Charlie Davis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:04:57 +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 Charlie Davis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 All’s Well That Ends Well In X-Men: Trial of Magneto #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/23/alls-well-that-ends-well-in-x-men-trial-of-magneto-5/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36507 We know who killed The Scarlet Witch. Is justice served? Can it ever be on Krakoa? We find out thanks to Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, Clayton Cowles and Edgar Delgado examine her fate in X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #5. Andrea Ayres: Well, here we are, Charlie. At the end of this limited series, and...

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]]> 36507 Scarlet Witch Unravels The Mystery In X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/01/scarlet-witch-unravels-the-mystery-in-x-men-the-trial-of-magneto-4/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35510 Alas, nothing is ever what it seems on Krakoa. As we continue to unravel the mystery of Wanda, she faces her toughest challenge yet, herself. Let’s join Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, David Messina, Edgar Delgado and Clayton Cowles as we spin the wheel once more in X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #4. Charlie Davis: Well...

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]]> 35510 Halloween Havocs, Women’s Divisions, & Elite Games | Your Week in Wrestling: Oct 24 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/03/halloween-havocs-womens-divisions-elite-games-your-week-in-wrestling-oct-24/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:10:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35051 Things we mentioned Vishal’s article: 56 Marvel comic book references in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy — Support us (and the rest of ComicsXF) monetarily by contributing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComicsXF Follow us @ComicsXFight on Twitter! Thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 35051 G1 Climaxes, Roman’s Reign, and Cold Blood. This is Your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/26/g1-climaxes-romans-reign-and-cold-blood/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34843 Things We Mentioned — Find us @ComicsXFight on Twitter! Support us (and the rest of ComicsXF) monetarily by contributing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComicsXF Find the rest of our work at https://www.comicsxf.com. Thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34843 Tournie Season, Friday Night Wars and Saturday Dynamite. This is Your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/19/tournie-season-friday-night-wars-and-saturday-dynamite-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34733 34733 Hangman’s Returned, G1’s Good, and GCW is Flourishing! This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/13/hangmans-returned-g1s-good-and-gcw-is-flourishing-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:31:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34547 Thunder Rosa in GCW: Yuka and Mizuki: — Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34547 Weird Finishes, Rancid Crowds and The WWE Draft. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/05/weird-finishes-rancid-crowds-and-the-wwe-draft-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34345 Orange Cassidy video essay: — Weird Finishes, Rancid Crowds and Draft Days. Join us as we discuss Extreme Rules, The WWE Draft and what the hell was going on in that AEW Crowd. Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34345 A New Format, NXT 2.0 and a Dream Match. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/26/a-new-format-nxt-2-0-and-a-dream-match-this-is-you-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34039 We have a new format now! Check out our thoughts on This Week in Wrestling above! A chat about why no one watches Impact, why Raw is the way it is, NXT 2.0 pros and cons and our review of AEW biggest event to date. Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34039 Is All Well That Ends Well In X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/15/is-all-well-that-ends-well-in-x-men-the-trial-of-magneto-2/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33745 Is there such a thing as the perfect crime? Sure, all the evidence points to Magneto, but can it really be that easy? Nothing is what it seems on Krakoa. Find out what happens when Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, and Edgar Delgado bring us along to solve the case of who killed the Scarlet Witch...

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]]> 33745 Sunday Editorial: Changing the World with CM Punk https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/05/sunday-editorial-changing-the-world-with-cm-punk/ Sun, 05 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33343 The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. I kept rewriting my first lines of this.  “Do I want to talk about CM Punk?” I asked myself....

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]]> 33343 All Out is Coming, NXT is Changing and The Man is Back. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/30/all-out-is-coming-nxt-is-changing-and-the-man-is-back-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33160 Mikey: Well, in the wake of SummerSlam and CM Punk, it’s almost like things have been reset. This week was all about how things changed–or didn’t–in the shuffle.  Vishal: Also Takeover! Sadly. Charlie: I’m getting an anxiety ulcer waiting on Adam Cole news! Thanks wrestling!  Forrest: Excited to talk about NXT Rebuild 3.0 + 1.0...

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]]> 33160 Summerslam, Takeover and oh…CM Punk Returns https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/24/summerslam-takeover-and-oh-cm-punk-returns/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32997 Charlie Davis: Hey so. Some magic happened last night. I don’t know what’s gonna happen at SummerSlam. But it’s gonna have nothing on The First Dance.  Forrest Hollingsworth: Look in my eyes, what do you see? An uneven week of wrestl-ing. Will Nevin: Looks like I picked a good week to start with the wrestling...

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]]> 32997 Good Nostalgia, Bad Nostalgia and the Shows Before Summerslam. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/22/good-nostalgia-bad-nostalgia-and-the-shows-before-summerslam-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32958 Because this was a massive weekend in wrestling. Please tune in tomorrow for our coverage of The First Dance, Summerslam and NXT Takeover 36. If you want CM Punk chat, come back tomorrow. We’ve got a lot to say. Vishal Gullapalli: So this week’s kind of a big one, huh? I’ve heard it said that...

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]]> 32958 Mourn The Murder Of The Scarlet Witch In X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/18/mourn-the-murder-of-the-scarlet-witch-in-x-men-the-trial-of-magneto-1/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32836 Once upon a time, The Scarlet Witch, The Pretender Wanda Maximoff, was the daughter of Magneto. She’s been evil and an Avenger. She is now dead. Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, Joe Caramagna and Edgar Delgado examine her fate in X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto #1. Charlie Davis: Well. It’s here. I don’t know about you,...

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]]> 32836 So About NXT https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/16/so-about-nxt/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32719 Charlie: You know, we took off last week because near the end of the week things got a little depressing in the world of wrestling. Wrestling news has been a whirlwind of speculation and a little bit of sadness for a while now and I thought we might want to touch on that a little....

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]]> 32719 Pizza Cutters, Space Jam and Nitro at MGM Studios. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/02/pizza-cutters-space-jam-and-nitro-at-mgm-studios-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32238 Mikey: Another week, another wrestling. That’s the way the saying goes, right? No? Well, it is now. After the shockers heard round the world of last week’s AEW Dynamite and GCW Homecoming Night 1, plus Jay White in the Impact Zone! I’m… really not sure where this week is going to go, but I can’t...

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]]> 32238 Career Reinventions via Deathmatch, John Cena, and The Best in The World. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/25/career-reinventions-via-deathmatch-john-cena-and-the-best-in-the-world-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31846 Mikey: Hello everyone! We’re following up Slammiversary and MITB weekend, so we’ve probably got at least a little bit to talk about! Charlie: Oh yeah. Nothing WILD is happening in the world of wrestling at ALL. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all. LITERALLY in some cases.  Forrest: MDK ALL FUCKIN’ DAY. Sunday: Money in...

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]]> 31846 Money In The Bank, Bullet Club Reunions and ’90s Nitro. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/18/money-in-the-bank-bullet-club-reunions-and-90s-nitro-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 18 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31192 Charlie: Fans are back! We missed a few weeks! LOTS of things happened. Let’s try and get back with it and cover it all. Vishal: I gotta say, nothing makes it clearer how bad it was without fans than the first show back with them. They could have booked a terrible card and it still...

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]]> 31192 Hey! Quit Playing Games With Our Hearts Excalibur #22 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/14/hey-quit-playing-games-with-our-hearts-excalibur-22/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30909 Has Saturnyne's gamble paid off? We'll find out in Excalibur #22. By Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and Ariana Maher.

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]]> 30909 Hangman is Ready, Johnny Wrestling is Back and WCW is Alive. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/28/hangman-is-ready-johnny-wrestling-is-back-and-wcw-is-alive-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30197 Charlie Davis: It’s a new week in wrestling! Wheels are turning on some stories! We’ve got some NJPW news to catch up on and Raw was… it wasn’t SO BAD? No, that can’t be right. Mikey Zee: Well, Charlie, good for Raw doesn’t necessarily mean… good? But thankfully there was some really solid wrestling this...

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]]> 30197 Raw is Bad, Joe is Back and Cold Spray is Good. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/20/raw-is-bad-joe-is-back-and-cold-spray-is-good-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29856 Charlie Davis: More WWE PPV’s than you can shake a stick at. Which means more predictions! I also watched Raw this week because I hate myself!  Forrest Hollingsworth: If you or your loved ones have been impacted by Raw, consider watching literally anything else. Monday: RAW Charlie: Takeover: In Your House happened and it was...

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]]> 29856 Fan Unrest, Sports Interruptions, and it’s time for Takeover. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/13/fan-unrest-sports-interruptions-and-its-time-for-takeover-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29360 Charlie: I am so tired of Dynamite being on Friday, but at least there is a Takeover this weekend! I’ll grab the snacks.  Vishal: Tuesdays never gets messed up, Charlie. It’s a good deal for me. Forrest: It’s E3 and you guys want me to talk about sports? Well, okay… Monday: Monday Night Raw, Being...

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]]> 29360 Meet Your New X-Men As The Hellfire Gala Continues In X-Men & Excalibur #21 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/09/meet-your-new-x-men-as-the-hellfire-gala-continues-in-x-men-excalibur-21/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29222 First, reunions fair and foul as Excalibur attends The Gala in Excalibur #21 by Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erik Arciniega and Ariana Maher. Then we are introduced to the new team of X-Men as this run comes to an end in X-Men #21, written by Jonathan Hickman, and some jam piece art by Nick Dragotta,...

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]]> 29222 Diorsday Devices, Fatal Five Ways, and Too Sweets. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/06/diorsday-devices-double-or-nothing-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29119 Vishal Gullapalli: Okay since I’m here first again I get to claim the site’s stance on Double or Nothing! So… Double or Nothing was a decent event that started way better than it finished. I’m an editor now, Charlie can’t stop me from saying this! Charlie Davis: Vishal that’s not how things work! ANYWAY. I...

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]]> 29119 Championship Legacies, Disputed Eras, and Doubled Nothings. This is Your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/30/aew-friday-night-dynamite-double-or-nothing-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 30 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28698 Mikey Zee: This week we’ve got AEW Friday Night Dynamite, BAY BAY! Charlie Davis: It’s AEW PPV week! And the wrestling schedule is all messed up because of the NBA playoffs! Woooo! Vishal Gullapalli: I’m just here for NXT, as always. Mikey: We’re also gonna try a slightly new format this week as far as...

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