Will Nevin: This is a heckuva week, but for mostly the wrong reasons — because while Bat/Cat #1 (I can’t believe Tom King resisted his urge to go there again) was overwhelmingly fine, Batman #104 is — and I say this with as little hyperbole as possible — an embarrassing look at when a comic…
This week marks the end of a series I’ve been following since its inception six years ago: Lumberjanes from BOOM Studios. This charming all-ages series, created by Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters, explores friendship, various camp skills, romance and a forest full of mythical creatures, interdimensional portals and magic. So it’s not exactly like any…
Hello friends and readers! It’s a chunky week as Jude Jones does double duty with Miles Morales: Spider-Man #21 and Champions #3, Andrea Ayres graces us with her opinions on Black Widow #4, Tony Thornley hits the road with Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1, and our boss Zachary Jenkins loses his head with M.O.D.O.K.: Head…
Matt deals with hard time while Elektra picks up the slack. The Hand looms large in this comic written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Chechetto, colors by Marcio Menyz, and letters by Clayton Cowled. Vishal Gullapalli: Ahh, last issue of Daredevil was a good time as always, it’s too bad we gotta wait for-…
It’s finally time for Snakes On A Page with The Union #1 from Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, Drew Geraci, Le Beau Underwood, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: It’s Snakes time! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been excited to see this big beautiful snake since February. Nola Pfau: AS HAVE I….
The team becomes A Sharpened Blade in Hellions 7, our first issue post-X of Swords, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. Austin Gorton: It seems like only yesterday the Hellions were completing their ultimately-futile mission on Arakko and we mourned the (occasionally sad, often hilarious) deaths of them all, but we…
X Of Swords is over and X-Factor tried to take things back to normal. Leah Williams, David Baldeón, Israel Silva, and Joe Caramagna bring us to life in X-Factor #5. Cori McCreery: The swords are laid to rest, and the recovering begins. For the stakes that were set in our last issue of X-Factor, there…
God has finally come in the introductory issue of Venom’s biggest event yet: King in Black #1. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: After nearly two years the time of ascendancy for us Goop Troopers, us Slime Scholars, us Venom Fu– aha…
Knock ’em Dead #1 Writer: Eliot Rahal, Artist: Mattia Monaco, Colorist: Matt Milla, Letterer: Taylor Esposito, Publisher: AfterShock I’ve got a joke for you: How did the comedian die? You can bring a room alive by telling a good joke. You can put that room to sleep by explaining it. Like stories, jokes have a…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan M.’s Pick King in Black #1: IT’S RAININ’ GOOP! HALLELUJAH, IT’S RAININ’ GOOP! Now that “X of Swords” is over, it’s time for Marvel to go all in on its next big linewide…
Kaiju Score #1 Writer: James Patrick, Artist: Rem Broo, Letterer: Dave Sharpe, Publisher: AfterShock Kaiju Score is true genre fiction, or maybe it’s better called genre genre fiction. The initial pitch reads like it could have come out of a random idea generator — HEIST MOVIE and KAIJU MOVIE — but James Patrick and Rem…
Matt reckons with Foggy’s plan to temporarily replace him with his brother Mike, while the auction for Hell’s Kitchen proceeds, and Daredevil’s court case finally begins. All this and more written by Chip Zdarsky, pencilled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Mattia Iocono, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Vishal Gullapalli: This isn’t…
Detective Comics #1,031 Welcome to a special holiday week Bat Chat! The Mirror inserts himself into Gotham’s mayoral race as he continues his anti-vigilante crusade, Damian makes a move to prove he’s smarter than Batman, and a Bat rogue makes his return in “Detective Comics” #1,031 from Peter J. Tomasi, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes and…
The Reign Of X begins this December. Si Spurrier will be taking residence on Krakoa, in a treat for all readers. Si previously worked on the phenomenal X-Club, X-Men: Legacy, and X-Force. Those titles cemented his reputation for cutting wit and cerebral plotting, grounded in emotional character beats. His introduction into this new world order…
Hello friends and readers! We’ve got the comics, much as you’ve come to expect from Marvel Files! Power Pack makes an Outlawed affiliated return and Justin Partridge is giving us the goods. Then, our own Liz Large is punching it into a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #6, and Tony Thornley…