The Cotati’s plan surges to a fruitful head as our heroes start to fight back, Plus Captain Marvel gets an upgrade in this issue from Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Joe Caramagna! Mr. Chris Eddleman: Well Christi, where we last left our heroes, they were in space, hurtling towards the moon…
It had to happen. They couldn’t stay isolated forever. The Krakoa era of X-Men meets its’ first cross over in Empyre: X-Men #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Matteo Buffagni, and Nolan Woodard. It’s Alien Plants vs Mutant Zombies vs Old Ladies. Nola Pfau: Well, Allison. It’s been a while. Remember the days of yore,…
Matt Fraction, David Aja, and eventually Annie Wu, changed the superhero comic landscape in 2012 with the debut of Hawkeye. Effortlessly cool, equal parts a laugh and a gut punch and, above all, incredibly distinct, the series met with such universal acclaim and sales success that the re-writing of Clint Barton’s character passed by with…
It is 1993, I am 2 years old, my mother is on bedrest with her only solace being the Sega Genesis my father should not have spent money on. We were poor, not that I understood what “poor” was, and honestly, not that I remember any of this. I remember the Genesis, I’ve seen home…
We catch up with our friends Justin and Penelope Daniels from Farpoint Toys & Collectibles in New Jersey to talk about shutting down for COVID-19, filming themselves for an Amazon documentary, nearly losing their comics and toy shop to a devastating electrical fire, getting nominated for a retail Eisner, again, and why longtime “G.I. Joe” writer Larry Hama is a Real American Hero.
Listen, there’s not much to add here. Alex Ross is very good at art. He has been that way for like 30 years and hasn’t slowed down at all. These covers in October are called Timeless and they sure are. Check out the full press release below. Press Release New York, NY— July 20, 2020…
Big, big news that I am proud to break this week. Let’s get right to it. Today (July 20): DClassified: Week of Announcements Begins After last week’s news that DC will be releasing Rorschach, a 12-issue maxiseries by writer Tom King and artist Jorge Fornés that represents a mystifying return to the Watchmen well, the…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Chu #1: Tony Chu’s criminal sister Saffron steals the spotlight – and other stuff – in the debut issue of this prequel to John Layman and Rob Guillory’s classic Image series “Chew.”…
We’re doing hell stuff now. X-Infernus X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations: Hellbound New Mutants #15-22 (Fall & Rise Of The New Mutants)
Pandemic or no, change was always coming. According to ICv2 and Comichron, the North American comics and graphic novel market topped more than $1.2 billion in sales last year, an 11% increase over 2018. It was a heady year, topped by bestsellers like Detective Comics #1,000, Spawn #300 and a new X-Men #1. But those were comics. And in comics, comics…
We are all the hero of our own story. It is an idea hammered home from an early age, with countless books, TV shows, movies and other media showcasing noble figures we can see ourselves in, knowing we would be just as heroic if given a chance. (This is not to say that everyone deserves…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #106 Story: Sophie Campell, Script/Colors: Ronda Pattison, Art: Nelson Daniel, Letters: Shawn Lee, Story Consulting: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz, Publisher: IDW Sometimes even your shots in the arm need a shot in the arm. When IDW relaunched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise nine years ago under the guidance of…
Hello friends and readers, it’s time for a little bit of Marvel Minutiae this week. Our esteemed boss Zack Jenkins is getting into Venom #26 and the start of Venom Beyond, Andrea Ayres ponders over Spider-Woman #2, and Tony Thornley starts off Empyre tie-ins with Fantastic Four #21. Venom #26 I think it’s fair to…
This week in our roundup of indie comics, Ian Gregory examines The Rob’s latest attempt to shake up a storied franchise, Robert Secundus jumps all the way into the deep end of Savage Dragon, and Will Nevin goes to Hell (or a simulation thereof?) with Rick and Morty. G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Deadgame Story/Art: Rob…
Comics are a visual medium, a combination of written words and pictures. But movie adaptations have taught us that comic book stories, whether superhero, crime, biographical or otherwise, can be translated to other media. But even before there were superhero serials on the big screen, comic books were translated to another medium: radio plays, whether…