Battle Of The Atom: Mom’s Happy Powder
There’s no villains this week, but there is Ken. We all love Ken, and by all I mean Zack and Adam. Ranked This Episode:
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When There’s Trouble I Know Who To Call: How Teen Titans Helped Me Cope
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the DC Comics’ superhero team Teen Titans. Originally created by Bruno Premani and Bob Haley in 1964, their most well known comic book incarnation would be introduced in 1984 by Marv Wolfman and the late, great George PĂ©rez. Their iconic 1980’s storylines such as “Terror of Trigon” and…
Bane fights a T-rex as ‘Tec gets to the workin’ overtime part in BatChat
At the end of âGotham War,â a thief broke into Bruce Wayneâs brownstone and discovered that he is Batman. Now he is trying to use that information to his advantage, to make one big score and get out of the life. But things arenât all that easy in Batman #150, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled…
Namor takes a [redacted] bath in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Namor #1
I don’t really know how to write around this, or whether I should even try. Marvel has sent us a preview in which Namor takes a piss bath. The imprisoned, presumably former king of Atlantis is given a bucket of dingy, yellow liquid by his jailers – who claim they all “chipped in” to fill…
BatChat With Matt & Will: Does Batman Diversify? (w/ Abigale Heartbalm)
We’ve all seen the memes and the jokes: Batman’s real super power is his wallet. Batman has, historically, been from the moneyed class, and that’s how he gets all those wonderful toys. But what happens when Batman doesn’t have all that cash? That’s what friend of the show, Patreon backer, and financial adviser Abigale Heartbalm…
X-Men #1 is here, and we’re feeling … fine
The X-Men rise from the ashes! Yes, thatâs what weâre going with for the flagship debut. X-Men #1 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Ryan Stegman, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: I feel like there’s about 10 different clichĂ©s we could use for the…
X-Men rises From the Ashes with a new #1 in this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Tonyâs pick: X-Men #1: Krakoa is gone and Orchis has fallen, but the X-Men remain, always. Cyclops leads, because that is what he does. Beast builds, because that is what he…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 311: Wes Craig talks Kaya
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 311: Wes Craig talks Kaya Wes Craig returns to talk about Kaya now that his Image Comics series is 20 issues in. Also, because it’s Episode 311, we asked Wes to name his favorite 311 song. The answer may shock you. Or it may not. You…
ComicsXF goes looking for comics in the Happiest Place on Earth
By complete coincidence, ComicsXF Editor-in-Chief Dan Grote and longtime writer and editor Tony Thornley ended up at the Walt Disney Companyâs two American theme parks the same week in late June. While we were each prepared for a week of fun with our families, we issued each other a challenge â could we find a…
Battle Of The Atom: Canada Day with Anna Peppard
We were going to release this on Canada Day, but that darn novel coronavirus got in the way. Anyway, Anna is here and we are going to talk about John Byrne a lot. Ranked This Episode
This ComicsXF editor walked 50 miles, and he will walk 50 more with Marvel Move
I have walked over 50 miles for this article, and I plan to walk many more. In that time, I have learned a few things. Like how I can outrun neither Sentinels nor dinosaurs, and that perhaps itâs best to turn Chases Mode off to spare me the humiliation of finding out what else I…
-[A]- fights a big, metal bird in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #3
2024 seems to be the year the X-Office remembered Archangel exists. Warren Kenneth Worthington III did not get a lot to do on Krakoa. He died in the initial Orchis raid in House of X (and was resurrected). He co-led a five-issue miniseries, X-Corp, in 2021 that we didn’t love. And then for a while…
Colossus gives Logan a hug in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for Wolverine: Revenge #3
Boy, Colossus sure seems excited to see Wolverine. Look at the size of that bear hug! Do you think Piotr is thinking about that time Wolverine and Nightcrawler let Juggernaut beat the shit out of him at a bar? Or maybe he’s thinking about the time the X-Men let his sister die of the Legacy…
BatChat With Matt & Will: Subtle As a Bag of Hammers
Batman works outside the law pretty much all the time. And while he often runs afoul of civic authorities in Gotham City, it’s surprising how rarely he winds up in the crosshairs of the feds (well, we’re just starting Absolute Power in the main line, but again, exception that proves the rule). But it has…
INTERVIEW: Kaare Andrews talks about returning to the world of Spider-Man: Reign
There are many comics that are underrated, many comics that are controversial and many comics that have been given the wrong shake. Kaare Andrewsâ Spider-Man: Reign is one such work. A flawed, messy, brilliant comic that engages with the time it came out while remaining relevant to this day, full of evocative imagery, fantastic fight…