Next week is the 10th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Marvel Comics March 5 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics February 26 2025 new releases.
This week in Marvel Comics: Doctor Strange goes to Asgard, New Blood in the Spider-Verse, the end is the beginning for Scarlet Witch, a Fantastic Waid & Wieringo reprint, Executioner returns, Mickey’s Avengers, X-Manhunt begins, and more!
The Krisis Pick of the Week: I am moderately hyped for the new Doctor Strange of Asgard (2024), but my Marvel pick this week is The Ultimates (2024) #10 from Denis Camp & Juan Frigeri. I’m extremely intrigued to see how Camp re-interprets a pair of World World II characters in Namor and Red Skull.
This post includes every comic out from Marvel Comics March 5 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 March 5 2025 new releases!
Marvel Comics March 5 2025 Collected Editions
Astonishing X-Men Modern Era Epic Collection Vol. 2: Unstoppable
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302961114 / digital)
See Guide to Astonishing X-Men. What can be said about this landmark Joss Whedon run that hasn’t already been said? Even if you’re not a fan, there’s no denying how much of effect this had on the following decade of X-Men comics as it bridged the sometimes challenging run from Grant Morrison to become something more entrenched in accessible pop culture.
Really, this collection shows off the worst and best of Whedon’s 25 issues on the book (which took four years to release). While the cosmic finale pays off the first arc with some of the best ever space action in an X-book, the first arc in this collection of poorly-mined continuity. It’s coming right off of Bendis’s House of M and it’s full of fun foes and deadly tension, but the story doesn’t particularly hold up under close scrutiny.
I think a lot of people use that first arc as their doorway to criticizing this run as a whole. My rebuttal would be that Whedon’s Astonishing is 3/4ths good, and even the bad is still pretty to look at and fun to read.
Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo: Imaginauts
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302962937 / digital)
See Guide to Fantastic Four. The first arc of the beloved Mike Waid & Mike Wieringo run on Fantastic Four, which I’d call the first truly classic run after the team’s return from Onslaught in 1998. This is easy to pick up and enjoy with little foreknowledge, and it creates a new baseline for the family’s personalities (Reed, especially).
Fantastic Four Epic Collection Vol. 11: Four No More
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960551 / digital)
See Guide to Fantastic Four. This takes us through Marc Wolfman’s late 70s run, starting from George Pérez’s final issue as an interior artist with #192 right up to Byrne’s first work on the title as a penciler on #209-214. It’s not a particularly well-loved sequence of issues, as I think most people think of it as an “in-between” run.
Giant Size Little Marvel: AvX
(2025 digest-size paperback, ISBN 9781302961503 / digital)
See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Secret Wars (2015). This collects the Skottie Young X-Babies vs. Little Avengers series, a Battleworld title from the 2015 Secret Wars.
Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Daredevil [Yellow]
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302962012 / digital)
See Guide to Daredevil. Daredevil: Yellow (2001) was look at Daredevil’s earliest adventures. Want to know more? It’ll be one of the books we discuss on Near Mint Condition later today for the Daredevil Evergreen Debate!
The Spectacular Spider-Men Vol. 2: Elementary
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302955960 / digital)
See Guide to Spider-Men – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). This second collection of Greg Weisman’s Spectacular Spider-Men (2024) had a handful of decent issues of both Peter and Miles training the new hero that emerged from the first arc. Unfortunately, that’s the only thing that happens in this entire arc. There’s nothing to read here for fans of either Spider-Man.
Thunderbolts: Winter Soldiers
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302953096 / digital)
See Guide to Thunderbolts. Despite this being titled “Winter Soldiers” it really is an entire Thunderbolts collection of the 2016 Bucky-led series by the always delightful Jim Zub. Zub loves his comics continuity, so this has many members of the original team.
Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics March 5 2025 single issue releases!
Marvel Comics March 5 2025 Physical Comic Releases
Doctor Strange of Asgard (2025) #1 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Doctor Strange. It’s a brand new Strange series with the good doctor taking his leave of Midgard to relocate to Asgard while Doom reigns over all of Earth!
I’m pretty darn excited for this run. Derek Landy has been a reliable plotter on a variety of Avengers side-books, all of which have been witty with fantastical scopes. I think that’s perfect for Strange in Asgard.
And, I am quite regularly obsessed with Carlos Magno’s artwork. Sometimes his fine lines can be overwhelmed by some color approaches, but I enjoyed his pairing with Espen Grundetjern on JMS’s Captain America (2023) … perhaps the only thing I enjoyed about that run!
The Immortal Thor (2023) #21 (digital) – See Guide to Thor – Odinson. After a few months that felt like they were spent in the narrative wilderness, last issue of this Al Ewing run was back to feeling strong and substantial.
Thank goodness! No one wants a Thor comic to be any less than great, especially one by Ewing.
What was the difference? First, I think a smaller scope reunion with Freya that doubled as a recap was a good way to start this arc and reorient readers. And, bringing back Utgard-Thor connected this again to the first arc without all the mess of the Roxxon stuff between. B
yet, I think the biggest difference last issue was actually Jan Bazaldua’s art! She varied her lineweights a lot more and added more fine details. As a result, when she went with thicker lines or her plainer, youthful faces they seemed to be more of a contrast with the rest of the art.
We love to see folks evolving, and here we saw that on Bazaldua and Thor himself. This month the Executioner is back, which does tie things back into the Roxxon plot… and, which seems to tip this run into the “immortal” part of Thor’s death and life.
Marvel & Disney: What If…? Mickey & Friends Became the Avengers (2025) #1 (one-shot) (digital) – See Guide to What If? It’s another of Marvel’s Disney crossover What If issues, this time from writers Steve Behling & Luca Barbieri.
And, who amongst us can say we aren’t at least a little bit intrigued by the idea of Goofy as Hulk?
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (2024) #6 (digital) – See Guide to Moon Knight. Jed MacKay is writing issues that are as quick as ever, but Dev Pramanik’s art has stunning and adds a major delight factor.
Unfortunately, Pramanik isn’t on this one – it’s Domenico Carbone, who was fine but not remarkable on issue #3. Still, I won’t complain that this book is setting up a pair of rotating artists to keep a consistent feel alongside mainstay colorist Rachelle Rosenberg. That’s part of what lead to the success and tonal consistency of MacKay’s initial run on Moon Knight.
Last issue’s wrestling match wasn’t much from a plot progression perspective, but it kept up the theme of Marc’s other identities watching his decisions and actions from within. It led up to a delightful reveal that you might have caught not from the narrative, but from the art – which I love to see! Let the art show instead of telling!
Plus, MacKay unfurled action for the rest of the gang that gave specificity to their struggles without the Midnight Mission as home base. And, as always, MacKay threads in little references to Moon Knight’s past like no other writer.
Maybe it’s not groundbreaking, but it’s very, very good comics-making.
NYX (2024) #9 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes (2024 – Present). It’s Part 2 of the X-Manhunt for Xavier (which kicks off below in Uncanny), and also the penultimate issue of this now-cancelled comic.
I’m hard-pressed to thing of another recent Big Two book that started so strongly and crashed so hard. Here it was a combination of narrative issues from Lanzing & Kelly, artist switch-ups outside of their control, and the X-Office launching a competing Laura Kinney book while she was being used to sell this title.
(Apparently Ms. Marvel’s story will continue through some Giant-Size specials.)
Scarlet Witch (2024) #10 (digital) – See Guide to Scarlet Witch. Steve Orlando brings his Amaranth saga to a conclusion before this book relaunches (for the third time) as The Vision & The Scarlet Witch (2025) #1-5 starting in May.
This issue is drawn by Jacopo Camagni AND Russell Dauterman, so it’s sure to hold some art thrills in story in addition to wrapping up this story arc.
I really respect Orlando’s hustle in giving this book such a distinct voice with its second-person narration and sticking to his strategy of satisfying one-shot issues that feed into a longer story. I think he’s got the right idea about how to keep a non-Trinity solo character book interesting in 2025 (even if Wanda’s massive MCU fandom is helping keep this afloat).
The Spectacular Spider-Men (2024) #13 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). Greg Weisman continues this never-ending arc of the two Spider-Men and their new hero-in-training Elementary fighting against two Electros and also Lizard.
It’s pretty awful.
Spider-Boy (2023) #17 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). After a Daredevil team-up arc that sent this book soaring surprisingly close to my Top 10 comics of 2025 (and spawned a Spider-Girl spinoff!), we’re back to a story that’s core to Spidey-Boy’s continuity as we focus on what has been happening with Boy-Spider back in New York.
This is illustrated by Nathan Stockman, who always delivers on some very charming, comedic Spidey illustrations. I’m definitely interested to see where this goes, and if it will turn into another longer arc or tack back towards the one- and two-shot stories that Dan Slott used to build readership on this book in its first year.
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024) #11 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Gwen. Just as we were on the brink of getting some resolution to Gwen’s ongoing plot in 616 NYC, at the end of last issue she was whisked away by Loki!
That left me pretty bummed about the direction of this floundering Stephanie Phillips title, especially with Gwen already participating in a Loki-adjacent plot in TVA (2024). But, this brings back artist Paolo Villanelli with colorist Matt Milla, so maybe there’s a chance for the story to crackle a bit.
Spider-Man: Homeroom Heroes (2024) #3 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). After a long gap since issue #2 in November, this out-of-continuity YA Spidey series continues.
(I suspect the gap was to allow the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025) prequel to the TV show hit with minimal brand confusion.)
Star Wars: Jedi Knights (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe. With LucasFilm largely calling it quits on the High Republic era, this series retreats to the more familiar setting of the galaxy just prior to the prequel trilogy.
I love me some prequel era Jedi, but I’ve never read a good comic book written by Marc Guggenheim in the past 15 years, so we’ll have to see how this goes.
Storm (2024) #6 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes. Just as Storm’s evolution into a universal force comes to climax in the wake of the heady issue #5, we steer into Part 3 of the “X-Manhunt” crossover.
This is Murewa Ayodele’s first time handling a Marvel crossover, so it will be interesting to see how he maintains his own plot threads while moving Xavier through this story to the next installment. That delicate balance comes at what is already a tipping point for this title, as Ayodele pushes into a second arc that by definition is not going to feature the Storm we all know and love.
Can this widely-praised title keep up its highwire act of excellence, or will the double-whammy of a crossover and a follow-up arc finally send it tumbling?
The Ultimates (2024) #10 (digital) – See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Universe. Denis Camp continues his trend of one-shot stories introducing new twists on characters we already know and love, this time with Red Skull and Namor!
It’s wild just how much of a new Marvel Universe Camp has been able to define in just 10 issues of this run, while also delivering some best-in-comics “superheroes as social commentary.”
Uncanny X-Men (2024) #11 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes (2024 – Present). My everylasting international nightmare continues.
As Jed MacKay’s X-Men (2024) develops more and more of a voice and a style, this Gail Simone book keeps getting worse and worse. The past two issues of this title were a fantastically boring fight against sentinel dogs while every single established X-Men character was written off-voice.
Maybe we’ll get a brief respite from the horribly bad writing this month, since this issue is Part 1 of the seven-part “X-Manhunt” crossover. But… I wouldn’t bet on it. Simone has shown considerable weakness when it comes to big events in the past (and I can say this as perhaps the only person on Earth to have read every issue of Lion Forge’s Catalyst Universe… remember when Simone arrived to spruce that up? No? Well, I do.)
Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). It’s the annual one-shot teasing what’s to come in the Spider-line, including whatever short-lived multiverse shenanigans they’ll be up to this year to sell comics to film fans.
This year’s edition is written by the unlikely trio of Mat Groom and Greg Pak, none of whom have been writing other Spidey-books lately (and I can’t think of any Marvel books by Groom off the top of my head).
Wolverine (2024) #7 (digital) – See Guide to Wolverine. This title continues to balance on a knife edge between interesting and too-drawn-out. While I’ve really enjoyed several individual issues along the way, it feels like the full story suggested by issue #1 was just finally followed-up on last month in issue #6.
Wolverine works best with some kind of supporting cast around him to pull out his emotions, and you could do far worse than a team-up with Kurt and Laura plus his new Kid Wendigo. However, Martin Coccolo’s art seemed to oscillate between sharp and gawky, and so much of the issue was spent on meet-cute-ing with Laura that the actual fight didn’t have much rhythm.
And then… spoilers… but…
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Romulus?!?! ROMULUS IS And, this is coming from someone who loved Wolverine Origins (2006) and has no problem with Romulus as a character! But, it is a well-known fact that fans despise this guy and slot him into the same “unnecessary retcons” category as Azrael.
I really think we’re watching Ahmed crash and burn on two of Marvel’s biggest titles simultaneously. It’s not fun to see, not for him or for the characters. At least here he has a better handle on the core voice of Logan compared to Daredevil, but his inability to tell a satisfying story in less than six chapters (or, 19, if you’re reading Daredevil) is making his books very boring reads.
That’s for Marvel Comics March 5 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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