Ever wonder where the Golden Age Human Torch got his sense of morality, or why Mar-Vell threw his lot in with humankind? Or why you shouldnât take calls on your phone while battling the Lizard? Find these answers and more â with feeling â in Marvel Age #1,000, with writing by Jason Aaron, Armando Ianucci,…
Pakistani. American. Muslim. Inhuman. Mutant. Superhero. Outlaw. Avenger. Champion. Exile. X-man. There are a lot of labels on Kamala Khan, and the latest one has upended her world entirely, and given her an all-new mission statement. But underneath all the labels, when you take away the societies who believe they have a claim on her…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaanâs pick: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1: Fresh from being killed off in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man and having her identity rewritten to make her a mutant in line with what could have…
The titular star of LucasFilm’s latest streaming series, Ahsoka, has a rich cross-media history in Star Wars. She debuted in The Clone Wars animated series (the canonical Dave Filoni one, not the earlier Genndy Tartakovsky one), made a smattering of appearances in the animated followup Rebels, starred in a few novels and comic book stories,…
Click here to read Part One! Welcome back to our three-part look back at the Grant Morrison â and Frank Quitely and John Paul Leon and Phil Jimenez and others â run of New X-Men! From the first arcs â âE Is for Extinctionâ and its successors, dealing with Cassandra Nova â weâve seen how…
Will Robson is excited to talk about Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, his comic about a team tasked with cleaning up ocean pollution whose mission quickly goes bad. He said the underwater horror book was inspired partly by the fact that he saw a double feature of Jaws and The Exorcist when…
Y’ever see two people on a motorcycle in traffic and wonder how come you never see Ghost Rider with a passenger on his hell-cycle or whatever it’s called? Wonder no longer, as this week’s preview of Wolverine #36 – part of the ongoing “Weapons of Vengeance” story – shows what it’s like for Logan to…
The five crime families that rule Birnin T’Chaka have heard the rumors that the Black Panther is lurking in the shadows, so they bring in a hired gun to help protect their interests: the cyborg assassin known as Deathlok. Black Panther #3 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen and Mack Chater, inked…
After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Jean’s life is in shambles. Literally. But thatâs nothing new for a woman who was into resurrection before it was cool. A life rife with retcons invites plentiful possibilities for different pasts and futuresâwhich path(s) will Jean take? Jean Grey #1 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard…
In Norse myths, they called him Thunderer. Vuer has he been called, and Hloriddi. The Gods know him as Asgard’s King, keeper of Mjolnir, hero of the tales. When injustice grips the Earth and ancient powers bring down the sky, he fights for those who cannot â and when the tale is done, we will…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tonyâs pick: Realm of X #1: After the Hellfire Gala, Magik, Mirage, Marrow, Dust and Typhoid Mary find themselves stranded in Vanaheim. Yâknow, the Thor place? The locals seem to believe they hold the key…
Madelyne Pryor has a lot to worry about. As Queen of Limbo, she has to quell constant demonic uprisings against her home. Sheâs also in charge of the Limbo-New York Embassy, managing mutant refugees from the fall of Krakoa, and generally dealing with a city that does not want her there â and now Orchis…
Ever wonder if Marvel Comics would acknowledge the fundamental, consistent, flaming queerness of so many X-comics and X-Men, or whether the company would rather talk, in broad terms, about the mutant metaphor? Find out, or not, in the anthology comic Marvel’s Voices: X-Men, with writing by Vita Ayala, Raphael Draccon, Carolina Munhoz, Sarah Kuhn, Al…
Krakoa has fallen. Mutants throughout the world are being hunted, shipped off planet or forced to have their powers inhibited. Charles Xavier may have given up the dream of human and mutant co-existence, but Captain America still believes the two can stand together. See the return of the Unity Squad in Uncanny Avengers #1, written…
Recent news that Tom Brevoort, Marvel Comics’ longest serving editor, would be taking over stewardship of the X-Men sparked discussion among X-fandom regarding the relative merits of two different approaches to the characters: one that strives to push the X-Men forward, making them more than typical superheroes, and another that strives to present a more…