Are you screaming? We’re all screaming. Actual X-Men legends Walter and Louise Simonson return to their classic run on X-Factor in an all-new, in-continuity story. We shouldn’t have to say more. This power couple individually created Apocalypse and Cable, killed Superman and did the single greatest run of superhero comics ever with Thor. They are…
Everyone should be forced to work in fast food. The public interactions, the bad hours, the coming home smelling like a sandwich. There’s nothing like it. The banal monotony of a Tuesday closing shift in the foot court Quiznos Subs of a dying mall where your only co-worker is a stuck-up 17-year-old who hates you…
Happy 2021! We’re exhausted from that whole thing so we are talking about Inventory Issues. One of these? One of these issues of Marvel Fanfare is a video game tie in for a canceled text based adventure game.Ranked this episode: Marvel Fanfare #1-4 (Savage Land) Marvel Fanfare #33 (Quest Probe) Marvel Fanfare #40 (Angel/Mystique)
X-Men writer Jonathan Hickman has a passion for graphic design. His love of charts has become nearly as memetic as his pithy interviews. Since we at ComicsXF are evolving our graphic design with the relaunch, we figured it was the perfect time to invite Jon over to talk about charts. Zachary Jenkins: Design elements have…
It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Xavier Files started at my dining room table over a plate of bacon and eggs. It was a Tumblr blog where I took bits and pieces of my favorite comics podcasts and foolheartedly assumed my opinion on comics would be exactly what the internet needed. I wrote about…
King In Black: Iron Man/Doctor Doom #1 comes out on December 30th. Written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Salvador Larroca and Guru-eFX and letters by Travis Lanham. This review is a variant on “A Visit from St. Nicholas” with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore. ‘Twas a week after Christmas, a world gone to hell…
Battle Of The Atom: The Sex Police — This whole episode is about The Blob. Freddy Dukes is a good boy now and we want nothing but the best for him at all times. So should you. Ranked this episode: Age Of X-Men: X-Tremists All-New X-Men vol 2 #4-7 Marvel Fanfare #7
Winter may have just started but Spring will soon have sprung. We found 10 things in the Marvel Solicits for March 2021 that we can’t wait to thaw out and enjoy! King In Black Comes To A Close We’ve had feelings about King In Black. Some folks have not liked those feelings. But all of…
Like mutantkind in the age of Krakoa, X-Twitter has never flourished more than in the era of comics from HOXPOX onward. From hot takes and #xspoilers, to thoughtful dialogues and good natured roasts, X-Fans have been able to come together to celebrate the incredible characters and stories that have inspired them for decades. Artists on…
Merry Chrises-Mas to all and to all a good episode of podcast talking about different X-Men stories from around the holidays with our good friends, Chris & Christi Eddleman from over at Chrises On Infinite Earths. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine #49 Merry X-Men Holiday Special Power Pack #20
Peach Momoko has done fantastic work on covers and now she is bringing her work to interiors. Demon Days is a Japanese inspired story featuring Marvel characters reimagined as samuri, oni, yojimbos, and Yōkai. Starting with Demon Days: X-Men, Peach will be writing and drawing a 5 issue tale of a sword quest mixing Japanese…
In their stunning first issue, Al Ewing and Valerio Schiti promised that S.W.O.R.D. was the future. They just didn’t say how long that future will last. As Knull, the King in Black, covers the world in darkness, the immortal mutants will learn the most fundamental truth of the universe. Everything dies. Al Ewing has already…
As we close out the year that was, the staff at Xavier Files wanted to take a moment to highlight our favorite comics from throughout the year. There were so many great books that we couldn’t list them all, but we wanted to give our team the chance to highlight an issue, an arc, a…
Underground Secret Grandma with Zach Rabiroff — We are unpacking the power of the Power Pack this week as we discuss why Leech is the best, Annalee is the worst, and learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Zach Rabiroff joins us because, darn it, we just wanted to share in the fun. Ranked This Episode:…
The event continues to unravel as Ellie, Otto and Ava rise from the ashes of their comic shop to begin their four-color odyssey to find the truth beyond the dome. Meanwhile: Super-prisons! Magic guns! Mysterious government agents! And other stuff! Zachary Jenkins and Dan McMahon break down Image’s Crossover #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw,…