I have a vivid memory of standing in line at McDonalds with my grandfather when I was just 8 years old. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie had just hit theaters and the fast-food juggernaut (knowing exactly which way the wind was blowing) had announced the inclusion of Power Rangers toys in each of their…
âWhy am I like this?â What a loaded question right? It definitely comes with a burden of uncomfortable introspection and contemplation about the changes we might want to make moving forward. After all, we canât change the past, right? What weâve already done, for better or worse, is permanently imprinted onto us, and what people…
Titansâ third season continues with âLazarusâ, which offers some answers about how Jason Todd became the Red Hood while also inspiring even more questions. Liz Large: Episode five is here, and with it comes a new co-writer. Corey, after watching you tweet through the experience of watching Titans for the first time I am VERY…
Remember Man-Slaughter? Us neither! But heâs back for more plant shenanigans in X-Force #22 by Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, and Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. Ari Bard: The plants are everywhere! There are different strains and theyâre infectious and they all matter EXCEPT Black Tom Cassidy and his veg. Percy has made it very clear that…
Mikey: Well, in the wake of SummerSlam and CM Punk, itâs almost like things have been reset. This week was all about how things changed–or didnât–in the shuffle. Vishal: Also Takeover! Sadly. Charlie: Iâm getting an anxiety ulcer waiting on Adam Cole news! Thanks wrestling! Forrest: Excited to talk about NXT Rebuild 3.0 + 1.0…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattâs Pick: Batman: Fear State Alpha: Shine the event signal! The Scarecrow plot cooking in Batman culminates in this new big-deal story written by James âSubstackâ Tynion IV and drawn by Riccardo Federici. ($4.99) Previously,…
What happens when the lights go dark? Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, Brian Reber and Joe Sabino answer that in Dark Ages #1. Ask any American parent what their childâs favorite food is and two answers will repeat more than any other: chicken nuggets and macaroni & cheese. Thereâs nothing wrong with these meals, per se….
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here: Subscribe As first reported by Entertainment Weekly, it appears that âHead of Xâ scribe Jonathan Hickman isn’t contracted to do…
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum where the creepy, crawly things will slither over your bones as you decay into the dry dust of timelessness. But before that, before youâre just a line in a review or on a tombstone, youâve got to hit the ground in the overstuffed anniversary Ice Cream Man…
A triple offering of Super-comics this week, looking to the Man of Steelâs past, present, and future. Over in Action Comics#1,034, the members of the House of El are doing all they can to stop Warworld from spreading its influence on Earth, stopping both all-out war and ending a home invasion – but are these…
Having discovered that BlĂźdhavenâs seemingly corrupt Mayor is more of an ally than he could possibly have imagined, Dick Grayson realizes that itâs time to use his new fortune to save the city. Despite being raised around it, however, Dick doesnât really have a lot of experience using wealth to save the world, and he…
Wally West seems to have landed on his feet after an unfortunate run of Crises – heâs got a great new job that caters to both his skills and needs, heâs got his family back, and heâs once again taken up the mantle of the Fastest Man Alive. His life is just the way it…
In Afterworlds part 8 Diana, Siegfried, and Ratatosk find themselves back on Earth, but is it their Earth? Wonder Woman #777 is written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, pencilled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Wade Von Grawbadger and colored by Jordie Bellaire and Letters by Pat Brosseau. And in Afterworlds Part 9 Diana,…
Itâs a Cat and Quinn team-up this month, as Harley heads to Catwomanâs turf in Alleytown to try and track from where Hugo Strange is getting his mind-altering drugs. Catwomanâs none too eager to have Harley around, but as Harley finds out, sometimes you just have to work a little to earn a catâs trust….
In Detective Comics #1,042, Batman and Huntress conclude their battle with The Jury in the feature, while in the backup, Deb Donovan and Red Hood continue their investigation into missing supervillain corpses as the oddest couple in Gotham. The feature was written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic,…