A Supergirl movie tie-in, an Ultimate Universe farewell and more CXF Staff Picks
This week’s top picks include a Supergirl special, the Ultimate Universe Finale, an X-Men tale set in the Outback and the Wolf Man unleashed!
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TCXFIP 405: Jadzia Axelrod & Nicole Maines talk Justice League: Dream Girls
Jadzia Axelrod and Nicole Maines join the show to talk about their DC Pride Month event miniseries Justice League: Dream Girls.
Mystique shapeshifts into some new looks in our latest X-Men Redesigning challenge
Our team of talented artists sought to remix classic Mystique elements and offer some new looks to X-villain Raven Darkholme.
Battle Of The Atom: Sour Grapes Scott
Cyclops is one of the greatest characters in comics, and that’s because he screws up so often that it is funny. Like, every time, it’s funny how he makes a bad decision. Ranked This Episode:
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.
Dani’s parents are in mystical trouble again in Moonstar #4 (PREVIEW)
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…
Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose
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.
X-Men #32 has us thinking about Weapon PRIME (PREVIEW)
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.
BatChat With Matt & Will: Remembering Gerry Conway
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…
No, it’s not THAT Mars in Uncanny X-Men #30
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.
Marvel’s Avengers: Armageddon #1 parties like it’s 2017
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.
Absolute Two-Face strikes and Concrete’s back: Staff Picks
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?
TCXFIP 404: Kelly Thompson talks Buffy and Angel
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.
Battle Of The Atom: What Time Is It?
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 #10 brings the light of hope back to Gotham
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.