Most Marvel series don’t go 50 issues these days, let alone creator runs, so it’s pretty remarkable that writer Benjamin Percy got to go out on top with two 50-issue runs, of Wolverine and X-Force. The latter, of course, has already wrapped, but the former still has a couple more weeks in it before its…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives #1: Journalist Kate Marsden hunts for a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Episode 300: Jed MacKay on Blood Hunt, X-Men and more For the big, round, 300th episode of the podcast formerly known as WMQ&A, writer Jed MacKay joins the show to talk about Marvel’s summer Blood Hunt event, his upcoming run on X-Men and much more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview…
At the end of Rise of the Powers of X #3, Charles Xavier, having abandoned his plan to kill young Moira X before her powers manifest, shoots Rachel Summers with the same gun he didn’t shoot Li’l Moira with. THEN, in this week’s Fall of the House of X #4, he … well, y’know what,…
Marvel’s Blood Hunt wasn’t always called that. The summer crossover event, which pits the heroes of the Marvel Universe against many, many vampires across many, many titles, started out being referred to by Marvel editorial and creatives as “UVE,” or “Untitled Vampire Event,” according to writer Jed MacKay, speaking during his appearance on the upcoming…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Roxxon Presents Thor #1: In his secret identity as A.I. spokesguru Chad Hammer, the son of Odin knows Mama Gaea is a top priority for heroes and for business. But when a…
Note: This story has been updated to include a clarification from Marvel. Comics fans often wonder how heavy a hand Marvel Studios has in Marvel Comics. Why did the Samuel L. Jackson-inspired version of Nick Fury replace the John Wayne-inspired version? How did Star-Lord become this music-obsessed space himbo? Why is Loki so morally gray…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 299: The final episode of WMQ&A Dan and Matt gather friends of the show Rob Lynch, John Bush and Will Nevin for an Irish wake-style sendoff to the past six years of the podcast. Tune in next week for Episode 300 of The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with…
Remember revolutionary-era Cyclops from the Brian Michael Bendis era? Remember how good it felt to see him tell off Trish Tilby in this week’s X-Men ’97? What if I told you that Cyclops is still around? That after the Fall of Krakoa, he puts down the cheesesteak and starts getting real? That appears to be…
Looks like not every Krakoa-era plot thread gets wrapped up in time for “From the Ashes.” There’s still the matter of Mrs. and Mr. Emma Frost. Or, more accurately, Tony Stark and Emma’s image-induced alter ego, Hazel Kendal. Now, I have no inside insight into the minds of Marvel editorial or Gerry Duggan or anything…
So no one told you life was gonna be this way (clap clap clap clap)Your job’s a joke, you’re brokeYour island’s DOAAAAAA … Marvel has pulled five of its younger mutants’ names from a hat for NYX, a new, allegedly ongoing series written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Guardians of the Galaxy) and drawn…
Rachel Summers isn’t having the best Fall of X. Separated from her girlfriend, lied to by Charles Xavier, shot by Charles Xavier. Just a bummer of a time. But she also doesn’t need Charles unmaking Krakoa and thereby erasing her first textual queer relationship. Either way, she is done with Moira and her bullsh–. Check…
Five down, four to go. Marvel on Wednesday announced Phoenix, a new series starring Jean Grey as fire and life incarnate once more, written by Stephanie Phillips (Rogue & Gambit) and drawn by Alessandro Miracolo (White Widow). According to Marvel, the series will see Jean Grey, as the Phoenix, return to space to answer a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Jake’s pick: Ultimate X-Men #2: It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her new powers. She meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (aka Maystorm),…
Marvel on Tuesday announced a new volume of X-Force, written by Geoffrey Thorne (Green Lantern) and drawn by Marcus To (Excalibur). The latest iteration of the team is centered on Forge, so hot right now after the adaptation of “Lifedeath” on X-Men ’97, and includes mutant “it” couple Betsy Braddock and Rachel Summers (no codenames…