It’s the 14th new comic book day of the new year! This post covers Marvel Comics April 3 2024 releases. Missed last week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics March 27 2024 new releases.
This week in Marvel Comics: new (and old) Deadpool, a hunk of Spider-Man 2099, the earliest X-Men Epic, Avengers join the Fall of X, She-Hulk’s space date, Thor fights his stories, the continuing trial of Lando, 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 April 3 2024 Collected Editions
Alien by Shalvey & Broccardo Vol. 2: Descendant (2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302952303 / digital)
See Guide to Aliens comics. This collects a second Declan Shalvey Alien mini-series, which is a direct sequel to his first earlier in 2023. You don’t have to read the first series to understand this one, but if you don’t it comes off as a very plain “person uses xenomorphs to get revenge” story. Even read together, for me this isn’t must-read Alien material.
Daredevil Epic Collection Vol. 7: The Concrete Jungle
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302955175 / digital)
See Guide to Daredevil. This is the second of two Epic Collections bridging the gap between the Black Widow / San Francisco period of this title and the start of Frank Miller’s run, which will occur a few issues into the next collection.
Deadpool: Badder Blood
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302911232 / digital)
See Guide to Deadpool. This is a continuity-lite (if at all) sequel to Liefeld’s execrable 2023 OGN.
Deadpool: The Saga of Wade Wilson
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302958121 / digital)
See Guide to Deadpool. This is actually a solid primer on 90s-style Deadpool, collecting some key issues of his original 1997 series.
Ghost Rider Omnibus by Jason Aaron
(2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302957599 / digital)
See Guide to Ghost Rider. I am truly shocked to see this slim, partial collection of Ghost Rider (2006) reprinted verbatim after 14 years. It would have been so easy for Marvel to re-issue this book also containing the first 19 issues of this run, written by Daniel Way. If there was enough demand for an Aaron omnibus, certainly there was equally as much demand for an omnibus twice the length by the both authors.
Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Vol. 2
(2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302953836 / digital)
See Guide to Spider-Man 2099. This is a Volume 2 you can pick up and read all on its own! It collects Peter David’s mid-2010s return to Spider-Man 2099, which saw him adventuring both in the present day and back in his future. This is a substantial and self-contained run that is a perfect read for you if you enjoyed Miguel O’Hara in the Spider-Verse movie and want to know more.
Spider-Man: India – Seva
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302934705 / digital)
See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – present). I found this alternate reality Spidey run a bit slow to read. If you’re the kind of reader who really loves to see new iterations of Spidey’s origin and re-imaginations of his villains, this might click for you.
X-Men Epic Collection Vol. 1: Children of the Atom
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302957834 / digital)
See Guide to Silver Age X-Men. A reprint of the first X-Men Epic Collection, which includes the first 12 issues of their 1963 Stan Lee & Jack Kirby run. This not only has the terrific initial sprint of issues introducing Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants, but also the initial Sentinels story! I know a lot of people love to complain about the quality of Silver Age X-Men compared to other Silver Age books, but I think at least half of this book is very fun and very readable.
Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics April 3 2024 single issue and digital releases!
Marvel Comics April 3 2024 Physical Comic Releases
Alien: Black, White & Blood (2024) #3 – See Guide to Aliens comics. This anthology issue includes stories from Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with Michael Dowling(!), Cody Ziglar and Tommaso Bianchi, and Steve Foxe and Claire Roe.
Avengers (2023) #12 – See Guide to Avengers Flagship Titles (2010 – Present). In a surprising turn, the Avengers are tying into the end-game of the Fall of Krakoa! Except… it’s not so surprising once you know that Avengers author Jed MacKay is one of the architects of the post-Krakoan X-Men: From The Ashes era.
I really love MacKay’s concept for the Avengers, so I’m curious to know how they will interact with the X-Men both now and once he takes over as one of their flagship writers.
Captain America (2023) #8 – See Guide to Captain America – Steve Rogers. I was skeptical of how JMS could extend his opening arc mix of past and present into a second arc on this title. The answer is that instead he chose to focus on a mystical, inexplicable foe for Cap to battle.
I’m not against Cap fighting something more esoteric than a Nazi, but JMS is struggling mightily without the flashback story where his writing resonated. Even if you love the idea of Cap in a mystical setting, both JMS and arc artist Carlos Magno (who I usually love!) are a poor fit for this title.
Deadpool (2024) #1 – See Guide to Deadpool. Cody Ziglar launches a new run of Deadpool just in time for his summer blockbuster. Deadpool has had a wobbly record of ongoing series ever since the end of Gerry Duggan’s run in 2018. Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Alyssa Wong – they all turned in decent Deadpool runs, but after half-a-decade of Duggan’s perfect voicing and ongoing plotting for the character they all fell a bit flat. I’m curious to see what Ziglar can do. He’s been solid on a lot of Spider-office stuff the past few years, but we really haven’t seen him break out of the pack of writers – either critically or in fan reception.
Doctor Strange (2023) #14 – See Guide to Doctor Strange. This is the second issue in a new arc from Jed MacKay and Pasqual Ferry that finds them mashing up Doctor Strange with the core concept of Gillen & Hans’s role-playing comic DIE. Last issue, Strange assembled an unusual adventuring party of Black Cat, Moon Knight, and Taskmaster to dive into a living table-top game. That gave Ferry a chance to flex on art with a clean, storybook quality. It may have been my favorite issue of Ferry art of all time! With a final page reveal of a terrific foe for Strange, I’m incredibly excited to see what this issue has in store.
Immortal Thor (2023) #9 – See Guide to Thor – Odinson. Last issue, Ewing leaned hard into the origin story of Gaea and the elder gods of Utgard to help define the history and scope of the immortal challenge Thor faces in this run. It was good world-building, but after a few issues of mythological storytelling with Loki it felt to me like Ewing was starting to lose the plot of this book.
This month we’re back to Earth and the present day with a confrontation between Thor and Dario Agger, which should help ground this plot a bit after several fanciful issues.
Power Pack: Into the Storm (2024) #4 – See Guide to Power Pack. Last issue of this Louise Simonson & June Brigman all-ages series is as lovely as ever, but in terms of story this is a minor retcon of Power Pack + Franklin Richards + Storm that relies a lot of rubber-banding action that features Power Pack being captured and escaping over and over again. Great for those with Power Pack nostalgia, but not a must-read otherwise.
Sensational She-Hulk (2023) #7 – See Guide t0 She-Hulk – Jennifer Walters. I am totally addicted to this ongoing She-Hulk run from Rainbow Rowell, Andres Genolet, & Dee Cunniffe. Rowell has become Marvel’s master of balancing casual, everyday soap opera with superheroic adventures.
Our current plot finds us following She-Hulk and Jack of Hearts into space for a vacation where they run in with another classic, long-forgotten Marvel character. While you could easily pick this up with last issue, I really suggest that you dip back to She-Hulk (2022) #1 to enjoy this run from the start (and get the full story of Jack of Hearts’ return!).
Spider-Man: Shadow of the Green Goblin (2024) #1 – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). This is a retcon series by J.M. DeMatteis and Michael Sta. Maria set early in Peter’s year’s as Spider-Man.
Star Wars (2020) #45 – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. Charles Soule’s series linking Empire Strikes Back with Return of the Jedi has some necessary business to take care of and also some flights of fancy to insert into the film series. Right now we’re more on the business side, with a trial of Lando for his many betrayals – both in Empire and in Soule’s run since then. It’s actually a clever cadence for Soule to insert, giving us a chance to catch our breath as he recaps a lot of the story to date and uses his real-life legal skills to imagine justice system of of the Star Wars universe.
Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2024) #4 – See Guide to Moon Knight. This second phase of Jed MacKay’s run on Moon Knight just isn’t resonating with me. So far, the theme of each issue is a therapy session with one member of the Midnight Mission – Reese, Tigra, Soldier, and Hunter’s Moon (plus 8-Ball, I guess?) to have them react to the mysteriously resurrected Moon Knight. That’s intercut with present day action of that new Moon Knight wreaking havoc in their neighborhood as he fights criminals in an even more violent fashion than Moon Knight would typically employ.
It’s a solid concept, but it feels like we’ve had three issues of the exact same thing – and MacKay isn’t exactly breaking new ground with his dissections of a cast of somewhat anonymous characters with only one classic hero in the mix. I hope this run ignites sometime soon, because I want to believe MacKay still has interesting things to stay about Moon Knight and his crew.
Venom (2021) #32 – See Guide to Venom. Torunn Grønbekk set up a mirrored plot in the first two issues of this direct Symbiosis Necrosis with Carnage that shows how both Dylan Brock and Carnage finally get tied into Al Ewing’s cross-time Eddie Brock story that has taken up the bulk of this volume of Venom. Now the question is if Grønbekk & Ewing can pay that off. This book hasn’t benefited from its dual-author, dueling-narrative split between the two Brocks. Bringing them together might give the future plot the human element it has lacked, while finally injecting some excitement into the ho-hum present day narrative.
X-Men (2021) #33 – See Guide to X-Men – Age of Krakoa. Folks, let me break it to you: If you’re not reading Invincible Iron Man (2022) and Fall of the House of X (2024), this series is not going to make a lick of sense to you. Last issue had specific panel-to-panel continuity paying off set-ups from both of those other books. It’s really just one thrice-monthly X-Men book by Duggan, and if you mash all of them together it’s almost one enjoyable comic series. On its own, this will continue to disappoint – and that’s a sad statement, because last issue’s “All the Best X-Men are Women” reunion and team-up should have been the best issue of the series to date.
Marvel Comics April 3 2024 Digital-First Comic Releases
This is a list of projected Marvel Comics April 3 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) #26 – See Guide to Avengers (2010-Present).
- Infinity Paws Infinity Comic (2024) #1
- Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic (2023) #31 – Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018-Present)
- X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #133– See Guide to X-Men, The Age of Krakoa
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