Next week is the 15th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Marvel Comics April 9 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics April 2 2025 new releases.
This week in Marvel Comics: Epic ROM, Ultimate Loki, the end of Forever for Aaron’s Avengers, pre-Prequel Jedi Knights, Wolverine & Revolution wrap their road trip, Strange in Asgard, Gwen in Space, a pair of bad From the Ashes trades, and more!
The Krisis Pick of the Week: As much as I am intrigued about where we left off in Doctor Strange of Asgard (2025) last month, this pick is absolutely Star Wars: Jedi Knights (2025) #2! Marc Guggenheim blew me away with what might’ve been my favorite Star Wars comic issue of all time. Was that a fluke? Can he possible do it again next week?! I can’t wait to find out.
This post includes every comic out from Marvel Comics April 9 2025, plus collected editions in omnibus, hardcover, paperback, and digest-sized formats.
This isn’t the typical comic releases post you can find on other sites. Why? I explain each collection and review every series with a new issue out this week. Plus, for every new release, I’ll point you to a personally-curated guide within the Crushing Comics Guide to Marvel Comics to find out how to collect that title in full!
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And now, onto Marvel Comics April 9 2025 new releases!
Marvel Comics April 9 2025 Collected Editions
Marvel collected editions tend to hit the bookmarket on the same day as the Direct Market (or one day prior), so all of these Marvel Comics April 9 2025 collected editions should also be available from your local bookseller next week!
The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol. 18: Venom
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302963903 / digital)
See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – Present). While on paper this looks like the first reprint of this Epic Collection since 2018, if memory serves this got a prior stealth reprint under the same ISBN but from a different printer.
It deserves frequent printing because it’s one of the most fun single Spider-Man Epics – marking the transition into David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane’s landmark run and introducing Venom fully on panel for the first time. If you have affection (or interest) in late-80s and early-90s Spider-Man, this is a great place to begin
Annihilation 2099
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960018 / digital)
See Guide to Marvel 2099. Steve Orlando continues his expansion of a reinvented 2099 Universe with this space story starring Nova.
Avengers Forever by Jason Aaron Omnibus
(2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302961121 / digital)
See Guide to Avengers (2010 – Present). The X-Men aren’t the only Marvel team that are getting a 2025 omnibus of the end of a half-decade-long story without any omnis to come before it! This Avengers omni collect the end run of Jason Aaron’s Avengers (2018) as it splintered into a multiversal sibling title, Avengers Forever (2021).
I read this as it was coming out and found it to be unparseable. There were a few fun moments of multiversal shenanigans of alternate versions of heroes, but even if I take off my alternate reality hater hat I just don’t think this story made all that much sense. Even if you had read all of Aaron’s Avengers up to this point (which you can’t in omnibus, because it doesn’t exist), this isn’t much of a payoff.
Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe Again
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302964597 / digital)
See Guide to Deadpool. This is the second of three non-continuity slice-em-ups from Cullen Bunn & Dalibor Talajic. If you want to see Deadpool massacre all of your favorite heroes with a thin shell of plot wrapped around all the mayhem, this is your book!
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition Omnibus Vol. 2
(2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302963521 / digital)
This tome collects all of the 1991-1993 Handbook entries from letters M to Z.
It’s wild to me that anyone wants a book of outdated in-universe character histories. Even for me, a Marvel history fanatic, this wouldn’t make very good reference material because so much has changed not just about these characters but about their origins! In terms of characters in this volume, think about how much more we know about Wolverine and Mister Sinister alone!
But, for someone who is specifically nostalgic for the world of early-90s Marvel with little interest in everything that’s happened since then, this is the official time capsule of characters from that era.
Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 1
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302961084 / digital)
See Guide to ROM – Spaceknight! I can’t believe this is finally here – ROM’s in-continuity Marvel Universe adventures collected in paperback!
When we talk about ROM on Near Mint Condition, so many people ask “were the comics really that good, or are you just excited to finally see them collected?” Truly, it’s a “Why Not Both” situation! ROM was a surprisingly compelling ongoing of a stranger in a strange land, where that stranger was a cybernetic space warrior and that strange land was Marvel’s in-continuity Earth.
While this first volume is a straight 20-issue sprint through ROM’s title, subsequent volume spick up his guest appearances from other Marvel books that can’t be reprinted in their own Epic lines to to licensing issues. And, plenty of Marvel heroes show up in ROM, which makes this book about a short-lived toy feel very much a part of the Marvel Universe.
Uncanny X-Men by Gail Simone Vol. 1: Red Wave
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302959296 / digital)
See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes (2024 – Present). This is an X-Men comic book featuring a lot of narration by Rogue. I strongly recommend you skip it even if you are a Rogue fan. It looks pretty, but the writing is absolutely horrible.
Venom War: Wolverine / Deadpool [/Carnage]
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302961725 / digital)
See Guide to Venom. FYI, this collection also includes Carnage’s mini-series. I don’t think any of these are particularly worth collecting – pretty standard filler for each character.
X-Factor by Mark Russell Vol. 1: Please Like and Share
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960216 / digital)
See Guide to X-Factor. Unfortunately, this book was a dud right out of the gates – not only for me, but for the vast majority of experienced X-Readers I know online. But, maybe it’ll work for you!
The concept is a comedic take on a disposable team – basically, the exact tone of X-Statix. Except, here the comedically incompetent and disposable team are a bunch of mutants you might really enjoy, like Havok, Pyro, Cecilia Reyes, and Rusty. Mark Russell’s trademark social commentary and capitalist parody play weirdly against the backdrop of post-Krakoa mutantdom.
Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics April 9 2025 single issue releases!
Marvel Comics April 9 2025 Physical Comic Releases
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Alien: Paradiso (2024) #5 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Aliens comics. Steve Foxe’s comic of Aliens trapped on a resort planet wraps with with no one to root for but the xenomorphs, which I suppose is a fine place to end.
Do you ever stop and think about what the xenomorphs do with themselves whenever they’ve eaten everyone and everything there is to eat? Like, are they happy? Do they become non-violent and start creating works of art? Has there been a comic exclusively about xenomorph culture? I wanna read that Alien comic.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). It’s a new Amazing Spider-Man number one issue, which is something we’ve only been able to say five times in the past if my math is right, so it’s still a pretty unique event.
I think Joe Kelly has one of the best voices for Peter of all of his modern authors and I’m happy to see him return. But, I thought that about Zeb Wells, too, who is from the same mid-00s era of rotating Spider-writers.
I think what it comes down to is what concept Kelly is bringing to the book alongside his snappy patter. I really thought his big “8 Deaths of Spider-Man” arc would leave behind some fresh elements for him to play with but it seems to have been tied up neatly with a bow.
Will this Spidey just be back to plain ol’ wall-crawling and web-slinging? Honestly, I feel like that would be a relief – it’s something we haven’t reliably seen since as far back as the initial years of Slott (prior to “Spider-Island”).
No matter the answer, it helps that Pepé Larraz will be drawing it… although, so will John Romita Jr, which might cancel out the positives of Larraz.
Daredevil (2023) #20 (digital) – See Guide to Daredevil. Welp, we finished the nineteen issue opening arc of “Last Rites” two weeks ago and it suuuuuuucked. Saladin Ahmed wrote himself into a corner with over a year of Seven Deadly Sins with Wrath as the final boss and had no way to pay that off with some much-justified wrath.
The question is: is there any way for this run to redeem itself in the wake of that ongoing distaster?
Or, maybe the real question is: Are there any readers left on this book? I know a lot of tried-and-true Daredevil fans who have dropped his book for the first time in literal decades.
From the preview we know he’s back in the black suit. It promises an all-new enemy, which I think is the energy this book needs after an insular first year. I’m always rooting for every comic, so I hope Ahmed takes this somewhere worthy of Daredevil’s rich history of terrific comics.
Strange of Asgard (2025) #2 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Doctor Strange. Hot damn, the number one issue of this comic was terrific! Not only was Derek Landy’s script so smart, but I am a Carlos Magno enthusiast and I’ve never seen his linework look as good as it did with Espen Grundetjern’s colors.
Part of why I love this comic so much is how plainly Landy rolled out it’s concept in issue #1. It all felt obvious in a way that carried me along with the character. Obviously Strange wouldn’t want to stick around on Earth while Doom is Sorcerer Supreme. Obviously he wants to consolidate power so he can confront Doom in the future. Obviously Asgard and his friend Thor would be a smart place to turn as a realm without it’s own Sorcerer Supreme. And, obviously Strange wouldn’t want any kind of VIP tour of Asgard – he’d want to wander the streets just like he would in Greenwich Village in NYC.
Except… NONE OF THAT IS OBVIOUS. Derek Landy worked his ass off to set it all up in a single issue that was deliciously compressed, and Magno sold the hell out of it with his impressively detailed artwork. And, on top of that, Landy pulled off a terrific final page twist that makes this plot more than initially met the eye.
This is everything I’m looking for from a Doctor Strange series that sticks to the heart of the character but doesn’t just recycle the same story. Fingers crossed that issue #2 is as strong as #1, in which case we might see this comic crack into my Top 12 of 2025 on The Pull List next week!
The Incredible Hulk (2023) #24 (digital) – See Guide to Hulk – Bruce Banner. Phillip Kennedy Johnson takes Hulk and Charlie to NYC to visit Doctor Strange with guest artist Kev Walker.
Laura Kinney: Wolverine (2024) #5 (digital) – See Guide to Laura Kinney – X-23 & Wolverine. Of the entire “From the Ashes” line, this is emerging as one of the most reliable books to check out every month.
I was afraid that having another guest star on this book for another two-issue arc wouldn’t work, but last issue’s kickoff with Winter Soldier (now known as “Revolution”) was a highly enjoyable comic.
That’s because Erica Schultz wisely uses every guest star in this book to dig more deeply into who Laura is as a young woman striking out on her own outside of the Logan’s shadow. From little touches to her arguing over control of the radio to big strokes of her she responds to other mutants who are still “in the closet,” it really feels like this series is letting us get closer to Laura for the first time in a while.
Also, it must be said, I’m really falling in love with Giada Belviso’s art! Her out-of-uniform rendition of Laura is perfect. It feels so in line with the girl we’ve known for the past 20 years of comics. It’s a slightly older and more mature version of her that reads more like a young adult, but still with all of the unmistakable facial expressions that sell her inner life as much as Schultz’s caption boxes.
I love that this book isn’t trying to tell a BIG Laura Kinney story. I think this character has always been at her best when she gets to move through small, quick set-ups that continue to define her place in the world and how she responds to it.
Phoenix (2024) #10 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes (2024 – Present). I’m running out of ways to talk about this catastrophically bad ongoing Jean Grey series, in part because so little of substance happens in each issue.
Last month, Phoenix delivered some space monologues about the power of the Phoenix Force, Perrilous delivers some assurances he can control Aldani, Aldani sacrifices herself to some shadows, and Nova and Rocket hang out and talk about Jean rather than us spending any time with THE ACTUAL LEAD CHARACTER OF THIS COMIC BOOK. Meanwhile, what was building up to be a massive Phoenix-vs-Thanos story kinda just peters out off-panel.
And now this issue… Phoenix gets EVEN MORE powerful and fights Aldani EVEN MORE, I guess? Definitely worth the price of admission! (/sarcasm)
This series is a disaster of epic proportions and it’s surviving purely on incredibly strong cover art and the appetite of Jean fans to see their favorite character doing something. I don’t know how you get the remit of “take Jean cosmic, finally” and fumble the bag this hard. But, the problem isn’t just with the writing! Somehow, first arc artist Alessandro Miracolo was invited back for a repeat engagement despite the fact that he seldom draws two panels of a face with similar structure and proportions.
I’m so tired, y’all. Jean Grey is one of my all-time favorite characters in all of fiction. My bar for a good Jean Grey story is pretty damn low. I don’t actually need an epic throwdown with Thanos and the Black Order. Just have her do something other than deliver amorphous monologues in every issue without seeming like you are actively avoiding using her in her own title.
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024) #12 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Gwen. Last issue kicked off a new arc featuring Loki that saw Gwen transported into deep space and thrust into an unwinnable conflict between two societies?
Why? All in the name of retriggering an event that lead to the kick off of her series.
I appreciate Stephanie Phillips for remembering that this book started with the hint of a big idea for Gwen and making sure to pay that off once we reach the one year mark. And, the story isn’t bad. However, I don’t know that “Spider-Gwen in Space” is really a quintessential Gwen story that shows off the unique qualities of her character.
On the positive side, Paolo Villanelli is emerging from this run as a major art star. After a year of seeing him on and off in pretty standard Spider-Fare, last issue he handled so many different wild set-ups like they were nothing. It reminds me of the boot camp that MacKay has put artists through on Moon Knight. Villanelli doesn’t seem to struggle with anything on the ground or in space and he draws Loki spectacularly, all with terrific colors from regular colorist Matt Milla.
Star Wars: Jedi Knights (2025) #2 (digital) – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe. I was absolutely and unambiguously OBSESSED with the first issue of this slightly pre-Prequels Jedi corps adventure.
For me, this did everything I’m always looking for from an expanded universe comic of a cinematic universe: have the characters go on an unseen adventure just as huge as the main plot of a movie but that we wouldn’t have the time or budget to squeeze into another medium.
This has Yoda, Mace Windu, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and all of the other super-cool Jedi from the council whose names I don’t know. More than that, it has them working together to solve an intergalactic problem in a way that exposes their weaknesses and tendency toward hubris that will bring down the entire galactic order in less than two decades.
I’ve truly never loved a Marc Guggenheim comic before this #1. Maybe the secret is Gugg is working with established characters with reliable voices here, so he can lean into that with his scripting and we fill in some of the blanks in our minds. Also, he has artist Madibek Musabekov delivering incredible likenesses of all of those familiar characters that feel full of life and movement!
Truly, this book is a dream of what I’ve always wanted to enjoy about Star Wars in comics and I genuinely hope we’re set up for it to run for 50 issues or more even if it declines to half the quality of the #1.
Storm (2024) #7 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes. The tightrope act of Murewa Ayodele’s run on Storm continues! Somehow, every issue has managed to maintain the “lightning in a bottle” quality of this run while never lingering on the same thing twice.
Last issue hinted at the extent of Storm’s transformation into a cosmic power, but it kept things grounded by focusing on her fight (alongside Maggot!!!) against Cyclops’s squad. Yet, there’s no hiding that something is very different about Ororo after her Phoenix-like death and rebirth.
It’s that similarity to Jean that is making me feel like this book keeps pressing its luck with every issue. When I think of Storm, I think of a character grounded in her humanity. Can Ayodele keep this run feeling true to Ororo’s voice while giving her an increasingly cosmic scope? Certainly, her fans who focus on MAJOR FEATS will be pleased, but I’m endless curious about how Ayodele will continue to keep it feeling grounded and personal as the story gets larger and larger.
The Ultimates (2024) #11 (digital) – See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Universe. It’s absolutely wild how Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee, & Travis Lanham keep turning in such monumental issues ever month. It didn’t seem like it would be possible to match issue #9’s focus on Luke Cage, but issue #10 did it with a run-in with the Red Skull. And, now we’re turning our attention to Asgard and Loki!
It’s hard to think of a single book in superhero comics history that has done such a speed-run through defining an entire universe full of characters as this run of Ultimates. But, it’s not just all re-imaginations of existing heroes. Camp draws very specific, deliberate contrasts between this new Ultimate world and the main Marvel Universe – which despite all of its disastrous events, tends to bend in the direction of hope.
And, Camp also never takes his eye off the ticking clock leading to the Maker’s breakout 18 months from the kickoff of this universe. That lingering tension is one of the most interesting aspects of this title, even if it often goes unmentioned.
Uncanny X-Men (2024) #13 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes. Based on the solicit for this and the next few issues, this issue seems to be kicking off a another arc heavily featuring the cast of young new mutants.
Sometimes I conduct a thought exercise of “if this was named Generation Next, would I like it?” I don’t know. I am definitely of the opinion that Uncanny is the de facto flagship of the line – even more than adjectiveless X-Men. So, I’ll always be hostile to an Uncanny title that feels like it isn’t the center ring of the mutant circus.
But, even if this had another title, I don’t thing the writing is particularly good both on a plot level and a dialog level.
In fact, I’d go so far as to say this is in competition for the worst Uncanny run of all time. And, I like Chuck Austen just fine, so in my world there aren’t too many weak runs to choose from! We’re probably talking about late-300s UXM, which ain’t that bad.
That’s for Marvel Comics April 9 2025 new releases! What were you already pulling? And, did I convince you to check out anything new? Sound off in the comments below.