In a perfect world, X-Force wouldnāt be necessary. As Beast says himself, heād āPrefer to avoid trouble altogether.ā Unfortunately, trouble always finds its way into Krakoa and in X-Force #6, The team is in full force trying to stop the plant monsters. How well do they work together? Do we get to see more of…
In the not-so-distant future, Carol Danvers receives a call from friends she thought once dead, compelling her to return to Earth to be its guardian once more in this story from Kelly Thompson, Carmen Carnero, and David Curiel. Christina Eddleman: The concept of āThe Endā leaves me morbidly curious. Five stories about the deaths of…
In which Thor performs some knee surgery on Galactus, courtesy of Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Sabino. Things get worse in Asgard. Galactus levels up. Vishal Gullapalli: Thor is the Herald of Galactus! The Black Winter is coming! In just one issue Donny Cates has breathed new life into an already-alive series,…
In the dark, damp, parts of this world. Behind the creeping shadows, there are weapons you would not believe. In Weapon Plus: World War IV, Benjamin Percy and Georges Jeanty show us the depths one of these weapons, Man-Slaughter, will go for his freedom. Then, Ryan Cady and David BaldeĆ³n recruit Brute Force to take…
The Hulk and his allies fight kaiju sized monsters in the city of Phoenix Arizona. Said monsters were sent by Roxxon CEO Dario Agger, and clearly he has a deeper, more sinister scheme in this tale by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and company. Zach Rabiroff: Welcome back to another installment of Time Immortal, the internetās…
The finale is here. Psylocke gets a brand new power. X-23 and the rest of the squad take on Apoth and his children, who will prevail? As Bryan Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank DāArmata return once more to close out this series. Tony Thornley: This issue picks up en media res. The team is mid-battle…
We return to our other New Mutants, captured by a drug cartel on a Nebraska farm. Boom Boom helps them escape and the Bohusk family relocates to Krakoa, but at great cost. Beakās parents are killed in the fighting, not that anyone would remember. Manon and Maxime rewrite the memories of Angel, Beak, and their…
Readers we have a special presentation this week as actual college professors/authors Stephanie Burt and Rachel Gold cover the one-shot, Doctor Strange: The End by Leah Williams, Filipe Andrade, and Chris OāHalloran. Can the good Doctor thrive, or even survive in a world of dwindling magic in the increasingly technological Holocene era? Stephanie Burt: Background…
Cyclops assembles a crack team of Darwin, Synch, and Wolverine (not to be confused with Logan, the boy Wolverine). To track down Serifina and enter The Vault. In the same way, this issue assembles a crack team of Jonathan Hickman, RB Silva, and Marte Gracia to deliver a tragic, and engaging tale. Chris Eddleman: Rob…