February is the month of love. And wouldn’t you know it, we found 10 things in the Marvel Solicits for February 2021 that we are just smitten with. Open The Vault We here in the Xavier Files Media Empire are big fans of the Mike Carey arc “Supernovas”. We are big fans of the best…
I think we all wish that comics were more equitable and diverse, both when it comes to who creates them and who appears in them. While recent years have taken steps in the right direction, there are still plenty of under-represented groups. Marvel this year launched a series of one-shots featuring characters and creators of…
Cain Marko goes to court in Juggernaut #3. Written by Fabian Nicieza, penciled by Ron Garney, colored by Matt Milla, and lettered by Joe Sabino the third issue of Markoâs miniseries finds him facing down a small claims court thanks to the fallout of his iconic first duel with Spider-Man. But forces outside of the…
Hello friends and readers! Itâs a terrific twofer this week as Jude Jones explores Captain America #25, and Vishal Gullapalli digs into yet another issue of webslinging with Amazing Spider-Man #53! Captain America #25 Written by: Ta-Nehisi Coates ( back up: Anthony Falcone) Art by: Leonard Kirk (back up: Michael Cho) Colors by: Matt Milla…
The Crisis Command, last survivors of the multiverse, are faced with an impossible task: avenging the death…of an idea! DOA is empathy itself, and while empathy withers and dies across the world, Originator uses her abilities to bring the John Doe back for 24 hours to reveal the name of his killer. It’s Image’s “Commanders…
Venom Beyond goops toward itâs finale in Venom #30. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Luke Ross, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles Venom #30 details the final battle between Eddie Brock, Anne Weying, and Dylan Brock and the forces of Codex on an alternate Earth. We open on our goopy proceedings…
Joe Fixit is in charge, on the run, and running from space to Earth in this tale written by Al Ewing, pencilled by Joe Bennett, inked by Ruy JosĂ© and Belardino Brabo, coloured by Paul Mounts and Matt Milla, and lettered by VCâs Cory Petit. Zach Rabiroff: [The stage is now lit by a rotating…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten nearly forty battles for the fate of the world. The soul still burns as the tournament continues. Kenneth Laster & Ari Bard lead us through Saturnyne’s whims in X-Force #16 by Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX, and Cory Petit. Then Liz Large & Austin Gorton try something completely…
Marvelâs Spider-Man: Miles Morales dropped last week exclusively on the Playstation 4 and the Playstation 5. While the game is indeed a rip-roaring good time with excellent characters, graphics, and gameplay there has not been nearly enough discussion on the most important easter egg in the game. Beware mild late-game spoilers ahead. Bill the Lobster,…
Ed Brisson has done a lot of notable work for Marvel the past couple years, including a well-received run on âGhost Rider,â co-writing âX-Men: Disassembledâ with Kelly Thompson and Matthew Rosenberg, co-writing âNew Mutantsâ with Jonathan Hickman and a one-page story in an X-Men Christmas special that made Glob Herman everyoneâs favorite good globby boy. …
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 134: Steve Foxe Is Gonna Scare the Hell out of You Writer/editor Steve Foxe joins the show to talk about his quarterly horror magazine Razorblades with James Tynion IV, his erotic videogaming OGN “Cheater Code,” writing children’s books and much more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. This Week in Swords X-Force #14, Hellions #6 and Cable #6: Last week we learned that “X of Swords” doesn’t really involve as much sword-fighting as we thought it would. What will that mean…
This one is all about Hope Summers. You know her. She is great.Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #526-529 (Five Lights) Generation Hope #1-4 (The Future Is A four Letter Word) X-Force vol 4 #11-15 (Us Vs. Them)
Some kids think of their parents as superheroes; usually thatâs a good thing. But when it turns out your dad has superpowers and ditches your family to become the one superhero in the world, well, the reality doesnât quite live up to the fantasy. âLike Father, Like Daughterâ â by writer Kat Calamia, artist Wayne…
Mark Russell and Steve Pughâs AHOY Comics series âBillionaire Islandâ arrived in early March as an uneasy world watched what would soon be declared a pandemic spread across the globe and collectively tugged on its collar and made a big cartoon gulping sound. Suddenly, the idea of the worldâs billionaires moving to a floating island…