It’s the 10th new comic book day of the new year! This post covers Marvel Comics March 6 2024 releases. Missed last week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics February 28 2024 new releases.
This week in Marvel Comics: a major Moon Knight omnibus, Dark Droids collections, the new arc of MacKay’s Strange, Iman Vellani’s return to Ms. Marvel, and more!
This list includes every comic and digital comic out from Marvel this week, plus collected editions in omnibus, hardcover, paperback, and digest-sized formats. For each new release, I’ll point you to the right guide within my Crushing Comics Guide to Marvel Comics to find out how to collect each character in full – and, if a guide is linked from this post, that means it is updated through the present day!
Marvel Comics March 6 2024 Collected Editions
The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection, Vol. 5: The Secret of the Petrified Tablet [reprint]
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302957810 / digital)
See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018). It’s less interesting that Marvel is reprinting this Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection of issues #68-85 & Annual 5 and more interesting that this is when they are reprinting it. The first printing of this book was just four years ago, and it means Marvel has gotten the first five Epics back into print in a three-year span.
I think that’s really interesting, considering they also now have the Mighty Marvel Masterworks in play to cover this Silver Age material. It shows a real commitment to making their most-historic comics evergreen in an affordable format. Take note DC.
Daredevil Modern Era Epic Collection, Vol. 2: Underboss
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302956332 / digital)
See Guide to Daredevil. Speaking of interesting Epic Collections, this second volume of Epics covering Daredevil from 1998 to present is the first time issues #20-25 have ever been collected continuously alongside issues #16-19 & 26-30, which are by Bendis.
Plus, it collects Daredevil: Ninja (2000) #1-3! This is what the Modern Epic collections ought to be doing – not just parroting existing mediocre maps of Complete Collections.
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Captain America Vol. 3: To Be Reborn
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302954321 / digital)
See Guide to Captain America – Steve Rogers. In an unusual twist, this Mighty Masterworks line is now behind what was collected in the original hardcover Masterworks of the same volume number. The two lines aren’t meant to match up with each other, but I’ve been working from the expectation that these books would go slightly more aggressively to cover more material, faster.
Moon Knight: Marc Spector Omnibus Vol. 2
(2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302956899 / digital)
See Guide to Moon Knight. This is a big deal, y’all! This omnibus collects the end of Moon Knight’s 90s series for the first time, as well as his subsequent 1998 and 1999 mini-series. It also means we have every issue of Moon Knight in oversize format from his debut through the beginning of Marvel Now at the end of 2012. That’s pretty major! It’s amazing what some MCU exposure can do for the collected edition coverage of a Marvel character who hasn’t had a single continuous series from the Silver Age to present day.
Star Wars Vol. 7: Dark Droids
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948092 / digital)
See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. This is an arc focused on Lando and Lobot as they deal with a universe-spanning AI infection seeking to control all life – and starting with Droids. There are some nice, definitive Lando moments in here – one that finds him brushing up closely against the looming plot of Return of the Jedi. It resolves one big beat for him if you’ve been reading this series all along, but I wouldn’t suggest it as a jumping on point.
Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302952082/ digital)
See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. This mini-series follows R2-D2 from the first issue of the Star Wars collection directly above to explore his role in the Dark Droids saga, which ties in to the final issue of the main event mini-series.
Strange Academy: The Deadly Field Trip
(2024 digest-size paperback, ISBN 978-1302954833 / digital)
See Guide to Doctor Strange. I’m annoyed that this solid Strange Academy arc was presented as three 150%-length one-shots misleadingly branded with a trio of other heroes (Miles Morales, Moon Knight, and Spider-Man) rather than being presented as its own mini-series or even the first arc of a new Strange Academy ongoing.
Publication-related angst aside, I enjoyed this. It was a bit overly-talky, but it had a very cool viewpoint on the function of magic which gave us an interesting enemy (who isn’t quite a villain). However, between the enemy and the guest stars, there often wasn’t much room for the actual Strange Academy kids.
X-Men by Gerry Duggan Vol. 5
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302947545 / digital)
See Guide to X-Men – The Age of Krakoa. This collects the grim aftermath of the mutant massacre at the 2023 Hellfire Gala, with a team that’s mostly comprised of Kitty Pryde, Sync, X-23 as Talon, and Ms. Marvel. The first few issues of this come on super-strong, especially a major Kitty Pryde scene in issue #25. If you read the 2023 Hellfire Gala, this is the main plot thread of what comes next.
Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics March 6 2024 single issue and digital releases!
Marvel Comics March 6 2024 Physical Comic Releases
Aliens: What If…? (2024) #1: See Guide to Aliens comics. This What If series has a very special pedigree – it is written by actor and star of the original Alien Paul Reiser, along with his son Leon! It focused on the alternate reality where Reiser’s delicious villain Carter Burke had lived.
The Avengers (2023) #11: See Guide to Avengers Flagship Titles (2010 – Present). I really love the overall premise of this Jed MacKay series – the Avengers as Justice League or The Authority, struggling to balance their better natures against the need to turn back a series of Tribulation Events.
The foes in the last arc were a bit dull for me, but it resolved an interesting Kang plot point and ended on a cliffhanger that was a pretty damn witty use of a minor league character. I don’t think anyone else has ever written Avengers quite like this. I’m here for it.
Blood Hunt Diaries (2023) #0: Blood Hunt appears to be the massive 2024 Marvel Event finally capitalizing on the simmering vampire plots of the past five years of comics. This will eventually live on the Guide to Marvel Universe Events, but I don’t have enough information to start a new section for it yet since the issues have just started to hit solicits.
Captain America (2023) #7: See Guide to Captain America – Steve Rogers. I am frustrated with this JMS run of Captain America. At the close of the first arc it feels as though he is 99% invested in writing WWII-era adventures of a Steve Rogers before the Super Soldier Serum and only 1% invested on the present day plot. Everything about the retcon plot pops and the voices are great, where the opposite is true about the perfunctory modern story after a thrilling kickoff in issue #1.
I’m curious to see if JMS continues the past story in this second arc. Maybe if he doesn’t the present day will benefit from the added page count and attention.
Daredevil: Gang War (2023) #4: See Guide to Elektra. Everything about this Elektra mini-series has been great except for that it’s a chapter of the wobbly Gang War street level event. Erica Schultz is developing a strong voice for Elektra and Sergio Davila’s artwork is outstanding. I love connection to another character’s continuity Schultz has pulled into this story. Yet… it feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure to launch this as an easily-skipped “Gang War” mini rather than releasing it as “Daredevil: Elektra” and letting it run into a second arc just as Marvel has done with the Steve Foxe Spider-Woman series.
Doctor Strange (2023) #13: See Guide to Doctor Strange. MacKay Black Cat! eeeeee! AND TASKMASTER! I seriously loved the first year of this Jed MacKay Strange & Clea series, and I love where he hints things will be going based on last month’s one-shot story in issue #11. MacKay is doing a good job at tying in plot beats to nice hunks of Strange’s history and supporting cast without leaving readers feeling alienated if they don’t have an encyclopedic recollection of his continuity.
From Aaron to Cates to Waid to MacKay, we’re now closing in on a decade of strong Doctor Strange material for the first time since the early 90s. Seriously – jump in anywhere, it has all been great.
Giant-Size Spider-Gwen (2024) #1: See Guide to Spider-Gwen – Ghost-Spider. I am not caught up on Gwen and I can’t see Marvel’s poorly-planned path of mini-series and one-shots is tempting me back. This Giant-Size one-shot comes on the heels of a completed mini-series and before a new ongoing begins.
I guess I can’t complain – it’s this sort of obscure release strategy that makes guides like mine necessary to understand how to read these books! Anyway, I’ll catch up on Gwen when her new series begins.
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace (2024) #1: See Guide to Ms. Marvel. MCU Ms. Marvel actor Iman Vellani wrote an outstanding mini-series last year that was tightly coordinated with Kamala’s appearances in Gerry Duggan’s X-Men. I’m excited what she has in store for this second run on the character. Honestly, Vellani is such a huge Marvel nerd with such a smooth voice for this character, I hope Marvel keeps her writing Kamala for many years to come – at least until the next time she appears on the big screen so Marvel can sell a slew of collections with her name on them.
The Sensational She-Hulk (2023) #6: See Guide to She-Hulk – Jennifer Walters. I just caught up on this second Rainbow Rowell She-Hulk series, and I think it launched even stronger than the first one! Here, Jen has an extended supporting cast including Jack of Hearts her “Punch Club” fight club, her law firm colleagues, her cousin Hulk (but not Bruce Banner), and (in the past two issues) fellow Avengers Captain Marvel and Hellcat. Rowell’s use of a broader cast has turned this from a meandering memoir to something a lot closer to Giant Days but with punching. It looks great, it’s funny, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
The Sentry (2023) #4: See Guide to Sentry. THIS SERIES IS AWESOME. This is the final issue of what could have easily been sold as a Jessica Jones book, but I admire branding such an unusual take on The Sentry under his name as a headline. Come to this expecting an intriguing mystery and not more Bob Reynolds nonsense and you’ll be golden.
Jason Loo was amusing on a number of X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) chapters, but I think this clever book proves he is more than ready to hit Marvel’s big leads on an ongoing print series.
The Spectacular Spider-Men (2024) #1: See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). Peter & Miles team-up for their first ongoing series, penned by Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman. I really hope Marvel can make this stick and use it as a general “All Spiders” team-up book, which at this point we’re seriously lacking when it comes to giving airtime to Spider-Folks outside the “big four” of Peter, Miles, Jess, & Gwen.
Star Wars (2020) #44: See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. For the past year of this title, Charles Soule has been leaning into Luke’s inconsistent connection with The Force. I think this makes sense, because it’s clear that his strength in The Force wasn’t a linear journey from the end of The Empire Strikes Back to what he is capable of in Return of the Jedi.
Between that, the need to get Luke his Jedi-era light saber, and the deep dive into Lando’s personality and motivations, this offers many rewards to fans who have always craved connective tissue to explain every plot point of Return of the Jedi. This issue promises to have a strong Lando focus as he goes on trial for his actions during Dark Droids.
Star Wars: The High Republic (2023) #4: See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. I haven’t caught up on High Republic past Phase I yet!
Thanos (2023) #4: See Guide to Thanos. This is Thanos back from the dead but more obsessed with Death than ever. I can’t figure out how a Thanos book pitched as “mostly about the Illuminati, but slightly silly” got greenlit after years of strong, grim books about Thanos. Issue #3 helped snap this into focus, which is going to yield an intriguing conclusion.
Ultimate X-Men (2024) #1: See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Comics. I’m curious to see where Peach Momoko takes this newly-reimagined Marvel Ultimate take on mutants. I think if this came a year ago it would’ve focused on a very “back to basics” approach to contrast with Krakoa. Now, with Krakoa coming to a close as we steer into a back-to-basics period in main continuity, it’s hard to predict how Momoko will zig against that zag.
Venom (2021) #31: See Guide to Venom. I thought I was going to have to tap out of this meandering Al Ewing take on Venom as a sort of universal constant at the end of things. Yet, after #30 issues some things finally clicked into place last month with a connection to the Carnage plots of the past year. I think there’s some “Emperor’s New Clothes” action going on with the Ewing praise on what is a pretty flabby series here, but I’m always rooting for every Marvel Comic to succeed in the end – especially with art from CAFU!
Weapon X-Men (2024) #1: See Guide to Weapon X. This was billed as Phoenix assembling a team of alternate reality Wolverines as a follow-up to the The Original X-Men (2023) #1 one-shot. Given Jean’s status at the moment and the fact that the reverse of this is the plot of the current Wolverine arc, it’s hard to know exactly what to expect from this comic. From a look at the preview, it appears to be all alternate-reality hijinks – likely a band-aid series to help cover the lack of X-books at the end of “Fall of X” prior to the launch of the new status quo in “From the Ashes.”
X-Men (2021) #32: See Guide to X-Men – The Age of Krakoa. I know I spoke highly of X-Men (2021) #25-28 in my comments on the Volume 5 collection, above, but overall I remain frustrated with Gerry Duggan’s approach to this X-line flagship. I’ve said this before, but I think Duggan is best when he is acting as the insurgent on an out-of-the-way title like Deadpool or Marauders and not when he’s in the center ring of scripting.
Duggan has had an outstanding cast assembled through nearly three years of this title and he has stuck with pleasingly short one-and-two issue stories. Yet. it feels like overall the series has limped through several forgettable adventures. He hasn’t gotten close to the heart of many of these characters, and that he has particularly missed the mark on Sync – which is a pity, since Sync is his main character. I really hated the past issue, which is a spectacular achievement since I am an easy mark for anything drawn by Phil Noto.
Marvel Comics March 6 2024 Digital-First Comic Releases
This is a list of projected Marvel Comics March 6 2024 Digital-First releases based on the recent digital release schedule. Actual releases are not confirmed until they show up on the Marvel Unlimited app.
These releases have not been quick to be released in print, though we’ve now see print versions of a few of these series trickle out a year or more after they were released.
- Avengers United Infinity Comic (2023) #22 – See Guide to Avengers (2010-Present). This is part of one mega initial arc (which isn’t quite so mega when you realize each of these digital issues is only a quarter of a print issue)
- It’s Jeff! Infinity Comic (2021) #33
- Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #93
- Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic (2023) #27 – Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018-Present)
- X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #128 – See Guide to X-Men, The Age of Krakoa