Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays.
Dan’s Pick: Beta Ray Bill #1: Three words: Daniel Warren Johnson. Three more words: Beta Ray Bill. Three more words: Fin Fang Foom. Three more words: I am wet. Colored by Mike Spicer and featuring a backmatter interview between Johnson and Thor GOAT Walt Simonson. ($4.99) Check out the latest from Dan.
Forrest’s Pick: Silk #1: Cindy Moon, the Spider-person who was also bit by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, is back in a new series by writer Maurene Goo and artist Takeshi Miyazawa (Runaways). ($3.99) Check out the latest from Forrest.
Tony’s Pick: Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1: Hey, remember a year ago when Steve Orlando was supposed to start doing some Marvel stuff but then a global pandemic happened? Well, he’s doing it now, telling some stories featuring that green swamp boy who makes people burn what fears him. Drawn by Francesco Mobili. ($4.99) Check out the latest from Tony.
Matt’s Pick: Other History of the DC Universe #3: Revisit the 1980s through the eyes of Tatsu Yamashiro, Katana, in the latest chapter of this Black Label series by writer John Ridley (The Next Batman) and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli (Amazing Spider-Man). ($6.99) Check out the latest from Matt.
Cori’s Pick: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #3: We got us a Future State straggler! Superman has to save the people of Lexor from its ruler, Lex Luthor, in the final chapter of the miniseries from writer Mark Russell (Billionaire Island) and artist Steve Pugh (also Billionaire Island). ($3.99) Previously, in Imperious Lex …
Zack’s Pick: I Breathed a Body #3: Locked in a terror-shrouded fortress of her own design, with nowhere left to run, Anne confronts the fury of a Fungal God long thought dead. Trust us when we say this series is f***ed up. Written by Zac Thompson (Undone by Blood) and drawn by Andy MacDonald (Multiple Man) for AfterShock. ($3.99) Previously, in I Breathed a Body …
Vishal’s Pick: Batman/Catwoman #4: In the past, a bomb in Gotham. In the present, Phantasm seeks revenge on Joker. In the future, mother and daughter clash as Batwoman clues into Catwoman’s machinations. Written by Tom King (Heroes in Crisis) and drawn by Clay Mann (also Heroes in Crisis). ($4.99) Previously, in Batman/Catwoman …
Chris’ Pick: X-Men #19: Escape. From. The Vault. LEGGO! Written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Mahmud Asrar. ($3.99) Previously, in X-Men …
Austin’s Pick: Green Arrow: 80 Years of the Emerald Archer HC: Celebrate eight decades of DC’s blond bow-and-arrow guy with this compendium of his most classic stories from Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams, Mike Grell, Benjamin Percy and more. ($29.99) Check out the latest from Austin.
Justin’s Pick: Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang Vol. 1: Collecting Yang’s 2020 mini about Marvel’s martial arts master, drawn by Dike Ruan (Bleed Them Dry). ($15.99) Check out the latest from Justin.
Dan Grote is the editor-in-chief of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Winston Wisdom.
