TMNT, He-Man, Transformers, Scooby Doo, Power Rangers, Peanuts and the rest of the cartoons we grew up on.
The original Turtles, every He-Man toy comic, and every original Transformers comic in one book.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mirage Years Omnibus, Vol. 1
Before the cartoon, the Turtles were a black and white indie comic from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Tales of the TMNT was the side series from those Mirage years, and this new omnibus collects both volumes and the Tales of Leonardo miniseries in an oversized hardcover of about 800 pages.
Best for The fan who knows the Turtles started out tougher
ThunderCats Classic Years Omnibus (Hardcover)
For anyone who watched ThunderCats. This omnibus hardcover collects all 24 issues of the original Marvel Star Comics series, with a foreword by Larry Kenney, the voice of Lion-O. It comes in two cover versions. A big, heavy book that suits a grown up fan who still remembers the cartoon theme song.
Best for Anyone who watched ThunderCats
Transformers Compendium Vol 1 (Energon)
For anyone who had the Transformers toys in the 80s. This compendium collects the original Marvel run, The Transformers #1 to 46 and the four issue Headmasters series, in one book. That is the comic that came with the toys, all in one place. It hands a grown up fan the story behind the plastic robots they played with as a kid.
Best for Anyone who had the toys in the 80s
Big collections for the serious fan.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium, Vol. 1
This is the very start of the Turtles: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's original Mirage comics from 1984, before the movies, the toys or the cartoon. The first compendium collects them in an oversized hardcover of more than 800 pages. It's the one book a serious Turtles fan should own.
Best for The fan who wants the original comics
For classic Turtles fans who like a big book. This omnibus gathers the TMNT: Urban Legends run in a single volume and is due out Dec 1. It is a large collection, so it suits a reader who wants a lot to get through. Wrap it for someone who collects Turtles comics and likes a thick book on the shelf.
Best for Classic Turtles fans
Deluxe hardcovers and compendiums.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Compendium, Vol. 1
TMNT Adventures was the Archie comic done in the style of the 1987 cartoon. Volume 1 collects the start of the run, plus specials and miniseries, in one oversized hardcover with more than 780 pages. Most of these issues have never been reprinted all together before.
Best for The fan who had the action figures
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Compendium, Vol. 2
Volume 2 keeps the Archie run going in another oversized hardcover, over 600 pages, still in the style of the old cartoon. Give it with Volume 1 to start someone off, or on its own if they already have the first one.
Best for The fan who already has Volume 1
Power Rangers Archive Book One Deluxe Edition
These are the comics that came out while the show was on TV, written by Fabien Nicieza with art by Ron Lim and others. This deluxe hardcover reprints them in about 480 pages. It's a good find, since the originals are hard to track down.
Best for The fan who watched the show when it first aired
Essential Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz (Hardcover)
For the whole family. This 336 page full color hardcover celebrates 75 years of Peanuts with over 700 images of Charles Schulz's strips and related material, in a gift ready slipcase. It comes with extras including 8 ready to frame prints, 5 vinyl stickers, 8 postcards, an iron on patch, and a full color comic book. Plenty to open on Christmas morning.
Best for The whole family
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium Book 3
For anyone who had the G.I. Joe toys in the 80s. Compendium Book 3 collects A Real American Hero #77 to 113 and Special Missions #16 to 28, including the issue where Snake-Eyes' face is revealed and the 100th issue. Larry Hama's run is the heart of it. A thick book for a fan of the cartoon who never read the comic.
Best for Anyone who had the toys in the 80s
Transformers: The Movie HC (art and making-of)
For fans of the 1986 Transformers movie. This hardcover is an art and making of book by Chris Prince, built from interviews, concept art, and storyboards from the film. It also covers the soundtrack and the movie's influence on later Transformers stories. A good gift for a grown up who still remembers where they were when Optimus Prime fell.
Best for Fans of the 1986 movie
Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection, Vol. 1
Ian Flynn writes IDW's Sonic series, and this oversized hardcover collects the start of it in reading order. It's easy for a new reader to jump into, and longtime Sonic fans like it too.
Best for The kid who plays the games and saw the movies
The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Gift Box Set
For the whole family, and especially anyone who grew up with Charlie Brown. This gift box holds Charles Schulz's Peanuts strips from 1950 to 1954, and the early ones show Snoopy as a puppy and Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus as infants. Seeing the strip find its footing is a treat for longtime readers. Easy to wrap and fun to flip through.
Best for The whole family
Great reads at a good price.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Newspaper Comic Strips
Masters of the Universe had its own newspaper strip for over four years, but it only ran in some papers and was never reprinted until now. Most fans have never read it. This hardcover collects the run in 520 pages.
Best for The He-Man fan who thinks they've seen it all
For G.I. Joe fans who want the current series. This deluxe hardcover collects G.I. Joe #1 to 12 by Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly, plus a story from the Energon Universe Special 2025. Duke leads the team against Cobra. A nice addition for anyone who followed the toys and wants a modern take.
Best for G.I. Joe fans
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Transformers Deluxe HC Book 1 [DM exclusive]
For the Transformers fan who wants the version regular bookstores do not carry. This is the same deluxe hardcover collecting issues #1 to 12 by Daniel Warren Johnson, but with the comic shop exclusive cover. The cover is only printed once. A good pick for the collector who already has everything and likes the rare version.
Best for The Transformers fan who wants the version stores don't carry
For Transformers fans who want the new series in a nice edition. This deluxe hardcover collects issues #1 to 12 by Daniel Warren Johnson, with art by Johnson, Jorge Corona, and Mike Spicer. It is also the start of an Eisner Award winning series. The hardcover gives the shelf a solid, handsome addition.
Best for Transformers fans
TMNT: The Last Ronin Director's Cut
For Last Ronin fans who want to see how it came together. This oversized book includes over 75 pages of character designs, concept art, and sketches, plus parts of the original draft idea from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. You get the story of how the story was made. It is a good pick for someone who already owns the main hardcover.
Best for Last Ronin fans
Avatar: The Last Airbender The Art of the Animated Series (Second Edition)
Creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko walk through how Avatar: The Last Airbender was made, with sketches, character designs and notes. It's a nice hardcover that a fan will spend a long time with.
Best for The fan who rewatches Avatar every year
TMNT: The IDW Collection Vol. 2
For TMNT readers working through the IDW run in order. Volume 2 collects issues #13 to 20 of the ongoing series, the Casey Jones, April, Fugitoid, Krang, and Baxter Stockman micro series, and the Secret History of the Foot Clan. It follows the Turtles, Shredder, and General Krang. A good fit for anyone who already has Volume 1.
Best for TMNT readers working through the run
Jim Davis put this together for Garfield's 30th birthday, organized by decade with his own notes along the way. It's a big hardcover that's easy to flip through on Christmas afternoon.
Best for The Garfield fan in the family
Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition (Hardcover)
For fans of the 1986 Transformers movie. This deluxe hardcover collects both comic adaptations of the film, The Transformers: The Movie #1 to 3 and The Animated Movie #1 to 4, for the movie's 40th anniversary. It is the first hardcover of those adaptations. A nice way to hand a longtime fan the movie in book form.
Best for Fans of the 1986 movie
DK's big visual history of Charles Schulz and Peanuts, with rare sketches, key strips and collector pieces, and a foreword by Stephen Colbert. It looks good on a coffee table and it's a good fit for anyone who watches the Christmas special every year.
Best for The reader who loves Snoopy
TMNT: The Last Ronin (Hardcover)
For anyone who watched the Turtles cartoon as a kid. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the original creators, tell the story of the last surviving Turtle in a future New York. This hardcover collects the complete five issue miniseries, with an introduction by Robert Rodriguez. It is darker than the cartoon, which makes it a great read for grown up fans.
Best for Anyone who watched the cartoon as a kid
Stocking stuffers for the 80s and 90s kid.
Osamu Tezuka created Astro Boy, the robot boy built by a scientist to replace his lost son, and it shaped a lot of the anime that came after. This paperback omnibus collects nearly 700 pages of the original comics.
Best for The anime fan who wants the classics
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
This one uses the cartoon versions of both: Batman: The Animated Series and the 2012 Nickelodeon Turtles show. Villains start escaping Arkham and the Turtles end up in Gotham. Kids can read it on their own, and at under $20 it's an easy stocking stuffer.
Best for Kids, and the parents who watched the 90s Batman cartoon
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Omnibus
Mokey, Wembley, Boober and Red in short comic stories, all in one paperback. It works for kids reading on their own and for parents who remember the show.
Best for Young kids and the parents who grew up on Jim Henson
Ghostbusters Volume 1: Back in Town
A year and a half after Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Spengler kids move into the firehouse in New York and get back to work. This is the first volume of the new series, a quick read and an easy pick for anyone who grew up with the movies or The Real Ghostbusters.
Best for The fan who still quotes the first movie
Masters of the Universe/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles of Grayskull
Krang and Shredder make a deal with Skeletor, and the Turtles end up on Eternia fighting alongside He-Man. Two big 80s toy lines in one short paperback. It's under $20, so it makes a fun stocking stuffer.
Best for Anyone who had both toy lines
X-Men '97 brought the 90s cartoon back, and this paperback is the official prelude, showing what Storm, Jubilee, Wolverine and the rest were up to right before the show. For anyone who grew up on the original, it's a good stocking stuffer.
Best for The fan who watched X-Men '97 twice
Looney Tunes: Catch That Wascally Wabbit!
Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Taz, Tweety and Sylvester in short, slapstick comics that read just like the old cartoons. It's a paperback at a stocking stuffer price, and it works for young readers.
Best for Kids starting to read on their own
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures, Vol. 1
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines. IDW brought back the look of the original cartoon, from the van to Krang, and it reads like a lost episode. Kids who have never seen the show can follow it fine. It's the cheapest Turtles book on this page.
Best for Young readers and 80s kids
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