Even a Superman needs help from a more street-level hero every now and again, no matter how much their methods may vary, and something both father and son are both aware of in this month’s Superchat! Jon Kent and Dick Grayson’s team-up continues as they investigate The Rising in Superman: Son of Kal El #9,…
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With his identity in jeopardy, the serial killer known as The Foundling makes a bold move, and it’s up to Bruce Wayne, Henry Ducard and the Grey Shadow to stop him before he kills again in Batman: The Knight #3, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered…
X-Men steps up in an issue that’s jam packed with plot and action from Gerry Duggan, CF Villa, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Adam! Welcome! Glad to have you onboard to take a look at what’s probably the meatiest issue of the series to date. Adam Reck: What an issue to help out…
It’s a Jon Kent team-up extravaganza on this week’s Superchat! DC’s newest Superman and Aquaman deal with the leviathan threat (not THAT Leviathan threat) once and for all—but interference from Bendix’s Gamorran super task force has cost lives. How responsible is Jon Kent for the lives lost? Find out, in Superman: Son of Kal-El #8,…
The larger Marvel Universe is starting to come knocking as the team faces star of stage and screen MODOK from Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: For some reason I feel like MODOK should have some sort of catchphrase that we could banter about in our opening this week. But…
Characters collide and plot threads come together via a Mos Espa showdown in “In the Name of Honor”, chapter seven of The Book of Boba Fett, written by Jon Favreau and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Austin Gorton: Welcome to the ComicsXF roundtable discussion of the Book of Boba Fett season finale! Because this episode is…
Two Spider-Man comics. One One Black Cat. Did either of them get Felicia right? Amazing Spider-Man #87 comes courtesy of writer Jed MacKay, artist Carlos Gómez, colorist Bryan Valenza, and letterer Joe Caramagna. Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 is (also) written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa, colored by Erick Arciniega, and…
Things change, things end, things begin again, but one thing remains—Superman fights for a better world, no matter which world it might be. On Earth, Jonathan Kent tries to stop a leviathan, but things get quickly out of hand when Bendix’s Gamorran task force shows up in Superman: Son of Kal-El #7, written by Tom…
How did Captain Krakoa come to be? The answer may not surprise, but it will terrify longtime fans, from Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Cori: It doesn’t seem like it’s been long enough for there to be another issue of X-Men, but here we are, Tony. Tony: Yeah, after a larger…
Ben Reilly is back, and this time he’s more continuity-inserted than ever! Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #1 is written by J.M. DeMatteis, with art by David Baldéon, colors by Israel Silva, and letters by Joe Caramagna. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Sometimes that’s a good thing, but others not so much. For the last…
Otto Octavius is looking for a few good men…and they’re all him. Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1 is written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Davide Tinto, colored by Matt Milla, and lettered by Ariana Maher. Otto Octavius has always been chasing something greater. The more we’ve learned about the villain and his motives and drive,…
Though they’ve been stuck in a bad place on their respective worlds, our Supermen each rally themselves in their own ways on this week’s Superchat. One Superman finally escapes a bottled city, taking the fight to Brainiac to save all bottled cities everywhere, in Superman ‘78 #5, written by Robert Venditti, drawn by Wilfredo Torres,…
Meet Captain Krakoa! He might be exactly who you think he is, but the “why” is the more exciting part of X-Men #6 from Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Cori McCreery: Happy New Year! I hope the holidays were good for you all and that if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Mutant…
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