Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Karen’s Pick: Immortal Hulk #50: And so we journey through the Green Door one last time to say goodbye to the Hulk, his many facets, Jackie McGee and all the rest in this giant-sized finale…
Douglas Wolk has been reading Marvel comics since before Kate Pryde met the X-Men, but he began his adult life as a pop music critic, editor of a music magazine, and author of a very good book on James Brown. After relocating from the nation’s comics capital, New York City, to the nation’s other comics…
It’s a new era of Spider-Man, with a new Spidey (well, a new-old Spidey), a new love interest (well, a new-old love interest) and… Well, you just have to check it out, in the launch of the 19 part epic Spider-Man Beyond in The Amazing Spider-Man #75 from Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason, Marcio Menyz, and…
Peacekeeper-01 is out of control, and only the new, even more extreme Peacekeeper-X can bring him in. Or can he? Batman #114 features a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And in the backup, Clownhunter’s “Fear State” adventure wraps up in…
Super Metroid is a perfect video game but that thrives on a single feeling, isolation. You are Samus Aran, a bounty hunter on a mission behind enemy lines on the planet Zebes. The closest thing to a friendly face you see is a singular corpse sitting, rotting; a warning to turn back before you face…
The thing about Benjamin Percy, the thing I appreciate most, is that he knows what he is doing. In the hands of a lesser writer, Krakoa having a CIA would be considered a good thing. Percy is writing about the grime, the messy business of nation building. He also knows that this is a superhero…
The Multiverse is breaking, and heroes are being randomly scattered across unfamiliar universes. In one world, the Diana we know finds herself in a world destroyed by Darkseid – but how did it come to this? Justice League Infinity #4 is written by J.M. DeMatteis and James Tucker, drawn by Ethan Beavers, colored by Nick…
Champions #10 written by Danny Lore, art by Luciano Vecchio, color art by Federico Blee, letters by Clayton Cowles. All things, good, bad, and otherwise end, eventually. Ending is a certainty. What is not certain is if those things will be memorable; what’s unknown is if we should care. Champions #10 is the swan song…
The ten kingdoms of Otherworld must decide: Are Excalibur heroes of the realm, or witchbreed to be put to the stake? The peace brought to Otherworld by their X of Swords victory comes to an end in Excalibur #24, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Marcus To, colored by Erick Arciniega and lettered by Ariana…
Who is driving this ship? Good gravy! Zeb Wells and Stephen Segovia are back at it again with the latest installment of Hellions. It’s a doozy!
It’s time for some Hard Lessons– but who’s teaching who? Find out in New Mutants #22, written by Vita Ayala, art by Rod Reis, letters by Travis Lanham. Liz Large: This! Issue! Is! Wonderful! I know we say this a lot, but WOW, the Ayala/Reis combo is outdoing themselves every single issue and I simply…
Where do you go when you die? Kat, a stoner with a flexible moral code, can answer that, and the answer is: not very far. Unfortunately for Kat’s peace of mind, a near-death experience has left her with the ability to see and hear ghosts, as well as take them into her “mindscape” so she…
On October 2nd 2019, the very first episode of AEW Dynamite was broadcast on TNT. The main event of that night featured a six man tag match between the Elite, Santana & Ortiz and then-World Champion Chris Jericho. The match begins very reminiscent of traditional Elite matches of the ye fabled olden times, condensed into…
Orange Cassidy video essay: — Weird Finishes, Rancid Crowds and Draft Days. Join us as we discuss Extreme Rules, The WWE Draft and what the hell was going on in that AEW Crowd. Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.
My records are spotty – and my memory spottier – but I’ve interviewed AHOY Comics’ Grand Poobah-in-Chief Tom Peyer at least seven times counting this here piece. Why so often? Like the publisher’s line, he’s a balm for a cantankerous soul, a decidedly unique character in the world of the funny pages. This particular episode…