Hey kids! Make sure your state-approved mentor, as per Kamala’s Law, knows you’re about to read the latest Power Pack, in which our youthful quartet discover too late that Agent Aether is a big old jerk! Power Pack #3, writing by Ryan North, art by Nico Leon, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg, lettered by Travis Lanham….
Darth Vader continues his quest to discover the Emperor’s secret plans for the galaxy in Star Wars: Darth Vader #10 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffaele Ienco, colored by Neeraj Menon and lettered by Joe Caramanga The penultimate chapter of “Into the Fire” (the series’ second story arc, featuring Darth Vader turning a punishment…
Jude Jones: For two issues we’ve been reviewing Wolverine: Black, White & Blood. And for two issues we’ve been on the same page: the work has been pretty mediocre – at best. Yet here we are, on issue three and, well… Jason Large: I don’t know if something has changed now that we’re on part…
Betsy Braddock has returned to that last house, but is that all that came with her? Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and Ariana Maher deliver Excalibur #18. Charlie Davis: Dan! Dan! It’s another new issue of Excalibur and even though it feels like we’ve just had one of these bad boys, it seems like…
The rest of the Home Sick Pilots continue their search for Ami through the Old James House. But the house doesn’t want them to find her … and is now full of very angry, restless spirits. Will the Pilots live to cover “Blitzkrieg Bop” another day? Wait, I thought Buzz said the Ramones suck. Let’s…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. And in a perfect world, Quentin Quire wouldn’t have died so much. Kid Omega gets a new lease on life in X-Force #17 brought to us by Benjamin Percey, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. Kenneth Laster: So the mad lads have finally done it…given us a…
The Mad Titan, Thanos, is murdering Eternals. Is this the cost of past sins? Kieron Gillen, Esad Ribić, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles deliver Eternals #2. Zoe Tunnell: We’re back! After months of waiting, sitting with Eternals #1 while waiting for this second issue felt like, well, an eternity. Thankfully, this issue whips and is…
Who is Eden Fesi? Who is the Manifold? Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, Nico Leon, Marte Gracia, and Ariana Maher walk on his wild side in S.W.O.R.D. #3. Nola Pfau: Wow, that sure was a hell of a reveal this issue about Manifold, right? Zach Rabiroff: Yeah, I know! You mean the…
Did I need to pay $75.00 to read the Ariana Grande R.E.M. perfume comic book tie-in? No. Did I do it anyway? Yes. The pop superstar announced the sale of her limited edition perfume box at ULTA cosmetic stores on Twitter. R.E.M. is the third fragrance in the Grande multiverse. What makes this perfume different?…
Frank Miller, with his transformative run on Daredevil, the foundational The Dark Knight Returns, and high-profile independent comics-turned-movies like Sin City and 300, has long had an impact and profile to which few other modern comic book creators can compare. The stranglehold of “classic” comic book canon, in the sense of foundational texts, has loosened…
Blackness is what I see when I examine my ancestors through a brown-eyed gaze in the mirror; what I hear when my creole accent leaves my tongue and passes through my full lips; what I feel when my body sways, rhythmically, involuntarily, naturally to jazz, or worship, or hip hop. Blackness is the context – cohesive,…
The Avengers go Pacific Rim and start piloting some giant robots, in the miniseries launch by Jed MacKay, Carlos Magno, Guru-eFx, and Cory Petit, with a cover by Kei Zama and Guru! Sometimes a comic is exactly what it says on the label. Avengers: Mech Strike #1 is a comic where a team of Avengers…
Not even a year ago, Scott Modrzynski and a cadre of artists unleashed on the world The ColleXion, a series of trading cards featuring X-Men characters ranging from Cyclops to No-Girl. The experience was so nice, they had to do it twice. Actually, to hear Modrzynski tell it, it wasn’t so much nice as it…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…
Mikey Zee: Picture for me, if you will, two ComicsXF writers, smiling, outlined in pencil. First, we paint in one Mikey Zee with watercolors… going through family photos and seeing him grow from being but a wee babe to the adult he is now–wait! Austin! Not yet, they haven’t finished painting me in yet! Oh,…