Brubaker’s latest run on Captain America heralds in a new age of red-white-and-blue greatness. But before the Winter Soldier, Heroic Age and Civil War, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby defined the future with shocking battles between the living legend and M.O.D.O.K., Baron Zemo and – of course! – the Red Skull.

Cap fans – ie. everyone – will want to get to forbiddenplanet.co.uk before Wednesday 1st December (that’s TOMORROW, folks!) to save a biiiiiig 40% on next year’s omnibus. With an RRP of £75, this brings the price down to £45! This is the regular cover only, but with art by Kirby, you’d be crazy to complain. Just in case you’re that guy, the variant is by Ron Garney, at the great price of £50.25.

It’s definitely the best deal around, with amazon.co.uk offering it for £62.57, while forbiddenplanet.co.uk has a pre-order price of £51.74. Waterstones, WHSmith and Blackwell’s haven’t even got it listed yet, but they’re likely to be higher than the rest.

The offer is sure to be a hit, with the omnibus listed as first in the top-selling graphic novels of last week (forbiddenplanet.co.uk).

The 856-page hardback collects Tales of Suspense #59- 99, Captain America #100-113, and NOT Brand Echh #3, each with their letter pages, by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, John Romita, and many more. And if that’s not enough, there’s a comics master class with design-genius Jim Steranko, whose work is also collected there.

The omnibus should be released in May 2011, according to forbiddenplanet.co.uk and amazon.co.uk, but January if you believe forbiddenplanet.com. No idea where they’re getting this from, but it’s probably wrong.

If you miss the fantastic deal, forbiddenplanet.co.uk is expected to keep the price at £50.25 until the book becomes out-of-print.