Dan McMahon - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:03:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dan McMahon - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Some Hot Chip on Chip Action in Image’s Crossover #7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/30/some-hot-chip-on-chip-action-in-images-crossover-7/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30315 Finally, this issue answers the important question: What happened to Chip Zdarsky when the superheroes crossed over into our world? Zdarsky, artist Phil Hester and inker Ande Parks kick Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw off their own book to get weird with it, alongside colorist Dee Cunniffe and letterer John J. Hill, in Image’s Crossover...

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]]> 30315 6 Issues in, We Get an Actual Crossover in, uh, Crossover https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/28/6-issues-in-we-get-an-actual-crossover-in-uh-crossover/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25882 We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6....

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]]> 25882 Captain Britain & Psylocke Come Quite Literally Face To Face In Excalibur #19 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/24/captain-britain-psylocke-come-quite-literally-face-to-face-in-excalibur-19/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23356 She who was shattered shall now be made whole. Psylocke battles for the soul of Captain Britain in Excalibur #19 by Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega and Ariana Maher. Charlie Davis: Well, Dan. As the great band STAIND once said…it’s been awhile. I feel like everyone’s gotten so wrapped up in what’s down the...

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]]> 23356 An Excellent Adventure in Asgard Begins in Wonder Woman #770 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/12/an-excellent-adventure-in-asgard-begins-in-wonder-woman-770/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22712 Fresh from Infinite Frontier #0, a whole new chapter begins for Wonder Woman, scion of the Greek Gods, in… Asgard? See a meeting of the myths in Wonder Woman #770, written by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, art by Travis Moore, colors by Tamra Bonvillain and letters by Pat Brousseau. Cat Purcell: I’ve been...

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]]> 22712 No Escape from…Them in Star Wars: The High Republic #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/03/no-escape-from-them-in-star-wars-the-high-republic-3/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22181 Dan McMahon: The High Republic has been the Star Wars fix that I need every month. It’s odd after having Mando every week and a movie ever year that I still constantly want more. But this is scratching that itch. Sspecifically my new favorite Jedi Sskeer. Jake, you ready to get into this action packed...

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]]> 22181 Product Placement and Tonal Whiplash Abound in Image’s Crossover #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/product-placement-and-tonal-whiplash-abound-in-images-crossover-4/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21670 Journey to the strange, magical land of Colorado as our intrepid team of heroes searches for a way to shatter the dome and expose the truth behind The Event. It’s Image’s Crossover #4 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill. Zachary Jenkins: Once more into the fray, Dano? Dan McMahon: Let’s...

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]]> 21670 The Maximoff Family Keeps it Going Full Speed in WandaVision Episode 6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/17/the-maximoff-family-keeps-it-going-full-speed-in-wandavision-episode-6/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=16173 [camcorder beeps before Mikey sits down in front of it in the bathroom] Mikey Zee: New week, new WandaVision. You know, someone once said “life is like a box of chocolates.” And sometimes in life you get the yummy chocolates with peanut butter inside, and sometimes you get the awful weird ones with the gross...

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]]> 16173 The Invasion Of The Betsy Snatchers Begins In Excalibur #18 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/10/the-invasion-of-the-betsy-snatchers-begins-in-excalibur-18/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15009 Betsy Braddock has returned to that last house, but is that all that came with her? Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and Ariana Maher deliver Excalibur #18. Charlie Davis: Dan! Dan! It’s another new issue of Excalibur and even though it feels like we’ve just had one of these bad boys, it seems like...

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]]> 15009 Enter…The Nihil! It’s Star Wars: The High Republic #2! https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/03/enter-the-nihil-its-star-wars-the-high-republic-2/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14265 Keeve has become a Jedi Knight but is that enough to survive the dangers of the Galaxy at large? Her former Master Sskeer is no shoulder to lean on as he struggles with his own problems in The High Republic #2 written by Cavan Scott, art by Ario Anindito, inks Mark Morales, colors by Annalisa...

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]]> 14265 Hail Queen Elizabeth Braddock The Third In Excalibur #17 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/27/hail-queen-elizabeth-braddock-the-third-in-excalibur-17/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13609 As the team searches for their lost leader, Betsy tries to fight her way back in Excalibur #17 by Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and Ariana Maher. Charlie Davis: Well Daniel, here we are again, time to get our moving boxes ready as it seems we are going to have an extended stay in...

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]]> 13609 Watchmen Discourse, the Ol’ Cates & Switch, and an Actual Crossover in Crossover #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/06/watchmen-discourse-the-ol-cates-switch-and-an-actual-crossover-in-crossover-3/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12109 Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and familiar?) superheroes joining our intrepid gang on their journey to event ground zero! Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill’s Crossover continues, whether Zack Jenkins and Dan McMahon want it to or not. Zachary Jenkins: The most hyped book in comics keeps on...

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]]> 12109 Journey to an Even Longer Time Ago in Star Wars: The High Republic #1! https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/06/journey-to-an-even-longer-time-ago-in-star-wars-the-high-republic-1/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12069 Padawan Keeve Trennis faces her Jedi Knight Trial in an even longer time ago in a galaxy equally far far away. This debut is written by Cavan Scott, art by Ario Anindito, inked by Mark Morales, colored by Annalisa Leoni, and lettered by Ariana Maher.  Dan McMahon: Star Wars is something that has been a...

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]]> 12069 Follow The Fallout From X Of Swords In Excalibur #16 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/23/follow-the-fallout-from-x-of-swords-in-excalibur-16/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10211 Betsy Braddock scattered across the multiverse. With the war between Krakoa and Arakko quelled, and Apocalypse gone, Excalibur has been left changed. Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega and Ariana Maher shift through the ashes in Excalibur #16. Charlie Davis: Oh! Dan! You’re here! Man it’s so good to see you. After Nola left to...

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]]> 10211 Zordon, the Green Ranger and Wholesome Bulk & Skull Content in BOOM’s Mighty Morphin #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/10/zordon-the-green-ranger-and-wholesome-bulk-skull-content-in-booms-mighty-morphin-2/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9935 Zordon enlists Billy’s help as the Mighty Morphin team deals with a shocking betrayal by the Power Rangers team. As the Mighty Morphin team remains fractured, Zedd launches his latest attack, and only the new Green Ranger stands in his way. But none of them realize they’ve walked into a trap, courtesy of Zedd’s new...

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]]> 9935 Look, We Really Like the Art, but Everything Else Is Just … Dammit, Donny, in Image’s Crossover #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/look-we-really-like-the-art-but-everything-else-is-just-dammit-donny-in-images-crossover-2/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:00:58 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9923 The event continues to unravel as Ellie, Otto and Ava rise from the ashes of their comic shop to begin their four-color odyssey to find the truth beyond the dome. Meanwhile: Super-prisons! Magic guns! Mysterious government agents! And other stuff! Zachary Jenkins and Dan McMahon break down Image’s Crossover #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw,...

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]]> 9923 Sensational Character Find of 2020 or Poochie: We Review Punchline #1 in a Bat Chat Special https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/13/sensational-character-find-of-2020-or-poochie-we-review-punchline-1-in-a-bat-chat-special/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9491 Spinning out of “Joker War,” Punchline, Joker’s newest sidekick/associate/disciple, gets the spotlight in this one-shot, where the forgotten member of the Bat family, Harper Row, her brother, Cullen, and Leslie Thompkins each find something about Batman’s newest rogue to fear or aspire to. It’s “Punchline” #1 from James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Mirka Andolfo, Romulo...

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]]> 9491 The Power Rangers’ New Era Continues, and We Still Don’t Know Who the New Green Ranger Is https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/11/the-power-rangers-new-era-continues-and-we-still-dont-know-who-the-new-green-ranger-is/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9447 Two new series, two new teams. The Unlimited Power Era of BOOM Studios’ Power Rangers continues here, and only Lord Drakkon, their greatest enemy, can save them. Writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin), artist Francesco Mortarino (Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon), colorist Raul Angulo and letterer Ed Dukeshire reveal a new cosmic threat only the...

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]]> 9447 It’s Morphin Time! Again! A New Era of Power Rangers Begins in BOOM’s ‘Mighty Morphin’ #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/04/its-morphin-time-again-a-new-era-of-power-rangers-begins-in-booms-mighty-morphin-1/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:00:33 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9361 Two new series, two new teams. The Unlimited Power era of BOOM Studios' Power Rangers begins here. But who is the new Green Ranger, and are they friend... or foe? Longtime Rangers writer Ryan Parrott, artist Marco Renna, colorist Walter Baiamonte and letterer Ed Dukeshire send the Mighty Morphin team on a collision course with an even deadlier Lord Zedd, who has a new mission and a new motivation, one that will change everything you thought you knew about our heroes. The next big epic begins here, and the GateCrashers themselves — Dan and Jake McMahon — are here to cover it.

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]]> 9361 Assigned Reading: ‘Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven’ gets (mostly) good marks https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/11/assigned-reading-andre-the-giant-closer-to-heaven-gets-mostly-good-marks/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8111 Howdy, y’all. Professor (seriously) Will Nevin here. When I came on board to Xavier Files, I was coming from a mostly three-man operation at WMQ Comics to a family of 30+ contributors, and I figured it would be neat to get some folkx together on occasion to talk about something we’d all read. You know,...

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]]> 8111 Our Power Rangers Coverage Begins with a Look at BOOM’s ‘Drakkon: New Dawn’ #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/20/our-power-rangers-coverage-begins-with-a-look-at-booms-drakkon-new-dawn-1/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7797 After the events of Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer, Kimberly is determined to purge the world of Lord Drakkon’s legacy, starting with Deadlock; the prison tower where Drakkon held all those who opposed him. But even the Ranger Slayer has no clue of the true power kept in Deadlock — and what unlocking the doors will...

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]]> 7797 A 1990s Tabletop RPG Becomes a Comic in ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/06/a-1990s-tabletop-rpg-becomes-a-comic-in-vampire-the-masquerade-1/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7428 “The Masquerade keeps us safe. The Masquerade is everything.” In the godless times of 1991, there arose a TTRPG system so goth, so theater-kid horny, it was only played in the darkest of basements and dingiest of industrial clubs. That system was Vampire: The Masquerade. Now, the lunatics at Vault Comics have resurrected this goth...

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]]> 7428 Investigate The Very Concept Of Death In X-Factor #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/29/investigate-the-very-concept-of-death-in-x-factor-1/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7238 Sometimes you find a way to conquer death, and wouldn’t cha know it? You gotta make sure you don’t accidentally create a bunch of clones and overthrow the natural order of the universe.That’s where X-Factor comes in. They investigate the deaths so that mutants might once again live. Join Leah Williams, David Baldeón and Israel...

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]]> 7238 ‘Devil’s Highway,’ ‘Billionaire Island’ & ‘The Plot’: Your indie triple play for July 1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/01/devils-highway-billionaire-island-the-plot-your-indie-triple-play-for-july-1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6701 Bam! Pow! Zap! Xavier Files isn’t just for X-Men anymore! In case you missed the memo, the site you love is now covering the wider comics industry. And so this week we have a roundup of reviews from across the indie spectrum, including Benjamin “X-Force” Percy’s latest crime thriller (reviewed by Zachary Jenkins), Mark Russell’s...

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