Rob Secundus - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:21:45 +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 Rob Secundus - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Why that superhero movie about the guy who kills vampires has been delayed, REVEALED https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/27/fake-blade-notes/ Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49441 The following are real* leaked notes from an unnamed executive** at a media company known for its superhero movies but struggling to produce a movie about a cool guy who kills vampires. Trusted sources*** have verified these leaks. The situation they present is about what everyone would expect. These emails consist of communication with a...

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]]> 49441 Joker: Folie a Deux and Deadpool & Wolverine feed an audience screaming for more Funko Pops https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/13/joker-folie-a-deux/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:53:36 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50429 This is a review of the movie Joker: Folie a Deux. As, in order to be considered for certain review aggregators, I have to give it a numerical score, I award Joker: Folie a Deux 0 out of 3 possible Jokers. Frank Cifaldi, host of the Insert Credit podcast, recently offered the following anecdote from...

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]]> 50429 The ComicsXF bullpen share their favorite Krakoa memories https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/21/goodbye-krakoa/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49296 In which the Comics XF team gathers to remember the things big and small that made the Krakoan era of X-Men comics an entertaining, transformative and memorable one. For more Krakoan remembrances, please read Jude Jones and Adam Reck‘s writing on the matter. Sean Dillon I suppose we should start with the beginning: HoXPoX was...

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]]> 49296 The Good Book in comics, or, when not to quote the King James Version (an FCBD X-Men review) https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/06/comics-king-james-bible/ Mon, 06 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48829 In Daredevil Vol. 8 #6, aka Daredevil #668, Matt Murdock, with the assistance of Doctor Strange, summons a gateway to Hell in part by quoting the book of Proverbs. Proverbs (or מִשְלֵי) is a book found within the Jewish and Christian scriptural canons. It is a collection of short sayings meant to impart wisdom; here,...

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]]> 48829 Battle Of The Atom: Hell House with Robert Secundus https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/30/battle-of-the-atom-hell-house-with-robert-secundas/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47000 Hell-ppy Hell-oween everyone. We are doing a Hell House instead of a heathen haunted house this year on Battle Of The Atom. ComicsXF Senior Hell Correspondent Robert Secundus joins us. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 47000 BatChat With Matt & Will: A Biblically Accurate Angel (w/ Robert Secundus) https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/17/batchat-with-matt-will-a-biblically-accurate-angel-w-robert-secundus/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46295 BatChat religion correspondent Robert “Bobby TwoBucks” Secundus is back this week, and he’s brining with him Jean-Paul Valley, the vigilante and sometimes fanatic known as Azrael. We chart the journey of Azrael from the beginning of his ongoing to his most recent mini-series, with a stop off in an alternate world that is… something. We...

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]]> 46295 Some Bad Looks, and We Don’t Mean the Fashion, at the X-Men’s Hellfire Gala https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/27/some-bad-looks-and-we-dont-mean-the-fashion-at-the-x-mens-hellfire-gala/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46104 It’s the biggest night of the year for the mutants … but, unfortunately, it’s an even bigger night for Orchis. X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 is written by Gerry Duggan; drawn by Adam Kubert, Luciano Vecchio, Matteo Lolli, Russell Dauterman, Javier Pina, R.B. Silva, Joshua Cassara, Kris Anka and Pepe Larraz; colored by Rain...

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]]> 46104 We Come To Christmas’ End with a New Graphic Novel of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/06/we-come-to-christmas-end-with-a-new-graphic-novel-of-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44436 A classic tale of chivalry, courage, and inevitability with John Reppion and MD Penman’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Ritesh: ‘Tis the season! Of yuletide tales and gift-giving! And so we come to a tale of old–The Tale of Ser Gawain and the Green Knight. Crafted with great care and intense research by John...

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]]> 44436 Leah Williams Lets Us Know Which X-Terminators Vape https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/21/leah-williams-lets-us-know-which-x-terminators-vape/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43062 Robert Secundus: Today on ComicsXF we are joined by the writer of Age of X-Man: The Extremists War of the Realms: Giant-Man, X-Factor, X-Men Black: Emma Frost, What If? Magik, The Amazing Mary Jane, The Trial of Magneto, Gwenpool Strikes Back, and the forthcoming comic (R)ender. We will be discussing Exterminators #1, the first issue...

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]]> 43062 The Logic of Cults and the Nature of Detection in Brother of All Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/17/the-logic-of-cults-and-the-nature-of-detection-in-brother-of-all-men-2/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42472 Mysteries, conspiracies and sacred structures all rise up in the Canadian wilderness in Brother of All Men #2, written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Eoin Marron, colored by Mark Englert and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou for AfterShock. As before, I’d ask you to read Brother of All Men #2 before turning to the reflections here....

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]]> 42472 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.45: This is an Anti-Discourse Comic (w/ Rob Secundus) https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/28/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-45-this-is-an-anti-discourse-comic-w-rob-secundus/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42241 Batman has a complicated relationship with religion. He is a rationalist living in a world with real angels and demons. So what happens when Batman intersects with religion? Well, we don’t really answer that specific question. But we do have three stories where Batman confronts people and creatures with specific religious ties. And we’re joined...

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]]> 42241 Let’s Join a Cult in AfterShock’s The Brother of All Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/20/lets-join-a-cult-in-aftershocks-the-brother-of-all-men-1/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42136 I don’t think you should read this until you have finished reading AfterShock’s The Brother of All Men #1, an engrossing beginning to what is sure to be a powerful, horrifying, gripping read. If you have any affinity for cult horror, folk horror or the previous work of the creators, Zac Thompson, Eoin Marron, Mark...

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]]> 42136 The Multiverse According to ComicsXF! https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/05/the-multiverse-according-to-comicsxf/ Thu, 05 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40498 With the looming release of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness serving as the latest entry in pop culture’s recent obsession with multiverses and realities alternate, parallel and multiple, we asked our ComicsXF writers to share their thoughts about their favorite alternate reality from across the wide multiverse of stories!  Earth-1610: The Ultimate Universe...

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]]> 40498 Get That October 2019 Feeling All Over Again with Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/05/get-that-october-2019-feeling-all-over-again-with-giant-size-x-men-thunderbird/ Thu, 05 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40529 Bear with me a moment.  I’m not nostalgic for the X-Men comics of the ’70s and ’80s. I wasn’t born yet, but also, unlike a lot of comic nerds my age, I never got into the cartoon that built off those stories, or found my way into a comic shop with back issue bins. I...

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]]> 40529 Perform Kluh Erasure in Hulk #6 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/20/perform-kluh-erasure-in-hulk-6/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40175 The first arc of Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley’s Hulk reaches its climax as Bruce Banner’s control over Starship Hulk slips … and something much worse takes the wheel in Hulk #6, written by Cates, drawn by Ottley, inked by Cliff Rathburn, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Cory Petit. When I wrote on...

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]]> 40175 HoX PoX ToXCII: Annotating X-Men ’92: House Of XCII #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/15/hox-pox-toxcii-annotating-x-men-92-house-of-xcii-1/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40110 In our timeline, Robert Secundus and Christopher Eddlemen annotated every issue of House of X and Powers of X, two series that were one, the Summer of 2019. But imagine another timeline— a timeline where the 90s X-Men cartoon never ended and continued to adapt not the storylines of the Marvel comics, but the notes...

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]]> 40110 Moon Knight #10 Highlights The Gutter In Quality Between Comics & The MCU https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/04/moon-knight-10-gutter-between-panel-and-screen/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39683 On the day of Moon Knight #10’s publication, the second episode of the Disney+ show will air. The first episode introduced one of superhero comics’ most bizarre and fascinating characters to a massive audience. Many of Marvel’s recent movie offerings feel the need to acknowledge directly how silly its subject matter is, apologize for it,...

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]]> 39683 Things Finally Come Together in X Lives of Wolverine #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/09/things-finally-come-together-in-x-lives-of-wolverine-4/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38345 Wolverine’s timey-wimey adventure continues in X Lives of Wolverine #4, written by Benjamin Percy, art by Joshua Cassara with Federico Vicentini, colors by Frank Martin, and letters by Cory Petit. Chris Eddleman: I can’t believe we’ve already reached issue #4 of this mini, Rob. And yet Wolverine probably feels the grip of time even worse...

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]]> 38345 The ComicsXF Guide to Fish Filet Sandwiches: An Ash Wednesday Side Story https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/03/comicxf-guide-to-fish-filet-sandwiches-an-ash-wednesday-side-story/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38243 Above, ComicsXF Presents the ComicsXF Guide To Fish Filet Sandwiches: McDonalds Menu Hack Edition! This episode of our guide is best viewed while wearing headphones. CW: Gross fast food.  You can also watch the first and second episodes of the Fish Guide, as well as our Red Lobster side review! Thanks to Adam Reck, Mark...

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]]> 38243 The Grotesque Becomes Us in Ghost Rider #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/25/the-grotesque-becomes-us-in-ghost-rider-1/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38149  Ghost Rider #1 by Benjamin Percy, Cory Smith, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham For the double-sized first issue of the new volume of Ghost Rider, I present a reflection in two parts: Part 1: The Pieces I want to highlight for you just a few things that happen in this comic: A mean goth lady...

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]]> 38149 A Whale of a Time in X-Lives of Wolverine #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/16/a-whale-of-a-time-in-x-lives-of-wolverine-3/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:05:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37981 A classic in the making, join ComicsXF for a discussion about Wolverine you'll never, ever forget, no matter what timeline you are in...

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]]> 37981 X-Lives of Wolverine #2: Can You Bear the Past? https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/02/x-lives-of-wolverine-2-can-you-bear-the-past/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37778 X-Lives of Wolverine #2 explores Wolverine's troubled past. The question we ask, can he bear it or has he reached a breaking point?

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]]> 37778 The Sinister Six Draft https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/03/the-sinister-six-draft/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37050 Did you enjoy Spider-Man: No Way Home? Well, join us as we delve into the Multiverse as some of our writers draft their ideal Sinister Six. This post went up early for patreon subscribers. If you’d like to become a patreon, please click this link! ComicsXF is creating Independent Comic Book Journalism | Patreon

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]]> 37050 It’s Hard To Advocate For Hulk #1 Without Talking About Everything Around It https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/23/its-hard-to-advocate-for-hulk-1-without-talking-about-everything-around-it/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35379 Immortal Hulk asked, “Does God have a Hulk?” Hulk #1, by Donny Cates, Ryan Ottley, Frank Martin and Cory Petit, dares to ask the logical next question: What does Hulk need with a starship? Bear with me for a bit. Before I talk about Hulk #1, I need to talk about a lot of stuff around...

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]]> 35379 The Ballad of Black Tom & Reckoning With Lovecraft https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/18/the-ballad-of-black-tom-reckoning-with-lovecraft/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35320 “People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn’t there. “Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father’s head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can...

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