Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick: Ka-Zar #1: The lord of the Savage Land is back from the dead, with some new powers, some family drama and a creeping sense of unease in a five-issue series by writer Zac…
Vishal Gullapalli: Every time there’s a go home show I’m reminded that go home shows are usually the weakest part of the PPV cycle. Not surprising, just something I don’t realize immediately. All Out is almost here! Forrest Hollingsworth: The vibes definitely are off going into All Out, let’s get into it. Monday: Monday Night…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. I kept rewriting my first lines of this. “Do I want to talk about CM Punk?” I asked myself….
A new villain has arrived on the Gotham scene, and he’s got his sights set on Harley. As Kevin and Grundy work to help free her from his clutches, learn the origin story of Keepsake – and find out whether or not he’s a villain worth keeping around. Harley Quinn Annual 2021 is written by…
Static finds himself confronting the police and the aftermath of the previous issue’s attack on his house in Static: Season One #3, written by Vita Ayala, with art by Nikolas Draper-Ivy and ChrisCross, colors by Wil Quintana and letters by AndWorld Design. Midway through Static: Season One #3, the namesake hero mentions his desire to…
We explore the secrets of Shang-Chi ahead of the Marvel Studios release “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
It’s all been leading to this. DC’s new Batman event starts in Batman: Fear State Alpha. Numerous threads from across the Batman line start to come together, with many villains making their move and the heroes caught on the back foot. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by…
As longtime readers of Al Ewing’s work know, the 616 is currently in its 8th iteration of the cosmos. [Ed. note: As a site that came to notoriety through X-Men, I have to note that this is fully unrelated to the lives of Moira X.] In Ultimates2 #100, we saw all of the multiverses from…
After many years, many deaths and one enraged confrontation, Laila Starr prepares to meet an aged Darius Shah for what might be the final time. But what is the outcome she is hoping for here? Is immortality genuinely possible for mortals? And what, ultimately, do endings truly mean? The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #5…
If you’ve ever spoken to anyone who’s met or interacted with Keith Giffen at a convention, they typically tend to have one recurring bit of advice to offer from their experience: Don’t bring up Lobo. Don’t ask him about it. He doesn’t like to talk about it. And it makes sense. But to understand why,…
Twenty years ago, Lucy Weber fought madmen and monsters. Today, she finds her marriage falling apart and her children in danger. And now past threats, and rogue heroes, return to herald the end of the world in Black Hammer: Reborn #3, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Caitlin Yarsky, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered…
Amazing Spider-Man’s finale event barrels frustratingly to a non-conclusion in Sinister War #4. Written by Nick Spencer & Ed Brisson; Drawn by Mark Bagley, Dio Neves, and Marcelo Ferreira; Inked by Andrew Hennessy, Andy Owens, Dio Neves, and Marcelo Ferreira; Colored by Brian Reber with Andrew Crossley; Lettered by Joe Caramagna. Sinister War #4 feels…
Everything is going wrong and Tarn wants his stuff back!
The Todd’s core text dips back into thematic excess amid some substantial worldbuilding as the Spawn’s Universe branding reaches Spawn #321, written by Todd McFarlane, drawn by Carlo Barberi and Thomas Nachlik, colored by Jay David Ramos and Andrew Dalhouse, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. *TW/CW: This review contains mentions of sexual assault and trafficking.* …
Gabby’s dead, Rahne’s confused, and the Shadow King is messing with who knows how many teen minds! Plus Warpath leads a second team of mutant kids as they…. clean dayglo space-nudibranches off a dome on the moon?!?! New Mutants #21, written by Vita Ayala, art by Rod Reis, letters by Travis Lanham with Joe Caramagna. …