Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s Pick: Trial of Magneto #1: The Pretender Wanda Maximoff is dead, and all suspicions lead to Magneto. So it’s probably not him, right? RIGHT?! Written by Leah Williams and drawn by Lucas Werneck. ($4.99)…
For the fifth installment of horror anthology The Silver Coin, the story reaches back to when the coin’s cruel curse was first minted. In a small New England village, a woman has been accused of witchcraft. Michael Walsh writes, draws and letters (with Gavin Fullerton on art assist and Toni Marie Griffin on color assist)…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 172: Mask of the Phantasm We dip into the WMQ&A vault and unearth this discussion of the 1993 animated classic Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, recorded in July 2020 and only now being released. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Defenders #1: Remember a couple years ago when Al Ewing tried to make the Masked Raider happen? Well, he’s back, along with Doctor Strange (Hey, isn’t he about to die?), the Silver Surfer…
Note: This feature discusses plot points through the first six issues of Radiant Black. Trade waiters be warned. Image Comics’ new series Radiant Black, created by writer Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Nightwing) and artist Marcelo Costa, introduced readers to failed writer Nathan Burnett. Nathan is 30, debt-ridden and recently moved back home with…
An online binge shopper receives a grisly package. A horde of the decaying undead grapples with its dwindling humanity. A family man endures an endless grind of the mundane as cosmic madness looms outside. The Beauty and The Realm creator Jeremy Haun returns to horror with Haunthology, a black-and-white graphic novel of interlocking short comic…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 171: Game on with Ben Kahn Writer Ben Kahn joins the show to talk about their Dark Horse graphic novel Renegade Rule, adapting video games to comics, the 1989 movie The Wizard and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…
In the year 2056, robots have replaced human beings in the workforce. An uneasy coexistence develops between the newly intelligent robots and the 10 billion humans living on Earth. Every human family is assigned a robot upon whom they are completely reliant. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in Not All Robots #1 from…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Image’s Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house…
Beta Ray Bill and his allies must fight the ultimate battle against Surtur, the fire god responsible for the destruction of Bill’s home planet. It’s going to take an immense amount of power to defeat this foe. But with his goals in sight, is Bill ready to pay the cost required to return to his…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 170: David Pepose and the World’s Worst Skrull We get not-so-Secret Invasioned by the World’s Worst Skrull as Dan and “Matt” attempt to talk to writer David Pepose about his Kickstarter for The O.Z. #2. Check out a preview here, and support the Kickstarter here. You can listen to WMQ&A…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Superman, Son of Kal-El #1: Walk with me for a minute. Y’know how Cannonball ended up being a great hero and father because he was trained by a mix of Xavier, Magneto and…
Presumed dead, traveling across the country, Ami just might finally be happy. But you can’t outrun your problems forever — which is particularly a problem if your problems take the form of a one-hundred-ton haunted house. Let’s go on a road trip in Home Sick Pilots #7, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard,…
Mutants have taken hostages, and X-Factor is taking the blame. But before judgment is rendered for Polaris, Havok, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Quicksilver and Multiple Man, Val Cooper and X-Factor will take the stand! But who’s telling the truth, and what really went down at the Latverian embassy? Find out in X-Men Legends #5, written by…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 169: Gamma-Powered Cartwheels with Crystal Frasier Writer Crystal Frasier talks about her new graphic novel Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms, her work on Marvel’s Gamma Flight, Charlene McGowan, Titania, the diabolical genius of corgis, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at…