Batman faces down Hush and his cronies with Robin and an odd ally: Bane. Nightwing and Red Hood deal with Joker. And Batgirl goes to talk to her dad, which leads to a confrontation with Batman. Batman #161 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair…
Remember when Phoenix ate a star and killed a planet of Asparagus People, and then the recently-deceased Jim Shooter told creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne they had to scuttle their plans to lobotomize her as punishment, so they killed her instead, thereby creating one of the most memorable and impactful endings to a superhero…
People really like sharks. I get it, they’re graceful, powerful, nonstop death machines with mouths filled with endless quantities of razor-sharp teeth. What’s not to love? The creators behind decades of Marvel comics are no exception. They love their sharks too, which means there are a healthy number of shark species, shark races and shark-related…
Marvel on Thursday kept the Doug times rolling with a sneak peek at the second month of X-Men: Age of Revelation, fall’s big event that will transform the X-line into a dark future ruled by Doug Ramsey, aka Revelation, the heir of Apocalypse. Marvel announced 17 new books last week, all dropping in October, to…
For the third year in a row, the crew of the Uncanny Experience — Minnesota’s preeminent immersive X-Men fan convention — recently transformed the historic Minneapolis Club into the X-Mansion for a weekend. For the second time, I was able to attend (scheduling conflicts kept me away from last year’s show), with an added twist:…
The Enterprise crew fights for their lives as they attempt to resolve last season’s cliffhanger. Also, Spock gets his wish to be back with Nurse Chapel, but at what cost? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3×01 “Hegemony: Part II” is written by Davy Perez and Henry Alonso Myers and directed by Chris Fisher, and 3×02…
For the first time in New Orleans history, the city has declared a Mutant Appreciation Day festival and street fair, with all the music, food and fun the city is famous for. If the Hellfire Gala is filet mignon, this is corn dogs and lemonade. But are all mutants OK with this attempt at bridging…
Wanna feel ancient? Tom King and Gabriel Walta’s The Vision is 10 years old. The 12-issue series in which the android Avenger builds himself a family and they slowly erode in a malaise of existential funk – just like humans! – was launched Nov. 4, 2015. Kind of makes me want to sit here and…
Your local comic shop is about to get a little more jawsome. No, wait. Your local comic shop is about to get a little more fin-tastic. No, WAIT. Your local comic shop is about to enter a cartil-age undreamt of. Because shark skeletons are made of cartilage. BOOM. Nailed it. Actually, not BOOM. IDW. Mattel…
The FBI finally discovers the mutant child from the Oklahoma incident and the safehouse Storm sheltered the child in. Storm must protect this child, but there is one problem: The last time Storm was in close proximity to the child, she died a horrible death. Also, cosmic stuff happens. And Bishop is here! Storm #10…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Flash: Bad Moon Rising Special #1: Bad Moon Rising…
Happy Shark Watch to those who celebrate! Not only is it that time of year when a certain television channel/streaming service shows a lot of footage of nervous scuba divers, but it’s also the 50th anniversary of Jaws, so — dun dun, dun dun — go get that bigger boat you needed because the ComicsXF…
Marvel ramped up to Comic-Con this month by announcing X-Men: Age of Revelation, a sweeping event beginning in October that will remake not just the X-line but will draw in a number of major Marvel players including Spider-Man, the Avengers, Deadpool, Iron Man, and Cloak and Dagger. The basic pitch: 10 years in the future,…
In 1983, Marvel released a promotional comic called The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas, in which Professor X and Magneto compete to recruit a mutant named Danny Wiley who has the power to transform into a winged centaur. It is his first and only appearance. Next week, the Uncanny X-Men go to…
Three hundred years ago, metahumans emerged on Earth, ushering in a new age of gods and monsters. Three years ago, a hero named Superman emerged as the most powerful metahuman to date. Three minutes ago, Superman lost for the first time. With that opening crawl, a new era of DC films begins with Superman, starring…