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The Children of the Vault run wild as the Fall of X continues: Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Children of the Vault #1: He’s a time-traveler from a far future with a techno-organic arm and eye. He’s a time-traveler from a not-as-far-future but once tried to kill the other guy’s adoptive…

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The Fall of X continues in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men #25: The Hellfire Gala is over. The mutants have been decimated. Again. And Kate Pryde has jumped to the other side of the pirates vs. ninjas debate. Time to stab some Orchis…

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A Bold New Era, a Bold New ComicsXF Patreon

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

A little over three years ago, Zack Jenkins DM’d me on Twitter while I was watching Parasite and asked me if I wanted to merge my website, WMQ Comics, with his, Xavier Files. We used the extra time we had during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to forge a new website, ComicsXF, that offered…

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Alone in a Crowd: A San Diego Comic Con Field Report

Sean Dillon2 years ago10 months ago042 mins

ComicsXF’s own Sean Dillon attended this year’s San Diego Comic Con. This is their field report. TUESDAY 8:00 AM EST Playing: Heart First Aid Kit (Grace Petrie & the PC Brigade), Queer as Folk (Grace Petrie) There’s an odd anxiety building inside of me. I’m currently sitting in JFK waiting for my flight to San…

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It’s Hellfire Gala Time, BayBEE, in This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 #1: The Hellfire Gala is always the biggest event of the season, but this year’s will change everything for Krakoa. What is meant to be mutantkind’s biggest night…

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Hawkgirl Returns and Star Trek Cries for Blood in This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Hawkgirl #1: Kendra Saunders, the winged warrior better known as Hawkgirl, has been one of the DCU’s greatest heroes for a long time, serving as a member of both the Justice League and…

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The Robins Have Nightmares in This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Knight Terrors: Robin #1: When two Bat-brothers get taken into the Nightmare Realm, Jason Todd and Tim Drake must fight their worst fears and each other as they’re forced to relive the darkest…

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Sinister Self-Cest and Swan Songs Start Our Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: X-Men: Before the Fall: Sinister Four #1: As the 19th century draws to a close, the dying Nathaniel Essex unleashes four clones of himself into the world. They’ve been haunting it ever since,…

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Happy Belated Father’s Day, Big Daddy [A] Is Back in Our Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: Before the Fall: Heralds of Apocalypse: In ancient days, Genesis turned back the hordes of Amenth. In ancient days, Genesis forced Annihilation into a parley. What words were spoken in her mind?…

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Hickman Saves the Ultimate Universe in This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Chris’ pick: Ultimate Invasion #1: Remember the Ultimate Universe? All those classic stories like the time Sinister pushed Xavier down a flight of stairs or the time Blob ate the Wasp or the time Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch did an incest? Man, I miss those days. But what if I told you the Ultimate…

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We’re Choosing Chaos (and Night Fever) in This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago09 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Night Fever: In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can’t sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer,…

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Loki, Worf and Ninja Turtles Lead Off This Week’s Staff Picks. Turtle Power!

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Note: Banner photo is a variant cover to Fantastic Four #8 by Scott Koblish. Listen to Koblish talk about that cover on WMQ&A. Zack’s pick: Loki #1: They may be the “benevolent” God of Stories…

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DC’s Queer Characters Shine in This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: DC Pride 2023: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time. Jon Kent gets a crash course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem…

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Sunday Editorial: Image’s SuperMassive Distribution Surprise

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago012 mins

Last week’s SuperMassive one-shot from Image Comics ended with a surprise appearance by Medieval Spawn. Turns out that would only be the second-biggest surprise from Image that day. On Wednesday, comics’ third largest publisher announced it had inked an exclusive direct market distribution deal with Lunar, taking monthly titles like Spawn, Saga and Walking Dead…

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A SuperMassive Team-Up and a Super Important Mohawk Lead This Week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: Storm #1: In my day, Storm had a mohawk and wasn’t afraid to stab a Morlock, and that’s the way we liked it! Annie Nocenti revisits this era of Storm’s career for a…

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