Battle Of The Atom: Something To Say
Sometimes, X-Men comics have something to say. No one said they should say it, but darn it, the X-Men are going to say something. Ranked This Episode:
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A walk in the ZARK: The evolution of sound effects for Cyclops’ optic blasts (Part I?)
A while back, we here at ComicsXF were pondering the origin and frequency of ZARK, give or take a few Z’s, as a, or perhaps the, sound effect for Cyclops’ optic beams. Surely, ZARK must be up there in terms of mighty Marvel sound effects, along with THWIP, SNIKT and BAMF, right? In fact, what’s…
Battle Of The Atom: Turning Japanese
The editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics once did an elaborate deception, pretending to be a Japanese manga writer named Akira Yoshida, in order to skirt internal rules and write some of the biggest weeb comics in Marvel’s history. Everyone involved still gets mad when you bring it up because the consequence was more or less the…
The good, the bad and the Hitler of Marvel/DC’s Deadpool/Batman #1
Wade Wilson has been hired for a job in Gotham City, but will the world’s greatest detective help him or destroy him? Deadpool/Batman #1 features a main story written by Zeb Wells, drawn by Greg Capullo, inked by Tim Townsend, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Clayton Cowles. AND … Tony Thornley: Hello, everyone,…
Ransom and Wolverine go to Comic-Con in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #21
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…
Battle Of The Atom: I Know You Planned It
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:
Battle Of The Atom: Unbreakable
I wonder what M. Night Shyamalan thought about the X-Men character Marrow. I have to assume he knows about her. Perhaps he has thoughts. Ranked This Episode:
Wolverine and Ransom go a-brawlin’ in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #20
The two baddest brawlers of the Louisiana X-Men buddy up to go undercover in faraway Argentina to chase and destroy a legendary X-villain! Behold two-fisted fury as only Wolverine and Ransom can bring it in Uncanny X-Men #20, written by Gail Simone, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles….
Battle Of The Atom: Zxazx Attack
Sometimes, we wonder if we should change the podcast to be something more palatable to general audiences. But listen, if the X-Men have taught us anything, it’s to be weird little freaks, so we are going to continue to do an X-Men podcast that is increasingly about things you wouldn’t normally get in an X-Men…
Battle Of The Atom: Don’t Bow To The Mouse
Do you think I mind that Walter Disney doesn’t approve of some of these comics? That his estate isn’t entitled to the sweat of the worker’s brow? None of these comics are officially sanctioned, and who cares? Ranked This Episode:
Battle Of The Atom: Daddy’s Home.
In which we understand how much Cable’s favorite Everclear song is “Father of Mine” Ranked This Episode:
Jubilee to the rescue in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #19, guest-starring Deadpool
Amid the changing relations between mutants and the city of New Orleans, two of the best guns for hire come to town with a mission, and their target for that mission is an X-man. Deadpool and Outlaw guest-star in this dangerous tale of mayhem vs. mutant. Uncanny X-Men #19 is written by Gail Simone, drawn…
Battle Of The Atom: Clown Agnostic
Clowns are so cool, I wish they were real… Ranked This Episode:
CXF’s Sinister Six reviews Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps
After the dismal Captain America: Brave New World and the surprisingly endearing Thunderbolts*, Marvel Studios has released one of its trickiest flicks yet based on the historically difficult-to-adapt Fantastic Four. Fantastic Four: First Steps stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn; and is written by Joshua Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan and…
SHARK WATCH: It’s insane how often superheroes fight sharks. Here are 27 examples.
It goes without saying, but superheroes need to fight stuff, and more often than not when they’re in ocean waters, they encounter sharks. Now, according to the 20th anniversary edition of the Worst Case Scenario Handbook, there are a few things you can do to fend off a shark attack, but most of them boil…