Enter the Dictator in Image’s DIE: Loaded #3
Someone is bringing the family members of the original DIE party into that 20-sided world. Sophie is working to gather this new party — with one minor snag.
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Image’s DIE: Loaded #2 gets its Frazetta on
A Godbinder and a Rage Knight find themselves lost in a realm of endless artscapes, with little idea of why they’re there, and what they’re meant to do. There’s a steep learning curve, but with the help of a mysterious new Master or two, they just might figure things out before they face the game’s…
Of roles and rolls – Image’s DIE: Loaded takes us back to hell
In 1991, six teenagers disappeared into a magical world based on a roleplaying game. Some, but not all, returned. In 2018, they disappeared once more — and once again, some, but not all, returned. It’s 2025, and people are about to go missing again. Could this be the point of no return? DIE: Loaded #1…
ADVANCE REVIEW: Does DIE: Loaded #1 uphold the magic it created?
Six children fell into a role-playing game, experienced the true horror of having your fantasies become real – and went through it all again as adults. Now, they’re dealing with what they’ve learned about the true nature of DIE, including the most dangerous truth of all: everyone in the world is still at risk of…
Doom, Me & ADHD: Nothing in Marvel’s Ultimates #17 needs fixing
Doom can’t think linearly, if he’s to win. He has to focus on the future, on the past, and all the moments in between – and all the moments that weren’t.
The Age of Revelation expands with 4 new books, 2 Rogues and 1 sad Gambit
The Age of Revelation will continue until morale improves (or January, whichever comes first), so we’ve got another week of fresh new “replacement” books and tie-ins alike! Rather than tackle each book in a traditional “ToX” format, your intrepid CXF review crew will offer up their individual thoughts in brief for each of this week’s…
Al Ewing returns to Arakko in an X-Men: Age of Revelation roundup
Welcome to the Age of Apocalypse! I mean X! I mean X-Man! … Ah, screw it. Amazing X-Men #1 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Mahmud Asrar, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Binary #1 is written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn by Giada Belviso, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by…
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…
9 ComicsXF writers talk about James Gunn’s Superman, and whether Krypto is a good boy
Three hundred years ago, metahumans emerged on Earth, ushering in a new age of gods and monsters. Three years ago, a hero named Superman emerged as the most powerful metahuman to date. Three minutes ago, Superman lost for the first time. With that opening crawl, a new era of DC films begins with Superman, starring…
A frustrating finale for fans in Doctor Who’s ‘The Reality War’
Margot Waldman: When I started this series of reviews, I got something really pretty desperately wrong. I said that Russell T Davies had nothing to prove to me or to anyone else about Doctor Who. But I’ve realized that, no, he did. He had a big damn thing to prove because he had to prove…
Giant spectral bone horse-dinosaurs in Doctor Who’s ‘Wish World’
Armaan Babu: It’s the end of the world as we don’t know it. The Rani has swept in, and wasted little time in making and unmaking reality, ready to tear the world apart just to find whoever she’s looking for. It’s a hell of an episode, and the most I’ve enjoyed the series in a…
Graham Norton forebodes in Doctor Who’s ‘The Interstellar Song Contest’
Armaan Babu: I skipped watching the Eurovision finale, but it appears that no matter where you hide, Eurovision will find you. This week, on Doctor Who, Eurovision plays out for over 3 trillion fans across the universe. Margot, are you one of those fans? Margot Waldman: So. Look. I have never watched Eurovision because Eurovision…
When is a barbershop not a barbershop? When it’s Doctor Who’s ‘The Story and the Engine’
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…
It’s not Ruby Sunday’s ‘Lucky Day’ on Doctor Who
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…
Don’t turn your back on Doctor Who’s ‘The Well’
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…