February is the month of love. And wouldn’t you know it, we found 10 things in the Marvel Solicits for February 2021 that we are just smitten with. Open The Vault We here in the Xavier Files Media Empire are big fans of the Mike Carey arc “Supernovas”. We are big fans of the best…
This one is all about Hope Summers. You know her. She is great.Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #526-529 (Five Lights) Generation Hope #1-4 (The Future Is A four Letter Word) X-Force vol 4 #11-15 (Us Vs. Them)
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Seven Wives Club Writer: Mike Mignola, Artist: Adam Hughes, Letterer: Clem Robins, Publisher: Dark Horse Hellboy lives and dies on tone. It’s the reason every Hellboy movie is missing that little bit of magic Mike Mignola brings. It’s gothic, reflective, tinged with sorrow and regret. That’s what ghost stories are…
This week Connor Goldsmith, host of CEREBRO joins us to talk about her excellence, Emma Grace Frost. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Black: Emma Frost New X-Men #33-36 (Mercury Falling) Emma Frost #1-6 (Higher Learning)
Zachary Jenkins: It’s here, the biggest indie launch in a very long time. Donny Cates, possibly the creator with the most heat in the direct market right now, continues with his established collaborator Geoff Shaw to tell a story about superheroes. It’s a big, meta, high-concept tale that is blessedly not told in a nine-panel…
We take a break from books with pictures to talk to Carrie Harris about her new book Liberty & Justice for All: A Marvel: Xavier’s Institute Novel staring Tempus and Triage. Pick up the book here!
Jazz, good jazz, is a conversation in a language you don’t quite read. A collaboration between a motley band of discrete artists, pushing and pulling each other into new and unforeseen directions. Tight, syncopated beats laid under velvety woodwinds, while twinkling piano keys dance up and down the staff, sliding between thunderous rapture from the…
Happy Halloween. We celebrate it by talking about how Zack’s 4-year-old is a scrub at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men v3 #5-7 (Limbo) Marvel Knights: X-Men Ghost Rider #67-68 (Brood Feud II)
We looked into the Xavier Files scrying pool to let you know what we are most excited about coming in the far off world of 2021 as we dig into our favorite things in Marvel’s January 2021 Solicits. Space Invaders While we don’t have a book yet, we know the Xenomorphs will be invading the…
L is for the way Land looks at me O is for the only storyline for Jean V is very, very, extra boring reading E is enjoyable podcast hosts that you adore Ranked this episode: Phoenix: Endsong Phoenix: Warsong New X-Men #151-154 (Here Comes Tomorrow)
Hello friends and readers! Another week, another batch of Marvel titles to dig into! This week, Jude Jones hits up Captain America #24, our fearless leader brings us the skinny on Avengers #37, and Spider-Correspondent Tony Thornley anniversaries (it’s a word, right?) with Amazing Spider-Man #50! Captain America #24 Though uneven, Captain America #24, like…
The X-Men books have, at times, struggled with intersectionality and representation of the ideas they are inspired by. These ones though? They are good at it. Ranked This Episode: All-New X-Men v1 #9-14 Generation X v2 #6-7 Age Of X-Man: Prisoner X
It’s time to face your parent issues, save the environment and go on a top-secret mission as Dan Grote reviews AHOY’s Penultiman #1 and Zack Jenkins reviews Vault’s No One’s Rose #5 and AWA’s American Ronin #1.
Listen, we all need a break sometimes, Scott Summers included. The mutant leader is trying his best, but between raising his teenage son, being Captain Commander of Krakoa, and exploring polygamy, sometimes a guy just needs to let loose. Channeling all of our frustration about the last year, artist Alexander Lozano has gifted Cyclops with…
We are aging backward, all the way back to the uncanny first appearance of some of our favorite characters. Join us in the abyss. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny #265-267 (First Gambit) Uncanny #345, 347-350 (First Maggott & Trial of Gambit) X-Men #28 (First Banshee)