It’s Supermen, Supermen, Supermen, everywhere you look. Evil, electric, parasitic, young and space-faring and, of course, original flavor. There’s something for everyone! Superman and his family deal with the threat of Metallo and his malevolent metallic minions — but there’s more than meets the eye in Action Comics #1053, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn…
Having saved the Earth from the God City of T’Kon, the crew of the USS Theseus return to Deep Space Nine to regroup and plan their next step against Kahless in Star Trek #7 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Mike Feehan, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. …
As the God City of T’Kon awakens, the crew of the USS Theseus try to avert a deicide and Worf meets a familiar face. Afterwards, a renegade Worf, joined by a crew of misfits and mutineers, hijack the USS Defiant in order to save the galaxy. Star Trek #5 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson…
A new day dawns, and Superman is facing all new challenges. Mainly, a little voice in his ear trying to lead him down a darker path. Lex Luthor has decided to ally himself with Superman — but his help might be worse than his hindrance. Was this team-up doomed to failure from the start? We…
A few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #8! In X-Men #18, the Brood invade and have captured Corsair, but King Broo is nowhere to be found, from Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee and Clayton Cowles! The Beast Protocol begins in Wolverine #30 from Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp,…
Writer Jeff Lemire, artist Gabriel Walta, colorist Jordie Bellaire and letterer Steve Wands head out on the back roads and find only horror in Phantom Road #1, published by Image Comics. I grew up on trucks. My dad owned a small trucking company, and I frequently would ride along when I wasn’t in school. As…
We’re a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! In X-Force #37, we finally meet the head of Xeno, the Man with the Peacock Tattoo, from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! Meanwhile, “Inferno II Electric Boogaloo” ends in Dark Web Finale #1 from Zeb Wells, Adam…
Having been tipped off by Q, Ben Sisko and the Theseus crew race to the God City of T’Kon and find much more than they bargained for in Star Trek #4 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Ramon Rosanas and Oleg Chudakov, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. …
We’re a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #6! In X-Men Annual #1, Firestar gets the much-deserved spotlight from Steve Foxe, Andrea DiVito, Sebastian Cheng and Clayton Cowles! Two key characters get some major closure in Dark Web: X-Men #2-3, by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto,…
A new year brings in new beginnings. An era ends, and a new era rises. Jon’s faces down the Red Sin and finishes off his series with Superman: Son of Kal-El #18, written by Tom Taylor, penciled by Cian Tormey and Ruairí Coleman, inked by Cian Tormey, Ruairí Coleman and Scott Hanna, colored by Romulo…
All hell breaks loose aboard the USS Theseus, and only a godlike being with a single letter for a name could be responsible in Star Trek #3 written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, with art by Joe Eisma and Ramon Rosanas, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Hey Tony!…
Welcome to Inferno! As our friends at Jay & Miles Xplain the X-Men like to say, Inferno never ends! And with that, we’re in the thick of “Dark Web”, AKA Inferno II: Electric Boogaloo! In Dark Web: #1, Christmas in New York gets interrupted by a familiar demon problem from Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin,…
Fellow ComicsXF writer Tony Thornley joins us this week just in time for the new Batman/Spawn crossover to talk about other times that Batman has met characters from across the comic book omniverse. Batman meets alien hunters, an arachnid themed hero and the hellspawn he’ll be meeting again. Intercompany crossovers are a weird and wild…
I love good all-ages comics. I’m a parent of two small boys. Both love reading, and the youngest has recently started his first ever pull list. It’s made the lack of all-ages books in general glaring to me. Frankly, there should be Spider-Man and Batman all-ages books being published at all times. While the latter…
In Star Trek #2, Sisko and crew head to the Klingon Empire on the trail of the engineers who built the god killer, and reconnect with an old friend on the way. Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, with art by Oleg Chudakov, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley:…