The grand opening of Orgham Place holds something sinister, and the Bat Family must try to stop it. But the Orghams have plans within plans that even Batman may not be able to stop. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,072 is written by Ram V, penciled by Ivan Reis and Stefano Raffaele, inked by…
The problem with having a group of superheroes forming a coalition government with many of their enemies is that eventually, they have superhero plots to do while their enemies have scheming to under go. What does that mean? It means that 33% of your legislative body can be infected by a potential virus that makes…
The Emissary of a death god crosses dimensions for a ritual sacrifice to gain ultimate power. Chaos erupts — and a hero dies. Amazing Spider-Man #26 is written by Zeb Wells, penciled by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Tony Thornley: It’s…
X-Chat returns with three big issues! The war between Logan and Beast escalates in Wolverine #33 by Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Frank Martin, Orchis wages war on Krakoa in X-Men #22 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Kid Omega returns in X-Force #40 from Percy, Robert Hack, Paul Davidson, Guru-eFx,…
The beauty of DC’s Elseworlds concept, rather than a more traditional What If? or imaginary story, is the variety it opened up. This wasn’t a simple small recasting of one event, butterfly effect style, but creators imaginations could go wild and choose different times, places, and even twist the most basic concepts of the character…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: DC Pride 2023: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time. Jon Kent gets a crash course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 259: Southpaw Sound-off with Jorge Molina Artist Jorge Molina joins the show to talk about Zurdo, an art book looking back at his career in the industry, now crowdfunding on Zoop. PLUS, a sneak peek at the latest episode of our Patreon bonus podcast, Our Son Pete. You can listen…
Last week’s SuperMassive one-shot from Image Comics ended with a surprise appearance by Medieval Spawn. Turns out that would only be the second-biggest surprise from Image that day. On Wednesday, comics’ third largest publisher announced it had inked an exclusive direct market distribution deal with Lunar, taking monthly titles like Spawn, Saga and Walking Dead…
X-Fans know Ann Nocenti as a legendary, generative editor during the 1980s, and as the writer who created Longshot, Spiral, Mojo and the Mojoverse. Daredevil fans will never forget her. She’s been mostly away from Big Two comics in recent days, but now she’s very much back, with a mini-series set in the past of…
It’s always nice to see an Avenger and an X-man hang out and there NOT be a misunderstanding-based fight. Here, Tony Stark, a guy good for about a Civil War a decade, helps Betsy Braddock hatch a plan to take care of her The-Fury-It-Kills-Superheroes problem. Meanwhile, her girlfriend, Askani, is hanging out in the library….
Of all superheroes, Batman seems to have spawned more characters that are dark reflections of him than any other. Sure, Superman has Bizarro, and Spider-Man has Venom, but Batman has a legion of the them: Killer Moth, Bane, Hush, Owlman (the Lincoln March one), Wrath, Prometheus. There are enough to fill multiple episodes, so we…
Escapade, Scout and Cerebella are trapped in a bad guy’s mansion! Morgan and Rahne may or may not be trapped in the Morlock tunnels under New York City! Dani, Galura and Xuân may or may not be trapped in someone else’s story! Find out who escapes in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #3, written by Charlie…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: Storm #1: In my day, Storm had a mohawk and wasn’t afraid to stab a Morlock, and that’s the way we liked it! Annie Nocenti revisits this era of Storm’s career for a…
Arrested by Damar’s nephew, Ben Sisko stands trial for his actions during the Dominion War. Meanwhile, Data takes the Theseus in search of the missing Orbs of the Prophets in a perilous region of space. Star Trek #8 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Mike Feehan, colors by Lee Loughridge and…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 258: Evil Faeries and Vampires with Soo Lee Artist Soo Lee joins the show to talk about her new Dynamite series Disney Villains: Maleficent, her graphic novel Carmilla: The First Vampire, DC/RWBY and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and…