Storm is regent of Arakko. Should she be? Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee and Ariana Maher investigate in X-Men Red #1 Jude Jones: I was all in from the jump. A book, set on the planet we saw (beautifully, artfully, amazingly) terraformed; featuring the culturally rich, oft maligned Arakkii; led by the Queen, err,…
It’s Spider-Man vs. Spider-Man as “Beyond” comes to a close in Amazing Spider-Man #93 written by Zeb Wells, art by Patrick Gleason, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Joe Caramagna! The illusion of change is the ultimate backbone of serialized comics. Amazing Spider-Man #93 is both a great example of it, and leans into…
It begins with a ping in my pocket. It’s Monday afternoon, a little bit after 3 EST. A Slack notification has gone off, and lo and behold, our comic collection for the week has dropped. I work a full time job (thank goodness, despite how I feel in the mornings), so I can’t always read…
Destiny of X Begins! A day in the life of Mister Sinister results in events that are hard to predict. Written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck with colors by David Curiel and letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: ComicsXF X-Men coverage! The website on the hill! Oh brave new world that has such…
Several people learn the hard way there’s no keeping secrets from Darth Vader in Star Wars: Darth Vader #21 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Not surprisingly in a story built around the idea of rooting out Crimson Dawn double agents working against the…
Emma Frost is framed for murder in Devil’s Reign: X-Men #2-3 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Phil Noto and lettered by Cory Petit. Christi Eddleman: Hey… sweetheart? This says issue three? Wasn’t the last issue we discussed issue one? Did we deliberately skip covering issue two because there wasn’t enough substance and/or we were…
When devils reign, it is perhaps inaccurate to describe things as spinning out of control — it’s merely a question of whose hands control has been shifted to. Mayor Wilson Fisk seems to be holding all the cards, and it’s the Thunderbolts who forfeit. Devil’s Reign: Villains For Hire #3 is written by Clay McLeod…
Thanos comes face-to-face with Marvel’s true Darkseid, the omni-genocidal Uranos in Eternals: The Heretic #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Ryan Bodenheim and Edgar Salazar, colored by Chris O’Halloran, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: We’ve been looking forward to talking about this one for a while, but its arrival is bittersweet. Artist…
In all of the multiverse, there is only one world that Uatu has avoided watching, one “What If” that he never wished to see. And now it will be revealed, the story that could damn him for all time, in Fantastic Four: Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher #1, written by Dan Slott, drawn by…
The Eternals sneak into Avengers Mountain (which happens to be a dead Celestial) in an effort to find an answer to the Thanos problem in Eternals #10, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Esad Ribić, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: As the great poets once sang, Zoe, “it’s been…
Professor X promised there would be no prisons on Krakoa. He lied. Sabretooth was the first mutant sent to the Pit. Now he welcomes five more mutants into his own private hell. What laws did they break? Are they ready for what they’ll find? Sabretooth #2 continues digging into Krakoan justice. Written by Victor LaValle,…
At the end of the first issue of Silk’s newest ongoing series, a new villain revealed herself: a Korean witch who is sapping the youth out of people. Now, it is up to Silk to learn more about the witch so she can defeat her and restore the aged-up people to normal. In the meantime,…
We’ve seen other Spider-people in the Marvel Comics Spider-verse. A lot of them, in fact, just like in that movie. Several are even Peter Parkers. But are there other Spider-Gwens? Or [redacted]-Gwens? Or … what? Find out in Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse #1, written by Tim Seeley, drawn by Jodi Nishijima, colored by Federico Blee and lettered…
X-Men steps up in an issue that’s jam packed with plot and action from Gerry Duggan, CF Villa, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Adam! Welcome! Glad to have you onboard to take a look at what’s probably the meatiest issue of the series to date. Adam Reck: What an issue to help out…
The series checks in with Shara Bey, still chillin’ in the belly of a Star Destroyer, in Star Wars #21, written by Charles Soule, drawn by Marcos Castiello and Ramon Rosanas, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles. One of the ways a series like this – one featuring characters from another medium…