Hello friends and readers, after a brief week off we have a giant Marvel Minutiae this week. I stole from Zack both in content and collaborators, and as such Adam Reck will be giving us an artist-eye view on Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein and Cockrum. Liz Large gives us her thoughts on Star Wars:…
After their ill-fated trip to Otherworld, the mutants of Krakoa have learned a terrible truth and are preparing for war. But what is war without death? Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez, Israel Silva and Joe Caramagna show us in X-Factor #4. Cori McCreery: SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS! SWORDS!…
Mike del Mundo is one of the greatest cover artists in the game. His vibrant, textured colors, mixed with expressive character acting, and next level composition, have made him a go-to for exciting moments. He began to build a resume at Marvel with his phenomenal work on X-Men Legacy, Elektra, and Weirdworld. Now things come…
Wonder Woman Earth One Vol. 3 DC on Monday announced a third a final volume of writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette’s Wonder Woman: Earth One graphic novel trilogy, to debut in March of next year. The plot, per DC: Diana, now queen of the Amazons, must assemble the disparate Amazonian tribes for the…
Charlie Davis: Well Rob…we’ve got ourselves something a little bit different this week. Our plan was to continue on with comparing great comics stories with great wrestling stories, but then X-Factor #3 happened. Which, to be clear, is not a bad thing. The beginning of September seemed to collaborate with the forces that be, to…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Factor #4: As “X of Swords” rolls on, it looks like maybe The Five are about to resurrect someone they shouldn’t have. It’s hard to say when all you have to go…
These past few months, for the average person, it’s been hard to look at anything long-term. There are too many questions. When will COVID-19 stop being a controlling factor in our daily lives? What happens with and after the election? Was 22 chapters too much Sword Content? Even within the smaller world of the comics…
In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band—who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes, really). Hook this book directly to my goddamn…
The Autumnal #1 Writer: Daniel Kraus, Artist: Chris Shehan, Colorist: Jason Wordie, Letterer: Jim Campbell, Publisher: Vault Writers — all of whom loathe the process of editing — have plenty of advice for getting through the ordeal. British writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote in 1916 that scribes should “[m]urder your darlings,” meaning that those funny…
Steve Orlando, Steve Niles and Steve Alex Paknadel are among the creators behind TKO Studios’ third wave of graphic novels, announced Thursday and available Nov. 9. The following are solicits from the publisher: THE PULL is a sci-fi epic that asks the ultimate question: What would you do if you only had six days left to live…
House Of X & Powers Of X were amazing, and HoX PoX ToX was annotations of the two-series-that-are-one by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, RB Silva and Marte Gracia. They were hosted on Xavier Files until Polygon offered to pay us. It was great, helped relaunch Xavier Files into a real website, all that stuff. But…
After a reality altering Annual, main arc “Truth/Dare” continues in Daredevil #22. Written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Francesco Mobili, inked by Victor Olazaba, colored by Mattia Iacono, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #22 finds Matt Murdock inching closer and closer to his day in court. Knowing as such, he reaches out beyond his…
So everything around Xavier Files Central this week has been about swords, swords and more swords. I don’t know entirely why. Maybe something X-Men related. That’s usually what it is… But seriously, X of Swords has landed, and Sword Bearers and Sword Breakers abound. But not everyone who studied the blade while you were partying…
Because we can’t start with wrestling *every* week. William C. Nevin Memorial Pick of the Week Bourbon. Comics. Whatever. It’s my pick. This week? A big-ass IDW sale at comiXology. In prepping for our next “Assigned Reading” piece here at Xavier Files, I hit up comiXology to grab the first trade in the IDW TMNT…
In an industry first, Archie Comics on Wednesday announced its new titles would available to read day-and-date on comiXology Unlimited, the subscription arm of Amazon’s digital comics service. The move took effect immediately with the publication of this week’s Sabrina: Something Wicked #3 by Kelly Thompson and Veronica and Andy Fish, Archie and comiXology announced in…