Issue Overviews - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:02:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Issue Overviews - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 X-Men: The Hellfire Murder makes everyone suspect https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/22/x-men-the-hellfire-murder-makes-everyone-suspect/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57395 When a mutant power player is murdered at a masquerade, it falls to Wolverine and Jubilee to solve a locked-room mystery in X-Men: The Hellfire Murder.

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]]> 57395 Uncanny X-Men #32 is one busy Brood brawl https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/22/uncanny-x-men-32-is-one-busy-brood-brawl/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57391 Can even the might of the combined Louisiana X-Men stem the tide of the terror from the stars? Find out in Uncanny X-Men #32.

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]]> 57391 Batwoman #5 builds to a showdown between sisters https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/16/batwoman-5-builds-to-a-showdown-between-sisters/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:09:40 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57355 In the Grecian Convent of the Daughters of Lilith, the two Kane sisters, Kate and Beth, finally confront each other in Batwoman #5.

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]]> 57355 Enemy of My Enemy a great intro to Daredevil and his world https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/14/enemy-of-my-enemy-a-great-intro-to-daredevil-and-his-world/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57333 Enemy of My Enemy: A Daredevil Marvel Crime Novel, by Alex Segura and Hyperion Avenue, gives outsiders a tour of gangland Marvel New York.

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]]> 57333 Absolute Batman #22 tweaks Harley Quinn’s origin https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/10/absolute-batman-22-tweaks-harley-quinns-origin/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57311 Harley Quinn tries to get Batman to listen to her warnings, and in so doing, tells him about her past in Absolute Batman #22.

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]]> 57311 Enter the cosplay contest from hell in DIE: Loaded #7 https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/09/enter-the-cosplay-contest-from-hell-in-die-loaded-7/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57297 Everything’s a mess, so what better time for a cosplay competition? Put on your best Earther costumes for Image's DIE: Loaded #7.

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]]> 57297 Seven Wives #2 offers mixed mystery, riveting reveals https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/08/seven-wives-2-offers-mixed-mystery-riveting-reveals/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57276 Matthew Dunn’s killer remains a mystery, but there’s something much worse to be uncovered than the killer’s identity in IDW's Seven Wives #2.

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]]> 57276 Flying saucers forage for freaks in Uncanny X-Men #31 https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/08/flying-saucers-forage-for-freaks-in-uncanny-x-men-31/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57263 Louisiana is ground zero for an attack force of alien ships, and woe betide any human or mutant who gets in their way, in Uncanny X-Men #31.

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]]> 57263 Batman #11 makes spinning plates look easy https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/03/batman-11-makes-spinning-plates-look-easy/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57230 Events in Gotham continue to spiral out of control, the truth behind Lady Ojo is revealed and a new ally(?) arrives at Wayne Manor in Batman #11.

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]]> 57230 Batwoman #4 puts the puzzle pieces together https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/25/batwoman-4-puts-the-puzzle-pieces-together/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:13:08 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57189 Both our heroes and the Religion of Crime come to the conclusion that there is something different about the Batwoman stalking Greece in Batwoman #4.

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]]> 57189 X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/21/x-men-united-4-has-both-dungeons-and-dragons/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57152 Can a school work if the teachers don’t get along? Iceman doesn’t want to find out, so he’s asked to play a game. But things get too real in X-Men United #4.

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]]> 57152 Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/19/absolute-batman-21-opens-the-narrative-firehose/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:07:31 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57133 Batman fights the Robins. Bruce’s friends have a talk. All this, and the first meeting of Absolute Batman and Joker in Absolute Batman #21.

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]]> 57133 No, it’s not THAT Mars in Uncanny X-Men #30 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/17/no-its-not-that-mars-in-uncanny-x-men-30/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57116 Widespread panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force. But are they really what they seem? We review Uncanny X-Men #30.

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]]> 57116 Marvel’s Avengers: Armageddon #1 parties like it’s 2017 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/17/marvels-avengers-armageddon-1-parties-like-its-2017/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57110 Red Hulk's tear across the globe must be stopped, but it will take a colossal gathering of Earth's mightiest heroes to do it in Avengers: Armageddon #1.

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]]> 57110 Batman #10 brings the light of hope back to Gotham https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/11/batman-10-brings-the-light-of-hope-back-to-gotham/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:45:56 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57088 Batman reminds Gotham that, regardless of what Vandal Savage might say, it is still his city in Batman #10 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez.

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]]> 57088 Oscar, Oscar, Oscar: Tracing the mystery of Inmate X in Uncanny X-Men https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/06/oscar-oscar-oscar-tracing-the-mystery-of-inmate-x-in-uncanny-x-men/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57014 Adam Reck looks back through the Gail Simone run of Uncanny X-Men to see how the mystery of Inmate X unfolded from issue #1 to #29.

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]]> 57014 What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1 answers a burning question https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/what-if-uncanny-x-men-1-answers-a-burning-question/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:19:09 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56995 What If...? Uncanny X-Men #1 explores a world where Cyclops returns to Madelyne Pryor after the events of "Inferno." It doesn't go well.

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]]> 56995 Ororo wins in Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #5 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/ororo-wins-in-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-5/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56988 Jude Jones saw Murewa Ayodele's run on Storm all the way through to the end. With Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #5, he offers some parting words.

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]]> 56988 Uncanny X-Men #29 stages a mutant prison break https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/uncanny-x-men-29-stages-a-mutant-prison-break/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56982 Wave goodbye to Graymalkin Prison and hello to some new team members as another story arc wraps in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men #29.

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]]> 56982 Batman #163 wraps H2SH … for now? https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/batman-163-wraps-h2sh-for-now/ Fri, 29 May 2026 01:06:13 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56949 With the Bat family turned against him, Batman must work with other allies to make his stand against Hush in Batman #163.

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]]> 56949 Panic at the wellness clinic in Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/27/panic-at-the-wellness-clinic-in-did-you-hear-about-mimi-green-1/ Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56894 Cerebro host Connor Goldsmith makes his comics debut alongside artist Josh Cornillon with Dark Horse's Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #1.

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]]> 56894 Batwoman #3 reunites complicated exes https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/22/batwoman-3-reunites-complicated-exes/ Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56855 When Jacob Kane calls Batman for help, he sends along the one person Batwoman might be closest to: her ex, Renee Montoya, the Question, in Batwoman #3.

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]]> 56855 X-Men United #3 makes amends for previous issues https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/x-men-united-3-makes-amends-for-previous-issues/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56838 Two X-teens, and Laura Kinney, join Captain America as he tries to offer an apology to one more victim of government experiments in X-Men United #3.

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]]> 56838 Weep not for the victim in IDW’s Seven Wives #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/weep-not-for-the-victim-in-idws-seven-wives-1/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56829 Seven wives. Forty-nine stab wounds. One divine prophet, found dead in his own church. We reviewed IDW's Seven Wives #1.

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]]> 56829 Batman #9 brings the GCPD down on the Bat family https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/15/batman-9-brings-the-gcpd-down-on-the-bat-family/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56808 To prevent Vandal Savage and his GCPD from raiding his caches of equipment, Batman and his allies are preparing to destroy them first in Batman #9.

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