Cassie Tongue - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 05 May 2022 14:26:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cassie Tongue - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Multiverse According to ComicsXF! https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/05/the-multiverse-according-to-comicsxf/ Thu, 05 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40498 With the looming release of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness serving as the latest entry in pop culture’s recent obsession with multiverses and realities alternate, parallel and multiple, we asked our ComicsXF writers to share their thoughts about their favorite alternate reality from across the wide multiverse of stories!  Earth-1610: The Ultimate Universe...

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]]> 40498 Oh Snikt, We Liked a Deadpool Comic in Wolverine #20 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/21/oh-snikt-we-liked-a-deadpool-comic-in-wolverine-20/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40220 Wolverine and Deadpool go together like chocolate and peanut butter in Wolverine #20, written by Benjamin Percy, drawn by Adam Kubert, colored by Frank Martin and Dijjo Lima, and lettered by Cory Petit. Tony Thornley: Cassie! Welcome! From this first issue, I think this is going to be a lot of fun! Cassie Tongue: I...

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]]> 40220 Double The Force With X-Force #27 and X-Force Annual https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/06/double-the-force-with-x-force-27-and-x-force-annual/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39945 It’s a new era on Krakoa but X-Force’s job remains the same: do what needs doing to protect this sacred land. First, X-Force is on the offensive to stick a blow at Orchis in X-Force Annual #1 by Nadia Shammas, Rafael Pimentel, Carlos Lopez, and Joe Caramagna. Then they pivot to defense against an attack...

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]]> 39945 X Lives of Wolverine #5 Ends How It Started https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/18/x-lives-of-wolverine-5-ends-how-it-started/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39072 Wolverine makes a jaunt back to the present to end this fight in X Lives of Wolverine #5 written by Benjamin Percy, art by Joshua Cassara, colors by Frank Martin, and letters by Cory Petit. Cassie Tongue: Well, we’ve run out of lives. The final issue of X Lives of Wolverine ends in a collision...

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]]> 39072 It’s a Wolverine Showdown in X Deaths of Wolverine #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/23/its-a-wolverine-showdown-in-x-deaths-of-wolverine-3/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38101 X Deaths of Wolverine #3, from Benjamin Percy, Federico Vicentini, Dijjo Lima, and Cory Petit. Liz Large: We’re halfway through the X Lives/X Deaths story, and I am looking forward to talking about how this is ramping up. What about you? Cassie Tongue: You can really tell we’ve hit the halfway mark: the plot is...

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]]> 38101 The Future Man Is In The Now in X Deaths of Wolverine #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/09/the-future-man-is-in-the-now-in-x-deaths-of-wolverine-2/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37843 Moira’s chase continues as Omega Wolverine enters the story proper in X Deaths of Wolverine #2 by Benjamin Percy, Federico Vincentini, Dijjo Lima, and Cory Petit. Cassie Tongue: Wolverine has finally shown up in the series bearing his name – or has he? That’s one of the questions we’re facing in X Deaths of Wolverine...

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]]> 37843 Dangerous X-Pectations in X-Lives of Wolverine #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/19/dangerous-x-pectations-in-x-lives-of-wolverine-1/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37515 The next chapter in the Krakoa Era begins in X-Lives of Wolverine #1 by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, Frank Martin, and Cory Petit!   Welcome to Comics XF’s X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine coverage! Given the story is being released weekly over the next ten weeks, we’re doing things a little differently than usual,...

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]]> 37515 X-Force Killshot Anniversary Special #1 Exposes Liefeld’s Feet of Clay https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/24/x-force-killshot-anniversary-special-1-exposes-liefelds-feet-of-clay/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35399 Cable gets the old team(s) back together to take on a deadly future threat the future in X-Force Killshot Anniversary Special #1. Featuring story and pencils by Rob Liefeld, script by Chad Bowers, Bryan Valenza, Federico Blee and Mirza Wirawan on colors; Joe Sabino is on letters. If you wanted to celebrate the 30th anniversary...

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]]> 35399 Let’s Watch Melville Make Terrible Decisions in AHOY’s Snelson #2-4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/23/lets-watch-melville-make-terrible-decisions-in-ahoys-snelson-2-4/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35372 He rants about how “comedy is dying” because apparently you can’t say offensive horseshit under the guise of making bigots laugh (Who knew?!) without people taking note. Things don’t get better from there in Snelson #2-4, written by Paul Constant, drawn by Fred Harper, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Rob Steen for AHOY...

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]]> 35372 Seeking a Beat for the End of the World in Vault’s Radio Apocalypse #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/16/seeking-a-beat-for-the-end-of-the-world-in-vaults-radio-apocalypse-1/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35278 Long after the rock out of space struck the world and turned it all to dust, in Bakerstown stands the last radio station on the planet. Radio Apocalypse broadcasts into the unknown, a beacon in the dark for those who wander the lost places. Now change is coming to Bakerstown in Radio Apocalypse #1, written...

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]]> 35278 Date Night Goes Off the Rails for Harley and Ivy in Issue 3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/06/date-night-goes-off-the-rails-for-harley-and-ivy-in-issue-3/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35119 With a tour schedule as chaotic as Harley herself, the newly coupled Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy head to Blüdhaven and plan themselves a nice, romantic dinner date. When you’re a pair of supervillains on the run from an overzealous Jim Gordon, though, do things ever really go according to plan? Harley Quinn: The Animated...

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]]> 35119 Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour #1 Captures the Spirit of Animated Harley Quinn https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/17/eat-bang-kill-tour-1-captures-the-spirit-of-animated-harley-quinn/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33831 Straight from your screens to an all new comic, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy jumping into an all new series that picks up right where Season 2 of Harley’s show ended: in a getaway car driving far away from Ivy’s wedding, their complicated past, the worst of Gotham’s criminals and most pressingly, Jim Gordon and...

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]]> 33831 Snelson’s Not Here to Be Liked — We Hope https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/12/snelsons-not-here-to-be-liked-we-hope/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32618 What if we excavated a tired, white ‘90s comedian and sent him on tour with some fresher voices only for him to melt down on stage and lean into the “cancel culture” brain rot infecting entirely too many people? Meet Melville Snelson. He sucks, on stage and off it, in AHOY Comics’ Snelson: Comedy is...

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]]> 32618 A Race to the Finish but Does Anyone Win in Children of the Atom #6? https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/11/children-of-the-atom-6-ayala-medina-silva/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32566 w forced to find a place between her friends and new family in Children of the Atom #6 by Vita Ayala, Paco Medina, David Curiel, and Travis Lanham.

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]]> 32566 Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #1 Throws Some Shade (Three of Them) on the Merc With a Mouth https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/05/deadpool-black-white-blood-1-throws-some-shade-three-of-them-on-the-merc-with-a-mouth/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32399 What’s black, whit and red all – everyone else has already made this joke, right? Deadpool shows his true, highly specific colors in Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #1, featuring stories written by Tom Taylor, Ed Brisson, and James Stokoe, with art by Stokoe, Phil Noto, and Whilce Portacio; colour art by Rachelle Rosenberg; and...

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]]> 32399 The Kids Meet Their Heroes In Children Of The Atom #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/08/the-kids-meet-their-heroes-in-children-of-the-atom-5/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30635 The littlest Child of the Atom takes center stage as Nighty-Nightcrawler makes us say “oh no, sweet little baby” all throughout the transformative climax of Children of the Atom #5. Brought to us by Vita Ayala, Paco Medina, David Curiel, and Travis Lanham. Cassie Tongue: Don’t you just love it when secrets are revealed and...

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]]> 30635 Children of the Atom #4: Chosen Family is Best Family https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/09/children-of-the-atom-4-benny-and-the-kids/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29185 Children of the Atom #4 lets Marvel Lad take center stage. Brought to us by Vita Ayala, Paco Medina, David Curiel, and Travis Lanham.

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]]> 29185 Children of the Atom #3: Who Let these Teens in Space?! https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/12/children-of-the-atom-3-who-let-these-teens-in-space/ Wed, 12 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27064 Gimmick takes center stage in this month’s exploits of our Genetically Generic Gen Z! Things are taking the turn for the strange for our Krakoan Kast-offs. We finally get a look at their past and a hint of the future in Children of the Atom #3.

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]]> 27064 We Wrap Our Head Around MODOK: Head Games #4! https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/30/we-wrap-our-head-around-modok-head-games-4/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25959 A big head means big head games. As this M.O.D.O.K miniseries wraps up – and we look ahead to the groundwork it lays for the villain’s own Hulu show – we just might have discovered that just below the giant brain, there is a giant… heart? Well, we’ll see. The writers of this issue are...

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]]> 25959 See Yourself In The X-Men With Children Of The Atom #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/14/see-yourself-in-the-x-men-with-children-of-the-atom-2/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25116 Diplomatic tensions between humans and mutants heighten and Cherub gets the spotlight as Children Of The Atom continues! Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo, and Travis Lanham take us deeper into the lives of these Maybe Not Mutants in Children of the Atom #2. Kenneth Laster: Here we are once again! Another issue and another...

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]]> 25116 Strange Signals in Our Spoiler Free Advanced Review of Runaways #35! https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/05/strange-signals-in-our-spoiler-free-advanced-review-of-runaways-35/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24313 The Runaways have received unexpected guests before, but they really weren’t expecting Wolverine and Pixie to show up on the doorstep of their Hostel home, looking for distress signals from a young mutant that seemed to be coming from inside the house – specifically from Molly, the youngest member of the found family. Who really...

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]]> 24313 Who Are? What Are The Children Of The Atom? https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/10/who-are-what-are-the-children-of-the-atom/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22622 The mysterious and long awaited CHILDREN OF THE ATOM are here! Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo, and Travis Lanham introduce us to the newest round of X-Kids in Children of the Atom #1. Kenneth Laster: After (checks watch) almost a year? Children of the Atom #1 is finally here! Cassie, have you been amongst...

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]]> 22622 King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3 Falters By Keeping Its Heroes At Arm’s Length https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/king-in-black-return-of-the-valkyries-3-falters-by-keeping-its-heroes-at-arms-length/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21769 The new Valkyrie finds her weapon as the Choosers Of The Slain come together in Jason Aaron, Torunn Grønbekk, Nina Vakueva, Tamra Bonvillain, and Joe Sabino’s King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3. Marvel’s Valkyrior are a rich source for story but often under-used, sacrificed, or positioned as punchline (especially in earlier appearances, especially...

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