Next week is the 5th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Marvel Comics January 29 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics January 22 2025 new releases.
This week in Marvel Comics: Deadpool back in business, a Storm celebration, a hunk of Joe Kelly’s Spider-Man, uncollected X-Factor, Hickman’s Reign of X, an Ewoks finale, Moon Knight on the run, Ultron Prime vs. Ultron West Coast, X-Men’s Graymalkin aftermath, and more!
The Krisis Pick of the Week: Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (2024) #4! This is an easy pick for me, because I am still dangling from the intense cliffhanger of issue #3. Jed MacKay has never been afraid to move fast and break things with his multi-series run on Moon Knight, and that has kept it exciting.
This post includes every comic out from Marvel Comics January 29 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!
There’s no other website on the internet that can claim that.
And now, onto Marvel Comics January 29 2025 new releases!
Marvel Comics January 29 2025 Collected Editions
Hellverine: Resurrection
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302959982 / digital)
See Guide to Wolverine – Logan or Guide to Daken – Akihiro (eventually). This collects a rather grim epilogue to the equally grim Ghost Rider (2022) and “Sabretooth War,” both by Benjamin Percy. I don’t recommend this mash-up of American military industrial complex with Ghost Rider and Wolverine.
Marvel Two-in-One Epic Collection Vol. 3: Remembrance of Things Past
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302955649 / digital)
See Guide to Fantastic Four. This volume pushes us past the halfway point of collecting The Thing’s 1oo-issue team-up series in Epic Collection, collecting through issue #52. (We’re already up to issue #84 in Masterworks!)
Marvel: The End Omnibus
(2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-130295966 / digital)
Your eyes do not deceive you – I covered this back in the Marvel Comics January 8 New Releases post! However, it was delayed to this week.
This omnibus doesn’t just collect the original “Marvel Universe: The End” mini-series, but many subsequent “The End” minis and one-shots addressing how specific characters or teams might meet their fates (but not other future-focused series like “Old Man,” “Life Story,” or “Twilight” branded books).
That includes: Incredible Hulk: The End (2002) #1, Marvel Universe: The End (2003) #1-6, Wolverine: The End (2003) #1-6, X-Men: The End Book One (2004) #1-6, X-Men: The End Book Two (2005) #1-6, X-Men: The End Book Three (2006) #1-6, Fantastic Four: The End (2006) #1-6, Iron Man: The End (2008) #1, Captain America: The End (2020) #1, Captain Marvel: The End (2020) #1, Deadpool: The End (2020) #1, Doctor Strange: The End (2020) #1, Miles Morales: The End (2020) #1, Venom: The End (2020) #1.
If you dig these sorts of “end of the world” books, this one is the motherload – with tons of Claremont writing one potential end to his vision of the X-Men.
Spider-Man by Joe Kelly Omnibus
(2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302951931 / digital)
See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018). Released to support Joe Kelly’s return to writing Amazing Spider-Man, this “best of author” style omnibus picks and chooses all of Kelly’s Amazing Spider-Man material, plus his two recent all-action mini series Non-Stop Spider-Man (2021) #1-5 and its sequel Savage Spider-Man (2022) #1-5 and a slew of random arcs from other series also written by him.
It’s going to be an incoherent read and it does not plug a specific hole on your Spider-Man shelf! However, if you just enjoy Kelly writing Spider-Man (or just want those two recent minis in oversize format), you should pick this up.
Star Wars: Jango Fett – Trail of Lost Hope
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302958671 / digital)
See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe Comics. I enjoyed this Jango Fett mini-series by Ethan Sacks & Luke Ross, set just prior to the prequels era. While it has some connections to other stories, it reads just fine as a standalone bounty hunter caper.
X-Factor Epic Collection: Wreaking Havok
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302959708 / digital)
See Guide to X-Factor. This Epic Collection is a relative rarity in 2025, because it is collecting almost entirely uncollected material!
That’s because the back third of X-Factor’s original series has always been ignored by collections. Before Epic Collections, only a smattering of issues from #93-111 had ever been collected, but now they’re entirely covered. And, from the team’s return from Age of Apocalypse in issue #112 and on there have only ever been a pair of collected issues in the Onslaught Omnibus – that’s it! Nothing else from the final three years of this title have ever been collected before this book.
That’s why I am very excited for this collection, which pushes through issue #126 and collects Sabretooth and Mystique (1996) #1-4. That means we just need to get through X-Factor (1986) #127-149, -1, Strong Guy Reborn #1, and Sabretooth (1998) #1 to wrap up this series – which could possibly be handled in just a single, fat, final Epic Collection (although it could also be split into two to include the otherwise orphaned X-Factor (2002) #1-4).
X-Force Epic Collection Vol. 4: Toy Soldiers
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302959814 / digital)
See Guide to X-Force. As opposed to the above X-Factor Epic Collection, this X-Force collection covers material that has been previously collect many, many times over in every possible format. It collects from just after “Fatal Attractions” through the “Child’s Play” crossover with the New Warriors, a few months prior to the transition to Age of Apocalypse.
X-Men: Reign of X by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302958442 / digital)
See Guide to X-Men – Age of Krakoa (2019 – 2024). You have my sincere apologies for the misleading title of this paperback.
It’s actually more like “X-Men: Reign of X Volume 1” because this contains material from the actual start of the “Reign of X” period that followed X of Swords, while the first volume contains all “Dawn of X” material. Also, this really isn’t everything by Hickman, since it doesn’t end with Inferno (2021). It’s exactly the back half of the X-Men by Jonathan Hickman omnibus that confusingly has the world “Reign” in the title.
Instead, what you get is scattershot collection of mostly one-off stories paying off plot threads that don’t even exist in this volume.
The only reason to buy this is if you have the first volume already, or are trying to avoid buying the single trades of Hickman’s X-Men (2019) and Giant-Size X-Men one-shots. Otherwise, I’d recommend you hold out to see if Marvel has a more comprehensive method of recollecting Krakoa up their sleeves.
Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics January 29 2025 single issue releases!
Marvel Comics January 29 2025 Physical Comic Releases
Deadpool (2024) #10 (digital) – See Guide to Deadpool. After being annoyed with the first few issues of Cody Ziglar’s run I settled down to let him cook and let a bunch of issues build up to binge.
I’m so glad I did. Now I’m loving this “Deadpool & Daughters” (& Taskmaster!) run that expands Deadpool’s typical solo adventures with his big red symbiote dog, his actual biological daughter, and the villain who could be his brother from another mother – Taskmaster. AND, the past two issues brought back Deadpool’s delightfully deadly nobinary paramour Valentine from Alyssa Wong’s run.
Last issue tied up one of the major open plots of this comic, but that just means now we’re back to the main conflict of Deadpool against a villain who has internalized the Muramasa Blade. While you could read from #1, that also makes this a perfect issue to pick up to see if you enjoy this series.
I’m into it. Deadpool works best when it’s a lot of fun, slightly dumb, but it has the tug of an ongoing caper pulling it forward.
Hellhunters (2024) #2 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Ghost Rider. This is a World War II book introducing a new 1940s Ghost Rider who shares his adventure with Captain America’s troop (and, apparently, will also run into pre-Adamantium Logan) as he hunts down the demon-powered Nazis who killed them.
It’s incredibly marginal. I don’t understand who this is for. Even if you’re someone who is really into World War II heroics (which I think I am more than your average comic reader), there’s really nothing positive to say for this comic. Narratively, next to nothing happened in the first issue.
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (2024) #4 (digital) – See Guide to Moon Knight. The Knight is back, baby! After half a year of his supporting cast holding the book down in Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2024), Moon Knight himself is back at the center of his title.
Not only that, but last issue was wild. Jed MacKay has set up a compelling supporting cast we’ve grown to love, but now he’s not afraid to break stuff when it comes to their status quo. And he broke some big stuff last issue! I was truly shocked at how far MacKay was willing to go to put our characters’s backs up against the wall.
If this book has one weak spot, it’s the pace. MacKay has a tendency to blow through a lot of pin-ups and splashes, which can make issues fly by. And, also, this issue brings us our third artist in three issues – and no one draws quite like kickoff artist Alessandro Cappuccio.
Psylocke (2024) #3 (digital) – See Guide t0 X-Men – From the Ashes. I’m digging the tendency to break out all of the solo stars of MacKay’s X-Men (2024) cast into solo books, even if it might be hurting that flagship title (more on that below).
We’ve got on for Psylocke and Magik, plus Magneto, Beast, and Juggernaut in various digital comics. Let’s keep going! Where’s my Quentin Quire solo series?!
I think this book has a well-written Kwannon, but her adventure feels pretty dull. Sure, Kwannon has more motivation than most when it comes to helping kids who are being trafficked due to her character history… but, it’s still yet another “human trafficking leads to human auctions and human fight clubs” plot.
Even if the plot is anonymous, bringing in Greycrow and Shinobi Shaw as supporting players makes this more specific. It’s enjoyable, but I don’t know if I’m willing to call it a hit.
Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk (2024) #2 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Sabretooth. I’m torn on this series. Usually, I’m not a huge fan of retcon inserts giving us tons of extra adventures early in a characters life. However, Sabretooth has a longer life than most, and I’m especially interested in seeing more of his pre-WWII history explored.
That’s exactly what this Frank Tieri series provides, with a look at Creed’s early break from Mister Sinister as a benefactor in 1900s New York City. Add in art from Michael Sta. Maria, who I really enjoyed on Spider-Man: Shadow of the Red Goblin (2024), and I’m actually mildly intrigued by this comic!
Spider-Boy (2023) #15 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). This continues a full arc of Spider-Boy getting sucked into a fighting tournament in Madripoor alongside his former trainer, Daredevil.
I was initially skeptical of pulling Spider-Boy out of New York for an entire team-up arc (and introducing a new copycat foe in the form of an all-new all-different Spider-Girl), but Dan Slott has been keeping this mostly light-hearted and YA. I love the concept that the various kids involved in this mentor/mentee tournament all go out to eat ramen between fights as if Madripoor is their middle school cafeteria. Plus, the B-story behind why Spider-Girl is such a copycat (with art from Humberto Ramos) has turned out to be quite clever.
I continue to enjoy this book every month. I really think both Marvel and DC need to get back to having more in continuity kid heroes! You can pick up this arc starting in issue #12.
Star Wars: A New Legacy (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe Comics. Despite being called “A New Legacy,” this is a backwards-looking one-shot with stories from three of the four writers of the Star Wars flagship over the past decade – Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen, & Charles Soule.
Star Wars: Ewoks (2024) #4 (of 4) (digital) – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe Comics. I am kinda digging this post-Return of the Jedi Ewoks adventure from Steve Orlando that runs alongside the action of the ultra-dull Battle of Jakku – though the only background you need to pick up this book is Return of the Jedi.
Partly that’s down to art tag-team of Laura Braga & Alvaro Lopez absolutely nailing Ewoks, including perfecting their chubby little bodies and finding ways to make them feel unique and expressive.
Maybe Orlando is relying a little overly much on the fact that most Ewoks don’t speak common and most Imperials don’t speak Ewok to give him room for whispered conversations, but the Ewok culture (and conflict) at the center of this book really feels like it has the legs to continue into an ongoing series!
Storm: Lifedream (2025) #1 (one-shot) (digital) – See Guide t0 X-Men – From the Ashes. This is a special (and only slightly late) 50th anniversary celebration issue for Storm, in the form of an anthology from an all-Black team of creators including Curtis Baxter, author Brittney Morris, Eisner-winner John Jennings (Kindred, Silver Surfer), and artist Karen S. Darboe.
I’m all for celebrating Storm, but it does feel kinda weird to me to release a standalone one-shot to compete with her own series for sales. I suppose it will do better than an annual… and, maybe it means that her series is selling a truly uncanny amount of issues!
Ultimate X-Men (2024) #11 (digital) – See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Universe. I know some people dig Peach Momoko’s Manga-flavored take on this young team of X-Men, but it is the one comic from Marvel’s pair of ongoing continuities that I have dropped.
That said, this issue’s cover and marketing blurb are definitely intriguing, as it teases the book has finally assembled a full team of X-Men, all wearing masks to obscure their identities. Maybe this one will work better for me as a binge than as single issues.
West Coast Avengers (2024) #3 (digital) – See Guide to Avengers West Coast. I love this dumb (but actually pretty smart) Gerry Duggan Avengers B-Team book (or, C-Team, if we’re counting Steve Orlando’s jacketed Avengers now starring in the Astonishing Avengers Infinity Comic (2025)).
The premise of this book stems from the end of Duggan’s run on Invincible Iron Man (2022), but the tone of this title is completely different. At the end of that book, Rhodey AKA War Machine was fresh out of a stint of being wrongfully imprisoned, which led to a gang of villains using Stark Tech against Orchis in the grande finale. Afterward, Stark and Rhodey commissioned a new kind of West Coast team – one willing accept some villains on a work-release basis (and also draft some heroes with less-than-stellar reputations).
Their inspiration results in a truly weird team lineup of recent mutant turncoat (but not really) Firestar, barely-reformed villain Blue Bolt (AKA Killerwatt), and even an Ultron (who seems to be a pretty nice guy)! Plus, Spider-Woman being written extra-great by Duggan.
Duggan leans hard both into his comedic tendencies and the continuity of all of his comic runs from the past few years – especially his two runs on Uncanny Avengers in 2015 and 2023. It all works extremely well. I don’t think Duggan has been this funny since he was with Posehn on Deadpool (2012). And, I love that he’s mining lots of open threads from his past decade of comics without making you feel lost if you don’t recall them perfectly.
I’m a huge proponent of there being multiple Avengers books with different casts and tones, and this book is exactly what I’m talking about.
What If…? Galactus Transformed Spider-Gwen? (2025) #1 (one-shot) (digital) – See Guide to What If? After deeply enjoying last week’s Rogue story (which I read purely because Ann Nocenti scripts are never boring!), now my resolve to skip all alternate universe What Ifs is weakening!
This final issue in this Galactus sequence of one-shots is from TV writer Kalinda Vazquez and artist Daniel Picciotto.
X-Men (2024) #10 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes. This Jed MacKay co-flagship has a cast that vibrate against each other, even if they’re stuck in a series of plots (Orchis, a mutant virus) that have felt repetitive incredibly stale.
I think it’s the cast and their ability to generate conflict with each other has resulted in this book having more memorable scenes than Uncanny and Extraordinary, which gives it the edge over the other two flagships. Consistently double-shipping doesn’t hurt, either. But, as the issue count tips into double digits, it’s hard for me to say what this book is about or why you ought to read it other than: “Revolutionary Cyclops” (another old plot).
This issue puts the team on the run in the wake of the “Raid on Graymalkin” crossover. That’s a fine motivation for more action, but it’s also just another stale plot: mutants being hunted. It also means you can easily pick up here.
As much as I’m digging having solo titles for Psylocke and Magik, plus using the Infinity Comics to explore more stories for Magneto, Beast, and Juggernaut, perhaps this book is suffering from the loss of that texture to other series and writers.
That’s for Marvel Comics January 29 2025 new releases! What were you already pulling? And, did I convince you to check out anything new? Sound off in the comments below.
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