By Staff — We here as a group (or at least four of us, to be more accurate) took a look at Marvel’s April 2022 solicits yesterday, and we found a few things to be excited about, 10 things, specifically. You can find our picks for the Marvel Comics April 2022 Solicitations — the highlights — below (and find the full solicits here).

Enjoy!

Marvel Comics April 2022 Solicitations - The Highlights

Amazing Spider-Man #1
ZEB WELLS (W) • JOHN ROMITA JR. (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS • VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
VARIANT COVER BY TRAVIS CHAREST • VARIANT COVER BY JIM CHEUNG
VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN • VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY BENGAL • WEB-HEAD VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO • SPIDER-MAN VARIANT COVER BY ROMINA JONES
VARIANT COVER BY STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU • VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
HIDDEN GEMS VARIANT BY MARK BAGLEY & JOHN ROMITA SR.
VARIANT COVER BY ROSE BESCH • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ROSE BESCH
WHAT DID SPIDER-MAN DO?!
Peter’s on the outs with the FF. He’s on the outs with the Avengers. He’s on the outs with Aunt May! No one wants to see Spider-Man – except for Doctor Octopus. Ock’s on Spider-Man’s tail and the Master Planner has something truly terrible planned for when he gets his tentacles on Spidey. All that, and what does Tombstone have planned? Just in time for Spider-Man’s 60th Anniversary, a new volume of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN begins, and 2022 is going to be the biggest year for Spider-Man EVER! Don’t believe us? We brought John Romita Jr. back JUST FOR THIS!
56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99
Why It’s Cool: It’s not that this is a new Amazing Spider-Man #1 (that happens a lot), but rather that with a great new creative team, this does feel like the start of ASM’s true next new era, following a weekly story centered on Ben Reilly. Zeb Wells is one of my favorite writers working for Marvel (see Hellions, Spider-Ham, and Ant-Man for why), and he’s paired here with a Spider-Man all-timer, JRJR, I expected great, or least readable, things. (Zack Quaintance)

Captain America #0
TOCHI ONYEBUCHI, COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING (W) • MATTIA DE IULIS (A)
STEVE ROGERS COVER BY ALEX ROSS • SAM WILSON COVER BY ALEX ROSS
Wraparound Variant Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES • Variant Cover by JIM CHEUNG
SPIDER-MAN VARIANT COVER BY TBA
When Arnim Zola launches a catastrophic attack on New York City, he meets his match – in Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers! In the explosive battle that follows, two Captain Americas prove better than one, and Sam and Steve decide they might just keep a good thing going…
Tochi Onyebuchi (BLACK PANTHER LEGENDS), Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (KANG THE CONQUEROR) and Mattia De Iulis (THE MIGHTY VALKYRIES, INVISIBLE WOMAN) kick off an incredible new CAPTAIN AMERICA saga – you won’t want to miss what comes next!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Why It’s Cool: After reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Captain America run as a whole last summer, I’ve had a taste for the good ‘ol boy Steve Rogers. I’ve been slowly working my way through Mark Gruenwald’s run (underrated), but I’m ready for something more modern, too. While my dream team for the book aren’t on the book (Al Ewing and Lee Garbett would have had me screaming…see Thor #24 below, btw), I’ve gone from cautiously optimistic to genuinely excited over the last few days, largely due to Tochi Onyebuchi writing Sam Wilson as Captain America. (Keigen Rea)

Elektra #100
ANN NOCENTI (W) • PAULO SIQUEIRA, TY TEMPLETON & MORE (A)
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN • VARIANT COVER BY Dike Ruan
VARIANT COVER BY VARIANT COVER BY JEN BARTEL • VARIANT COVER BY TBA
Elektra has been many things – a pawn, a pariah, and even a provocateur. But through it all, she has been one thing above all others: the most dangerous human being in the Marvel Universe! Everything that has happened in her long and storied life has been leading to this: the 100th issue bearing her name, and the starting point of what is to come!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
Why It’s Cool: Whoa whoa whoa, Ann Nocentic is writing an Elektra comic this month? That’s very exciting, and just made this book — which features art by Paolo Siqueria, Ty Templeton, and more — a must-read for me. Nocenti wrote some of my all-time favorite Daredevil comics as well as one of my recent-favorite graphic novels, the Berger Books collaboration with David Aja, The Seeds. (Zack Quaintance)

Hulk: Grand Design - Madness #1
JIM RUGG (W) • JIM RUGG (A/C)
Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Variant Cover by GEOF DARROW
Writer/artist Jim Rugg concludes his creative reimagining of the entire history of THE INCREDIBLE HULK in this can’t-miss oversized issue. You’ll never look at Bruce Banner the same way again!
48 PGS./Rated T …$5.99
Why It’s Cool: I have on the whole enjoyed Marvel’s Grand Design series, which invites cartoonists who don’t typically work on Big 2 superhero books to come in and convey their vision for the publisher’s characters, specifically doing so by telling a condensed version of the character’s entire story to date. Ed Piskor did it with X-Men Grand Design, and Tom Scioli did it with Fantastic Four Grand Design. Now, Jim Rugg is getting a chance to do it with the Hulk, and I’m a big fan of Jim Rugg’s work. (Zack Quaintance)

Iron Man #19
CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W) • CAFU (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA
Stormbreakers Variant Cover by JUANN CABAL
Spider-Man Variant Cover by DAN JURGENS
AT LAST, THE STUNNING CONCLUSION OF THE BOOKS OF KORVAC! Tony Stark must face Michael Korvac once again, and once and for all. No cosmic powers, no allies or henchmen, and no…armor? This is the very end of a very long and very rocky journey; Tony’s going to have to get by on his own blood, sweat, and tears. For the first time in his life, he’s all out of ideas.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Why It’s Cool: I’ve said this so many times, but this run of Iron Man by Christopher Cantwell and CAFU has been one of the best books at Marvel for the past 19 months…and now the over-arching story that it has been telling is coming to end. I’m excited for it, and you should be too. Now, here’s hoping this run continues next month with Iron Man #20. (Zack Quaintance)

Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood #1
JONATHAN HICKMAN, MARC GUGGENHEIM, MUREWA AYODELE (W)
CHRIS BACHALO, JORGE FORNÉS & DOTUN AKANDE (A)
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ • VARIANT COVER BY ALEXANDER LOZANO
VARIANT COVER BY JEFF DEKAL • VARIANT COVER BY STAN SAKAI
A BLOOD MOON RISES – AND ITS CONTENTS ARE BLACK, WHITE & RED!
A bevy of comicdom’s finest creators put their mark upon the Fist of Khonshu in stories depicted in stark black, white and blood-red! Jonathan Hickman and Chris Bachalo introduce the all-different Moon Knight of the future! Marc Guggenheim and Jorge Fornés tell a Moon Knight adventure in reverse! And Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande team the white-clad crusader up with the Amazing Spider-Man for a harrowing night of adventure!
40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99
Why it’s Cool: Moon Knight is having a moment, following the release of the latest trailer for the character’s TV show, which was pretty close to universally beloved. Now, Moon Knight is also getting an anthology comic that plays with colors, just like Batman, Carnage, Elektra, Superman, and Wolverine have all gotten lately. And it’s from some great creators, with the lead team of writer Jonathan Hickman (fresh off a run on X-Men) and Chris Bachalo, known for years for his twistedly-brilliant work. (Larry Jorash).

Spider-Punk #1 (of 5)
CODY ZIGLAR (W) • JUSTIN MASON (A) • Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover by MARIA WOLF • Variant Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
VARIANT COVER BY TAKASHI OKAZAKI
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
ANARCHY IN THE SPIDER-VERSE!
SPIDER-PUNK GETS HIS OWN SERIES!
• HOBIE BROWN is THE ANARCHIC SPIDER-PUNK — set to protect EARTH-138 with his ax in hand and his chaotic band of punk rockin’ heroes backing him!
• NORMAN OSBORN is dead, but will the chaos he’s created be too much for Spider-Punk and gang to handle?
• Feel the vibes as CODY ZIGLAR (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and JUSTIN MASON bring you the jams when “BANNED IN DC” begins here!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Why It’s Cool: High concept elseworld goodness is what I love and for my birthday month Marvel has listened. I can’t wait for whatever details we can discover about this Doc Martin wearing Spider-Man and his three cord world. (Jacob Cordas)

The Thing #6 (of 6)
WALTER MOSLEY (W) • TOM REILLY (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR
WALTER MOSLEY’S FORAY INTO THE
MARVEL UNIVERSE GOES OUT WITH A BANG!
It all comes down to this! The secret power behind Mot is revealed at last – but with it comes a very personal threat to Ben Grimm! Can the Thing battle his way past the one foe that waits for all of us and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? And in order to do so, will it mean working hand-in-glove with Doctor Doom?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Why It’s Cool: As I write this (on the day of the Marvel Comics 2022 April Solicitations release, in fact), The Thing is halfway through its story, and friends? This one has been fantastic. Novelist Walter Mosley is having an absolute blast writing this character (and writing him well), while at the same time collaborating with Tom Reilly, whose clean and precise linework has made his superhero art just jump right off the page in this one. This has been a must-read Marvel series for me from the start, and the finale is no exception. (Zack Quaintance)

Thor #24
DONNY CATES, J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, WALTER SIMONSON, DAN JURGENS & MORE! (W) NIC KLEIN & MORE! (A) • COVER BY NIC KLEIN
SPIDER-MAN VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE • VARIANT COVER BY JUNI BA
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX MALEEV • VARIANT COVER BY DAN JURGENS
VARIANT COVER BY PASQUAL FERRY • VARIANT COVER BY STEPHANIE HANS
VARIANT COVER BY DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON • VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR
STAR-STUDDED CELEBRATION OF 750 ISSUES!
After a scorched-earth victory against the God of Hammers, Thor and all of Asgard reel from a brutal loss. But some people are never truly gone…And in honor of 750 issues of THOR, fan-favorite creators like J. Michael Straczynski and Walter Simonson return in this oversized issue! Celebrate the long and storied history of the God of Thunder with the writers and artists who helped build his legacy!
72 PGS./Rated T+ …$8.99
Why It’s Cool: EWING+GARBETT EWING+GARBETT EWING+GARBETT EWING+GARBETT EWING+GARBETT etc. (Keigen Rea)

X-Men ‘92: House of XCII #1 (of 5)
STEVE FOXE (W) • SALVA ESPIN (A) • Cover by DAVID BALDEÓN
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID TALASKI • VARIANT COVER BY SCOTT WILLIAMS
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA
THE ’90s ARE BACK — AGAIN!
Everyone’s favorite ’90s incarnations of the X-Men have returned…but this time, everything is even all-newer and all-more different! Mutantkind is taking a huge leap forward by founding their own nation on the island of Krakoa, guided by Professor X, Magneto, and a mysterious long-lived woman who knows more than she should. That’s right – the ’90s X-Men are tackling the Krakoan Age thirty years early… and it’s NOT going to go the way you expect!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Why It’s Cool: Quite frankly, whoever pitched this concept deserves some sort of accommodation (although I suppose getting to execute and being fairly compensated for doing so is literally its own reward). This book is going to apply the new Krakoa status quo concept to the X-Men: The Animated Series era team, bringing together probably my two personal favorite X-Men things to happen in my lifetime. All good things. (Zack Quaintance)

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