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. Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,100: Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin join…
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. Rasmus’ pick: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1: Four new Kryptonites have…
DC Comics launched the New 52 in 2011 as a “soft” reboot of its superhero continuity. I was 8 years old at the time and just getting into comics. At 9, I attended New York Comic Con for the first time, and continued to attend the convention annually until 2020. At that age, the only…
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. Austin’s pick: The Avengers in the Veracity Trap!: It starts with…
While the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run of Uncanny X-Men is rightly regarded as a creative high water mark for the series, containing some of its best-known and beloved stories (including “Proteus,” “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past”), their run ended somewhat abruptly, with Byrne departing after one-too-many “Colossus ripping up a stump”…
As a hero shooter in the vein of Overwatch, Marvel Rivals’ success is strongly intertwined with its ability to maintain the diversity of its roster. Thankfully, the Marvel Universe has no shortage of unique characters to pull from. Marvel Rivals launched with 33 playable heroes, and will feature 41 by the end of Season 3,…
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. Matt’s pick: Star Wars: The High Republic — The Finale #1:…
For the third year in a row, the crew of the Uncanny Experience — Minnesota’s preeminent immersive X-Men fan convention — recently transformed the historic Minneapolis Club into the X-Mansion for a weekend. For the second time, I was able to attend (scheduling conflicts kept me away from last year’s show), with an added twist:…
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. Matt’s pick: Flash: Bad Moon Rising Special #1: Bad Moon Rising…
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. Penn’s pick: Warriors and a Wee Wonder #1: What happens when…
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. Adam’s pick: Marvel Swimsuit Special #1: Roxxon Comics is at it…
This week sees the release of X-Men: The Hellfire Vigil, an all-hands-on-deck jam that sees the various factions of the mutant diaspora reunite to remember the island they all used to live on. Given the number of From the Ashes titles we’ve seen ended in the runup to the Vigil (NYX, X-Force, X-Factor) and the…
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. Austin’s pick: X-Men: The Hellfire Vigil #1: One year ago, at…
Ah, the halcyon days of the ’90s, when the graphic design was indecipherable and you could still count on seeing a hologram on a comic book cover. But the ’90s was also a time for taking bold risks. DC had killed off Superman and put Batman out of commission, garnering national media attention. So the…
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. Matt’s pick: New History of the DC Universe #1: In celebration…