The newest New Mutant is Escapade, whose mutant power lets her switch roles, or accessories, or skills, with anyone for a few hours. Now she’s switched her residence to Krakoa, but she’s got her doubts.. Oh, and the U-Men are back, hoping to harvest organs. It’s just like old times, except not, in New Mutants…
Happy Halloween! We here at Battle Of The Atom have decided to celebrate by talking about the scariest thing of all, bad comics. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #118-119 (Dark Night Of The Bamfs) Marvel Zombies Halloween #1 Weapon X #22-27 (Weapon X Force)
In Detective Comics #1,064, the Orgham family faces Talia’s assassins and makes a real estate purchase, Two-Face shows where he stands and Batman is saved by an old friend. The lead story is written by Ram V, drawn by Rafael Albuquerque, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup, we get…
Half-mutant, half-fairy, 100% Pixie. One of the breakout stars of the Academy X generation, Megan Gwynn aka Pixie, created by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, and Michael Ryan, was thrust into the spotlight in the early 2000’s and filled the role of the young newcomer to the team, like Kitty Pryde before her. Relentlessly positive, sparkly,…
Once upon a time, Captain Benjamin Sisko brought an end to the Dominion War, fought off the Pah-wraiths and then walked with the Prophets in the Celestial Temple. Now it’s three years later and he’s been sent back to the Alpha Quadrant with a mission to save the gods themselves. Star Trek #1 is written…
When the dang sign says “take one,” don’t be a dick. Also, don’t hire a demon for your kid’s birthday party entertainment in Creepshow #1. “Take One” is written and drawn by Chris Burnham, colored by Adriano Lucas and lettered by Pat Brosseau. “Shingo” is written by Paul Dini and Stephen Langford, drawn by John…
Batman and Halloween: two great tastes that taste great together. This week, we’re going back to a creative team that we have read a lot of work by, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, for their first collaborations on Batman, and the last we have to cover, the Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials. They’re…
Spider-Man comes to the City of Angels as a cosmic horror hits the town too from Taboo, B. Earl, Juan Ferreyra, and Travis Lanham in Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1! No one quite knew what to expect from Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man, especially not me. Cracking the issue open, I was surprised. Where I expected a story…
The war rages on! Krylov, now embedded with the Iron Star’s forces, sees the brutality of battle up close. Can he make it out alive with his sanity intact? 20th Century Men #3 takes us from the deserts of Afghanistan to the U.S. capital, and all the way to Mars, courtesy of writer Deniz Camp,…
In a stunning turn of events, the Progenitor has abdicated from the position of God to spend the rest of his days as an omniscient corpse. The position of God has been turned over to noted religious extremist Ajak. Truly, an inspiring moment as we get our first female God. A.X.E.: Judgment Day #6 was…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 231: The Three Amigos Meet Dracula Dan, Matt and special guest Third Amigo Rob Lynch make like Renfield and extol the virtues of that most famous of vampires, Dracula. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move…
It’s heist time, as Cassian and company bust into an Imperial vault under the cover of a cosmic light show in Andor Episode 6, “The Eye”! Austin Gorton: Adam, welcome back for the culmination of the series’ heist plot! This was a suitably tense chunk of television as we watched Cassian and his erstwhile allies…
Created by Lamard Cher-Aimé of Cutting Edge Animation, Captain Zero: Into The Abyss is a short film that tells the story of Xerxes, a teenager with depression living a double life as the superhero Captain Zero. When the stress of his double life gets too much, he finds himself seeing a therapist named Dr. Niobe…
Wanna see Adam grow increasingly more angry and Zack’s commitment to bits? Bits everyone loves? Could this be the end of Battle Of The Atom? Spoiler Alert: No. Ranked This Episode: Stan Lee Presents: X-Men: The End: Book One: Dreamers and Demons Stan Lee Presents: X-Men: The End: Book Two: Heroes and Martyrs Stan Lee…
Darth Vader doesn’t fight the Emperor, then gets assigned another new mission in Star Wars: Darth Vader #28 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Darth Vader #28 is repetitious to its detriment. In following up on the reveal that the Emperor was secretly behind…