Here we go, itâs fall or fly time for the Human Rocket. The creative team of Al Ewing, Marcio Takara, Federico Blee, and VCâs Cory Petit bring us another stellar installment of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! Allison Senecal: So, Charlie, here we go. Here it is. I know Iâve been eagerly anticipating this issue with…
Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto send Cable on a timeline spanning ride as he battles for The Light Of Galador while learning a bit about growing up in Cable #4. Ian Gregory: After last weekâs Deadpool-dominated issue, I was a little worried about the comedy going forward. This week, however, had me laughing out loud…
It all ends here. Will the sun explode? Will Wakanda feed a flower that will create a Celestial God? Is Reed Richards gonna wear an Iron Man armor? Find out in this finale by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia and VCâs Joe Caramagna. Mr. Chris Eddleman: Well, Christi (and Tony and Allison),…
Itâs time to dox DOX in New Mutants #12! Story by Ed Brisson, art by Marco Failla, color by Carlos Lopez, lettering by Travis Lanham, and cover by Mike Del Mundo. Liz Large: A great week to discuss New Mutants! I havenât seen the movie, but…well, at least this isnât that. [Ed. note: Going to…
Chances are, if you make comics, at some point youâll be out here crowdfunding a book through Kickstarter. But just like every comic may be some readerâs first, creators, too, need to start somewhere when it comes to promoting their first indie or self-published comic. After covering Kickstarters and similar projects on his own site,…
âOne day you will all come to my funeral just to make sure I stay dead…but today is not that day.â Robert Secundus: For years, years we sat content. Content to watch wrestling. Content to read comics. Content to write about one, or the other. What we didnât know was that all that time, all…
We Only Find Them When Theyâre Dead #1 is the new sci-epic from writer Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), artist Simone Di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), colorist Mariasara Miotti and letterer AndWorld Design. It tells the story of one manâs unending quest through space to discover the truth. Oh, and itâs also about harvesting giant…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick We Only Find Them When Theyâre Dead #1: A spacefaring crew harvests the bodies of dead gods to sustain civilization, while its captain desperately seeks to find a live one, in a…
Jimmie Robinson loves Hello Kitty and says he is an âold Black dude who looks like a high school janitor.â Self-deprecating and honest about his demons, thereâs nothing about the writer and artist on the surface that telegraphs the weirdness, the darkness, the madness that has enabled him to create and subsequently resurrect the Bomb…
Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov revitalized and reimagined Angel for a new age in Angel & Spike. This September, Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman are continuing that reimagination, starting Sept. 23 in Angel & Spike #14, and hoping to create stories in the BOOM!-fyverse that both capture the magic of the original series and critically reevaluate the source material….
Journey back in time to World War I, forward to 2024 and even farther forward to a time when Earth is just a myth in this week’s Triple Play, as Matthew Lazorwitz reviews IDW’s Locke & Key … in Pale Battalions Go … #1, Will Nevin reviews Image’s Bomb Queen: Trump Card #1 and Chris…
In a simpler time, where indoors is open, handshakes and hugs are common, and smiles no longer need to be hidden, I am sitting at a bar with a friend. We laugh, for though we were strangers in our youth, we share so many common experiences because we are from the same small city. So…
Five years ago, Batman made a startling discovery in the pages of Justice League #50: There are three Jokers. Teased since then, this week readers finally begin to get an answer to the mystery, and heâs taking Batgirl and Red Hood along for the ride. Does this really pay off that much lead time and…
People like to say the X-Men have the most complicated backstory and continuity in comics. And that might be true. For Marvel Comics. But at least a tie for messiest history would have to be DCâs Legion of Super-Heroes, the teen team from the future. And thatâs not even factoring in that weâre on our…
If youâre going to do a thing â any stupid thing at all â it should be done right. The Splash I donât know who runs social media for IMDb (which, by the way, is one more part of the Amazon empire if you didnât know), but they should be fired â preferably into the…