These past few months, for the average person, itās been hard to look at anything long-term. There are too many questions. When will COVID-19 stop being a controlling factor in our daily lives? What happens with and after the election? Was 22 chapters too much Sword Content? Even within the smaller world of the comics…
So everything around Xavier Files Central this week has been about swords, swords and more swords. I donāt know entirely why. Maybe something X-Men related. Thatās usually what it isā¦ But seriously, X of Swords has landed, and Sword Bearers and Sword Breakers abound. But not everyone who studied the blade while you were partying…
Because we canāt start with wrestling *every* week. William C. Nevin Memorial Pick of the Week Bourbon. Comics. Whatever. Itās my pick. This week? A big-ass IDW sale at comiXology. In prepping for our next āAssigned Readingā piece here at Xavier Files, I hit up comiXology to grab the first trade in the IDW TMNT…
Full disclosure: I am not a Taylor Swift fan. Some might assume itās a matter of taste, others might allude to the fact Iām āoldā or āseriously, this is embarrassing, youāre not even the target audience.ā Regardless, it was impossible to miss the release of her new album, Folklore, which landed online last month and…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick (But Really Everyone’s, But Mostly Zack’s Because It’s His Site, But We Are All Very Excited):Ā X of Swords: Creation #1: Swords! Swords! Swords! Swords! Swords! Listen, if you’re not frothing at…
He is the lone avenger of the night. He sits atop gargoyles in Gotham City, eternally alone in his quest for justice. He is Batman. He is the father figure to a group of young people who fight in his endless war against crime. He works with them to make them better, stronger and frankly…
I love Scott Summers. Cyclops has always been my favorite X-man, even when he was at his squarest back in the ā90s cartoon. I donāt know why. Maybe itās because Iām pretty square myself. āX-Men #30,ā the wedding of Scott and Jean Grey, is a favorite X-Men issue of mine. I can quickly rattle off…
The Best Man Miro might be in trouble. The āRasslinā Report If I owned stock in Miro ā which I donāt, because heās the professional wrestler formerly known as Rusev ā Iād call in a hold or maybe even a sell order into my broker, because Iām down as hell on his AEW debut, primarily…
The early 90s X-Books had their share of bad ideas. Characters who never did anything interesting or good but boy did they feel important had have neat designs. Because X-Men were the biggest thing ever in the 90s, some creators, whether from a misplaced sense of nostalgia or wild confidence in their skills, continue to…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: We can all agree the X-Men’s resident goddess has been underwritten since the dawn of dawn of X the Hickman era began the Disassembled stuff Blue and Gold…
The first weekend of the DC FanDome — a 24-hour, multiplatform, virtual hype fest that continues this weekend — included among its many trailers, featurettes and celebrity interviews an image of Darkseid wielding a spear from the vaunted āSnyder Cutā of Justice League. It gave me pause. The spear is a versatile weapon. It can…
Spider-Man is being haunted by his past. Unfortunately, I am not talking about Kindred, the mysterious demonic figure who has been interminably teasing a reveal In the book since the beginning. Or rather, not only about Kindred, but writer Nick Spencerās fascination with stories from Spider-Manās past. From the start Spencer sprinkled his series with…
Weāre at a crossroads in the centuries-long generational war. Boomers, Zoomers, Millennials, and the oft-forgotten Generation X are at arms with one another, blaming each other for their livesā many woes. I find myself in an interesting position amongst all this. Being born in the 1996-to-1999 liminal space between being classified as a Millennial or…
Howdy, yāall. Professor (seriously) Will Nevin here. When I came on board to Xavier Files, I was coming from a mostly three-man operation at WMQ Comics to a family of 30+ contributors, and I figured it would be neat to get some folkx together on occasion to talk about something weād all read. You know,…
With the return of the NFL today, plenty of fanatics are waiting with bated breath to see their beloved teams and players take to the turf and play some good olā football. But for fans like me, whoāve basically given up on their team after years of mediocrity, weāve had to find solace in other…