic artifacts famously associated with Mar Vell and Rick Jones, Carol and Yuna have to trade places in the Negative Zone. It forces a cosmic general to share space and life with an ordinary thief, injecting great humor, high stakes, and fresh energy into the narrative.
Superb visual storytelling makes this entire transformation unforgettable. A powerhouse lineup of artists including Carmen Carnero, David López, and Stephen Segovia brings this massive collection to life. Backed by exceptional pacing that makes the cosmic action practically vibrate off the page, this stands as one of the most visually daring and conceptually rewarding Marvel books you will pick up all year.
Captain Marvel: Highest, Furthest, Fastest Omnibus HC (Get the Trade)
