The mutant known as Abyss first appeared during the “Age of Apocalypse” as one of the big, blue guy’s Horsemen. Nearly a decade later, it would be revealed during that oh-so-pivotal Chuck Austen story “The Draco” that Earth-616 Abyss, born Nils Styger, is a son of the demon mutant Azazel and a half-brother of Nightcrawler….
As comics fans, we always hope we can find some magic arrow that will transform people who see movies adapted from comics into comics readers. The system is rigged against that, of course: Comics publishers — especially mainstream superhero comics — exist as little more than IP cannon fodder for their vertically integrated masters, feeding…
Tony’s pick: Star Wars: The High Republic #1: A year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, Marchion Ro and the Nihil stand victorious. The once mighty Jedi are outclassed, and the Republic is on its knees. On the edges of the galactic frontier, Jedi Master Keeve Trennis leads a desperate assault against an invading force….
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 281: Yes, Chef! with Michael Dialynas Michael Dialynas joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series, Zawa + the Belly of the Beast. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
“The Blue Dad’s back, and you’re gonna be in trouble …” While Apocalypse was away, his wife and children were wreaking havoc on Arakko. Now it’s time to see where he falls in this mutant-on-mutant war. But first, Daddy needs new Horsemen. Starting with … sigh … Vulcan. Honestly, the servitude could do him good….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. No one asked for this; we just wanted an excuse to put Taylor Swift lyrics in the headline: Spider-Boy #1: After the events of The End of the Spider-Verse, Spider-Boy’s secret history as Spider-Man’s sidekick…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 280: Dracula, motherf***ers with Matt Wagner & Kelley Jones Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones join the show to talk about their Kickstarter campaign for Dracula Vol. 1: The Impaler. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Back in the 1980s, Charles Xavier left Earth to go have sex with his alien bird empress girlfriend, and in doing so left the school, and the New Mutants, to his friend/archenemy/boyfriend? Magneto. Magneto, famously, did a bad job. The Beyonder kills all his students, he fights the Avengers, he joins the Hellfire Club, he…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Universal Monsters: Dracula #1: When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 279: New York Comic Con 2023 Dan wanders the Javits Center during New York Comic Con 2023 for interviews with Goats Flying Press founder Sebastian Girner, artist Hayden Sherman, writer Ethan Sacks, Vault Comics CEO and Publisher Damian Wassel, and writer Steve Orlando. You can listen to…
Emplate, aka Marius St. Croix, was among the villains to emerge from a gate when Charles Xavier offered mutant amnesty to all in 2019’s House of X #5. A data page would later reveal he had been charged with helping measure the island’s energy-absorption levels. And that was pretty much all we saw of him…
You, a fool: “Did Kieron Gillen launch an Eternals spinoff starring the Forgotten One and I missed the first two issues?” We, an intellectual website: Haha, you fool! We speak of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of global literature’s earliest surviving works, born of ancient Mesopotamia and a proto-example of the Hero’s Journey monomyth. You:…
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1: Clark Kent is enjoying a night off with his girlfriend, Lois Lane, when the entire city shudders under the weight of the monstrous Godzilla. What started as a routine clash between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom takes a dangerous turn when the wall between worlds…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 278: The first rule of Parisian Fight Club with Juni Ba & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Juni Ba and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou join the show to talk about their new Dark Horse graphic novel The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast…
New York Comic Con was last weekend, and the CXF team was there, getting lost in crowds, taking selfies with creators and touching all the same surfaces as tens of thousands of people in a large, enclosed space! Below are a crapload of photos and some commentary on what we saw: the good, the bad…