Armaan Babu: If any story is told for long enough, you’re going to come to a part of it that tells you how important stories are. Writers can’t help themselves, and in their defense, they’re not wrong. Stories matter, and stories have power. Where critics like us come in is that we recognize that while…
Margot Waldman: It’s a strange thing to have a “Doctor-lite” episode in a season as short as this one is – but then, we had one last year in “73 Yards,” another ripped-from-the-headlines political drama (I’m not the first reviewer to compare these two episodes, not by a long shot)! I thought “73 Yards” was…
Margot Waldman: On their quest to get back home to May 2025, the Doctor and Belinda make a slight detour 500,000 years in the future – and into what I think has been the strongest episode of the season so far. What do you think, Armaan? Armaan Babu: I’m behind you 100%. Well, behind-adjacent, as…
The quest to get Belinda home leads to an abandoned cinema hiding a terrifying secret in Disney’s Doctor Who Season 2, Episode 2, “Lux.” Armaan Babu: If Doctor Who has taught us anything, it’s that it’s not so fun exploring all of space and time without a companion to help you through it. For this…
Lightray deserved better — but what happens when hope dies? It’s a question that concerns everyone, in The New Gods #5, written by Ram V, drawn by Evan Cagle and Andrew MacLean, colored by Francesco Segala, and lettered by Tomorrow Napolitano What Happens When We Die? It is a question with no verifiable answer —…
The X-MANHUNT concludes as Professor X reaches his destination and his assorted pursuers, friend and foe alike, catch up with him. Alliances will be battle-tested, the blades of betrayals will cut deep with poisoned tips and, when the dust finally settles, Charles Xavier will have to make a tectonic-shifting choice with the fate of all…
Sage and Professor X go way back, to another war and another time. But now, in his hour of need, will Sage use her talents to aid the professor’s quest, or put a stop to his manic mission? X-Force #9, the penultimate chapter of “X-Manhunt,” was written by Geoffrey Thorne, pencilled by Marcus To, colored…
War has come to the New Gods, and they must fight to hold onto everything they hold dear. What will they sacrifice to keep the dream of New Genesis alive? Join the fight in The New Gods #4, written by Ram V, drawn by Bernard Chang and Evan Cagle, colored by Francesco Segala and lettered…
Seth Holms can’t seem to write himself a happy ending. A True Crime bestselling author, he has been trying his best to move on to lighter fare, only to find that no matter how hard he tries, something always keeps pulling him back to dark, gruesome endings for the characters whose fate he controls. He’d…
At the end of the Orchis War, Charles Xavier surrendered himself to the authorities and allowed himself to be imprisoned in his old house. But now, something has spurred him into action, into escaping his incarceration and embarking on a mad scramble across the nation. What has caused Professor X to go on the run?…
Professor Charles Xavier has escaped from Graymalkin Prison to save his daughter from an attack out in space — and he has a plan to aid her. The problem is, his former students are none too happy to see him. Is there anyone left willing to help him out? Find out in NYX #9, written…
Scott Free and Barda are still on the search for the child who may just bring about the end of the Fourth World, not knowing they are up against secret machinations laid down by Metron for his own mysterious ends. Before that, though, the Chronicler pulls Metron aside to tell him a story of how…
Darkseid is dead. And to some, it looks like the rest of the New Gods aren’t far behind. Prophecies and destinies rear their ugly heads, as skies darken and declare the end of everything the gods of New Genesis and Apokolips hold dear. Big things are afoot, and everyone is scrambling — for power, for…
Darkseid is dead, and there is a void in the universe, throwing intricately held balances into disarray. As the cosmos adjusts to the loss of this important figure, Metron is granted a vision of what’s to come — a child, destined to either change the world as we know it or bring it all crashing…
I have walked over 50 miles for this article, and I plan to walk many more. In that time, I have learned a few things. Like how I can outrun neither Sentinels nor dinosaurs, and that perhaps it’s best to turn Chases Mode off to spare me the humiliation of finding out what else I…