The May issue of Marvel Comics Previews has arrived! Here is our breakdown of the new comics series to jump on, plus what collected editions are arriving from July 2024! You can find the rest of our Previews Picks for other DC Comics, Indies & Manga titles here!
Comic Issues
X-MEN (2024) #1
(W) JED MACKAY (A/CA) RYAN STEGMAN
FROM THE ASHES! Krakoa is gone, ORCHIS has fallen… but the X-Men remain, always. Cyclops leads, because that is what he does. Beast builds, because that is what he does. And from their new home in Alaska, the X-Men raise a flag of defiance. Mutant business is their business. Join CYCLOPS, BEAST, MAGNETO, PSYLOCKE, KID OMEGA, TEMPER, MAGIK and JUGGERNAUT as new forces in the world move into position, battling for the destiny and philosophy of the mutant species.
ALIENS VS. AVENGERS #1 (OF 4)
(W) JONATHAN HICKMAN (A/CA) ESAD RIBIC
ALIENS AND AVENGERS FACE OFF! It’s all led to this: Xenomorphs reach Earth! The perfect organism meets a planet of superhumans. Who will be first to fall? Legendary collaborators Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić cut loose in this four-part epic unmissable for Marvel and Alien fans alike!
WOLVERINE: DEEP CUT #1 (OF 4)
(W) CHRIS CLAREMONT (A) EDGAR SALAZAR (CA) PHILIP TAN
OUT OF THE OUTBACK ON A LIFE-AND-DEATH MISSION! At last – LOGAN’s secret adventure revealed! Featuring a sinister revelation and claw-to-claw confrontations with SABRETOOTH, this is a must-have WOLVERINE story for new and long-standing fans alike that simply cannot be missed! Back in UNCANNY X-MEN #246, Logan set off from the Australian outback, leaving behind what was left of the X-MEN, for a personal mission. Now, after decades of mystery, Chris Claremont reveals just what Wolverine got up to before his classic battle with the REAVERS! The next Chris Claremont-penned mutant saga begins, with the untold story of Wolverine’s most personal mission!
X-FORCE (2024) #1
(W) GEOFFREY THORNE (A) MARCUS TO (CA) STEPHEN SEGOVIA
A NEW PATH FORGED! The world is fractured. FORGE uses his powers of invention to devise the only fix: an all-new, all-different X-FORCE! Forge leads a custom-made, handpicked team of mutants – RACHEL SUMMERS, BETSY BRADDOCK, SAGE, SURGE and introducing TANK – in off-the-books missions so dire, so integral to the fate of the Marvel Universe, there’s no time to stop for permission! As Forge detects increasing threats across the planet, he will recruit a specialist for each target – first up: that regenerating degenerate, DEADPOOL! Be here for an X-Force like you’ve never seen them before, stick around to see who joins, who lives, who dies and uncover the mystery of Forge’s discovery!
PHOENIX (2024) #1
(W) STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (A) ALESSANDRO MIRACOLO (CA) YASMINE PUTRI
LIFE! FIRE! POWER! POSSIBILITY! PHOENIX! She is JEAN GREY. She is PHOENIX. She saves the world. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one else can: she yearns to. A desperate S.O.S. from NOVA brings the Phoenix to the edge of a black hole, where hundreds of lives hang in the balance… and whatever Jean does – or fails to do – will bring darkness to the universe and haunt her in ways she can scarcely imagine…
NYX (2024) #1
(W) COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING (A) FRANCESCO MORTARINO (CA) SARA PICHELLI
THIS IS NYX! This isn’t a book about X-Men. This is a book about mutants living past the end of their world and into a new beginning. This is MS. MARVEL embracing her mutant life in the neon streets of the Lower East Side. This is ANOLE trying to keep his head above water. This is WOLVERINE in the shadows of Bushwick, protecting her own. This is PRODIGY writing history as it happens – and SOPHIE CUCKOO finding her own way. The news reports are bleak. The streets feel dangerous. There’s something lurking underground. Evil coming from every direction. But they’re determined to make it. This is mutant community. This is mutant pride. This is NYX.
LIFE OF WOLVERINE (ONE-SHOT)
(W) JIM ZUB (A) RAMÓN F. BACHS (CA) RON LIM
LOGAN’S LIFE STORY – IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR THE FIRST TIME! WOLVERINE has been mindwiped, manipulated and given false memories so many times, what is the truth of his long life? Now, as a journey into his own past becomes paramount to the survival of mutantkind, delve into the TRUE story of LOGAN’s life, from his earliest days in the late 1800s, to the many wars he’s fought alongside comrades like CAPTAIN AMERICA and SABRETOOTH, to the WEAPON X procedures that changed his life forever, his days on the X-MEN and more! All IN CONTINUITY, this includes some adventures and links to the past never before revealed, giving the most complete picture of WOLVERINE’s history EVER ASSEMBLED! In print for the first time!
MARVEL & DISNEY: WHAT IF…? DONALD DUCK BECAME WOLVERINE #1
(W) LUCA BARBIERI (A/CA) GIADA PERISSINOTTO
CELEBRATING THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF DONALD DUCK AND THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF… WOLVERINE? In the most unexpected mashup of our time, we travel to the near future where chaos rules as PETE-SKULL has turned DUCKBURG into a super-hero-less WASTELAND. Only OLD DUCK DONALD can turn the tide but he’s given up his battling’ days and prefers naps and GRANDMA’s apple pie over fighting villains. But when MICKEY-HAWKEYE comes knocking at the door with GOOFY-HULK at his side, WOLVERINE-DONALD has to make a choice! Will a trip down memory lane change his mind to save the world or will the lure of the backyard hammock and a long nap keep him from popping his claws one last time? Featuring some of DONALD-WOLVERINE’S greatest moments!
SPIDER-MAN: REIGN II #1 (of 5)
(W/A) KAARE ANDREWS
BACK TO THE (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN’S) FUTURE! Award-winning writer/artist Kaare Andrews returns to the world of SPIDER-MAN’S dystopian future in this sequel to the landmark, genre-defying SPIDER-MAN: REIGN! And who is the new BLACK CAT?! What tragedies and triumphs await this older, grizzled Peter Parker? Peter isn’t the only one who aged… wait until you see what happened to MILES MORALES!
BLACK WIDOW: VENOMOUS #1
(W) ERICA SCHULTZ (A) LUCIANO VECCHIO (CA) LEIRIX
THE WIDOW’S BITE IS VENOMOUS! Natasha Romanoff, the infamous spy known as the Black Widow, didn’t go looking to bond with an alien symbiote. But a good spy works with all the tools available to her, and when one of the most powerful and versatile weapons in the universe lands in your lap…you take it. Now she just needs to figure out how to work with a weapon with its own drives and desires. Redefining Widow’s relationship with her symbiote, and setting the stage for her appearance in Venom War!
DAREDEVIL: WOMAN WITHOUT FEAR #1 (OF 4)
(W) ERICA SCHULTZ (A) MICHAEL DOWLING (CA) MAHMUD ASRAR
SPINNING OUT OF DAREDEVIL #11! After the stunning events of DAREDEVIL #11, Daredevil’s allies are left more vulnerable than ever before. If they’re able to survive, it will fall to Elektra and Matt Murdock to not only save their city as Daredevil, but also protect the people they love the most as they’re targeted by some of the most dangerous, violent elements the Marvel Universe has to offer!
NAMOR #1 (OF 8)
(W) JASON AARON (A) PAUL DAVIDSON & ALEX LINS (CA) ALEXANDER LOZANO
“LAST KING OF ATLANTIS”. War rages beneath the waves, from the lost cities of the Secret Seas to the fathomless depths where the Elder Whales reign. Seven kings, old and new, fight to rule the watery realm. But where is Namor, the once mighty Sub-Mariner? He’s sitting behind bars on the surface, with no intention of ever setting foot in the seas again. So begins an oversized Atlantean event that will forever reshape the landscape of the undersea world while at last laying bare the dark history of Atlantis and its fiercest, most infamous defender. An epic that will redefine the King of the Seas in the manner of Jason Aaron’s PUNISHER series!
ANNIHILATION 2099 #1 (OF 5)
(W) STEVE ORLANDO (A) IBRAIM ROBERSON (CA) NICK BRADSHAW
WHO IS THE LAST NOVA?! A remote town on a remote world is devastated by the ravenous, unforgiving KNULL SET, a gang of raiders and thieves obsessed with offering all life up to the darkness. But that all changes when a stranger comes to town, a stranger from the stars who answers to his own code. THE LAST SURVIVOR OF XANDAR… the LAST NOVA. Who is the Last Nova, and what great tragedy does he carry on his back? Is he the inheritor of the NOVA CORPS or its destroyer?
MARVEL ZERO #1
(W/A) VARIOUS (CA) IBAN COELLO
A deluxe edition collecting Marvel’s 2024 FCBD titles! This giant-sized issue is jam packed with entry points into the biggest comic storylines of the year! Direct lead into the new ULTIMATES series, showcasing the next evolutionary step of the Ultimate Universe with the first appearance of a powerful new hero! The dance of death begins here! The overture to this summer’s major crossover event, which also happens to be the bloodiest Marvel event ever – BLOOD HUNT! The future of mutantkind also starts here – as Jubilee learns that you CANNOT go home again! Spider-Man must deal with THE RETURN OF THE GOBLIN! Collecting Free Comic Book Day 2024: Blood Hunt/X-Men & Free Comic Book Day 2024: Ultimate Universe/Spider-Man.
STAR WARS: INQUISITORS #1 (OF 4)
(W) RODNEY BARNES (A) RAMON ROSANAS (CA) NICK BRADSHAW
THE JEDI MUST DIE! Weapons of the EMPEROR, sent out into the galaxy to track down and kill any Jedi who survived ORDER 66, the ruthless INQUISITORS are among the most skilled and deadly threats to those who served the light side of the Force. Buried in the annals of Jedi lore is the story of TENSU RUN, the Jedi who faced the Inquisitors and DARTH VADER! What became of him, and why did the EMPIRE so greatly fear his existence?
Graphic Novels & Collected Editions
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN BY JONATHAN HICKMAN VOL. 01 - MARRIED WITH CHILDREN TP
(W) JONATHAN HICKMAN (A/CA) MARCO CHECCHETTO
The most surprising Spider-Man story of the 21st century! Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X) and acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto (DAREDEVIL) unite for a bold new take on Spider-Man at the dawn of the reimagined Ultimate Universe!
After the events of ULTIMATE INVASION, the world needs a hero. Step forward, Peter Parker! But this is an older, wiser web-slinger — one who balances his costumed duties with his responsibilities as a husband and a father. That’s right, Peter and Mary Jane are married with kids! The stakes have never been higher — and as Spider-Man faces his first super villain, J. Jonah Jameson’s quest to uncover who’s really pulling the strings of this new Ultimate Universe leads to a shocking revelation! Plus: New York City welcomes its newest hero… the Green Goblin! But who’s behind the mask? And what does the Goblin know of the true status of the world in which he lives?
Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (2024) #1-6.
SPIDER-GWEN: SMASH TP
(W) MELISSA FLORES (A) ENID BALÁM (CA) DAVID NAKAYAMA
The multiversal web-slinger returns! It’s time to face the music when the Mary Janes head off on a four-city tour as the opening act to one of Earth-65’s biggest rock stars! Gwen has promised the band that this big break will be all about the music. No web-slinging, just drums. But when a mysterious assassin targets the headliner, Gwen begins to wonder how she got this gig in the first place. And as the tour continues, she’ll share the stage with stunning new versions of some of your favorite characters – pulling double duty as drummer and secret bodyguard for Dazzler!
Collecting SPIDER-GWEN: SMASH #1-4.
SPIDER-PUNK: ARMS RACE TP
(W) CODY ZIGLAR (A) JUSTIN MASON (CA) TAKASHI OKAZAKI
The acclaimed creative team reunites for more anarchic adventures! In a world without Norman Osborn, Spider-Punk reigns! This ain’t no victory lap, though: Just as Hobie Brown gets the Spider-Band of Earth-138 back together in a bid to rebuild society, Justin Hammer and Doctor Otto Octavius have other plans – like introducing the world to the Spider-Slaying Sentinels! Grab your boots, your instruments, your amps and let’s go! Guest-starring T’Challa and Shuri from Wakanda!
Collecting SPIDER-PUNK: ARMS RACE #1-4.
AVENGERS: TWILIGHT TP
(W) CHIP ZDARSKY (A) DANIEL ACUÑA (CA) ALEX ROSS
A thrillingly dark new vision of the Avengers! In a gleaming new world of prosperity, Captain America is no more. But Steve Rogers still exists, floating through an America where freedom is an illusion, the Avengers are strangers and his friends are long dead. But is the Dream itself dead? And how do you assemble Avengers in a world that doesn’t want them? With the clock ticking down to New Year’s Day, Steve must build an army to save America! Will his surviving friends sign up, or will he have to lead the ragtag group called the Defenders against the expert military marksman known as Bullseye? And can Steve infiltrate the Raft, a government facility full of secrets and danger off the shores of New York City, before the new Iron Man sentences him to the same gruesome fate as Tony Stark?
Collecting AVENGERS: TWILIGHT #1-6.
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X/RISE OF THE POWERS OF X TP
(W/A) VARIOUS (CA) MARK BROOKS
The shocking conclusion of the Krakoan era! Mutantkind has never had a greater fall, from the highs of Krakoa – their own glorious nation, a place where they were safe and happy – to the lowest of lows. Now, they face two of the greatest threats to ever target them at the same time. Orchis has left them outlawed and hunted, with most of their kind missing or dead – and now one of their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is on trial and facing the death penalty. Meanwhile, a secret adversary has risen to power outside of reality, and as hopeless as the fight to save their species might seem, it’s nothing compared to the fight to save the entirety of reality. Ready or not, the time has come to make their final stand against the forces that have struck them low – across every corner of the globe and all of time itself! The threats that began with the very inception of the nation of Krakoa finally come to fruition to wipe out all life and all freedom. All that stands against them is the X-Men. What can they do? They’re the X-Men. They’ll find a way, and the future of mutantkind will be forever changed!
Collecting FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X #1-5, RISE OF THE POWERS OF X #1-5 and material from X-MEN (2021) #35.
RESURRECTION OF MAGNETO TP
(W) AL EWING (A) LUCIANO VECCHIO (CA) STEFANO CASELLI
As the Krakoan era approaches its end, the X-Men’s greatest enemy returns! On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit – but Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now it falls to Storm to bring Magneto home to fight against the FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X – but after all he did and all that was done to him, can the Master of Magnetism bear to come back to life? In the depths, Magneto was given a key by strange forces – and impossibly, he holds it still. Now, in death, Max Eisenhardt judges his own life – and counts the cost. Should he return to the world? And what does the Deep Key unlock?
Collecting RESURRECTION OF MAGNETO #1-4.
CABLE: UNITED WE FALL TP
(W) FABIAN NICIEZA (A) SCOT EATON (CA) JOHN ROMITA JR.
The future must not come to pass! All the signs are here: The Neocracy is coming – and with it comes not only the end of mutantkind, but all of humanity as well! As if rescuing his time-traveling younger self from the ongoing threat of Orchis weren’t enough, can Cable root out this growing threat and decimate it before the Neocracy has a chance to take hold and exterminate all life on Earth? Or is he already too late to change the future? When their investigation sends Nates old and young crashing into the Grey Gargoyle, they’ll have to battle for their lives to avoid being turned into stone! And each step forward brings them further into the crosshairs of the mysterious Parvenu! The weight of the world is on the shoulders of Cable and Nate!
Collecting CABLE (2024) #1-4.
THANOS: RETURN OF THE MAD TITAN TP
(W) CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (A) LUCA PIZZARI & GERMÁN PERALTA (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Thanos vs. the Illuminati with the fate of the planet at stake! As the Mad Titan descends to retrieve a cherished something he has lost, the Illuminati must band together once again to stop him – because they’re the ones who hid it from him in the first place! And to prevent Thanos from destroying the planet as part of his quest, they’ll need to bring in the biggest gun they’ve got: the Incredible Hulk! But what – or who – is Thanos looking for? And when he finds what he seeks, what fate awaits the Illuminati? With powerhouses Emma Frost and Blue Marvel joining Iron Man, Doctor Strange and Mister Fantastic – and Thanos raging mad following a painful rejection – get ready for the most consequential showdown in the history of the Marvel Universe!
Collecting THANOS (2023) #1-4.
SENTRY: LEGACY TP
(W) JASON LOO (A) LUIGI ZAGARIA & DAVID CUTLER (CA) BEN HARVEY
Who will be the new Sentry? The one-time Avenger is dead, but ordinary people all over the world are suddenly manifesting his incredible powers and experiencing snippets of Bob Reynolds’ memories. Will one of them survive long enough to emerge as the new Sentry? Or will their awesome power destroy them? When Misty Knight and Jessica Jones cross paths in search of answers, they open an investigation that will change everything you think you know about the Sentry! As more people begin manifesting Sentry’s powers, it’s all Misty and Jessica can do to keep track of the incidents, let alone discover any connections between them. Meanwhile, each new Sentry must reckon with their newfound abilities – and, unfortunately, one of them isn’t a team player.
Collecting SENTRY (2023) #1-4.
BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES TP
(W) MARC GUGGENHEIM (A) ÁLVARO LÓPEZ (CA) TAURIN CLARKE
A new story set in the classic continuity of the original PLANET OF THE APES films! In a hostile world run by aggressive gorillas, scientists Cornelius and Zira are the only apes alive who see value in the mute, dumb human race – but even they know human capabilities have severe limits. So when their nephew Lucius goes missing, it is with great trepidation that they turn to a human ally – a young woman who will someday earn the moniker “Nova”! But the search for Lucius brings them all deeper into the Forbidden Zone – which is forbidden for a reason. What never-before-seen dangers await them in the ruins? The citizens of Ape City believed they were alone on this planet, but a world of violence lies beyond their borders!
Collecting BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #1-4.
VENOM MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: SPACE KNIGHT TP
(W) CULLEN BUNN & ROBBIE THOMPSON (A) VARIOUS (CA) ARIEL OLIVETTI
Flash Thompson, Agent of the Cosmos! If Venom and his new symbiotic sidekick, Mania, survive a war to save Philly from underworld boss Lord Ogre, Flash will have to confront his past as a bully and make a momentous decision about his future! Taking on a new mission as a Space Knight, Venom swashbuckles his way across the universe, helping the helpless and punishing the violent – until he’s made to fight in an alien arena! Flash faces one surprising enemy when his symbiotic relationship with his Klyntar becomes one of hunter and prey – and then another as he returns to Earth just in time for CIVIL WAR II and a showdown with one of his oldest friends! Get ready for Venom vs. Spider-Man like you’ve never seen it before!
Collecting VENOM (2011) #36-42 and VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #1-13.
HULK BY CATES & OTTLEY OMNIBUS HC
(W) DONNY CATES, RYAN OTTLEY & DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (A) RYAN OTTLEY & MARTÍN CÓCCOLO (CA) RYAN OTTLEY
Bruce Banner thinks he finally has total control of his emerald alter ego – but unexpected variables can arise at any time, and there are some things even his brilliant mind cannot imagine. As Bruce hurtles deep into outer space on a dangerous quest, he’s about to find out that the Hulk isn’t alone! When mysterious circumstances bring him into conflict with Thor, can a more-powerful-than-ever God of Thunder triumph against a Bruce Banner who can now control his rage? And will Iron Man regret coming between these two titans? Then, as Banner’s space odyssey continues, an entire planet of Hulk-like creatures may offer the paradise he’s been looking for – or a new nightmare waiting to unfold! Get ready to meet Titan, the Hulk’s Hulk!
Collecting HULK (2021) #1-14, HULK VS. THOR: BANNER OF WAR ALPHA, THOR (2020) #26, and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2021: AVENGERS/HULK and THOR (2020) #25.
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