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Announcing Marvel June 2024 Collected Editions – LIVE on Near Mint Condition

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Today I’m live with Near Mint Condition @ 1pm US ET to announce Marvel’s June 2024 collected editions – including omnibuses, Masterworks, Epic Collections, and new trade paperbacks. This is the official, exclusive announcement of Marvel June 2024 Collected Edition solicits on the web – Near Mint Condition receives them directly from Marvel!

I’ll be on a panel with Omar of Near Mint Condition, Jess the Omnidog, Ødfel, & John from Dying Breed Collectors to discuss every new release. And, per usually, I’ve read just about everything new from Marvel in this catalog, so I have plenty to say!

Tune in to Near Mint Condition on YouTube live @ 1pm ET today or watch our stream as a replay to hear all the announcements.

New Comics & Collected Editions: Marvel Comics – March 6 2024

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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 EditionsMoon Knight: Marc Spector Omnibus Vol. 2, released by Marvel Comics March 6 2024

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. [Read more…] about New Comics & Collected Editions: Marvel Comics – March 6 2024

A List of Every 2024 Marvel Omnibus! (and January 2025, too)

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This is a list of EVERY 2024 Marvel Omnibus (and January 2025, too!) complete with ISBNs, explanations of what’s in the book, and links to the comic guides and reading orders that contain their full contents. That’s 126(!) books.

This past Sunday I was overjoyed to get to spend the afternoon with my dear friend Omar on Near Mint Condition (as well as a live chat full of Minties) as we recapped the 42 new and reprinted Marvel omnibuses solicited for August through the end of this year (plus January 2025).

I was going to simply recap those books to you again here in text. Then I thought… maybe we should do MORE. What use is an omnibus list that randomly starts in August? And what use is the same list of books you could get on a Wikipedia page?

So, instead, here is a list of every 2024 Marvel Omnibus (and January 2025, too!) with links to the Crushing Comics guides that contain their full contents (and how to collect the material around them) as well as my thoughts on the significance of most of the books.

Note that all release dates are tentative right up until they arrive! We’ve seen some books be delayed by a week or two in recent years, or even as much as six months in the cases of some of the early-2024 books that were originally solicited for 2023.

Are you ready to feel your wallets and bank accounts ache as we look at this massive list of every 2024 Marvel Omnibus? Let’s go! [Read more…] about A List of Every 2024 Marvel Omnibus! (and January 2025, too)

Guide to Pre-Crisis Superman (1939) – Golden Age, Silver Age, & Bronze Age (New for Patrons!)

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As I continue my celebration of seven years of my Guide to DC Comics, it’s time to tackle yet another title for DC’s biggest hero in a guide debuting exclusively to Pledgeonaut Patrons of Crushing Krisis. This was the first true solo superhero book – and, it published continuously through WWII and even the early-50s dark ages of comics! That’s right, it’s a Guide to Pre-Crisis Superman (1939) – The Golden, Silver, & Bronze Ages!

Guide to Pre-Crisis Superman (1939) – The Golden, Silver, & Bronze Ages

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