Gwen and the Mary Janes are on tour, opening for the stadium-filling Dazzler of their home Earth! Itâs a dream gig, assuming your dreams include mortal peril: Someoneâs trying to kill Dazzler. But who? And why? Spider-Gwen: Smash #2 is written by Melissa Flores, penciled by Enid BalĂĄm, inked by Elisabetta DâAmico, colored by Fer…
Like costumed heroes? Confidentially, we in the comic mag business refer to them as âLong Underwear Characters.â And, as you know, theyâre a dime a dozen. But, we think you may find our Spiderman just a bit ⊠different! Ultimate Spider-Man #1 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Marco Checchetto, colored by Matthew Wilson…
The end of the Krakoan age continues! Ten years in the future, man and machine are on the verge of total victory, but mutants aren’t going down without a fight, while an enigmatic new player emerges in Rise of the Powers of X #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by David…
As the series comes to a close, Mother Righteous reaches for the stars, Xavier and Sinister reach for futures past, and a new power of X rises in Immortal X-Men #18, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Juan JosĂ© Ryp, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. [Meanwhile, in X0] Mark Turetsky: Itâs…
Orchis has had mutantkind up against the ropes for months now. All they need to destroy the Krakoan dream is to win one last battle. The Trial of Cyclops is meant to be the death knell for mutantkind on Earth, but the X-Men arenât likely to go down without a fight. The battle begins in…
The Fall of X continues, and mostly ends, in X-Chat #13! In X-Men #29, Doom invites the X-Men to dinner, by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. In X-Force #47, Colossus finally breaks free of his brother Mikhail, by Benjamin Percy, Daniel Picciotto, Guru-eFx and Joe Caramagna. And Loganâs world tour ends…
The âBatman, Wantedâ arc concludes, as Batmanâs allies rush his unconscious body to the docks to get him out of the city before the Orghams finish what they started. With some unlikely help, they can do it, but what will this mean for Gotham? The lead story of Detective Comics #1,080 is written by Ram…
Trapped on a parallel Earth, surrounded by heroes who believe they are imposters, Batman and Superman are confronted by Gog and his chief disciple, Thunderman. But they are about to learn the secret of Gog and what his plan is, and it is darker than they could have expected in Batman/Superman: Worldâs Finest #22, written…
The Avengers face their worst nightmares â literally, as Nightmare traps the majority of the team in a petty slumber. It couldnât have come at a worse time, as the Twilight Court has appeared, ready to go through the Avengers just to get to Kang. Can the Vision and the Scarlet Witch hold their own…
I found myself struggling for a cohesive theme to some kind of end-of-the-year article, something that would capture the state of an industry whose health has been the status of much Mark Millar-fueled discourse lately. Then I read a comic that was so bad it has me dreading what 2024 will bring. On Wednesday, Marvel…
Spinning out of Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate, it’s Spirit World! This life/death-hopping book is written by Alyssa Wong, drawn by Haining, colored by Sebastian Chen and lettered by Janice Chiang. As a Black-Asian comic book fan, I am almost always interested in seeing Asian superheroes. DC Comics’ limited series Spirit World introduces a new nonbinary…
Gwenâs back on her Earth. The bandâs back together. Her Earthâs Dazzler wants them as an opening act. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in Spider-Gwen: Smash #1, written by Melissa Flores, penciled by Enid BalĂĄm, inked by Elisabetta DâAmico, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Some superhero comics never let…
Matt Lazorwitz: Weâre back. My apologies to everyone who counts on these columns to keep you informed on the goings on in and around Gotham City. Some personal life stuff and some work stuff have all conspired to keep me away, but thatâs settled and weâre back! Will Nevin: Reunited and it feels so good!…
How would you describe a perfect day? Perfect â like “good,” like “ok,” like “no good,” like “very bad” â is subjective: an appreciation based on a range of experiences. Perfect, reasonably, might look vastly different among different peoples. And yet, so many different people hold on to the idea of objective perfection â the…
The Krakoan era draws closer to the end with a massive retcon in X-Men Blue: Origins by Si Spurrier, Marcus To, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Ceci De La Cruz, and Joe Caramagna! Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness, I donât think any of us quite knew what to expect with this. I think we can probably…