As time ticks away, a goddess fights to maintain her humanity. Jonathan Hickman, Russel Dauterman, and Matthew Wilson tell the tale of Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 Andrea Ayres: Well Jude, I donāt know if weāve formally met but what a great way to get to know one another. Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 is a decent…
As X Of Swords begins, and all the X-Books drive towards one epic story, we have decided to do things a little different. Sword Content will be your weekly one-stop shop for everything X Of Swords. This week Charlie Davis & Nola Pfau explain the magical ongoings of Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erik Arciniega, and…
Wolverine has been in so many comics. Just so many. He has, however, only had 350 issues of his solo series based on Marvel’s math which I can’t be arsed to check. Well, once we sheath our swords in December, Ben Percy, Adam Kubert, and Viktor Bogdanovic will get us ready for Wolverine #8 which…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 125: Scott Snyder's eternal darkness BIG GUEST ALERT! Writer Scott Snyder (“Batman,” “Justice League,” “Undiscovered Country”) joins Dan and Matt to talk about his Kickstarter for a collector’s edition of the first issue of NOCTERRA, his upcoming Image series with Tony Daniel, his (many) plans for independent projects and a…
It’s a book that’s gone through more changes in identity than Mystique but starting with December’s #14, Vita Ayala and Rob Reis cut loose with New Mutants. The updated cast includes Magik, Dani Moonstar, an eye patched Karma, Warpath, Warlock, Wolfsbane, and Scout (who we all know better as Honey Badger). Reis kicked off the…
The early 90s X-Books had their share of bad ideas. Characters who never did anything interesting or good but boy did they feel important had have neat designs. Because X-Men were the biggest thing ever in the 90s, some creators, whether from a misplaced sense of nostalgia or wild confidence in their skills, continue to…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: We can all agree the X-Men’s resident goddess has been underwritten since the dawn of dawn of X the Hickman era began the Disassembled stuff Blue and Gold…
We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While…
CD Projekt Redās Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most anticipated video games since it was first announced in 2012. Coming off the massive success of The Witcher 3, the company is taking its RPG storytelling skills to a sci-fi universe. Cyberpunk 2077 is a story about a gritty sci-fi future featuring warring criminal…
āIām so excited. Iām so scared. Iām so, Iām soā¦scared!ā Poor Jessie Spanoās āSaved by the Bellā lament came almost 30 years ago; her heart kathumping on account of her reliance on āKeep Alertā caffeine pills to keep up with both school and her singing group, Hot Sundae. (The episode āJessieās Songā is much goofier…
The first weekend of the DC FanDome — a 24-hour, multiplatform, virtual hype fest that continues this weekend — included among its many trailers, featurettes and celebrity interviews an image of Darkseid wielding a spear from the vaunted āSnyder Cutā of Justice League. It gave me pause. The spear is a versatile weapon. It can…
Spider-Man is being haunted by his past. Unfortunately, I am not talking about Kindred, the mysterious demonic figure who has been interminably teasing a reveal In the book since the beginning. Or rather, not only about Kindred, but writer Nick Spencerās fascination with stories from Spider-Manās past. From the start Spencer sprinkled his series with…
Weāre at a crossroads in the centuries-long generational war. Boomers, Zoomers, Millennials, and the oft-forgotten Generation X are at arms with one another, blaming each other for their livesā many woes. I find myself in an interesting position amongst all this. Being born in the 1996-to-1999 liminal space between being classified as a Millennial or…
Howdy, yāall. Professor (seriously) Will Nevin here. When I came on board to Xavier Files, I was coming from a mostly three-man operation at WMQ Comics to a family of 30+ contributors, and I figured it would be neat to get some folkx together on occasion to talk about something weād all read. You know,…
With the return of the NFL today, plenty of fanatics are waiting with bated breath to see their beloved teams and players take to the turf and play some good olā football. But for fans like me, whoāve basically given up on their team after years of mediocrity, weāve had to find solace in other…