Alex Segura might be the nicest person in comics. An industry veteran with impressive stints at DC and Archie, he’s also a best-selling novelist — the Los Angeles Times awarded 2022’s Secret Identity its Book Prize for mystery/thriller. It’s also been named a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an NPR Best Mystery of the…
It’s time for everyone’s favorite game, Name That External! It’s the game you try and remember who the Externals are. The fun thing about this game is that we all lose! Ranked This Episode:
The X-MANHUNT concludes as Professor X reaches his destination and his assorted pursuers, friend and foe alike, catch up with him. Alliances will be battle-tested, the blades of betrayals will cut deep with poisoned tips and, when the dust finally settles, Charles Xavier will have to make a tectonic-shifting choice with the fate of all…
Hush is back, and he has a new scheme to take out Batman. The sequel to the classic tale “Hush” begins here. Batman #158 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will Nevin: You excited to hear that Jeff Lemire…
Oh, that’s right, Psylocke had a kid. We first found out about Himeko in Fallen Angels (2019), where it’s revealed she died overdosing on an AI-infused drug (See kids, AI is bad; don’t let it do your homework for you). Later, in Hellions, Mister Sinister uses the promise of resurrecting Himeko to keep Kwannon in…
After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world’s greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad’s robot bodyguard is following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever, or seek revenge and maybe…
In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these mini reviews of some recent releases. Out of Alcatraz #1 W: Christopher Cantwell | A/C/L: Tyler Crook | P: Oni Press Remember Alcatraz, one of those Lost-esque mystery box shows, about time-traveling Alcatraz inmates and guards starring Sam…
Mainstream superhero comics have been a boys’ club since their invention, and while things have gotten better in recent years, it is telling how few Batman comics have women writers, outside the works of Devin Grayson and Mariko Tamaki. For the last week of March, of Women’s History Month, we’re reading three stories by other…
Diana defied the will of the gods in leaving Hell, and Hades, lord of the underworld, takes that personally. But when he interrogates her, her tales surprise him. Will they change her fate? Absolute Wonder Woman #6 is written by Kelly Thomspon, drawn by Mattia De Iulis and lettered by Becca Carey, with a Li’l…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. The big ticket items X-Manhunt Omega #1: The “X-Manhunt” concludes as…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 344: Tyler Boss talks You'll Do Bad Things Tyler Boss joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series, You’ll Do Bad Things. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move…
In times of economic uncertainty, many speculative investors will transition a larger portion of their assets into gold. This is generally a weird plan based on the fact that gold is nice to look at. For more in things that are nice to look at, here’s Art Adams comics. Ranked This Episode:
Webster’s defines “vig” (short for vigorish) as “a charge taken (as by a bookie or a gambling house) on bets” or “interest paid to a moneylender.” Normally, opening with information from the dictionary would be cliché (I mean, it’s still cliché), but it felt important to share because next week’s issue of Uncanny X-Men features…
Sage and Professor X go way back, to another war and another time. But now, in his hour of need, will Sage use her talents to aid the professor’s quest, or put a stop to his manic mission? X-Force #9, the penultimate chapter of “X-Manhunt,” was written by Geoffrey Thorne, pencilled by Marcus To, colored…
The case of the Wound Man comes to a close. Batman follows his trail to his secret past, as the Wound Man runs afoul of a family noted for its bad intentions. Batman: Dark Patterns #3 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…