In 2022, a crack team of ComicsXF writers and TTRPG lovers came together to try out the Marvel Multiverse RPG playtest — and found it wanting. Now, the members of the ComicsXF staff come together once more to play the finalized version of the game. Has it improved from playtest, gotten immeasurably worse or ended…
Sealed in a dream-state by Krakoan technology, the fearsomely powerful Children of the Vault have been dormant in Chile while thinking they’ve taken over the world. Now Krakoa belongs to the past. Are the Children the future? Not if Cable and Bishop have much to say about it in Children of the Vault #1, written…
Ron DeSantis is a pile of human excrement molded into human form and stuffed into a suit. The comic about him isn’t so great either. Political Power: Ron DeSantis is written by Michael Frizell, drawn and colored by Martin Gimenez, lettered by Benjamin Gilbert and published by TidalWave Productions. Roy remains the center of the…
Some tiny boys go to the beach, and some big girls are mean to them. Yup, softcore porn has come to ComiXology in Cousins #1 by Tonara Cluric. Roy is still drifting toward the red planet, accompanied only by memories and his faithful rovers and otherwise alone. Or is he? Traveling to Mars #5 is…
Roy is drifting closer to the Red Planet and his ultimate fate, but he still finds himself tied to his past in Traveling to Mars #4, written by Mark Russell, drawn by Roberto “Dakar” Meli, colored by Chiara Di Francia, lettered by Mattia Gentili and published by Ablaze. If you can’t stand the heat in…
One long and bloody night is finally at its end in Rogues’ Gallery #4, with story by Hannah Rose May and Declan Shalvey, written by May, drawn by Justin Mason, colored by Triona Farrell, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and published by Image. Roy is getting closer to his final destination. And perhaps nearer to a…
Our Marauders have been to space, welcomed a mutant from 2099, taken a deep dive into the Proterozoic proto-ocean, rescued a couple of ancient mutants from yet another genocide, and wondered who made a mysterious puzzle box. Now their series is ending. Will their questions get answered in Marauders #12, written by Steve Orlando, drawn…
Our team has come back from the distant past, bringing three plucky survivors from the long-ago, now-defunct mutant society Threshold. Will Captain Kate Pryde start a time loop with their help? Also, remember that jerk Brimstone Love? He’s back too, in Marauders #11, written by Steve Orlando, art by Eleanora Carlini, colors by Matt Milla,…
Ron Livingston gets farther away from everyone and everything he’s ever known and closer to the end in Traveling to Mars #2, written by Mark Russell, drawn by Roberto “Dakar” Meli, colored by Chiara di Francia, lettered by Mattia Gentili and published by Ablaze. Actress Maisie Wade confronts the murderous fans who’ve invaded her home…
In a house by the shore, there’s something secret going on. Something unholy. Something for … the Stuff of Nightmares #1, written by R.L. Stine, drawn by A.L. Kaplan, colored by Roman Titov, lettered by Jim Campbell and published by BOOM Studios. Roy Livingston has never been important. Until now. And all he has to…
Billions of years in the past, a culture of proto-mutants and proto-humans faces extinction-level threats from the Unbreathing (an anaerobic civilization), from Arkea (wannabe world-dominating microorganisms), from Sublime (wannabe world-dominating microorganisms created by Grant Morrison), and from Stryfe (that guy). Can our chrono-journeying mutants save everyone? Or anyone? Time to find out in Marauders #10,…
By Ian Gregory and Will Nevin No one can hear you scream about labor rights in space. Fear of a Red Planet #1 is written by Mark Sable, drawn and colored by Andrea Olimpieri, lettered by Dave Sharpe and published by AfterShock. Ted Walsh wants one more run on top. And he’ll get it by…
Inconceivably long ago in the history of the Earth, the mutants (Enriched) and the non-mutant humans (Enshrined) of the community called Threshhold battle the anaerobes of the Unbreathing and the genocidal megabacteria Arkaea and Sublime. Our Marauders have come, in sealed suits, from the future to save their kin. Some will die, some will live,…
In an all-too-plausible future, the nation is split. The old country is dead. This is New America #1, written by Curt Pires, drawn by Luca Casalanguida, colored by Mark Dale, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and published by Comixology Originals. It’s a ballad of love, murder, sketchy flyboys and at least one creepy robot in Barnstormers…
By Ian Gregory and Will Nevin Wren learns more about her past … and what she might have to do in the future … in Blink #3, written by Christopher Sebela, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Nick Filardi, lettered by Frank Cvetkovic and published by Oni Press. Just when you think your job of…