Check out these Marvel Comics titles and so much more. If you’re interested in most of the MARVEL COMIC titles coming out in August, click HERE for the article. If you’re interested in SPIDER-MAN specific titles coming out in August, click HERE for the article. Moreover, to snag any of these comics, trades, or volumes through Amazon, simply click on the name of the highlighted/underlined series below. Enjoy and God Bless!

DARK X-MEN #1 (OF 5)

STEVE FOXE (W) • JONAS SCHARF (A) • Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA

X-MEN CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS

X-MEN CONNECTING SKETCH VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS

VARIANT COVER BY ADAM HUGHES • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ADAM HUGHES

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

WELCOME TO THE DARK X-MEN… HOPE THE WORLD SURVIVES THE EXPERIENCE! Following the explosive events of the Hellfire Gala, MADELYNE PRYOR realizes the world needs the X-Men now more than ever. HAVOK and GAMBIT have served on the team before…but never one that looks like this! And how does GIMMICK, breakout star of MARVEL’S VOICES: PRIDE, fall under the Goblin Queen’s sway? Find out in the most horrific installment of the X-Men saga yet!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ASTONISHING ICEMAN #1 (OF 5)

STEVE ORLANDO (W) • VINCENZO CARRATÙ (A) • Cover by JESÚS SAIZ

VARIANT COVER BY EJIWA “EDGE” EBENEBE • VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

VARIANT COVER BY Ken Lashley • MISS MINUTES VARIANT COVER by HUMBERTO RAMOS

THE OMEGA-LEVEL MUTANT AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE! After the events of this year’s can’t-miss HELLFIRE GALA, BOBBY DRAKE, A.K.A. ICEMAN, sets his sights on heroic deeds like never before. But as a new situation develops that links Iceman to his Antarctic ice palace, he’ll have to be slicker than ever to accomplish his mission before ORCHIS knows what hit them! An all-new adventure that’ll push Iceman to the limits of his powers…and beyond!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CHILDREN OF THE VAULT #1 (OF 4)

DENIZ CAMP (W) • LUCA MARESCA (A) • Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE

MISS MINUTES VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA

VARIANT COVER BY PAULO SIQUEIRA • VARIANT COVER BY ROD REIS

TO SAVE THE FUTURE! The Children of the Vault are back, and they are determined to be humanity’s salvation! But not everything is as it seems, and every utopia has its costs. What is the motivation behind these highly evolved beings gifting the world with their advanced technology? And how do Bishop and a now-Orchis-captured Cable figure into their plans? Find out in rising stars Deniz Camp and Luca Maresca’s  miniseries!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

ALPHA FLIGHT #1 (OF 5)

ED BRISSON (W) • SCOTT GODLEWSKI (A) • Cover by LEONARD KIRK

HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY DAN JURGENS

MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRÓN

MISS MINUTES VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM • VARIANT COVER BY Arthur Adams

SAVING CANADA…FROM THE MUTANT MENACE?! GUARDIAN, PUCK, SNOWBIRD and SHAMAN return, as a terrestrial ALPHA FLIGHT bursts onto the scene! But what schism will pit these heroes against their former teammates AURORA, NORTHSTAR and NEMESIS, as well as Aurora’s beau, FANG? The FALL OF X has changed the game, and will Alpha Flight soar to new heights…or be crushed under the weight of an impossible mission?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

JEAN GREY #1 (OF 4)

LOUISE SIMONSON (W) • BERNARD CHANG (A) • Cover by AMY REEDER

MISS MINUTES VARIANT COVER BY JUANN CABAL • VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW

VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW

VARIANT COVER BY GEORGE PÉREZ • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY GEORGE PÉREZ

SUPERSTAR CREATORS TAKE JEAN GREY’S LEGACY TO FIERY NEW HEIGHTS! After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Jean’s life is in shambles. Mutantkind is in dire straits – and there’s nothing this founding X-Man can do. She’ll have to save herself first. And that means looking into her past – for the moment when it all went wrong – in a desperate attempt to save her and all Krakoa’s future. Legendary writer Louise Simonson returns to the X-Men with a story full of fan-favorite moments, heartrending revelations and pulse-pounding devastation!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

REALM OF X #1 (OF 4)

Torunn GRØNBEKK (W) • DIÓGENES neves (A) • Cover by Stephanie Hans

VARIANT COVER BY KAREN S. DARBOE • VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS BACHALO

VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS BACHALO

Leaping straight from the astonishing events of this year’s Hellfire Gala, the unlikely team of Magik, Mirage, Marrow, Dust and Typhoid Mary find themselves stranded in…Vanaheim? And what’s even more confusing, the locals seem to believe that they hold the key to fulfilling a prophecy that can either raise the realm to riches – or cause it to fall to ruin. With Magik’s powers malfunctioning and a mysterious figure amassing power on the outskirts of the realm, these X-Men are going to have to band together if they want to stay alive long enough to find their way home!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

X-MEN #25

GERRY DUGGAN (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A) • COVER BY Joshua Cassara

X-MEN CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS

X-MEN CONNECTING SKETCH VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS

CORNER BOX VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS • KINGPIN VARIANT COVER BY Sergio Davilla

TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN

WRAPAROUND PROMO VARIANT COVER BY BRYAN HITCH • DESIGN VARIANT BY PEACH MOMOKO

STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY C.F. VILLA

THE FALL. She’s been known as Kitty, Sprite, Ariel, Red Queen and Captain Kate. Now, as a new X-Men team finds their way through their darkest hour…SHADOWKAT emerges!

56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

X-MEN RED #14

Al Ewing (W) • YILDIRAY ÇINAR (A)

Cover by STEFANO CASELLI

MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRÓN

VARIANT COVER BY MIRKA ANDOLFO

AFTER THE FALL! As the Brotherhood reels from the cataclysmic events of the Hellfire Gala, Genesis takes advantage of the chaos – and declares war! Two vast mutant armies clash, and Arakko’s idols fall…but this is only the beginning of a conflict that will remake the Red Planet. And whatever happened to Isca the Unbeaten?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-FORCE #43

BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • ROBERT GILL (A)

Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA

Variant Cover by RAHZZAH

EXILE! COLOSSUS leads X-FORCE into the next era! But no one on the team is prepared for a mission set to fracture their trust and teamwork for all time. And don’t miss the first of legendary Daniel Acuña’s run of covers on the series!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

IMMORTAL X-MEN #14

Kieron Gillen (W) • Lucas Werneck (A) • Cover by Mark Brooks

VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE

QUIET COUNCIL VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO

TO ME, MY NO ONE. Xavier had a dream. Now he has nothing. This is the Fall of X. He fell

MARVEL’S VOICES: X-MEN #1

Greg Pak, Al Ewing, Jay Edidin & more (W) • Jan BAZALDUA, Jethro Morales, Nina Vakueva, Wilton Santos & more (A) • Cover by Bernard Chang

variant cover by David Marquez • variant cover by Betsy Cola

MARVEL’S VOICES continues with this stunning anthology of all new stories celebrating Marvel’s mightiest mutants! From the exhilarating days of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters to the current halcyon days of Krakoa, these stories span the gamut of the X-Men’s history – delving into the past of some of your favorite X-Men as well as looking toward their future. With an exciting lineup of fan-favorite creators and fresh new talent, you won’t want to miss out on this issue!

56 PGS./Rated T+ …$6.99

GHOST RIDER/WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF VENGEANCE ALPHA #1 (OF 4)

BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • GEOFF SHAW (A) • Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

VARIANT COVER BY Mark Texeira • VARIANT COVER BY FRANK MILLER

VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY FRANK MILLER

VARIANT COVER BY GEORGE PÉREZ • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY GEORGE PÉREZ

MISS MINUTES VARIANT COVER BY AARON KUDER

LOGAN & BLAZE – THE WEAPONS OF VENGEANCE! LOGAN’s the best there is at what he does – and what he does as the deadly WOLVERINE isn’t very nice. When innocent blood is spilled, JOHNNY BLAZE becomes the GHOST RIDER, equipped to deal punishment with the power of hellfire! A demonic serial killer is murdering innocent mutants. But what is it about this deadly new villain that forces our two heroes to team up? And what buried secret does he share with Wolverine and Ghost Rider’s never-before-seen very first meeting in the past? Get ready for claws, chains and violence as only Benjamin Percy (WOLVERINE, GHOST RIDER) and Geoff Shaw (THANOS, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) can bring in this four-part epic!

40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

WOLVERINE #36

BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • GEOFF SHAW (A) • Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

Variant Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ • Virgin Variant Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ

GHOST RIDER/WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF VENGEANCE PART THREE! LOGAN and BLAZE’S battle has taken a serious turn. Enter: The HELLVERINE!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

MAGNETO #1 (of 4)

J.M. DEMATTEIS (W) • TODD NAUCK (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY LUCA MARESCA

VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK

HOWARD THE DUCK VARIANT COVER BY GUSTAVO DUARTE

MAGNETO WAS RIGHT! MAGNETO burst onto the scene as the most diabolical of “Evil Mutants”! But when PROFESSOR XAVIER must leave the planet for life-saving treatment, Magneto inherits a new title: TEACHER! With the NEW MUTANTS under his tutelage, how will these young and powerful mutants learn to take orders from…a super villain?! And one who tried to KILL them and their predecessors?!

There are two sides to every story, and J.M. DeMatteis and Todd Nauck weave a tale that will show how Magneto Was Right…from a certain point of view. In fact, one mutant, known as IRAE, in her FIRST EVER APPEARANCE, has taken Magneto’s lessons to heart in a way that will upend even the Master of Magnetism’s best strategies! Get ready for an all-new saga set during Magneto’s tenure as Headmaster of the NEW MUTANTS, and learn how the once die-hard villain emerged as a conflicted figure in the saga of the X-MEN!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION

NEW PRINTING!

Written by LEN WEIN with ROY THOMAS, ARNOLD DRAKE

& LINDA FITE

Penciled by DAVE COCKRUM with WERNER ROTH

Cover by GIL KANE

The issue that changed everything for Marvel’s mighty mutants – and introduced the all-new, all-different X-Men! When the original team goes missing in the South Pacific, only Cyclops remains to lead a rescue mission alongside Professor X’s new recruits from across the globe! Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Thunderbird, Sunfire and – of course – Wolverine are the X-Men’s second genesis, heading into action against Krakoa…the island that walks like a man! Can these very different personalities work together to save Jean Grey, Iceman, Angel, Havok and Polaris? From the ashes of the past grow the fires of the future as the X-Men are reinvented for an uncanny new era! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1.

64 PGS./Rated T …$7.99

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – DOOMSDAY #2 (OF 4)

MARC GUGGENHEIM (W) • MANUEL GARCIA (A)

Cover by GEOFF SHAW

VARIANT COVER BY FRANCESCO MANNA

Variant Cover by STEFANO CASELLI

FUTURE FALLOUT! MAGNETO’s aggressive action further divides the mutant community, even as GYRICH, TRASK and their secret organization take steps to ensure mutantkind will face extinction! But will A NEW HOPE arise among the X-MEN, or will this future truly come to pass? Continue the multi-decade journey into this ALL-NEW tale of the dystopic future made famous in the classic X-MEN #141-142 DAYS OF FUTURE PAST storyline, complete with SURPRISE GUEST STARS and NEW REVELATIONS!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

STORM #4 (OF 5)

ANN NOCENTI (W) • GERALDO BORGES (A)

Cover by ALAN DAVIS

EXIT: STORM…?!

STORM has walked away from the X-MEN! Ceding her leadership, she must come to grips with the truth of her powers, even as she pursues a new relationship. But is this what BLOWBACK wanted all along, or is there something even more sinister in the undercurrents of this turbulent episode in the saga of ORORO MUNROE?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEADPOOL #10

ALYSSA WONG (W) • LUIGI ZAGARIA (A) • COVER BY MARTÍN CÓCCOLO

VARIANT COVER BY Pete Woods

HEART -> BROKEN! Things aren’t looking great for Deadpool and his new paramour, Valentine Vuong. You know how it can be in love – you just want to be together, but there is always some secret society of killers that gets in the way and your heart and/or glass arms get shattered.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

DEADPOOL: BADDER BLOOD #3 (OF 5)

ROB LIEFELD & CHAD BOWERS (W) • ROB LIEFELD (A/C) • Variant Cover by ROB LIEFELD

Variant Cover by ROD REIS

ENTER: VENOMPOOL (OKAY, SO MAYBE IT DOES GET BADDER!) VENOMPOOL! WOLVERINE! ZABU from the SAVAGE LAND! The IMPERIAL GUARD! Welcome to KILLEVILLE, Deadpool, hope you survive the experience! Just who is ARCATA, and what are her nefarious plans for everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth?!

40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

Dig into our other Comic Book Dispatch Reviews HERE. And, if you’re curious as to what’s arriving in comic shops each week, check out our Previews HERE. Furthermore, click HERE for all MARVEL COMIC SOLICITS hitting stores this June as well as right HERE for all MARVEL COMIC SOLICITS for July!

If you’re interested in the current SPIDER-MAN ongoing, click HERE to take a dive. Maybe the X-MEN are your jam? In that case, click HERE to get your hands on the latest Trials of X trades and comics. And finally, if you’re looking for something else to read, check out my Amazon Online Comic Shop by clicking HERE. Thank you all for checking out the X-Men: August 2023 Marvel Comic Solicitations as well as your continued support. Stay safe and stay healthy.