A while ago, I got to chat with Jason Loo, who is writing the X-Vengers series that’s part of this fall’s “Age of Revelation” event. The book sees former New Mutant Dani Moonstar lead a team of mutated Avengers and train them in their new powers as they seek to take down the heir of…
“Child of Fire,” the final arc of the series, begins here. Still recovering from the wounds he received, Batman is unable to stop the crimes of a new villain, the Child of Fire. He has a theory about who it is, but there is something more sinister underneath it, and Batman may have trusted the…
Roger Korby has gotten into another mess and it’s up to the Enterprise crew to fight the final battle between ultimate good and ultimate evil in their search for “New Life and New Civilizations.” Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 10 written by Dana Horgan & Davy Perez, directed by Maja Vrvilo. Mark Turetsky: Matt,…
This week, Deadpool/Batman will be released, the first Marvel/DC crossover in well over a decade. And as anyone who knows how comics work, the biggest characters are the ones who get crossed over, and no one at DC is bigger than Batman. So to tie in, we’re reading three Batman/Marvel team-ups. These are some fun…
The Wolverine/Ransom two-fisted team-up takes a weird turn, as our badass heroes chase a villain to, of all places, a comic book convention in Argentina. How do they find and eliminate their target in a sea of masked cosplayers? And what if some of the cosplayers are the actual villains they are portraying? Uncanny X-Men…
Just as Marvel’s heroes are known for their feet of clay, their villains are as well. Magneto’s mustache-twirling evil of the Silver Age has been tempered by his past as a Holocaust survivor. Loki tends to operate more in shades of gray since appearing in the MCU. Heck, even Thanos has gotten some sympathetic backstory,…
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. Rasmus’ pick: Deadpool/Batman #1: Wade Wilson has been hired for a…
Saturday is Batman Day, the corporately concocted day when we gather ’round the table and give thanks that a billionaire dresses like a bat and stalks the streets at night, striking fear into the hearts of criminals. And we don’t talk about why he doesn’t just give all his money away to solve all crime….
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 368: Zack Quaintance talks Macabre Valley #1 TCXFIP all-star Zack Quaintance returns to the show to talk about his new Kickstarter for Macabre Valley #1, a Texas-sized horror tale. Also, we chat about some of the best comics and movies of the year. You can…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 367: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part II In the second half of Matt Lazorwitz’s Flame Con interviews, he chats with How Could You creator Ren Strapp, Lifetime Passes writer Terry Blas, and Voyeur and Gotham City Sirens writer Leah Williams. Listen to Part…
We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever happen to the Twin Towers. Ranked This Episode:
So here’s a fun fact: Magik is a fairly decent seller for Marvel. According to ICv2’s sales tracking data, based on shops that use the ComicHub point-of-sale system, Magik #8 was the 23rd best selling comic of August. That also makes it the second-best selling X-office comic of August, after Uncanny X-Men #19. Maybe it’s…
When the entire X-line blinked out of existence for the Age of Apocalypse in 1995, it lasted four months. When Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic smashed Earth-616 and Earth-1610 together to give Doctor Doom a multiversal Battleworld in Secret Wars in 2015, canceling every ongoing series (even ones that had just launched), the main series…
A meeting with Doctor Doom in Latveria forces Steve to confront the realities of the harsh new world he’s awoken in. Meanwhile, Dave Colton and the Howling Commandos infiltrate Doom’s fortress to rescue hostages, but instead they uncover a sinister truth behind Doom’s rise to power. Captain America #3 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn…
Bruce Wayne has made it back to Gotham after escaping Ark M. And while the city is still there, it has changed for Bruce. His friends have changed. And those changes may make friends something much darker. Absolute Batman #12 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered…