X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons
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.

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.
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…
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.
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.
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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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
Matt and Will cover three arcs tied to the New 52 “Death of the Family” crossover in Batman, Batman & Robin, and Detective Comics.
Check out this week’s CXF Staff Picks, featuring Absolute Catwoman, Avengers: Armageddon, Bishop, M.A.S.K. and more. What are YOU reading?
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.