Battle Of The Atom: Golden Underwear
We talk about the X-Men character Hyperion. You know him, he is fake Superman.Ranked this episode: Exiles #38-40 (King Hyperion) Exiles #43-45 (A Blink In Time) Exiles #62-#65 (Timebreakers)
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Sunday Editorial: The Art of the Fill-in Issue
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Drawing comics takes time. Thatâs all there is to it. Artists cannot maintain a 20-page-a-month pace without burning themselves out…
Eco-Horror & Insurmountable Guilt In Our Exclusive Preview Of Ka-Zar: Lord Of The Savage Land #3
If you aren’t reading Ka-Zar: Lord Of The Savage Land you are making mistakes. What Zac Thompson and GermĂĄn GarcĂa have been crafting with this series is a comic with the same intelligence and deconstruction as House Of X or Immortal Hulk. It is an evolution of what superhero comics can be, and you’re missing…
Tini Howard Demands Your Attention In Excalibur #25
The war in Otherworld reaches its boiling point in Excalibur #25 by Tini Howard, Marcus To, Eric Arciniega and Joe Caramagna. I read Excalibur #25 twice. After the first time, I felt let down. The team had a ton of pieces in place that I enjoyed, but hadnât put them together in a way that…
All Hail the King in Black in Venom #1
Ram V, Al Ewing and Bryan Hitch begin the tale of Venom anew in Venom #1 Vishal Gullapalli: Knock knock, let the devil in! Al Ewing and Ram Vâs Venom has finally kicked off and lemme tell you this is the book Iâve been most excited for since I first heard about it. Zachary Jenkins:…
What’s the Furthest Place from Here? #1 Is That Basement Show Where You First Moshed
Itâs a crisp autumn night in the Midwest. My mom drops me off far enough away so my friends donât have to see me climb out of a Honda Odyssey in my Underoath hoodie. I wasnât just worried about my image, I wanted to be able to go to the hardcore shows in the shack…
Battle Of The Atom: Omega Red Fatty Acids
We’re heading to Russia comrades! Join us as we talk all about Omega Red stories.Ranked this Episode: X-Men #4-7 (Omega Red) Wolverine Origins #37-40 (Romulus) Uncanny X-Force #25-35 (Final Execution)
The Music That Mattered To ComicsXF At 18
In Matthew Rosenburg & Tyler Bossâs upcoming Image title âWhatâs The Furthest Place From Here?â a group of teens each pick an album to represent themselves, to give themselves meaning, long after they are gone. Now, they canât actually listen to the albums but thatâs beside the point. With the book coming out next week…
Will The Right Crack Nanny? Find Out In Our Exclusive Preview Of Hellions #17
If Hellions is about anything, it is about consequences. It’s a book about bad people who have done bad things wondering what they do next. Zeb Well’s and Stephen Segovia’s mutants don’t fit in with the rest of the world. Luckily there is one enemy who we can all unite against, The Right. Hellions #17…
Lonnie Nadler & Zac Thompson Tell Us The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Of Their Western Anthology Series
Undone By Blood is an anthology Western from Aftershock Comics by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson and Sami Kivelä. It features a period story of the American West, juxtaposed with the pulp novel tales of cowboy Solomon Eaton. The second volume comes out November 10th. We sat down with writers Lonnie & Zac to discuss the…
Battle Of The Atom: Doug Does Terrible Things With Jordan Blum
We have a rip roaring time hanging with Hollywood big-shot Jordan Blum while we talk about Doug Ramsey and the Hellions. Ranked this episode: New Mutants #53-54 (Scavenger Hunt) New Warriors #31 (Who Mourns The Hellions?) New Mutants #6-8 (Necrosha)
Saddle up for Yukon Horrors in Vault’s THE RUSH #1
1899, Yukon Territory. A frozen frontier, bloodied and bruised by the last great Gold Rush. But in the lawless wastes to the north, something whispers in the hindbrains of men, drawing them to a blighted valley, where giant spidertracks mark the snow and impossible guns roar in the night. To Brokehoof, where gold and blood…
Battle Of The Atom: Down The Rabbit Hole
Happy Halloween, we talk about some sufficiently spooky stories. Then someone gets distracted and talks about weird Marvel continuity for too long. It’s a great event. Ranked This Episode: Inferno (Secret Wars) Nova #22 Generation X #22
Battle Of The Atom: Spider-Man 2099 Shirt
We enter the world of Mutant X, and by that we mean we get distracted by other weird Marvel stuff of the turn of the century.Ranked this episode: X-Factor #145-149 Mutant X #1-3 Mutant X: Origins #1
Steve Foxe Runs The Gamut Between Spider-Ham & Horror
Steve Foxe is a writer and editor working in both comics and children’s books. His new title Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility just recently dropped from Scholastics Graphix and he sat down with us to discuss. Zachary Jenkins: You have a history writing books for children, which I think a lot of people who are…