CXF awards yearbook-style superlatives to the Age of Revelation. Who was best in class?
In addition to the final recap of “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF team looked at the overall event via high school-yearbook style superlatives.
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Doug Ramsey’s Ego trip ends in Marvel’s X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale
“I have plotted the way forward for this species. For this world. For all of us. I do not do this out of anger, but of love.” Welcome to the Age of Revelation Finale.
ComicsXF follows up on our 2025 geeky resolutions
It’s the end of the year, and at the beginning of 2025, the ComicsXF team set some new year’s resolutions. So how did we do with our resolutions from 2025?
Welcome to the X-Men, Santa Claus; hope you survive the experience!
The X-Men count among their number some of the most powerful mutants ever, including omega-level telepath/cosmic being Jean Grey, elemental Earth goddess Storm, and a short, hairy dude with knuckle knives. But one of the most powerful mutants ever has never donned the blue and gold of an X-Men uniform: Santa Claus. With comic sales…
One Episode’s Worth: How the 1990s X-Men cartoon gave us ‘Age of Apocalypse’
In the dying days of December 1994, Marvel Comics dropped X-Men Alpha #1, a double-sized, chromium-cover-wrapped one-shot introducing the world to the “Age of Apocalypse.” Following a multi-part story that saw Professor Xavier’s son Legion travel back in time to kill Magneto before the X-Men formed, a mission Legion thoroughly botched, accidentally killing his dad…
Don’t know what to get the comics fan in your life? Let the 2025 CXF Holiday Gift Guide help!
The spooky and the turkey seasons have officially ended, so we can turn our attention to that hallowed time of year that retailers would love you to be celebrating for at least three months. And that means it’s time for our annual Holiday Gift Guide! No matter what you’re celebrating (or not), it’s a great…
At the halfway point, ComicsXF analyzes what’s not working in the X-Men’s ‘Age of Revelation’
After a full month of covering “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF all-star chorus took a break last week, partly because there were no core books out, partly because, well, it was exhausting. And we don’t just mean the pace and volume. These books are exhausting to read and keep up with, and if this event…
A truth: Month 2 of Marvel’s Age of Revelation gets off to a rough start
Age of Revelation enters its second month with a big reveal about why present-day Cyclops and Beast are in the future. Amazing X-Men #2 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Mahmud Asrar, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Binary #2 is written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn by Giada Belviso, colored by…
Reunited and it feels so good in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Spider-Man & Wolverine #7
Peanut butter and jelly. Rocky and Bullwinkle. Peaches and Herb. To the pantheon of beloved pairings we can (apparently) add Spider-Man and Wolverine, whose bond is so solid (and/or sales-worthy) that it can create a pocket universe existing entirely outside the “Age of Revelation” timeline. It is a universe in which Wolverine still does his…
The Exceptional kids play pirate, Cloak and Dagger surprise and more Age of Revelation
It’s time to wrap up the first month of the future! Rather than tackle each “Age of Revelation” 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 offerings: Expatriate X-Men #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Francesco Mortarino,…
This week’s Age of Revelation books check in on the villains and key mutants like … Spider-Man
The Age of Revelation continues to grow with another four new stories! 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 offerings: X-Men: Book of Revelation #1 by Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo…
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…
X things we know about the X-Men’s Age of Revelation from the Overture issue
X years later, the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi — a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse, Doug Ramsey. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 is written by Jed…
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…