Mr Kayak wrote:
as for your doubt, usually i like the essentials even more than tps or hcs in color cause so many classic marvel artists were true black and white masters, and so i like to enjoy their pages that way. i think about people like jack kirby, john buscema, john romita, gene colan... on the mutant side, i especially loved (re-)reading in b/w the stories drawn by dave cockrum and paul smith.
unfortunately, though, after the silvestri-green era i don't remember any x-men artist who was that good with b/w, made exception only for arthur adams, who didn't draw that many pages anyway. so, i think it's not a bad idea at all to switch to the omnibuses instead of getting the next x-men essentials
Oh I love the Essentials. I prefer them to the Masterworks and the Omniboo in most cases. So much story for so cheap. You can't argue with that. The lack of color does not bother me too much either. And the reproduction in the Essentials has taken huge strides in recent years. Int he case of the Jim Lee Chris Claremont Omniboo I received such large discounts on them (greater than 50%) I plan to just keep my pre-orders and get the books.  But if I was not receiving such great discounts I would be all over the Essentials for this stuff.