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February 2021

  • Eternals

Eternal…No More? The Machine Needs Fixing in Eternals #2

Zoe Tunnell and Karen Charm4 years ago4 years ago019 mins

The Mad Titan, Thanos, is murdering Eternals. Is this the cost of past sins? Kieron Gillen, Esad Ribić, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles deliver Eternals #2. Zoe Tunnell: We’re back! After months of waiting, sitting with Eternals #1 while waiting for this second issue felt like, well, an eternity. Thankfully, this issue whips and is…

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  • S.W.O.R.D.

Step Into The Unknown With Manifold In S.W.O.R.D. #3

Zach Rabiroff and Nola Pfau4 years ago4 years ago034 mins

Who is Eden Fesi? Who is the Manifold? Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, Nico Leon, Marte Gracia, and Ariana Maher walk on his wild side in S.W.O.R.D. #3. Nola Pfau: Wow, that sure was a hell of a reveal this issue about Manifold, right? Zach Rabiroff: Yeah, I know! You mean the…

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  • Issue Overviews

We Review The Ariana Grande R.E.M. Fan Box Set Comic & Eau de Parfum

Andrea Ayres4 years ago4 years ago013 mins

Did I need to pay $75.00 to read the Ariana Grande R.E.M. perfume comic book tie-in? No. Did I do it anyway? Yes. The pop superstar announced the sale of her limited edition perfume box at ULTA cosmetic stores on Twitter. R.E.M. is the third fragrance in the Grande multiverse. What makes this perfume different?…

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  • Opinions

Frank Miller’s Ronin: A Manifesto Against Work For Hire

Michael MacLeod4 years ago4 years ago022 mins

Frank Miller, with his transformative run on Daredevil, the foundational The Dark Knight Returns, and high-profile independent comics-turned-movies like Sin City and 300, has long had an impact and profile to which few other modern comic book creators can compare. The stranglehold of “classic” comic book canon, in the sense of foundational texts, has loosened…

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  • CXF Interview Podcast

WMQ&A Episode 146: The Golden Lovers, Charlie Davis and Mikey Zee

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 146: The Golden Lovers, Charlie Davis and Mikey Zee We invite our ComicsXF cohorts and Match Club co-hosts, Charlie Davis and Mikey Zee, to talk about the couples in comics and wrestling who have inspired them. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…

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  • Opinions

Far Sector Shaped Me & Can Shape You Too, If You’ll Let It

Jude Jones4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

Blackness is what I see when I examine my ancestors through a brown-eyed gaze in the mirror; what I hear when my creole accent leaves my tongue and passes through my full lips; what I feel when my body sways, rhythmically, involuntarily, naturally to jazz, or worship, or hip hop. Blackness is the context – cohesive,…

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  • Marvel

Kicking Major Bot in Avengers: Mech Strike #1!

Tony Thornley4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

The Avengers go Pacific Rim and start piloting some giant robots, in the miniseries launch by Jed MacKay, Carlos Magno, Guru-eFx, and Cory Petit, with a cover by Kei Zama and Guru! Sometimes a comic is exactly what it says on the label. Avengers: Mech Strike #1 is a comic where a team of Avengers…

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  • Interviews

Your New Favorite X-Men Trading Card Set is Back with The ColleXion II: RefleXions

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago011 mins

Not even a year ago, Scott Modrzynski and a cadre of artists unleashed on the world The ColleXion, a series of trading cards featuring X-Men characters ranging from Cyclops to No-Girl. The experience was so nice, they had to do it twice. Actually, to hear Modrzynski tell it, it wasn’t so much nice as it…

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  • Staff Picks

Image’s Next Great Hope, Radiant Black, Leads off Our Staff Picks for 2/10

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…

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  • WandaVision

Exploring Maximoff Family Ties in WandaVision Episode 5

Austin Gorton and Mikey Zee4 years ago4 years ago039 mins

Mikey Zee: Picture for me, if you will, two ComicsXF writers, smiling, outlined in pencil. First, we paint in one Mikey Zee with watercolors
 going through family photos and seeing him grow from being but a wee babe to the adult he is now–wait! Austin! Not yet, they haven’t finished painting me in yet! Oh,…

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  • Issue Overviews
  • Marvel

Advance Review: King In Black: Black Panther #1 Is A Journey Worth Taking

Jude Jones4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

If you’re like me, you’re inclined to pass over tie-in one shot comics. They can feel forced – divorced from cannon and the continuity beats of the current run.  And as one who’s only paid attention to Knull and the King in Black saga from the periptery, I don’t really know what’s going on, nor,…

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  • Battle of The Atom

Battle Of The Atom: Disco Dazzler

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

It’s the first of our Double Dazzler celebration! This week it’s old school with Disco stories featuring Allison Blaire.Ranked this episode: Dazzler #9-11 (Herald of Galactus) Dazzler #38 (Vs The X-Men) Dazzler: The Movie

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  • Opinions
  • The X Spot

The X Spot: Spider-Man: Reign Isn’t Terrible. Seriously.

Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago025 mins

For the last few months, I’ve been averaging 10+ miles per day on my runs. Hold your applause, please — it’s not so much an accomplishment as it is daring my body to fall to pieces on me. (My body has not done so to date. The coward.) But I was thinking earlier today with…

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  • DC
  • Issue Overviews
  • Superman

Hope for Superman and Darkness for Flash in this Week’s Future State Round-Up

Justin Partridge4 years ago4 years ago011 mins

Welcome back to the land of tomorrow, where things are still pretty much as crappy as they’ve been for the Flash family in the recent past in Brandon Vietti, Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad’s Future State: The Flash #2. Meanwhile, the heroes of Metropolis get to put a check in the wins column over in…

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  • Dark Horse

Advance Review: Black Hammer Visions #1 Does a Mighty Fine Ghost World Impression

Mark Turetsky4 years ago4 years ago09 mins

“My secret plan was to one day not tell anybody and just get on some bus to some random city and just move there and become this totally different person.” Enid Coleslaw, Ghost World (Daniel Clowes) The summer after high school is an often painful transitional period. Maybe it’s your last chance to hang out…

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