Marvel Comics June 12 2024 New Releases

It’s the 24th new comic book day of the new year! This post covers Marvel Comics June 12 2024 releases. Missed last week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics June 5 2024 new releases.

This week in Marvel Comics: a septet of Blood Hunt issues, complete Thompson Black Widow, a Thorless Thor Epic, Krakoa’s apocalyptic epilogue, Orlando’s Scarlet Witch perseveres, the end of Hickman & Schiti’s GODS, and more!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: Scarlet Witch (2024) #1 (of 4)! Steve Orlando has been writing what might be his best comic ever with this run, and all of his art teams have been top notch. I have my fingers crossed this will get upgraded to an ongoing stories.

This list includes every comic and digital comic out from Marvel this week, plus collected editions in omnibus, hardcover, paperback, and digest-sized formats. I recap and review every new single issue. Plus, for every 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 June 12 2024 Collected Editions

Black Widow by Kelly Thompson
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302952662 / digital)
See Guide to Black Widow. This Eisner-Winning series from Kelly Thompson, Elena Casagrande, Jordie Bellaire, & Cory Petit is easily the best start-to-finish single read for any fan of Black Widow. It starts out by putting Natasha in a uniquely uncomfortable place and ends with her leading an unlikely team of deadly misfits.

This series looks great from start to finish and tells one big and and incredibly satisfying story that actually reads better as a binge than it did in single issues. Highly recommended!

PS: Don’t be put off by the awful cover of this collection; the interiors look nothing like this!

The Incredible Hulk Vol. 2: War Devils
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302954178 / digital)
See Guide to Hulk – Bruce Banner. I think this second collection is a great place to start with Phillip J. Kennedy, Nic Klein & Danny Earls, Matthew Wilson, & Cory Petit is a fine place to begin. While I found the initial Ghost Rider story in this collection to be on the marginal side, I loved the follow-up New Orleans story.

This run leans into Hulk as one of the few weapons against the biggest horrors of the Marvel Universe, and I think that works best in 2-3 issue jaunts rather than longer arcs. It’s also a book full of page after page of stunning artwork, with a carefully curated color palette from Wilson that makes Hulk’s green really pop off the page.

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 2
(2024 “Remasterworks” hardcover, ISBN 978-1302951405)
See Guide to Avengers (1963 – 1996). This Masterworks collects the first true peak of early Avengers by Stan Lee, as we get the second year of their adventures together – including the iconic line-up change in issue #16!

This is a “Remasterworks” edition, meaning the linework is even more-restored than the original Masterworks edition. That restoration will be largely invisible to all but the most discerning of eyes, but if you want a prestige-format bookshelf of early Avengers comics then this is even more of a must-buy than it was before.

The Mighty Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus
(2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302957612 / digital)
See Guide to Thor – The Odinson. This massive brick of an omnibus continues Walt Simonson’s entire multi-year epic both writing and pencilling Thor, all with modern recolors from the 10s.

I thought the modern colors were instantly dated and they haven’t aged particularly well. However, this is the only way to pick up all of Simonson’s run easily aside from a long-since-out-of-print set of trade paperbacks. And, colors aside, this run is about as classic as you can get – it’s one of the major pillars of 80s superhero comics alongside Claremont’s Uncanny X-Men and Wolfman & Pérez’s Titans.

The Mighty Thor Epic Collection Volume 24: The Lost Gods
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302956509 / digital)
See Guide to Thor – The Odinson. This is a very curious Epic Collection – a Thor Epic that features very little Thor!

That’s because in 1996 Thor was a part of the migration of the Avengers and Fantastic Four to the Heroes Reborn side continuity. However, Thor left all of his Asgardian supporting cast behind in the Marvel 616, so his book retitled to “Journey Into Mystery” and focused on them.

It’s that Thor-less run that is collected in this Epic Collection. I’m more than a little surprised to see Marvel include this material in the Thor Epic line, but I love that they did! Based on the numbering strategy of the “Modern Era Epic” line, we already know this line will continue through all of Thor’s 1998 ongoing series before this line concludes.

Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 2
(2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302953935 / digital)
See Guide to Star Wars Legends comics (old Expanded Universe). This is the second of three omnibus volumes collecting the entirety of old-continuity comics telling the stories set from A New Hope in 0 BBY through the end of Return of the Jedi in 4 ABY.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302953416 / digital)
See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. This is a beat-for-beat adaptation of the D+ Obi-Wan show by Jodi Houser. It’s also often a frame-by-fame adaptation, as artist Salvador Larroca often traced directly over film stills without actually erasing all of the screenshot from below his linework! This holds exactly zero surprises for you if you’ve already seen the show, but it’s a fine refresher on the major plot beats with slightly tighter editing.

Star Wars: The High Republic Phase III Vol. 1 – Children of the Storm
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302954994 / digital)
See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. I just caught up on this run in the past few weeks, and I think it’s a fine jumping on point despite being “Phase III.”

I describe author Cavan Scott’s High Republic as “the Saturday morning cartoon” of Star Wars comics – meaning that it always has a YA tone, the same recognizable cast, and essentially the same conflict, just redressed for each new episode of storytelling. I find it exceedingly mild, as Star Wars stories go, but I’ve seen many High Republic fans enjoy it – so what do I know 🤷‍♀️

Wolverine by Benjamin Percy Vol. 8: Sabretooth War – Part 1
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302954727 / digital)
See Guide to Wolverine – Logan. I can’t recommend this penultimate collection of Ben Percy’s Wolverine – and not just because it was pointless to break this single 10-issue story arc into two parts!

Based on my own read as well as comments from other fans on the internet, I don’t think this will ring true even for fans of Victor LaValle’s pair of Sabretooth series from 2023. It’s a bloody flop more interested in slicing and dicing characters that you love for shock value than in doing anything particularly revealing with Sabreooth.

X-Men Epic Collection Volume 12: The Gift
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302957940 / digital)
See Guide to Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont (1974 – 1991). Marvel goes back to print on this, the first ever X-Men Epic Collection! It’s wild to think that this was one of the most under-collected periods of Claremont’s run as of eight years ago, when now we have it in multiple omnibuses!

Despite this volume not including anything that is known to be a marquee X-Men story, I actually think this could be the strongest period of all of Claremont’s run on the title. This was a time when he had has entire core cast assembled (including Kitty, Rogue, & Rachel) and where he had a powerful mastery of the voices of every character. To me, this is peak X-Men comics.

Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics June 12 2024 single issue and digital releases!

Marvel Comics June 12 2024 Physical Comic Releases

The Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt (2024) #2 (of 3) – See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt. This Justina Ireland story spinning out of Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #49 turns out to be a stealth “Daughters of the Dragon” comic starring Misty Knight & Colleen Wing alongside Spidey.

That’s a good thing in my book, not only because I love Misty & Colleen but because Ireland had a stronger voice for Misty than she did for Spidey. I’m mildly intrigued to see what Morbius’s part in all of this will be – and, if that does anything to revive his character on an ongoing basis after several false starts in the past decade.

The Avengers (2023) #15 – See Guide to Avengers flagship titles (2010 – Present) or See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt. A BLOOD HUNT TIE-IN!

I loved Captain America’s hastily-assembled team of Avengers last month – including Kate Bishop, Hercules, Quicksilver, and Hazmat. That team-up continues into this month with another issue with art from C.F. Villa.

However, Frederico Blee’s colors completely sapped my enjoyment of that team’s exploits. The way Blee colors every page in every comic with a predominantly blue hue makes me feel like I need to clean my glasses every time I turn the page. I feel like I can hear an old CRT monitor with bad color balance humming in in the background.

I don’t understand how Marvel’s editors haven’t given him a single note about this as we’re heading into a fourth year of him coloring every single book in this style. I was hoping he’d adopt a slightly different look on The Ultimates for their debut last week to contrast with this main Avengers title, but it was more of the same.

For issue #14 I was so charmed by the cast of the book that I sat down and created a blue-cancelling Photoshop filter (or, should I say, “Blee-Cancelling”). Then, I screen-grabbed every page and pasted them into Photoshop one-by-one so I could appreciate them with the constant blue hum of Blee’s colors.

As it turns out, I don’t hate his coloring style once the blue filter gets dialed down! Unfortunately, I’m not sure if I have the patience to manually de-blue every one of Blee’s pages in all of the titles he colors every month.

If you’re looking to jump into MacKay’s Avengers, I’d recommend starting before the start with Timeless (2022) #1. But, if you just want to read this Cap-led team, simply start with last month’s issue #14.

Blood Hunt (2024) #3 (of 5) & Blood Hunt: Red Band Edition (2024) #3 (of 5) – See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt.

Issue #2 didn’t introduce too much new mystery into this event. It mostly was about pulling together Jed MacKay’s various supporting players so that The Avengers could counter-punch against the vampires.

I think this issue will be make-or-break for this event. This is the biggest storyline that MacKay has ever attempted. Can he pull out of his typical rhythm of 1:1 face-offs to create a surprising twist in the middle of this event? Or, was the bloody battles in issue #1 an early peak of fun for this undead event?

Deadpool (2024) #3 – See Guide to Deadpool. It brings me no joy to say that it feels like this Cody Ziglar Wade Wilson series is less “Deadpool” and more “dead on arrival.”

Ziglar hasn’t landed a solid gag for Deadpool in a pair of initial issues, and his writing of Deadpool’s symbiote dog is incredibly boring. Sometime Deadpool can be belabored, but it rarely has bored me as much as the opening of this series. I really struggled to finish issue #2.

However, I learned my lesson with my early dissent on Eve Ewing’s Black Panther (2023), which turned out to get stronger by the end of its first arc. I’ll continue to give this a shot to see if Ziglar’s writing gets snappier as the more long-term story begins to emergy.

Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII (2024) #2 (of 3) – See Guide to Deadpool or Guide to Wolverine – Logan. The first issue of this Joe Kelly & Adam Kubert series is everything you want from a Deadpool comic where the entire point is to see him rubbing up against another character. It was silly, well-drawn, and had a touch of overarching mystery behind it’s silly jokes.

What I enjoyed the most about it was that Kelly used the dual-lead structure to make Deadpool’s motivations opaque to Logan. Yes, giving up Deadpool’s internal monologue removes the potential for punchlines. However, I think an inscrutable, unpredictable version of Deadpool can often be a lot funnier.

Also, Kelly writes a pretty damn good Wolverine – and Kubert is one of the best to ever draw him!

Fantastic Four (2022) #21 – See Guide to Fantastic Four or See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt. A BLOOD HUNT TIE-IN! This is the first time Ryan North’s charming run on Fantastic Four has deliberately interacted with the status quo of the wider Marvel Universe.

North always found a lot of joy in event tie-ins when he wrote Squirrel Girl, so I’m interested how he will translate the horrific vibe of this event into the lighthearted family fun of his ongoing series.

G.O.D.S. (2023) #8 (of 8) – See Guide to Doctor Strange. The penultimate issue of this series pivoted once again to tell a one-shot story placing one of the core cast members in peril in a way that didn’t particularly advance the story.

(That’s the nicest way I can say it. My actual issue notes are far too cruel and scatological to publish here.)

Now we’re at a finale where I’m more excited for the series to end than for the climax that comes with it. I’m sure Hickman is about to pull all these one-shots together with this thrilling conclusion. Yet, for me, this series about the “Powers That Be” of the Marvel Universe failed in its remit to make the Marvel Universe seem much a much larger place in the style of comics like Sandman and Planetary. Also, I fucking hate the colors.

Despite me despising most of this run, I’ve seen other fans who have been head-over-heels for it. I think If you are willing to give Hickman unlimited benefit-of-the-doubt when it comes to big world-building stories, this will hit for you. Or, if you enjoy the idea of a series that plays at the very margins of the Marvel Universe without needing to tell a singular story (much like Planetary), this is worth sampling.

Giant-Size Daredevil (2024) #1 – See Guide to Daredevil. Some of Marvel’s 2024 Giant-Size one-shots have existed far outside of the story of their ongoing series. This one will tie-in closely – it’s written by series author Saladin Ahmed and it seems as though it will focus closely on Kingpin – and why he is back as Matt Murdock’s adversary.

The Incredible Hulk (2023) #13 – See Guide to Hulk – Bruce Banner. This title has gradually won me over purely on the strength of its outstanding artwork, as colored by superstar Matthew Wilson. This issue continues a mini-arc of Banner trying to save the soul of his traveling companion by coming to blows with mystical foes (as abetted by Doctor Voodoo).

If you want to climb on board, I’d say the place to start is issue #9 – which is where this story began. Also, I think the plotting has been a bit tighter in these past few issues than they were in the opening arc.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) #21 – See Guide to Spider-Man – Miles Morales or See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt. A BLOOD HUNT TIE-IN!

After a charming downtime issue last month ended with looming black slies, Miles is a late entrant into Blood Hunt. I didn’t enjoy Cody Ziglar’s writing for Blade & Bloodline in an earlier arc of this book, so I don’t have the highest of hopes for this tie-in.

Scarlet Witch (2024) #1 (of 4) – See Guide to Scarlet Witch. Steve Orlando’s run on Marvel’s magical leading lady continues from the end of her mini-series with Quicksilver with not even a month of break between them!

That mini-series was incredible. I loved it from start to finish. The art was gorgeous. It may have been the best writing Steve Orlando have ever done for Marvel!

However, I think launching a third number one for Scarlet Witch in two years is confounding. Sure, #1 issues sell comics and are easy jumping on points! But, that’s a strategy that is overly focused on the present day. Three months from now, it becomes harder for fans to know they should pick up that Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver (2024) mini-series between the two solo series. It becomes harder for them to know where to start because there are three #1 issues within the span of two years.

One thing Marvel is doing right is labeling the trade paperback of that mini-series as “Scarlet Witch by Steve Orlando, Vol. 3.” Given that these stories have an ongoing shelf-life in bookstores and libraries via trade paperbacks, I think that’s the right way to go.

My quibbles with publishing strategies aside, I’m very happy to see this series continue. Wanda absolutely has the story potential and fan support to be one of Marvel’s ongoing leading ladies – plus, I find it very satisfying to see Orlando finding his groove.

Spider-Boy (2023) #8 – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). Dan Slott brought the initial saga of Spider-Boy’s mysterious origins to a satisfying conclusion last month. Honestly, the entire opening mega-arc of the series was incredibly well-constructed and intensely charming. I’d recommend it to any Spidey-loving kid.

Now, the question is if Dan Slott can keep up that charm offensive with the origin story now ended. This issue looks like it will be a one-off against a silly and confounding new villain, Puzzle Man. However, the next few issues sound like they’ll be plunging our heroic kid Bailey Briggs into a slew of Spider-Verse nonsense.

I genuinely think that’s a potential mistake.

Yes, younger readers likely came to the comics via the Spider-Verse films and will relate to the plot. However, we already have Miles and especially Gwen as younger characters mired in multiversal stories. I think there’s so much story to tell with Bailey Briggs as a young hero without a home in modern day New York City, and I hate to see that status quo quickly disposed of in favor of yet another Spider-Verse story.

Spider-Man: Shadow of the Green Goblin (2024) #3 (of 4) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). I remain obsessed with this flashback series by J. M. DeMatteis, Michael Sta. Maria, Chris Sotomayor, & Joe Caramagna. I’m ready for a full “Untold Tales” style of ongoing from this creative team.

Issue #2 established just how early in Spidey’s career this book is set – it occurs entirely between Sandman’s first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #4 in June 1963 and one day prior to Strange Tales (1951) #115 in September 1963!

Yet, the version of Peter Parker who is narrating the story is from much later in his career – when he already knows Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacey, and more of his iconic supporting players.

I think that’s what works so well for me about this book, beyond the high level of craft from the entire creative team. I love a look at early Spider-Man adventures as recalled by a much older Spidey who knows the momentous weight of the events of the story (or, in the case of last issue, the relatively inconsequential showdown with Sandman).

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) #47 – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. As Greg Pak continues to build up Darth Vader’s rebellion inside of the Empire I find my obsession with this series waning.

It’s not just that I’m addicted to seeing Vader on the page. From the very start of this series, one of the best elements have been the various supporting characters – both altruistic and back-stabbing.

Also, I think keeping a laser focus on Vader’s growing dissent with Emperor Palpatine is absolutely the right thing to focus on between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

So, what’s my beef? I think Pak is too in the weeds of which internal sub-factions are pitted against each other. We keep meeting and mowing down new Greek choruses of imperial dissidents. Even if you’re following all of the plot (and I am), it’s starting to feel like the stakes are getting smaller rather than larger.

I’m hoping that with issue #50 approaching we’ll get a bit of a narrative consolidation to simplify things and give us a finer point of focus as we enter the end-run towards Return of the Jedi. Until then, I’d still recommend starting from #1 on this title.

Strange Academy: Blood Hunt (2024) #2 – See Guide to Doctor Strange or Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt. I broadly enjoyed the first issue of this mini-series from Daniel Older & Luigi Zagaria.

The Strange Academy cast is large and flexible ensemble, which allows new creative teams to introduce new perspective characters without it seeming like the book has lost its focus. OF COURSE, the new character introduced last issue was going to tie in to vampire nonsense, but that didn’t feel like an egregious insert that detracted from the rest of the cast. It’s just how Strange Academy works.

Plus, the paired down cast of established supporting players all had differentiated voices – which was not always the case in the original Skottie Young run!

Slightly more questionable were the backup features highlighting Agatha Harkness and her journey with the Darkhold (in the wake of last year’s “Contest of Chaos” annual crossovers). A lot of online fans took this to task for being too silly and for downgrading the experienced Harkness into a basic witch.

I’d agree that it was a bit basic and silly, but we were seeing Harkness as introduced through the silly lens of one of the few books Marvel isn’t afraid to market as a kids’ comic! I’m not willing to pass harsh judgment for a book maintaining a consistent tone with its prior series. Let’s see how Daniel Older & Company cook with Agatha and the Darkhold as ingredients now that their set-up is out of the way.

Ultimate X-Men (2024) #4 – See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Comics. Last month, Peach Momoko explored the origins of Hisako’s storm-powered classmate Mei (who is explicitly not Storm, who is a star in Ultimate Black Panther (2024) alongside T’Challa). That tale also introduced Nico Minoru, who will be one of the focuses of this issue.

This comic is squarely in the “not for me” category. I can hang with manga-style art and intense decompression – but, your sequential storytelling still has to be strong! In issue #3, I repeatedly felt lost on the page, even as I carefully reviewed each panel to try to decipher the action (whether that was action action, or just regular movement).

Does that mean this is a bad book? I’m not so sure. I frequently have a similar complaint during my few dabbles into reading manga, even when I love the art and pace. Having talked it over with some major manga fans, I’ve come to realize that the moments that get frozen in time in each panel of a manga simply don’t make as much sequential sense to my brain as panels in an American or European comic.

Thus, I’m willing to accept this is “not for me” purely down to a cultural difference in how I like stories to be told, rather than any deficiency in the storytelling. I think that’s the sort of realization that could benefit a lot of modern day comic readers – and, it’s why I read so widely and so often outside of my own comfort zone.

X-Men: Blood Hunt – Jubilee (2024) #1 – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes or See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Blood Hunt. This is the first of a handful of X-Men one-shots as part of this mid-year event.

Why Jubilee, a mutant with only a pair of mini-series to her name (one of which was penned by Robert Kirkman, of Invincible & Walking Dead fame)? First, Jubilee is being set up as a major perspective character for this new era of X-Men, having just appeared in X-Men ’97 and acting as anchor in Gail Simone’s Uncanny X-Men (2024). Second, Jubilee has some scores to settle with the vampire nation, who turned her into one of their own for nearly a decade of comics.

This will be the first in-universe comic from middle-grade author and podcaster Preeti Chhibber, who has already written several Marvel novels. I’m hoping that means she is comfortable enough in this universe to dig deeply into Jubilee instead of just giving us a lightweight, throwaway story.

X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024) #1 – See Guide to X-Men – The Age of Krakoa (2019 – 2024). This series is a final epilogue on the Age of Krakoa, as set up by the corporately-mandated conflict of last week’s finale in X-Men (2021) #35.

Based on how much of that finale felt like it focused on setting up this mini-series, you’d think it would be a really big deal and not just a bi-weekly filler series on our way to the proper launch of the next era of X-Men. And, maybe it will be a big deal! There is certainly a lot of Apocalypse lore to contend with in the wake of the Krakoan Age. Establishing what “survival of the fittest” means to the remaining mutants on Earth could be a major driver of plot moving forward.

Steve Foxe has been hit-or-miss on his X-Men efforts so far. His Dark X-Men (2023) was steeped in continuity, but slightly rushed. His Dead X-Men (2024) was a mess, but so was everything else that came out in the past six months. I remain high on Foxe due to this ability to quickly get to the specific voice of each character in his cast. He’s certainly got a lot of fan favorites to play with here, so it will be interesting if he can maintain that reputation with me.

Marvel Comics June 12 2024 Digital-First Comic Releases

This is a list of projected Marvel Comics 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.