It’s a brand new day for Peter Parker as Amazing Spider-Man relaunches to top off our Staff Picks

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Amazing Spider-Man #1: Peter Parker is, shockingly, without a…

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In honor of her 50th anniversary, CXF writers talk about what makes the X-Men’s Storm great

This year — and this week’s Storm #7 by Murewa Ayodele and Luciano Vecchio — marks the 50th anniversary of Ororo Munroe’s first appearance in Marvel’s Giant-Size X-Men #1. To celebrate the character’s cultural impact, CXF contributors Latonya “Penn” Pennington and Jude Jones held a roundtable discussion on the iconic Windrider. ComicsXF: As a character,…

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X-Manhunt ends! H2SH begins! New Image titles with long names! A super-stacked CXF Staff Picks

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. The big ticket items X-Manhunt Omega #1: The “X-Manhunt” concludes as…

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I’m afraid of Canadians: Marvel Comics, the Trudeaus and how we perceive our neighbors

I’m Canadian. But I’m not particularly patriotic. My ancestors from Ireland, Scotland and France weren’t rich or powerful but, by virtue of being white, undeniably benefited from the various government-sponsored genocides that made the nation of Canada. I’m ashamed of that and the perpetuation of myths about my nation’s history, like the idea that because…

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