The following first appeared Tuesday in the ComicsXF newsletter. Subscribe using the form on the right side of this page for our weekly editorial, a roundup of the week’s best content and our Staff Picks. Christ, these guys again. If you believed Bad Idea Comics was folding as a publisher in December 2021, you must…
Devil Dinosaur is missing and Moon Girl has recruited Wolverine and Havok to save the day. See the X-Men and also a small child take on the High Evolutionary next week in Mohale Mashigo & David Cutler’s X-Men & Moon Girl #1. We’ve got a preview here and in it, Havok gets a Hippo head….
Who would have thought we’d have made it to 50 episodes? But we did it! This week, for the first time ever, Matt & Will were in the very same place, Matt’s dining room, where they discussed three stories that wrap up in big number anniversary issues to tie in with this special anniversary. Knightfall…
Power Rangers Unlimited: The Death Ranger #1 is Written by Paul Allor, Drawn by Kath Lobo and Anna Kekovsky Chandra, Colored by Fabi Marques and Sara Antonellini, Lettered by Ed Dukeshire The Death Ranger! The brand new Ranger and queer antagonist you did not know you needed! The announcement of the character went viral on…
How many old flames can one British super spy have? And why do they all have to die? The answer may lie in 007 #1, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Marco Finnegan, colored by Dearbhla Kelly, lettered by Jeff Eckleberry and published by Dynamite. Thank you for being a friend. Travel down the…
Star Wars returns to Dark Horse Comics and all-ages storytelling in the anthology Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #1 written by Amanda Deibert, illustrated by Lucas Marangon, colored by Michael Atiyah, and lettered by Tyler Smith, and Jimmy Betancourt. It’s good to see the Dark Horse logo back on a Star Wars book. After all, without…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 223: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2022 Our intrepid man in the field Matt Lazorwitz visits Flame Con for interviews with Amy Reeder (Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur), Connor Goldsmith (Cerebro podcast), Jarrett Melendez (Chef’s Kiss), Josh Trujillo (Blue Beetle: Graduation Day), Kat Calamia (Dancer) and con co-organizer Steve Gianaca….
As our fearless DEFENDERS continue their epic journey into THE BEYOND, the fearsome fivesome meets THE OMEGA COUNCIL and learns the SECRETS OF CREATION and possibly gains a new non-teammate in Defenders Beyond #2! As told by Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez, with letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Well, Karen! It looks like another…
We travel back to 1989 and spend an entire episode talking about weird things that happened in that year, including something that didn’t actually happen. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #251-252 (Fever Dream) Punisher: War Journal #6-7 “Family Ties”
Olympus: Rebirth is written by Michael W Conrad and Becky Cloonan, with art by Caitlin Yarsky, colors by Jordie Bellaire and letters by Pat Brosseau. Many talk of how phenomenal storytellers weave the threads of their story’s parts into a wide, encompassing tapestry. Cloonan and Conrad have truly done that with so many threads from…
Darth Vader comes face-to-face once more with his coarsest, roughest, most irritating foe, one which gets everywhere in Star Wars: Darth Vader #26 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. It’s the one where Vader fights sand. That may sound glib and/or reductive, but that’s…
You ever think about Robert Kirkman’s frankly underwhelming career at Marvel? I do. Before he was a zillionaire for his zombie comics, he did a bunch of comics that people forget about like late-stage Ultimate X-Men or Marvel Team-Up. It’s… well it’s a career. The most memoriable of that era was, of course, The Irredeemable…
Luke Fox’s experiments with Element X and the ongoing Dark Crisis have given birth to a monstrosity that’s come home to roost. Forced to face his own mistakes, it’s up to Luke to figure out who he truly is — and whether or not that’s someone who can save the day. Harley Quinn #21 is…
Can Miles finally topple the Empire of the Spider? Let’s find out in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #41 written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Christopher Allen, colors by David Curiel, and letters by Cory Petit. In the year of our Lord 2022, just when I thought all irony and ridiculousness had been used up by the…
Upon discovering that Captain America doesn’t live up to God’s standards, the goodies try to kill God. This goes about as well as you’d expect. A.X.E.: Judgment Day #3 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Valerio Schiti, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Sean: When doing an event comic, there are…