He is many, but not The Patchwork Man. Legion guides our crew as Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles chart a new path in The Way of X #2. Jude Jones: This? This is good. This is very good. This is ālet me dispense with the pleasantries and introduce some real meat…
Itās 1998. Itās sweltering in the summer sun on the archery range. Pre-teen archers pull their arms back, ready to lose their arrows at the styrofoam targets across the overgrown grass at Camp Drake. I am 11 years old. But I am not sweltering in the few weeks left of August before school starts. Iām…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danās Pick: Fantastic Four Life Story #1: Marvel attempts to replicate the formula behind 2019ās Spider-Man Life Story by sending the FF aging through the decades, courtesy of writer Mark Russell (Second Coming) and artist…
I find myself thinking a great deal about representation, who gets represented and who gets to do the representing. Which is to say, Iām thinking a lot about X-Men: Red. Not particularly because itās any good or memorable, but because it created and launched a character, who has since appeared in X-Books elsewhere. I find…
Vishal Gullapalli: Iām here first today! No longer am I the latecomer, I set the pace! Muahahahahahaha! Charlie Davis: Vishal is here to apparently Out Work Everyone. Waitā¦ I think that one is taken. Mikey Zee: No, Charlie, Iām pretty sure Vishal is making a Kazuchika Okada referenceā¦ anyway, on to this week in wrestling!…
Welcome back to SuperChat! Spinning out from the pages of BatChat, Super Boys Justin Partridge and Tony Thornley commit themselves to a new never ending battle, diving into the mighty deeds of Superman. This week Justin is taking a well-deserved break and weāre joined by guest columnist Armaan Babu to talk about Jon Kentās big…
Wonder Woman’s journey through Asgard continues as she fights her way out of serpents, through dark forests and encounters a dark reflection of herself thanks to an old foe. Wonder Woman #772 features a story by Becky Cloonan and Michael W Conrad, art by Travis Moore, colors by Tamra Bonvillain and letters by Pat Broseau….
The hunt for the Joker reaches a climax (We donāt really believe that, but weāll see) as Jim Gordon comes face to face with the boogeyman in The Joker #3, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. A much less…
The X-Men have a weird relationship with Dracula right? I can’t be the only one who thinks that it’s a bit out of left field that one of the most enduring, repeated plot points in every generation of X-Men comics is that, on top of everything else, Dracula also hates them/is hot for Storm. It’s…
So the Black Fox sold Manhattan and- YES, the Black Fox SOLD MANHATTAN. Felicia finds herself wayyyyy in over her head yet again. Wow, whatās a girl to do? Another high stakes issue from the creative team of Jed MacKay, Michael Dowling, Brian Reber, and Ferran Delgado. Allison Senecal: Since we didnāt cover the last…
Iād struggle to call Time Before Time novel, but then again, Iād also struggle to call it bad.
In 1993, classic mean girls bully a misfit teen at an idyllic summer camp. When the teen reclaims her power after a violent encounter with the Silver Coin, what follows is the stuff of horror movie legend. Itās Part 2 in the saga of The Silver Coin from artist Michael Walsh and writer Kelly Thompson….
Hyperion and the Imperial Guard #1 Hyperion gets a Brood awakening in the āfinaleā of Heroes Reborn: Hyperion & The Imperial Guard #1. Written by Ryan Cady, drawn by Michele Bandini, inked by Elisabetta DāAmico & Michele Bandini, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Cory Petit. We often talk about how we want comics…
Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Diego Olortegui team up once again for a truly unusual Black Hammer issue that moves our heroes away from the farm to a bizarre setting that’s a cross between gothic soap opera and space opera. With Dave Stewart (colors) and Nate Piekos (letters). Honestly, I donāt know what…
Hyperion defends his world from a twisted rogues gallery (give or take a Hulk) in Heroes Reborn #2. Written by Jason Aaron. Drawn by Dale Keown, Carlos Magno, and Ed McGuinness. Inked by Scott Hanna, Carlos Magno, and Mark Morales. Colored by Edgar Delgado & Matthew Wilson. Lettered by Cory Petit. Jason Aaron and companyās…