The End is only the beginning as Carol travels into a strange dark future in Captain Marvel #22, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett, colors by Tamra Bonvillain, and letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles. Cat Purcell: I’m quite glad to see Thompson continue writing Captain Marvel after The Empyre Event. The cover is…
Marines are made, wars are waged, and Chaos takes hold – so the cycle goes, in Warhammer 40K: Marneus Calgar #1 by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles. Justin Partridge: In the Grim Far Future of the 41st Millennium, there is only…FUN! EXCESSIVE VIOLENCE! And brand new NUMBER ONE ISSUES! Welcome to…
The whole crew seeks to fight against the Leader, in the Hulk’s mind, and in several actual bodies, in this banger of an issue written by Al Ewing, pencilled by Joe Bennett, inked by Ruy José, colored by Paul Mounts, and lettered by VC’s Cory Petit! Robert Secundus Zach Rabiroff: [The stage is silent. A…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. X Of Swords continues to build towards the tournament this week. First Austin Gorton & Liz Large remind us that “‘if you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’” with Hellions #5 by Zeb Wells, Carmen Carnero, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Then Allison Senecal…
Last month, we reported on Archie Comics going day-and-date on comiXology Unlimited, releasing new comics direct to the subscription arm of Amazon’s digital comics service. On Monday, manga publisher Kodansha Comics became the second company to go that route, announcing it will drop new chapters of series such as Attack on Titan, Card Captor Sakura: Clear…
The original New Mutants represented interracial (and sometimes interspecial) solidarity. The New Mutants movie does only barely that, if it does it at all. Initially, the movie was developed as a horror-Breakfast Club hybrid film. The Breakfast Club works because all the characters have social reservations and animosities they overcome together by the end of…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick Rorschach #1: DC’s quest to never give Alan Moore the rights back to Watchmen continues with this Tom King 12-Issue Maxiseries (TM) starring everyone’s favorite Ayn Rand disciple. Drawn by Jorge Fornes…
You got me, Robert Kirkman. The Splash There is something so unabashedly commercial in re-releasing “The Walking Dead” in color that I can’t help but like it. Tellin’ fans it won’t be collected and makin’ ’em snap up those floppies? For a series that’s already made dump trucks of television and licensing* money? It’s so…
I have a little secret I’m not proud of: With the amount of Kickstarter projects I back, when they arrive, they tend to pile up. I have an entire pile of unread Kickstarter graphic novels and single issues that I always say I’m going to get to next week, and next week always becomes the…
Welcome to the first of our new review feature: “Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!).” We’re starting off with a big one, folks (Or is it? We’ll get to that), the end of the “Joker War” story. As Gotham burns and the Bat-family tries to hold it together, Batman and Joker face down in a…
For a rare metal, adamantium sure does show up a lot in the Marvel Universe. Whether it’s making a body for Ultron, coating Wolverine to “kill” him or being made into a giant chair for the Hulk by a spendthrift bird-themed billionaire, adamantium has many purposes. But mostly, it seems to make mutants and other…
It’s time to face your parent issues, save the environment and go on a top-secret mission as Dan Grote reviews AHOY’s Penultiman #1 and Zack Jenkins reviews Vault’s No One’s Rose #5 and AWA’s American Ronin #1.
Captain Malik and the crew of the Vihaan II escape from their tyrannical government – and chart a course straight to the first living god they can find. But the only thing more dangerous than what lies ahead of them … is who follows behind them. Andrea Ayres and Zach Rabiroff continue their A-to-Z examination of Al Ewing, Simone di Meo, Mariasara Miotti and AndWorld Design’s We Only Find Them When They’re Dead.
Hello friends and readers, it’s an all Outlawed special this week in the Marvel Files, as we check in to see if the teens are all right. Jude Jones will be giving us his deep thoughts on Miles Morales: Spider Man #19, Zoe Tunnell will be hitting the main event in Champions #1, and Matt…
The plot deepens and mysteries abound as Shin learns more about the Ultras while Kiki and Captain Muramatsu search for answers to this strange conspiracy. It’s a prelude to Kaiju action in Rise of Ultraman #2 by Kyle Higgins, Matt Groom, Francesco Manna, Espen Grundetjern, and VC’s Ariana Maher. Ian Gregory: Last time, I said…