In Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 8, “Mercy,” Raffi and Seven track down a fledgling Borg Queen, Kore self-liberates, and Picard and Guinan get interrogated in FBI custody. Written by Cindy Appel & Kirsten Beyer, directed by Joe Menendez. Mark Turetsky: It was Shakespeare who once wrote, “the quality of mercy is not strained.”…
A haunted battle rages across the West Coast, watched by the whole world … including the world’s ghosts. Let’s hope they don’t get any bright ideas. Or really stupid ones. We’re almost at the end in Home Sick Pilots #14, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by…
Peter Parker’s life…changes forever? It’s a brand new Amazing Spider-Man #1, this time from writer Zeb Wells, penciler John Romita Jr., inker Scott Hanna, colorist Marcio Menyz, and letterer Joe Caramagna. The most remarkable thing about Amazing Spider-Man #1, really, is how unremarkable it is. Peter and MJ’s final moments at the conclusion of the…
A hidden king is uncovered … with the help of some makeup, in Bylines in Blood #4, written by Erica Schultz and Van Jensen, drawn by Aneke, lettered by Cardinal Rae and published by AfterShock. Former New York City police Detective Easton Newburn met a New York City resident who became his assistant. This is…
Jim Gordon gets some answers but leaves some questions open in the penultimate issue of this series, as the final fate of the Clown Prince of Crime remains a mystery in The Joker #14, written by James Tynion IV, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inked by Cam Smith, colored by Arif Prianto and lettered by Tom…
Avengers vs Defenders Part One Christi and Chris cover the first half of Avengers vs. Defenders (Avengers #115-116 and Defenders #8-9) Support The Chrises Patreon Ko-fi Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott Holmes…
Are Marc Spector and Steven Grant stuck in the afterlife, forced to relive their memories in an attempt to become whole and balance the scales? Or has Marc truly imagined everything, and is really a man coming to grips with his delusions in a psych ward? Wherever the answers lie, they’re all dwarfed by the…
Lex Luthor is bad mouthing Superman in public as part of a deeper, nefarious scheme. It must be Tuesday. Luthor is armed with bad takes on several of Superman’s recent actions, and cinches it all with a devastating video that frames Superman for murder. Jon Kent, though? He’s got The Truth on his side. Superman:…
Alana meets a fellow survivor, Hazel learns that learning is hard, and the Skipper learns the truth about Bombazine in Saga #58, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: Well, isn’t it nice when a plan comes together, Mark? We do a three-section column, and this issue…
As The Batman is now streaming on HBO Max, Matt and Will thought it was time to look at one of the stories that served as a prime inspiration for this year’s blockbuster Bat movie- Batman: Earth One. And to go with it? Two other stories of Batman’s origins and early years. Batman: Earth One…
Sabretooth was sent to the Pit. Then he made it a hell. Now it’s a prison, and Victor Creed is leading a daring escape. Will the exiled mutants be able to work together long enough to find their way out of the Pit? Or are they digging a deeper hole? And who’s their jailer anyway?…
Atticus Sloane — misanthrope, criminal, asshole and vampire — lives in a world where blood isn’t the only thing vamps crave. And for the right price, he’ll make you a vampire, too. After all, immortality isn’t cheap in Blood Stained Teeth #1, written by Christian Ward, drawn by Patric Reynolds, colored by Heather Moore and…
Captain Britain gathers her ten best friends on a quest to stop Merlin from conquering all of Otherworld in Knights of X #1, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Bob Quinn, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettering by Ariana Maher. Nola Pfau: Karen! I’m so excited we’re getting to go on this journey together. It…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 207: David F. Walker's Impostor Syndrome David F. Walker joins Dan and Matt to talk about his anthology Impostor Syndrome, now funding on Zoop. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can follow the…
Khonshu’s rewound the sky, Steven’s deciphered the clues, and Marc and Layla have punched nearly everyone who’s gotten in their way. There’s only one thing left to do: race through the final resting place of the goddess of Ammit to find the statue holding her prisoner. That’s right — it’s a tomb raiding episode. Pack…