The hunt for Han Solo begins in War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha written by Charles Soule, art by Steve McNiven, colors by Laura Martin and letters by Travis Lanham. At the conclusion of The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo has been frozen in carbonite and handed over to the Mandalorian armored bounty hunter Boba…
Darth Vader explores Exegol and makes a decision as āInto the Fireā reaches a conclusion in Star Wars: Darth Vader #11 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffaele Ienco, colored by Neeraj Menon and lettered by Joe Caramanga. Having survived being left broken & marooned on Mustafar, fighting his way past droids, Sith assassins and…
Revisit the days of the original X-Factor as a new story set in a new corner of X-history begins in X-Men Legends #3 written by Louise Simonson, art by Walt Simonson, colored by Laura Martin, and lettered by John Workman After a pair of issues set in the grim ‘n’ gritty, hatch mark-y 90s, X-Men…
“A Toy I Have No Recollection Of”. Y’all like weird X-Men guest appearances in toy comics? We do! We love them so much that we got our buddy Austen Gorton on the show to talk about ROM the Spaceknight. Ranked This Episode: ROM #17-18 (Hybrid!) X-Men and the Micronauts Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior #6…
WandaVision is over (and if you watched the show but havenāt checked out CXFās coverage of it, you can do so here), but the seemingly-unending wheel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to turn, bringing us the next Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Where WandaVision was positioned as something a little bit…
In the midst of āOperation: Starlightā, Kes Dameron & Princess Leia reflect on their lost loves in Star Wars #12 written by Charles Soule, art by Ramon Rosanas, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg, and lettered by VCās Clayton Cowles While this issue technically continues the āOperation: Starlightā storyline, which features the post-Empire Strikes Back Rebel Alliance…
Itās time to break the teamās brains in Hellions #10, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Liz Large: Are you excited to see our team face the scariest villain of all– an escape room run by a man who looks like a Chucky doll? Austin Gorton: Jiminy Cricket, how is it…
Darth Vader continues his quest to discover the Emperorās secret plans for the galaxy in Star Wars: Darth Vader #10 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffaele Ienco, colored by Neeraj Menon and lettered by Joe Caramanga The penultimate chapter of āInto the Fireā (the seriesā second story arc, featuring Darth Vader turning a punishment…
Mikey Zee: Picture for me, if you will, two ComicsXF writers, smiling, outlined in pencil. First, we paint in one Mikey Zee with watercolorsā¦ going through family photos and seeing him grow from being but a wee babe to the adult he is now–wait! Austin! Not yet, they havenāt finished painting me in yet! Oh,…
Letās play some funny games in Hellions #9, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Liz Large: Last issue, we discovered some not-so-great Krakoan rules about robots. This issue will be the one where nothing terrible happens, right? Austin Gorton: I mean, statistically speaking, thereās bound to be one issue without something…
We love democracy and apparently so do the X-Men. Marvel is giving fans a chance to vote on the final member in the first ever X-Men Election. During the epic X Of Swords, fans realized that, since the start of the Krakoan era there has been no official X-Men on the orders of Charles Xavier….
With WandaVision set to bring the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the small screen for the first time via Disney Plus, the two title characters (Elizabeth Olsenās Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettanyās Vision) are about to make history. But while the streaming series represents the first starring turn for the cinematic versions of Vision and Scarlet…
Join us as we spend time with new friends and old enemies in Hellions #8, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Liz Large: Are you ready to watch Nanny get her…baby-mobile? Magic school bus? [Ed. note: shaggin wagon?] back as forcefully as possible? Because thatās why Iām here. Austin Gorton: Yes!…
As we close out the year that was, the staff at Xavier Files wanted to take a moment to highlight our favorite comics from throughout the year. There were so many great books that we couldn’t list them all, but we wanted to give our team the chance to highlight an issue, an arc, a…
The team becomes A Sharpened Blade in Hellions 7, our first issue post-X of Swords, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. Austin Gorton: It seems like only yesterday the Hellions were completing their ultimately-futile mission on Arakko and we mourned the (occasionally sad, often hilarious) deaths of them all, but we…