The Power Fantasy - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:27:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Power Fantasy - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Masumi is the black orb over Tokyo in The Power Fantasy #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/power-fantasy-4/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50870 Masumi’s latest art exhibit opens tonight. Tokyo is petrified. Will any critic dare say what they think and risk unleashing her wrath? Meanwhile, Etienne discovers the dangers of long-haul flights when you’ve just murdered a world leader. The Power Fantasy #4 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Clayton Cowles and...

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]]> 50870 No cow, but plenty of Valentina in The Power Fantasy #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/03/power-fantasy-3/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50647 On July 16, 1945, the world changed forever. Santa Valentina was born. There was also the Trinity test, but that’s not as important. As the world hangs in the balance, we explore the life and times of the girl who fell … skipped? … to Earth. Also: check out that cow!  The Power Fantasy #3...

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]]> 50647 The Power Fantasy #2 turns it up, brings the noise https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/20/power-fantasy-2/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50255 Tension builds in the Cold War between the Atomics in the fallout to Etienne’s retaliatory strike, even as Brother Heavy reveals a secret which threatens to destabilize the détente even further in The Power Fantasy #2, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Clayton Cowles and designed by Rian Hughes.   Sean...

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]]> 50255 The Power Fantasy #1 is here! Come dance to the ticking of the doomsday clock! https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/07/the-power-fantasy-1-is-here-come-dance-to-the-ticking-of-the-doomsday-clock/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49767 Ed. Note: This review contains spoilers for The Power Fantasy #1. If you’d like to read a spoiler-free version of this review, check it out here. “Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA.” There are six...

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]]> 49767 The Eternal Fight Against Fighting Starts Now in The Power Fantasy #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/02/the-eternal-fight-against-fighting-starts-now-in-the-power-fantasy-1/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49770 Ed. Note: This is a special spoiler-free advance review of The Power Fantasy #1. Check back next Wednesday for the full review, with spoilers. “Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA.” There are...

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