Welcome back! It’s been a wild couple of weeks in the Spider-Verse, and we’re looking at two very different but complementary parts of the Spider-Verse this week. This time around LaTonya Pennington looks at Miles Morales: Spider-Man #24 and Tony Thornley dives into Spider-Boy Annual #1. Bailey Briggs has his life back! Now he has…
Do you like half-nekkid superheroes? Of course you do. And Marvel is betting on it! It’s right there in the promo language for the Rogue: The Savage Land miniseries slated for January, with Polygon quoting writer Tim Seeley as saying the series will allow him to “utilize [his] love for ’80s X-Men, Jim Lee, Chris…
New Avengers member Storm has joined the team just in time to deal with catastrophe, and she’ll need to call in other mutants to help against this world-ending threat. A who’s-who of the Marvel Universe must unite against the supreme power of Hyperion. Find out how that goes in Avengers #18, written by Jed MacKay,…
Alison Blaire is headed out on a world tour in Dazzler #1, written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher, with a cover by Terry and Rachel Dodson When we last saw Alison Blaire, aka Dazzler, she was dead. Killed during the final Hellfire Gala by…
From the ashes emerge new mutants, new monsters, new conflicts – and a new backstory for Charles Xavier? We’ve got all that and Jubilee too in this month’s installment of the uncanny adventures of Team Rogue. Uncanny X-Men #2 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by…
Head’s up: This essay includes spoilers for this week’s Ultimates #4 by Deniz Camp, Phil Noto and Travis Lanham. The Ultimates is a future classic. If Marvel’s founding creative principle is depicting “the world outside your window,” then Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s run is observing this mission statement better than any other comic being…
The formerly teenage genius formerly known as Shadowkat is back in Chicago, back behind the bar with a dishrag for a paycheck, done with rescuing teenage mutants for good. See how long that one lasts in Exceptional X-Men #1, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Joe…
Hello, everyone! Welcome to a new thing here at ComicsXF. I’m Tony Thornley, the curator for our new Spider-column. Rather than a standard discussion piece like our BatChat and X-Chat columns, this is going to be more of a roundup as our team covers the world wide web of Spider-Man. So strap in as we…
What’s it like to visit a Marvel museum? In space? With Deadpool and Wolverine?* Is it all nostalgia-bait, or will our heroes find something more? Discover the answer in Marvel’s 85th Anniversary Special, written and drawn by Ryan North, Joshua Cassara, Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne, Alan Davis, Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Yuji…
Every day, mutants are being stolen off the streets of Manhattan — unprotected and forgotten by the human world. Now, a war-worn Wolverine will descend into New York’s criminal underworld to bring them back into the light. Who is the mysterious mutant fixer known only as Local? Can Laura Kinney stand alone against the dangerous…
He’s the best there is at what he does, and apparently what he does is take revenge! It’s Wolverine: Revenge #1 from Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend, and Cory Petit! And Jean Grey takes to the stars in Phoenix #1 & 2 from Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, David Curiel and Petit! Tony Thornley: Hey…
Vamos a San Juan! Miles Morales and the fam are headed on a vacation to Puerto Rico. But his mom, Rio, has relatives Miles has never met — relatives with seeekrits that could turn Spidey’s world upside down. Learn those seeekrits in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1, featuring: “On the Road,” written by Cody Ziglar,…
Ed. Note: This is another retro review of a classic comic, sparked by the release of a facsimile edition of Uncanny X-Men #266 and the arrival of a new Uncanny X-Men #1 this week. With a teenage Storm on the run from the Hound-like thralls of the Shadow King, her only ally is a charismatic…
A new mutant arms race sweeps the globe. International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America’s X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy. Who will die? Who will fall in love? Who will be the first to…
While the Vulture swoops in on Brooklyn, Miles Morales’ vampiric curse and thirst for blood grow stronger every second. He must find a cure. His mom, his dad, his sister – no one is safe. But is he still one of the good guys? Can the heroes of New York City still trust a Spider-Man…