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January 5, 2025

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What were ComicsXF’s 24 favorite comics of 2024?

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago015 mins

While those other comics sites had their year-end best-of lists ready to go by Thanksgiving, we … got busy and put it off till the last possible minute. But hey, that just means we were able to take the full scope of the year’s comics into account. In doing so, we settled on these 24…

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Absolute Superman and the power fantasy of a working-class hero

Jake Murray1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

Three issues into each of the three flagship titles, DC’s Absolute line has hit the ground running from both a commercial and critical perspective. In a universe woven with the fabric of antilife, DC’s big three — Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman — have been cast as underdogs, railing against the hegemonic greed of institutions…

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Love wins in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s What If … Galactus Transformed Gambit

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

People are always asking, “What if … Galactus transformed Gambit?” But what they really should be asking is “What if … Gambit transformed Galactus?” Picture it: Gambit teaching the Devourer of Worlds to play No Limit Hold ‘Em, inviting him to ante up at a poker game on the Blue Area of the Moon with…

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