New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Marvel Comics – April 16 2025

Next week is the 16th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Marvel Comics April 16 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics April 9 2025 new releases.

This week in Marvel Comics: Tony Stark’s anti-Doom insurgency, Elektra & Ghost Rider vs. Muse, Epic Modern Widow, Godzilla vs. 70s Hulk, Aaron Wolverine reprinted, Spider-Men battle paired foes, some mysterious Superior Avengers, and more!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: Marvel’s line is in a rough spot without many exciting comic series at the moment, so my pick of the week has to default to a Star Wars book for a second week in a row. Congratulations, Star Wars: Legacy of Vader (2025) #3, your my pick because Marvel’s superhero editorial strategy at the moment is a dumpster fire! Although, in truth, I do find this series pretty fun – as is the case anytime Charles Soule deep dives into a villain.

This post includes every comic out from Marvel Comics April 16 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 April 16 2025 new releases!

Marvel Comics April 16 2025 Collected Editions

Marvel collected editions tend to hit the bookmarket on the same day as the Direct Market (or one day prior), so all of these Marvel Comics April 16 2025 collected editions should also be available from your local bookseller next week!

Black Widow Modern Era Epic Collection Vol. 1: The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302964061 / digital)
See Guide to Black Widow. This kicks off collecting Black Widow from 1999 forward, which is when she began snagging a string of mini-series (and, also, marked the introduction of Yelena Belova, now AKA White Widow).

This material has been recollected a few different times over the past decade, but this is by far the most coherent collection of them. Even though I don’t usually buy Modern Epics, I ordered this one to replace a mish-mosh of older trades.

These initial minis are all really strong material, including some work from Greg Rucka and Devin Grayson. If you’re a person who has always said, “I dig Natasha, but I have no idea what to read,” this is a perfect place to start.

Fantastic Four by Ryan North Vol. 5: Aliens, Ghosts and Alternate Earths
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960650 / digital)
See Guide to Fantastic Four. I’d say this includes a trio of the best F4 stories of all time, especially issue #25! All of Ryan North’s run have effectively been one-shot stories that just loosely build on the overall continuity of his run, so it’s fine to jump in here rather than reading from the start.

Marvel Masterworks: Captain America Vol. 1 – Remasterworks
(2025 “Remasterworks” hardcover, ISBN 978-1302956028)
See Guide to Captain America. This is a collection of Captain America’s Silver Age re-debut in Tales of Suspense (1959) after the genius turn of reviving him in Avengers (1963) #4, now with improved restoration on the linework. If you already have this in Masterworks or Omnibus, there’s no need to re-buy it unless you ever sat there and thought, “Wow, this linework looks blurry.”

Predator Versus Black Panther
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960346 / digital)
See Guide to Black Panther. I found this mini surprisingly engaging. Predator versus T’Challa and all of the resources of Wakanda is a good matchup, and it works in close-to-current continuity so it’s not too jarring to try to figure out when it could be set.

Ultimate Black Panther by Bryan Hill Vol. 2: Gods and Kings
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302958237 / digital)
See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Universe. It’s the ultimate book so bad I had to quit reading to to control my blood pressure! But, seriously, if you’re someone who doesn’t do too close of a read of your comics and just wants a wisp of a story with some strong art, this isn’t going to bother you at all. For me, the decompression, repetitive beats, and bad dialog scripting just got to be too much over this arc despite having positive feelings about the first one.

Wolverine by Jason Aaron Omnibus Vol. 1
(2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302961367 / digital)
See Guide to Wolverine – Logan. This is the first half of Jason Aaron’s Wolverine run, entirely from prior to the relaunch of Wolverine (2010) with the “Wolverine Goes to Hell” storyline. There’s really nothing remarkable here and in our recent “Wolverine Evergreen Stories” stream not a single person chose material from this book out of 20+ options for the best Wolverine stories ever. You can easily pick up “Goes to Hell” without reading this first.

Wolverine: Deep Cut
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302960667 / digital)
See Guide to Wolverine – Logan. It’s Poppa Claremont filling in another “lost” story from his original run. There’s a case to be made that Chris Claremont really did leave this as a gap to be filled in, as Wolverine does disappear off panel from his Uncanny run somewhat abruptly. But, I would not call this post-Inferno Sabretooth throwdown an essential read that will change your view of Logan’s continuity.

Read on for a summary of all of the Marvel Comics April 16 2025 single issue releases!

Marvel Comics April 16 2025 Physical Comic Releases

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Cable: Love and Chrome (2025) #4 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Cable. I tried to be tentatively positive on the first two issues of this book of Cable alone in a techno-infected future trying to spark a resistance and spark love.

Well, issue #3 broke me. This book is bad, y’all. The writing feels like someone’s very first Cable fanfic. Everything is “the closest to death,” “the biggest TK blast,” “the most he’s ever loved anyone.” It’s so amateur you’d be surprised to know this is the writer’s fourth or fifth Marvel series. What can I say… some people just fail up.

Daredevil: Unleash Hell (2025) #4 (of 5) [Red Band] – See Guide to Elektra (who is also Daredevil right now). Elektra’s showdown with Muse continues and now Ghost Rider is involved! Argh, I genuinely want to read this physical-only book. Can’t wait for the trade to hit (which will hopefully be available digitally).

Exceptional X-Men (2024) #8 (digital) – See Guide to X-Men – From the Ashes. Last issue was the first BIG REVEAL of this entire series, which it unfortunately fully spoiled on the cover.

On the negative side, I think we’re all ready for a break from this particular antagonist after Krakoa. Like… Krakoa ended the way it did and we’re back to using them less than a year later? Feels kinda tacky.

On the plus side, this is the only book in the line right now that I think we could fairly call “Claremontian.” Each issue just has a number of life events for our little cast of five characters without them being defined by major conflicts, which was a major hallmark of Claremont’s golden era of well-defined UXM that ran from #167-214. And, I think the slowness of these issues has been resolved a bit by compressing each one a bit more, which was a problem in #2-3.

Plus: We’ve still had Carmen Carnero drawing EVERY cover and EVERY issue, which is another way this feels like the one classic comic in the From the Ashes line.

Godzilla vs. Hulk (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Hulk – Bruce Banner. The first of these Godzilla vs. comics was a Fantastic Four issue by current writer Ryan North but set in the Lee/Kirby era and drawn (rather well!) by John Romita Jr.

Holy mashup of eras, Batman! This one has past Hulk author Gerry Duggan writing with Giuseppe Camuncoli on art. It refers to General Thunderbolt Ross (and not in the context of his alter ego) and is set in the 1970s. Will it pick up directly from the F4 issue, or be set in some indeterminate point in the future? I’ve noticed that the upcoming vs. X-Men issue includes a 90s iteration of the team, so these might all work independently from each other (a bummer for me, a continuity junky).

Iron Man (2024) #7 (digital) – See Guide to Iron Man – Tony Stark. I’ve been tough on this Spencer Ackerman Stark series, which has had a down-and-out Tony battling the misuse of his former company and also an assortment of magical enemies.

For me, last issue finally lit a spark! That’s because it had the One World Under Doom event as a backdrop, and saw Tony trying to negotiate to be a thorn in Doom’s side without creating or selling any new weapons of mass destruction in the process.

That speaks to Tony’s character in a way a bunch of board room maneuvering just can’t.

Power Man: Timeless (2025) #3 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Luke Cage – Power Man. This series brings a version of Luke Cage from a Timeless potential future to the modern day, and he’s Power Man because he has every power! Hulk, Sentry, Iron Fist – you name it, he’s got it.

There’s nothing in particular for this Power Man to do in the modern day, and nothing about his personality or his motivations distinguishes him as Luke Cage. But, he’s here!

Not only is he here, but he’s fighting Apocalypse on Mars! That might make a minor amount of sense after reading Heir of Apocalypse (2024), but I’m sure Lanzing & Kelly will still find a way to mess it up.

Sam Wilson: Captain America (2025) #4 (of 5) (digital) – See Guide to Sam Wilson – Falcon & Captain America. Unfortunately, this series from Greg Pak & Evan Narcisse has been floundering without much direction.

Sam Wilson breaks into a floating city engaging in modern slavery, but they use some kind of gas to help placate people, so last issue everyone got sprayed with the gas but then realized they were being placated so decided not to be placated.

Yeah, it’s exactly that pointless and messy. It doesn’t help that we’re now on our third interior artist in four issues. It really feels like no one at Marvel editorial is paying any attention to this book.

The Spectacular Spider-Men (2024) #14 (digital) – See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present). We’re into a decent rhythm on this third arc where both Peter and Miles are in action against pairs of villains like Electros and Lizards. It’s the sort of fun this book has promised all along.

I was getting really addicted to how Emilio Laiso drew both of the Spidey costumes, but I’ll never turn down interiors from Andrés Genolet – especially with Edgar Delgado keeping the colors consistent.

Star Wars: Beyond Victory (2025) #1 – Apparently this comic is only available as a giveaway during Star Wars Celebration Japan! We’ve rarely seen any limited or exclusive Star Wars content from Marvel that hasn’t subsequently hit the mass market, so I’ll be curious to see if this gets re-run as a FCBD book or anthologized as back matter in something else. Wookiepedia describes this as as “a canon one-shot,” and I generally trust them on these matters.

Star Wars: Legacy of Vader (2025) #3 (digital) – See Guide to Star Wars Expanded Universe comics. This book promises to show us Kylo Ren’s abrupt decline to full-on despot between Episodes VII & VIII as he learns more and more about his grandfather Darth Vader.

In practice, that involves recapping a lot of things we know about Vader… but, seeing them through Kylo Ren’s eyes for the first time.

There’s a potential thrill there – especially seeing Kylo Ren retracing Vader’s youth through the sands of Tatooine and basically saying, “Yo, this story about child slavery is fucked up.” But, there’s only so much Charles Soule can do in a script here – at a point, the art just needs to SELL Ren’s modern day reaction to these revelations.

Luckily, Luke Ross is a marvelous artist who can truly sell the retro-futuristic tech of Star Wars alongside characters who actually act and emote. His art on this book has been nothing short of thrilling. But, I’m hoping for more than a guided tour of continuity here. We need to see Kylo Ren react in the modern day to all of this family history to see how it shapes his descent into villainy and madness.

Superior Avengers (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Avengers (2010 – Present). I think this tie-in to One World Under Doom has already failed its marketing test. This initial solicit doesn’t explain what it’s about or who will be in it! There’s no room for being coy in a 5-issue mini-series.

The cover shows two potential line-ups, both suggesting both Onslaught and Ghost will be on the team. There’s also Doctor Voodoo, Doc Ock, and Abomination ghosted out in the background, and a bunch of characters I don’t recognize in the foreground. A female Black Panther… is that meant to be Shuri? Do I see a tiny hint of a metal octopus tentacle behind a blonde lady that suggests she’s Lady Octopus?

Who exactly is that pulling in for a read? Dark versions of the Avengers live and die by mashing up unexpected casts of characters and putting them front-and-center. A subsequent cover teases Makelith, which is slightly more exciting.

Also, RB Silva covers on Kyle Holtz interiors? What a fucking disaster that is. What’s the point of putting one of the high-gloss Marvel house style artists on the covers for one of the most delightfully grimy interior artists? Stupid.

The Avengers brand is pretty strong these days, but it has its limits. This feels like it’s planning to flop even before the first issue is out.

Ultimate Wolverine (2025) #4 (digital) – See Guide to Marvel Ultimate Universe. After three issues of this title I’m seeing a trend emerging for this book and I don’t love it. It’s leaning so far into the Ultimate playbook of “every issue should stand alone” that it’s turning into “every issue is just about the X-Men who cameo in it.”

To be fair, introduce more mutants in the Ultimate Universe is an easy way to sell books, especially since Peach Momoko’s Ultimate X-Men (2024) isn’t actually the kind of Ultimate book a lot of fans want to see. She’s certainly not doing for mutants what Deniz Camp is doing for heroes in general on his Ultimates (2024). So, there’s a lot of room for this book about a brainwashed Winter Solider Wolverine to face off against a different all-star mutant in every issue.

All three issues so far have done that incredible well and have been a lot of fun. But, issue #3 left me with a sour taste in my mouth. It promised Ultimate Gambit & Kitty Pryde and it delivered an excitingly different take on the two of them. Yet, it gave them no development and strung us along with the barest of threads about the past of this ultimate version of Logan.

This issue is the first not to promise another new Ultimate mutant to hang out with. Maybe with the focus squarely on Logan and his memories it will feel like this book has a central plot other than being a cameo-fest.

Web of Venomverse: Fresh Brains (2025) #1 (digital) – See Guide to Venom, although this isn’t really about the current Venom storyline in Marvel 616. Instead, this is the symbiotic companion to Into the Spider-Verse, the now-annual anthology series inventing new alternate Spiders.

The recent Spider-Verse version of this one-shot was about auditioning final members for a specific team of spiders for an upcoming event, so I’m sure this will follow a similar pattern. My takeaway from that one-shot was mostly that Mat Groom’s writing was pretty great, and he’s also on this book (along with Erica Schultz and David Dastmalchian), so I’m looking forward to checking it out!

Wolverine (2024) #8 (digital) – See Guide to Wolverine – Logan. I’m losing hope for Saladin Ahmed’s run as it follows exactly the same map of his nearly universally-loathed run on Daredevil (2023). This issue’s solicit teases “Wolverine faces off with the Adamantine” as if we haven’t been reading that for over six months.

The first arc established the plot of gold adamantine and the way it covets control of people imbued with traditional adamantium. But, now the second arc is trying that as if it was never revealed or understood, so we need to sit through MORE fight scenes to understand it MORE.

At least this book has the benefit of looking amazing thanks to Martín Cóccolo & Bryan Valenza. And, I appreciate bringing back horrible retcon villain Romulus only to saddle him with being the host of a horrible retcon story of angry Adamantine disliking Adamantium. But, trying to read the issue yielded a bunch of decompressed nonsense that could’ve been handled in one or two caption boxes.

Wolverine’s title is fundamentally un-cancel-able (unless he’s dead) and as long as he pops claws I don’t foresee the fan exodus from this one that we’ve seen from Daredevil (2023). Also, I think the first trade of material on this was strong enough that we’re not going to see real hate emerge for it from fans until this second arc starts popping up in Marvel Unlimited and in trade – so I think we’re another 3-5 months from the sentiment going negative on this series apart from Wednesday warriors.

Anyhow, this is also Wolverine #400, and it promises “several key appearances,” but I think the biggest appearance to note is a Wolverine story by Daniel Warren Johnson. I wonder if Marvel might be courting him for a Wolverine mini or even a run now that his time on Transformers (2023) is winding down.

Fugly cover, but i love how the cover artist straight-up drew Cyber as Batman in the bottom right.

X-Factor (2024) #9 (digital) – See Guide to X-Factor. It’s hard to feel bad about this book being cancelled when this issue has yet another bait-and-switch cover of Angel on it, just like issue #7 (which definitely didn’t feature Angel wearing a Doom mask).

Apparently Havok is a “disgraced civillian” now despite leading the team in a nonsense fight against Cyclops last issue?

Who knows, maybe the solicits just don’t align with the contents on this book. But, I think it’s telling that I can’t even summarize the current plot happenings for you because there aren’t any. There’s only so many issues you can play a team of beloved characters for laughs before it becomes apparent that there’s no real content or affection for the cast beneath the quick punchlines.

That’s for Marvel Comics April 16 2025 new releases! What were you already pulling? And, did I convince you to check out anything new? Sound off in the comments below.