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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Omnibus
Kicking butts and eating nuts is all in a day's work for Squirrel Girl - the super hero and computer science student who just can't be beat! But that won t stop a long line of villains from trying - including Kraven the Hunter, the Mole Man, Count Nefaria and, would you believe, Galactus?! It's a good thing that Doreen Green can count on an ever-growing list of friends to help, both in conquering evildoers and her all-important studies - pals like Tippy-Toe (the squirrel), Nancy (the human), Howard (the duck), and fellow crimefighters Koi Boi, Chipmunk Hunk and Brain Drain! From the Savage Land to outer space, Squirrel Girl travels the length and breadth of the Marvel Universe - and beats it up! Collecting: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015A) 1-8, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) 1-50, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe (2016), Howard the Duck (2015B) 6, material from A Year of Marvels: Unbeatable (2016) 1, Not Brand Echh (2017) 14
1616 pages, Hardcover
Published March 21, 2023
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Ryan North
547 books1,613 followersHi, I'm Ryan! I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and since then have written several books. You can read my Wikipedia page for more, or check out my author site at RyanNorth.ca!
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
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January 11, 2025
Loved this. I have a complex relationship with this book. As a youngster I picked up #1 of the first series and didn’t like it. There were no fights and every page was drowning in words. Flash forward to now, where Ryan North is killing it on Fantastic Four. I decided to grab the Omnibus of this used and give this another go. In short: its great. Its the Marvel comics equivalent to Adventure Time. Its funny, its smart, Henderson’s art is honestly the most daring thing I’ve seen in a Marvel book, it looks nothing like anything they’ve ever published. Renzi’s colors make this book look so different than anything that has ever graced the shelves of your local comic shop. Electric, wish more superhero books dared to be this unique. But then this wouldn’t stand as such an amazing piece in my eyes.
February 14, 2024
Utterly awesome, clever, hilarious, and charming. Took me forever to read due to its size (I got a lap desk) but absolutely worth it. Maybe don't buy this edition, but North's Squirrel Girl is a must read.
December 5, 2024
This book may look heavy, but don’t judge its content by its appearance: it’s actually pretty lighthearted and positive throughout. Squirrel Girl prefers verbal conflict resolution whenever possible rather than committing to violence as her only solution. But also it is heavy, it’s actually much heavier than it looks. You will tone your upper body while reading this book.
It’s nice in a comic to have a hero who never accepts that victory can include the death of your enemies. Merely defeating them is never a real solution. It’s just a cycle of violence, and especially in comics they always come back to renew the conflict. This book is inconveniently heavy and is basically impossible to carry around casually.
The most interesting stories were less about fighting her enemies; philosophy and computer science, and often enough the intersection of those disciplines, are the backbone of the best parts of this book. Why heroes appeal, what it means to hold personal power and how it can, does, and should connect you to others and the world around you. The power and responsibilities that real people hold when they learn about software engineering. You will quickly find that you need a table near your reading spot, preferably in a place where you don’t need to twist your back to move it.
The comedy was great; it was always grounded in (comic book and therefore slightly unreal) reality and (comic book and therefore exaggerated and often absurd but fundamentally consistent) character. You get to encounter a lot of both famous and obscure comic heroes and villains. Squirrel Girl’s most famous for defeating every major villain in Marvel continuity and you’ll get that, and also a lot of minor villains who are given due space and complexity, and also the opportunity to break out of the cycles they’ve been stuck in for years, even decades. Some big books are really great for killing bugs, but this is actually much too heavy to use that way. If you have a pest that this book is needed for, you probably have other problems that are much more serious than this book can hope to help solve.
I think the funniest part is whenever they have the “heroes face of with the villain and/or villains” panel, it almost always includes Nancy, who is Squirrel Girl’s normal human friend who has no superpowers at all and no superhero identity; she’s just also there, ready and willing to help solve the problem (even though in panels like this the immediate problem is “we’re about to be beat up by one or more people with superhuman strength and possibly other powers”). But she does belong! She does help solve the problem, because Squirrel Girl’s problem solving is actually and intentionally within the grasp of real humans like us. Nancy is as vital to the team’s success as anyone, and really does deserve a real superhero name other than “Nautical Nancy”. The individual pages were a normal weight and it was no challenge to turn from one page to the next, but attempting to move the entire book at any time is often difficult due to how many pages there are total.
Fantastic book, 10/10, would recommend. It was longer than I expected but I would have still enjoyed it if it had gone longer. That would have been difficult though because the mere physical reality of reading this enormous book presented challenges as it was; if you want to test for yourself what it may feel like, get the biggest book you own, and also a cinderblock, and try adjusting the cinderblock every time you need to move the book to see it better. Except you’d also need to paint really great art on the cinderblock, because your book probably doesn’t look quite this good, and really that does make it easier to deal with the ponderous weight of this voluminous tome.
It’s nice in a comic to have a hero who never accepts that victory can include the death of your enemies. Merely defeating them is never a real solution. It’s just a cycle of violence, and especially in comics they always come back to renew the conflict. This book is inconveniently heavy and is basically impossible to carry around casually.
The most interesting stories were less about fighting her enemies; philosophy and computer science, and often enough the intersection of those disciplines, are the backbone of the best parts of this book. Why heroes appeal, what it means to hold personal power and how it can, does, and should connect you to others and the world around you. The power and responsibilities that real people hold when they learn about software engineering. You will quickly find that you need a table near your reading spot, preferably in a place where you don’t need to twist your back to move it.
The comedy was great; it was always grounded in (comic book and therefore slightly unreal) reality and (comic book and therefore exaggerated and often absurd but fundamentally consistent) character. You get to encounter a lot of both famous and obscure comic heroes and villains. Squirrel Girl’s most famous for defeating every major villain in Marvel continuity and you’ll get that, and also a lot of minor villains who are given due space and complexity, and also the opportunity to break out of the cycles they’ve been stuck in for years, even decades. Some big books are really great for killing bugs, but this is actually much too heavy to use that way. If you have a pest that this book is needed for, you probably have other problems that are much more serious than this book can hope to help solve.
I think the funniest part is whenever they have the “heroes face of with the villain and/or villains” panel, it almost always includes Nancy, who is Squirrel Girl’s normal human friend who has no superpowers at all and no superhero identity; she’s just also there, ready and willing to help solve the problem (even though in panels like this the immediate problem is “we’re about to be beat up by one or more people with superhuman strength and possibly other powers”). But she does belong! She does help solve the problem, because Squirrel Girl’s problem solving is actually and intentionally within the grasp of real humans like us. Nancy is as vital to the team’s success as anyone, and really does deserve a real superhero name other than “Nautical Nancy”. The individual pages were a normal weight and it was no challenge to turn from one page to the next, but attempting to move the entire book at any time is often difficult due to how many pages there are total.
Fantastic book, 10/10, would recommend. It was longer than I expected but I would have still enjoyed it if it had gone longer. That would have been difficult though because the mere physical reality of reading this enormous book presented challenges as it was; if you want to test for yourself what it may feel like, get the biggest book you own, and also a cinderblock, and try adjusting the cinderblock every time you need to move the book to see it better. Except you’d also need to paint really great art on the cinderblock, because your book probably doesn’t look quite this good, and really that does make it easier to deal with the ponderous weight of this voluminous tome.
December 30, 2023
I love this book. I am not a big graphic novel fan in general, but when I was introduced to Squirrel Girl, I fell in love.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - or just Squirrel Girl - is a Marvel Universe character that originally debuted in 1991, got her own series in January of 2015, relaunched in October of 2015, and continued through until 2019. She was originally designed by two fellows who were tired of the gritty, violent, dark Marvel heroes and anti-heroes, and she was intended to be as opposite the standard as possible. She's not a mutant, or an alien, or any of the other usual types. She's just a girl who wants to study computer programming and just happens to have a fluffy squirrel tail, all the abilities of a squirrel, and can talk to squirrels. This omnibus covers every single issue every created, and it is wild! She went through a few interesting design phases, but her main design in about 2016-18-ish is my favorite, closely followed by her very original design that looks like Carol Burnette going to a mascarade party. I am not a fan of her final style at the end of the run of comics as she feels too... cleaned up, girly, and soft-lined. But that's just personal preference. No matter what style, she's adorable, she's powerful, she's endearing, and she's incredibly intelligent! I even learned a few things about computer science.
It is really, really hard to accurately rate or even critique this book as it is made up of dozens of individual issues meant to be released on a monthly basis. Meaning the quality of their storyline is... all over the place. There are some truly epic ones! And some truly... bizarre ones. At one point Loki turns into a Thor-cat, and there's a squirrel suit, and a chicken marries a bear...? She also teams up with, fights against, or befriends enemies and heroes from all over the Marvel Universe. Everyone from Captain America to Loki to Howard the Duck. It's a wild ride, and I would not recommend binge-reading like I did. It makes it harder to appreciate the amazing writing, great artistry, and fantastically unique stories. There are also tiny footnotes on nearly every page that are often nearly as fun as the comics themselves. Plus, it's ridiculously huge and a literal workout to read it. The exact page count is unclear.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - or just Squirrel Girl - is a Marvel Universe character that originally debuted in 1991, got her own series in January of 2015, relaunched in October of 2015, and continued through until 2019. She was originally designed by two fellows who were tired of the gritty, violent, dark Marvel heroes and anti-heroes, and she was intended to be as opposite the standard as possible. She's not a mutant, or an alien, or any of the other usual types. She's just a girl who wants to study computer programming and just happens to have a fluffy squirrel tail, all the abilities of a squirrel, and can talk to squirrels. This omnibus covers every single issue every created, and it is wild! She went through a few interesting design phases, but her main design in about 2016-18-ish is my favorite, closely followed by her very original design that looks like Carol Burnette going to a mascarade party. I am not a fan of her final style at the end of the run of comics as she feels too... cleaned up, girly, and soft-lined. But that's just personal preference. No matter what style, she's adorable, she's powerful, she's endearing, and she's incredibly intelligent! I even learned a few things about computer science.
It is really, really hard to accurately rate or even critique this book as it is made up of dozens of individual issues meant to be released on a monthly basis. Meaning the quality of their storyline is... all over the place. There are some truly epic ones! And some truly... bizarre ones. At one point Loki turns into a Thor-cat, and there's a squirrel suit, and a chicken marries a bear...? She also teams up with, fights against, or befriends enemies and heroes from all over the Marvel Universe. Everyone from Captain America to Loki to Howard the Duck. It's a wild ride, and I would not recommend binge-reading like I did. It makes it harder to appreciate the amazing writing, great artistry, and fantastically unique stories. There are also tiny footnotes on nearly every page that are often nearly as fun as the comics themselves. Plus, it's ridiculously huge and a literal workout to read it. The exact page count is unclear.
November 24, 2023
Absolutely hilarious and charming and moving and beautiful all at once. Ryan North brings such charm and poignancy to Squirrel Girl and her cast of friends, and the two main artists Erica Henderson and Derek Charm each has such a marked style that fits the characters and story perfectly. This omnibus has over 60 issues in it, including a graphic novel, and is a complete story with a very satisfying end. Although Squirrel Girl started out as a more or less joke character back in the day, we now have a fully developed and amazing character that I really hope will be utilized in future Marvel publications.
May 20, 2023
Well, obviously that was perfect and delightful and perfectly delightful, because not only was it Squirrel Girl comics by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (which are objectively the best comics), but it was, in fact, all of them in a single convenient (if kinda heavy) hardcover! It's just the best, you guys
July 8, 2023
Listen I've ready every issue of Squirrel Girl. I miss there not being more Squirrel Girl in comics. Whenever Whenever Doreen isn't on the page,, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Squirrel Girl?" I didn't put this on my registry but if anyone sees this and wants to get us and by us I mean me the hardcover for our wedding, please do.
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October 30, 2023Big book! Long book!
I read this with purpose, specifically looking for a sense of hope and excitement in the future and the world around me. Ask and you shall receive. A thoughtful, kind book that really feels like something momentous when you’re reading it out of a 40 pound brick.
Looking forward to sharing and revisiting.
I read this with purpose, specifically looking for a sense of hope and excitement in the future and the world around me. Ask and you shall receive. A thoughtful, kind book that really feels like something momentous when you’re reading it out of a 40 pound brick.
Looking forward to sharing and revisiting.
October 19, 2024
I thought the book overall was okay thus the rating. Maybe it's the formatg (~58 issues) but at times the stories did get too boring. I think the more boring stories imo were ones where it was slice of life. The actualy "superhero" stories werre pretty good. The storyline with a new villain was also good and just how the villains were handled.
January 1, 2025
Felix review: 5 stars, he has several parts he loves including the silent issue and the beginning of Squirrel Girl beats up the marvel universe where she stops the train from derailing.
I reviewed each volume individually when I read them all for the first time but there are some great issues in here.
I reviewed each volume individually when I read them all for the first time but there are some great issues in here.
July 7, 2025
This is one of my all time favorite comics. Every single issue is some of the most brilliant high concept sci-fi work in modern comics mixed with humor that genuinely made me laugh aloud. Between this and Fantastic Four, Ryan North is cementing himself as one of the all time great comic writers of the decade.
October 20, 2024
A fun series. The story and art fluctuates throughout, some storylines are great and full of humor, while others are just meh. The artwork changes from time to time but all of the artists who worked on the series did a great job.
May 25, 2025
So. Much. Fun. That wholesome stuff just hits different.
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