Marvel Comics

Guide to Carnage – Cletus Kasaday (New for Patrons!)

April 8, 2024 by krisis

I’m back with another new comic guide from the very creepy spooky ooky Patrons of CK, who picked this serial-killing symbiote in a tie for their most-wanted Marvel Guide in their last Patrons’ Choice poll. That’s right, after many weeks of promises in my Marvel New Releases posts as I review his series, I’m finally done my Guide to Carnage!

Guide to Carnage

This guide covers every Cletus Kasaday appearance from his debut to last week, plus all of the major mischief that the Carnage symbiote has gotten up to without its psychopath host. It’s all in perfect reading order, complete with suggestions on where to start, a “greatest hits” list of only the best and most-relevant stories, an easy reference for building a uniform bookshelf of Omnibuses or Epic Collections, and links read every series on Marvel Unlimited!

That means I just did a lot of Carnage reading. So, having just seen his every page and word balloon, what’s the true story of Marvel’s cruelest symbiote?

New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Marvel Comics – April 10 2024

April 6, 2024 by krisis

It’s the 15th new comic book day of the new year! This post covers Marvel Comics April 10 2024 releases. Missed last week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Marvel Comics April 3 2024 new releases.

This week in Marvel Comics: Modern Black Widow Epics, actually classic Daredevil, Carnage’s identity struggle, Star-Spider, X marks the Stark, Ms. Marvel vs. Mojo, 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 April 10 2024 Collected Editions

Black Widow Modern Era Epic Collection Vol. 3: Chaos
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302956431 / digital)
See Guide to Black Widow. This collects all of Nathan Edmonson & Phil Noto’s 2014 Black Widow series. I enjoyed it. It often played Widow as someone whose plans were constantly ruined, but that came across less as a character flaw and more as the theme of the series – “chaos”!

This being “Vol. 3” has interesting implications for what two volumes before it will contain! While Vol. 2 could wind up being a verbatim reprint of Widowmaker (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921446 / digital), which collects all of her 2009-2010 material, I wonder if perhaps they would shift the first series in that book – Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2009) #1-4 – out of that and into Vol. 1 to make room for Captain America & Black Widow (2012) #636-640 even though it is part of Cap’s line and not Natasha’s.

Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 3
(2024 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302955182 / digital)
See Guide to Daredevil. This collects what I consider to be the first truly great run of Daredevil – his entire San Francisco period, including Black Widow as his co-star (and her solo stories from Amazing Adventures (1970) #1-8). If you really want to read classic Silver and Bronze Age Daredevil, I’d just skip the first two omnibuses and start with this one!

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 (Re-Masterworks)
2024 “Re-Masterworks” hardcover, ISBN 978-1302951382 / digital)
See Guide to Hulk – Bruce Banner. Marvel hasn’t reprinted Masterworks volumes since prior to 2010 with some of the big lines like X-Men and Spider-Man, but their new Re-Masterworks program is giving them an excuse to both revise and expand the contents of these early Masterworks volumes by upgrading the artwork throughout.

I’ve just ordered my first of these re-issues, so I’ll be able to comment on the art restoration soon. From what I’ve seen online, it’s mostly just cleaner, thinner, more-defined ink lines – so, if you’re not the kind of person who would notice that sort of thing, there’s no reason to rush to buy these if you have the original Masterworks or the omnibus that was reprinted in 2022. [Read more…] about New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Marvel Comics – April 10 2024

Star Wars Omnibus Mapping for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot

April 5, 2024 by krisis

This is the end, my friends! My last post loosely mapping 600+ missing and most-wanted Marvel omnibus volumes. This post covers Star Wars, as well as Marvel’s FOX properties and some other licensed errata – none of which is part of the Marvel Universe.

This post explains titles and potential Omnibus Mapping for entries on the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot. You can vote right now (until 5 April 2024 @ midnight US ET) or watch our mega-length announcement stream reviewing every single voting option.

If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for my explanations. Or, if you’ve already voted, learn why the team behind the poll decided on these books and titles – including some of my mistakes and regrets as one of the editors of the options on the final poll.

Or… just find some great comics to read!

Remember: These mappings are just my suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to help you decide on your votes and build your personal reading list, but your vote on the poll is NOT an endorsement of my specific map. It’s a vote in favor of Marvel creating a book with that title or covering that period.

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Marvel Anthology, Golden Age, & Atlas Era Omnibus Mapping for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot

April 5, 2024 by krisis

Until April 5, I’ll be loosely mapping missing and most-wanted Marvel omnibus volumes every day! This post covers every in-continuity Marvel title that we haven’t addressed yet, including the Golden Age, Atlas Era, and Anthology and Magazine titles – plus non-superheroes and creator-centric omnibuses.

This post explains titles and potential Marvel Anthology, Golden Age, & Atlas Era Omnibus Mapping for entries on the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot. You can vote right now (until 5 April 2024 @ midnight US ET) or watch our mega-length announcement stream reviewing every single voting option.

This is my final post covering Marvel in-continuity and alternate reality books for this poll! I’ll be back in a few hours with just a pair of very brief posts about the Stars Wars titles and other licensed books. But, if you were looking for an explanation of a Marvel title on the poll, it has now been covered!

Or… just find some great comics to read!

Spider-Family & Venom Omnibus Mapping for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot

April 4, 2024 by krisis

Until April 5, I’ll be loosely mapping missing and most-wanted Marvel omnibus volumes every day! Now that we’ve mapped Peter Parker himself, it’s time to map the Spider-Man Family of Amazing Friends – and one very venomous enemy!

This post explains titles and potential Spider-Man Family & Venom Omnibus Mapping for entries on the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 12th Annual Secret Ballot. You can vote right now (until 5 April 2024 @ midnight US ET) or watch our mega-length announcement stream reviewing every single voting option.

This post covers Venom – both Eddie Brock & Flash Thompson, Carnage, Green Goblin, Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman, Mayday Parker as Spider-Girl, Spider-Ham, Silk, Doc Ock as Superior Spider-Man, and more!

Or… just find some great comics to read!