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  • X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons
  • Dani’s parents are in mystical trouble again in Moonstar #4 (PREVIEW)
  • Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose
  • X-Men #32 has us thinking about Weapon PRIME (PREVIEW)

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  • X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons
  • Dani’s parents are in mystical trouble again in Moonstar #4 (PREVIEW)
  • Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose
  • X-Men #32 has us thinking about Weapon PRIME (PREVIEW)

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  • X-Men

X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons

Stephanie Burt57 minutes ago12 hours ago08 mins

Can a school work if the teachers don’t get along? Iceman doesn’t want to find out, so he’s asked to play a game. But things get too real in X-Men United #4.

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Dani’s parents are in mystical trouble again in Moonstar #4 (PREVIEW)

Austin Gorton2 days ago2 days ago02 mins

Remember how Dani Moonstar’s parents got turned into the Demon Bear, as revealed in the titular and seminal “Demon Bear” story which introduced Bill Sienkiewicz to the New Mutants in New Mutants #18-20? And how it was never really made clear WHO turned them into a massive demonic bear, until a response to a letter…

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  • Batman

Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 days ago2 days ago09 mins

Batman fights the Robins. Bruce’s friends have a talk. All this, and the first meeting of Absolute Batman and Joker in Absolute Batman #21.

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X-Men #32 has us thinking about Weapon PRIME (PREVIEW)

Dan Grote3 days ago3 days ago02 mins

While the X-Men’s rescue mission was compromised by the identity of the mutant they were tracking, it’s now completely shot by the intervention of Department H.

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BatChat With Matt & Will: Remembering Gerry Conway

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 days ago4 days ago02 mins

A few weeks ago, comics lost one of the legends of the late Silver and Bronze Age. While Gerry Conway is probably best known for his work on Spider-Man at Marvel, where he killed Gwen Stacy and creating the Punisher, and to a somewhat lesser extent creating Firestorm at DC, Conway had a solid run…

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  • X-Men

No, it’s not THAT Mars in Uncanny X-Men #30

Adam Reck and Austin Gorton4 days ago4 days ago010 mins

Widespread panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force. But are they really what they seem? We review Uncanny X-Men #30.

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  • Marvel

Marvel’s Avengers: Armageddon #1 parties like it’s 2017

Scott Redmond and Tony Thornley4 days ago4 days ago016 mins

Red Hulk’s tear across the globe must be stopped, but it will take a colossal gathering of Earth’s mightiest heroes to do it in Avengers: Armageddon #1.

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  • Staff Picks

Absolute Two-Face strikes and Concrete’s back: Staff Picks

Dan Grote4 days ago6 days ago04 mins

This week the CXF gang is excited for Absolute Batman, Absolute Green Arrow and other comics that aren’t Absolute! What are YOU looking forward to?

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TCXFIP 404: Kelly Thompson talks Buffy and Angel

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz5 days ago6 days ago02 mins

Writer Kelly Thompson returns to talk about her upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel series at Dynamite, plus Absolute Wonder Woman, Jeff and more.

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  • Battle of The Atom

Battle Of The Atom: What Time Is It?

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck6 days ago6 days ago01 mins

There’s a lot of things that we talk about in this episode, including the New York Knicks and Grunt Squad shirts and more importantly Ben Grimm.

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  • Batman

Batman #10 brings the light of hope back to Gotham

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 week ago1 week ago08 mins

Batman reminds Gotham that, regardless of what Vandal Savage might say, it is still his city in Batman #10 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez.

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Uncanny X-Men #30 ruins another lovely picnic (PREVIEW)

Dan Grote1 week ago1 week ago02 mins

Can even the X-MEN resist the technological terror when MARS NEEDS MUTANTS? Find out in our preview of Uncanny X-Men #30, out next week!

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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Love of a Faceless Man

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 week ago1 week ago02 mins

Matt and Will cover three arcs tied to the New 52 “Death of the Family” crossover in Batman, Batman & Robin, and Detective Comics.

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Absolute Catwoman, Armageddon and more CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 weeks ago2 weeks ago04 mins

Check out this week’s CXF Staff Picks, featuring Absolute Catwoman, Avengers: Armageddon, Bishop, M.A.S.K. and more. What are YOU reading?

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  • News

DC announces Absolute Cassandra Cain one-shot spinning off from Absolute Catwoman

Dan Grote2 weeks ago2 weeks ago05 mins

Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand #1, written by Che Grayson with art by Matias Bergara and a main cover by Bengal, will publish on Sept. 9.

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