Look, I get it, Gladiator. You’ve seen this movie before. Jean Grey is the Phoenix again. The first time that happened, she killed a whole planet of broccoli people. You sent your best people after her to stop her, and in the end the only reason you succeeded is because she chose to die by…
Y’know, this site’s made most of its bones covering X-Men comics over the years, but real talk? We’re more excited about what’s coming out of DC these days. We scoured the December solicits, and most of what we’re jazzed for is coming out from the Distinguished Competition: big creators taking big swings with characters who…
He rose from the regional commercials of the 1980s, a hapless, overconfident man in a denim vest and a beige cap, come to pester his ever-silent, ever-suffering, never-seen neighbor Vern about dairy products or car dealerships or local restaurants. Like the California Raisins, the Crash Test Dummies and the GEICO cavemen, Jim Varney’s Ernest P….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: DC All In Special: Following the events of Absolute…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 322: Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson talk Justice Warriors: Vote Harder Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson join the show to talk about their new AHOY Comics graphic novel, Justice Warriors: Vote Harder. Plus, Bors talks about his upcoming Toxic Avenger series at AHOY. You can listen…
Sure, we all know Sabretooth. And thanks to the Krakoan era, we see Greycrow as a much more realized character, full of nuance while also still an unrepentant murderer. But do you ever wonder if any of the other Marauders have hopes and dreams apart from killing? Maybe Harpoon likes to bake. Maybe Vertigo has…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,089: It began with a melody, strange…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 321: Cody Ziglar talks Goobers, Deadpool and Miles Morales Writer Cody Ziglar joins the show to talk about his new Vault Comics series Goobers, Marvel’s Deadpool and Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Once again, Marvel has sent us a Moon Knight preview, and once again, we aren’t reading Moon Knight so we have no idea what to say about it. But here’s a question: What’s the deal with Moon Squire, that kid who’s going to be in Marvel’s New Champions? Nevermind the fact that Marvel has decided…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Dazzler #1: Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress embarks on a…
Jeez, it hasn’t even been three months, and Cyclops is Schism-ing with someone already? While one of the complaints of the early months of the X-Men’s From the Ashes era is how disconnected the many books feel from each other, both in tone and continuity, Marvel on Tuesday announced the line’s first mini crossover in…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · CXF Interview Podcast Episode 320: Pornsak Pichetshote & Terry Dodson talk The Horizon Experiment Pornsak Pichetshote and Terry Dodson join the show to talk about The Manchurian, the first comic in Pichetshote’s Horizon Experiment at Image. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Is there a worse couple in comics than Havok and Polaris? Let’s go through some of the other offenders. Joker and Harley Quinn: Toxic, violent, abusive, but Harley eventually had the sense to leave her man and find love and acceptance with Poison Ivy. Storm and Black Panther: Shoved together on the thinnest of continuity…
From the Ashes has been about a lot of X-Men characters reverting to type, possibly as a coping mechanism after the fall of Krakoa. But many of them have gotten new uniforms in the relaunch, as new artists come aboard and seek to put their stamp on characters. And then there’s Illyana Rasputin, Magik, who…
In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. This feature doesn’t have a name yet, but if we keep doing this and anyone has a good idea for a name, let us know! Avengers Assemble #1 W: Steve…