Remember in X-Men Legends II when Iron Man was an unlockable character and it was weird because Tony Stark is very much not an X-Men character? Well, it’s 2023, and Iron Man is getting all up in X-Men business again. Only this time, it’s not on a tiny GameCube disc. He’s fighting mutant-hating fellow industrialist…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Uncanny Avengers #1: Innocent people and world leaders are dead after simultaneous attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments, and that means one thing: It’s time for a new iteration of Steve Rogers’…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 269: Streaks on the china with Michael Northrop Writer Michael Northrop joins the show to talk about his new DC graphic novel Young Alfred: Pain in the Butler. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and…
A demonic serial killer is murdering innocent mutants. But what is it about this deadly new villain that forces Wolverine and Ghost Rider to team up? And what buried secret does he share with Wolverine and Ghost Rider’s never-before-seen first meeting? Find out in Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1, written by Benjamin Percy,…
We’re heading into week 4 of the Fall of X. Mutants are dead, missing, on the run or, in a few cases, running sneak attacks on Orchis and then disappearing into the night. Psylocke and Penance are, apparently, two of those mutants. How did they start working as a pair? Which one is the by-the-book…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Children of the Vault #1: He’s a time-traveler from a far future with a techno-organic arm and eye. He’s a time-traveler from a not-as-far-future but once tried to kill the other guy’s adoptive…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 268: Schlub-a-dub-dub with Tyrell Cannon Tyrell Cannon joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series The Schlub and a whole lot more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
The Ashen Combine sounds like a weird name for a group of villains. I keep thinking about a combine harvester that’s, like, ashy. Like maybe it got caught in a volcano. And it makes you wonder: What happened to the farmers who used this ashy combine harvester? A whole civilization wiped out. All that corn,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men #25: The Hellfire Gala is over. The mutants have been decimated. Again. And Kate Pryde has jumped to the other side of the pirates vs. ninjas debate. Time to stab some Orchis…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 267: Box Brown has the POWEEEEEEEEER Cartoonist Box Brown joins the show to talk about his new First Second graphic novel The He-Man Effect. PLUS: An important announcement about changes to our Patreon. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
A little over three years ago, Zack Jenkins DM’d me on Twitter while I was watching Parasite and asked me if I wanted to merge my website, WMQ Comics, with his, Xavier Files. We used the extra time we had during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to forge a new website, ComicsXF, that offered…
Really, Marvel, Scarlet Witch? Twenty-four hours since the mutants got their asses handed to them by Orchis, and you give us a preview of the comic starring the last person who successfully decimated mutantkind? That’s cold-blooded. Anyway, looks like Wanda’s doing Oz stuff next week. Check out the preview, and get the basic deets below….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 #1: The Hellfire Gala is always the biggest event of the season, but this year’s will change everything for Krakoa. What is meant to be mutantkind’s biggest night…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 266: A Tall, Refreshing Glass of Nick Cagnetti Writer/artist Nick Cagnetti joins the show to talk about his graphic novel Pink Lemonade, his story in Oni Press’ Xino and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at…
We’re long past the days of the bouncing, blue-furred Beast who quoted Shakespeare and pulled lighthearted pranks while simultaneously trying to cure the Legacy Virus. Since the ’90s he’s been on a downward trajectory of devil’s bargains and war crimes. Benjamin Percy steered into the skid, and has spent the most recent arcs of both…