Let’s dive into the Marvel December 2024 Solicits!
https://www.comicreleases.com/2024/09/marvel-december-2024-solicitations
Strange Academy Omnibus
Collecting Strange Academy #1-18 and Strange Academy: Finals #1-6.
592 PGS./Rated T+ …$100.00
If you can find it for cheaper, I’ll highly recommend it. So many fun Magik cameos.
Still no DeMatteis / Sal Buscema Spectacular Spider-Man omnibus?! I know I saw it teased somewhere.
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Timeslide 1, for all of those folks missing Bishop and Cable!
Laura Kinney : Wolverine 1, love all of these X-Ladies getting solos. Don’t love the name of the series, but we have to distinguish them somehow.
All New Venom 1, we’re never getting away from him
People must have bought those Infinity Watch annuals as we’re now getting a five issue mini.
TVA is getting a five issue mini. Gambit representing the X side.
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MARVEL HOLIDAY TALES TO ASTONISH #1
GERRY DUGGAN, DANIEL KIBBLESMITH, GENE LUEN YANG & MORE! 
• PHIL NOTO & MORE (A) • Cover by LUCIANO VECCHIO
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT BY GIL KANE & JOHN ROMITA SR.
VARIANT BY LEONARDO ROMERO
WRAPAROUND HOMAGE VARIANT BY LEE GARBETT
HOLIDAY HIJINKS IN THE MIGHTY MARVEL MANNER!
- First, you’re invited to the Fantastic Four’s Holiday Party! But who are the uninvited guests?
- Then, in a tale of Hanukkahs past, can Kitty Pryde scramble to save the day while struggling to shop for gifts for her merry X-Men?
- And ring in the New Year, with Peter Parker and Miles Morales, as only Spider-Men can!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$5.99
As soon as I can find someone to sell this to me on eBay with free shipping, I’m ordering this!
I adore so much how Kitty Pryde always gets a feature in the Marvel Holiday specials, well the good ones anyway.
Living in Montana, one never knows how well the highways are, so safer to just order online.
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Marvel really making Hellverine a thing with issue 1
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Ultimate Universe : One Year In, sets up Year Two of the Ultimate Universe, with Nick Fury & HAMMER arriving as The Maker sets his return
I might have to give this one a read if Magik is involved.
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ULTIMATE X-MEN #10
PEACH MOMOKO • PEACH MOMOKO (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
WINTER HOLIDAY VARIANT COVER BY NAO FUJI
VARIANT COVER BY MATEUS MANHANINI
ENTER…VIPER!
- Viper enters the stage after a mass raid on the cult known as the Children of the Atom!
- What has the Maker’s Council been doing with the cult’s mutants?
- And what of the mysterious figure they have been keeping prisoner?
- Hisako and her friends face a new world order as the raid leaves mutants unleashed!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Looks like the X-Men are being brought into the larger Ultimate Universe with the Maker’s Council (I wonder if its Quiet, and who is on it?)
Viper made her appearance in this month’s issue 7.
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I like how this website lists West Coast Avengers because Firestar joins the roster.
Sabretooth : The Dead Don’t Talk 1 of 5 starts. Like Sinister, Sabretooth is a tough sell for me. Frank Tieri is writing, so its probably going to be as violent as I think it will be.
Storm 3 has both Uncanny X-Men (so hopefully Kurt and Ororo chat!) and Brother Voodoo.
Psylocke 2, oh no, something happens and Psylocke is off the X-Men! Hopefully that doesn’t mean Magik leaves that title too. Actually, I guess that’ll be one less title to buy, so maybe I am okay with that.
Mystique 3 of 5, she’s in Madripoor, which I love, and fighting against SHIELD, which I’m also a fan of.
Sentinels 3 of 5, them vs Magneto, so let’s hope Magneto wipes the floor with them. Is he still confined to his chair? Does that give them an edge? Or simply a false sense of confidence?
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We kick off the Raid on Graymalkin four parter between X-Men and Uncanny X-Men with X-Men Issue 8. I’m hoping Magik gets a lot of attention in this crossover. I also really appreciate the crossover being focus between two titles, and only four parts, that’s very considerate. Very mindful.
Such a gorgeous cover for Uncanny X-Men 7, Part 2 of the event.
X-Men 9, still double shipping, contains Part 3.
NYX 6, giving us the Dazzler content after her only four issue mini wraps up.
Phoenix 6, Jean Grey vs Thanos and the Black Order
X-Factor 5, someone on the team is going to die, as X-Term attacks. Hopefully it isn’t Frenzy or Dr. Celicia Reyes.
Dazzler 4 of 4 wraps up the tour, I wouldn’t mind if she joins NYX, but she’ll probably be placed on a shelf pending on how well her mini sold.
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EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #4
EVE L. EWING • CARMEN CARNERO (A/C)
ICEMAN VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS CAMPANA
VARIANT COVER BY AKA
MELEE VARIANT COVER BY DAVID BALDEON
MELEE VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DAVID BALDEON
WINTER HOLIDAY VARIANT COVER BY MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
LO, THE ICEMAN COMETH!
But Kitty Pryde suspects that her old comrade Bobby Drake isn’t being entirely honest with her. And our all-new hero BRONZE faces her first big solo battle and also has to interact with a person she has a crush on! Which is worse?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I wonder what the Holiday Variant will be? Kitty isn’t on the proper cover or the Melee cover (which makes sense) so hopefully she’s on one of these.
Sounds like it will be a great issue. I especially like how it sounds like Kitty isn’t dragging her feet with her commitment to the team.
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X-Force 6 promises to be spicy with Forge reunited with BOTH! Storm and Mystique, that should be fun. Especially as Mystique just wrapped up her mini. She could join the team.
Wolverine 4, I thought Constrictor, briefly seen in issue 1, was Sabre, but is Constrictor. Who has a similar mask, to my credit. Still, unless there is a guest star, this title isn’t for me.
All of those Deadpool/Wolverine back ups I didn’t want to pay extra for, are now being reprinted in their own miniseries, which is an interesting idea for a series. A double dip if someone isn’t careful, then they’ll be printed again in a proper trade. That’s definitely one way to do it. Weapon X-Traction, is at least a fun title.
Wolverine Revenge 5 of 5 wraps up.
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Dang, Cyclops’ team has to fight Rogue’s Uncanny X-Men AND Captain Marvel’s Avengers (now with Storm!), that’s a tough month. At least Magik is on two covers, that’s nice.
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Marvel finally completes reprinting the original Secret Wars with issue 12, which has Lockheed, so that’s great.
Blood Hunters 5 of 5, oh no, Dagger may die in this issue! I don’t love that for a final issue that definitely wants to leave a lasting impression.
PetPool : Pool Party 1 promises to have all of the Pool-related animals in it, and I am a sucker for an animal companion.
Iron Man 3, written by Spencer Ackerman, who is the guest on the latest episode of Cerebro for the Namor, I still have an hour left to listen, but it has been a delight.
Conquest 2099, 4 of 5, Spider-Man (I imagine the 2099 one) and Logan shows up! Which makes me wonder how they explained Logan not being around the first time? Him being there would have made me read X-Men 2099, instead of skipping it. I did read the fandom summary of each issue, hoping any of them had a Kitty Pryde reference, but none did until very recently.
oh, and issue 5 wraps it up. Madame Web 2099 debuts!
Marvel Zombies : Dawn of Decay 5 of 5 wraps up that Groot mini.
Namor 5 of 8 is still moving along.
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ALLIGATOR LOKI HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1
ALYSSA WONG • BOB QUINN (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY NICOLETTA BALDARI
AN ALLIGATOR LOKI HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR!
The Alligator of Mischief is back to ruin — I mean, save! — the holidays! Join Alligator Loki and his many, many, many friends — from the X-Men to the Young Avengers to several symbiotes — as they romp across the Marvel Universe, sowing chaos and camaraderie in equal stride! Don’t miss a brand-new story starring Alligator Loki and the REAL meaning of the holiday season: frenzy–er, sorry, FAMILY!
This issue also collects issues #13-24 of the hit ALLIGATOR LOKI Infinity Comic for the first time in print!
48 PGS./ONE-SHOT/All Ages …$6.99
We’re being treated to two holiday specials! This one featuring Alligator Loki (who I love!) and the X-Men show up too! But which ones? Be nice if this is the special Magik shows up in.
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Not a bad month, a tad expensive with all of the X-MEN appearances in their own title, in Uncanny X-Men, AND Avengers, but that is to be expected with the main X-Team.
What are you mostly looking forward to?
All of that Magik content, and Kitty Pryde in the Marvel Holiday Special and Exceptional X-Men for me.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 