Skip to content
May 9, 2025
  • Alex Segura On Taking Marvel’s Star Wars Into A New Era
  • Al Ewing saves the day in Detective Comics Annual 2025
  • No more working for the man in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s X-Factor #10
  • Marvel teases return to the Age of Apocalypse (like we’re not already living it)

COMICSXF

The comics criticism you crave

  • HOME
  • Articles
    • Opinions
    • Issue Overviews
    • Television Overviews
    • Interviews
    • Odds & Ends
    • Redesigning
  • Battle of The Atom
  • TCXFIP
  • BatChat
  • Primer
    • Creator Primers
    • The Pull List
    • Character Primers
    • Team Primers
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Home
  • 2022
  • February
  • 25

February 25, 2022

Human Target #5 Banner
  • Human Target

Things Get Salty in The Human Target #5

Armaan Babu and Dan Grote3 years ago3 years ago022 mins

Christopher Chance’s clue chasing has led him to a meeting with the Martian Manhunter, the League’s resident telepath. What does it take to keep your secrets from a world-class psychic … and what secrets does one give up to get to the truth? Human Target #5 is written by Tom King, drawn by Greg Smallwood…

Read More
Ghost Rider 1
  • Marvel

The Grotesque Becomes Us in Ghost Rider #1

Rob Secundus3 years ago3 years ago017 mins

 Ghost Rider #1 by Benjamin Percy, Cory Smith, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham For the double-sized first issue of the new volume of Ghost Rider, I present a reflection in two parts: Part 1: The Pieces I want to highlight for you just a few things that happen in this comic: A mean goth lady…

Read More
  • Issue Overviews

Rent a Deadbox Flick and Check into Your Hotell to Die (And More Newburn, Too)

Will Nevin and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago017 mins

My god, Bobby, didn’t you know those pants are for a woman? Deadbox #2 is written by Mark Russell, drawn by Benjamin Tiesma, colored by Vladimir Popov, lettered by AndWorld Design and published by Vault. A magical sketchbook and an artist with his head squarely up his ass doesn’t sound like a good combination, does…

Read More
Villans For Hire 2
  • Marvel

It Gets Complicated in Devil’s Reign: Villains for Hire #2

Armaan Babu3 years ago3 years ago08 mins

John Walker wants to lead Wilson Fisk’s supervillain team, the Thunderbolts, hoping to keep them in line – but does he have what it take to keep monsters from doing what they do best? Devil’s Reign: Villains for Hire #2, written by Clay McLeod Chapman, penciled by Manuel Garcia, inked by Lorenzo Ruggiero, and colored…

Read More
  • Batman

Arkham Antics, Monster-on-Monster Violence and More in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago023 mins

Act two of ā€œShadows of the Batā€ wraps up as we finally reach Day 24 and all hell breaks loose in Detective Comics #1,054, in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Max Raynor, colored by Luis Guerrero and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the next chapter of ā€œHouse of Gotham,ā€ The Boy attempts…

Read More
2016-2025, ComicsXF Powered By BlazeThemes.