Professor Charles Xavier has escaped from Graymalkin Prison to save his daughter from an attack out in space â and he has a plan to aid her. The problem is, his former students are none too happy to see him. Is there anyone left willing to help him out? Find out in NYX #9, written…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Danâs pick: Monkey Meat: The Summer Batch #1: Going on vacation?…
As the founder of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier has always been at the core of the franchise. Professor X and his dream of mutant-human coexistence have driven the Children of the Atom since X-Men #1 in 1963. This week, as the âX-Manhuntâ crossover kicks off, Xavier is again at the center of a major…
Welcome, freaks and freakettes, to our inaugural coverage of Al Ewing and Steve Lieberâs Metamorpho: The Element Man. Weâre picking up with last weekâs issue #3, in which Simon Staggâs caveman consigliere Java embarks on a globetrotting espionage mission with the shape-shifting Urania Blackwell, aka Element Girl. Will Metamorpho, the Freak of 1,001 Changes, take…
For part one of Margot Waldman’s deep dive into the history of DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes and its fandom, click here. In 1981, after a baffling run by Roy Thomas, the Legion would get a new writer in DC executive Paul Levitz. He would soon be joined by artist Keith Giffen. Both were avid members…
Iâm Canadian. But Iâm not particularly patriotic. My ancestors from Ireland, Scotland and France werenât rich or powerful but, by virtue of being white, undeniably benefited from the various government-sponsored genocides that made the nation of Canada. Iâm ashamed of that and the perpetuation of myths about my nationâs history, like the idea that because…
You guys, it’s Maggott! You know, Japheth, the guy with the robo-slugs that eat stuff and who turns blue sometimes. He was an X-man, albeit after the point where joining the X-Men got you on cartoons and T-shirts and stuff. Here’s his Xavier File. We should probably update it. (This is a good reminder that…
Spider-Man is back in Brooklyn, only to find himself in the crosshairs of Deadpool â both Deadpools! Wade Wilson has gone too far this time and messed with the wrong Spider-Man. How far will Wade go to collect on this contract, and who is pulling the strings behind this job? Miles Morales: Spider-Man #30 is…
The Tetracide is âThe Four Killer,â and Diana has done the unthinkable to escape its fatal grasp. The move may have saved her to fight another day, but the price Diana paid is more than she can stand to lose for the fight thatâs coming. She will need the help of allies old and new…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Danâs pick: Sentinels #5: Warden Ellis and Director Trask’s plans for…
This past week was ComicsPRO, the annual comics retailer meetup in Los Angeles. Think of it like upfronts for TV: The industry brings its publishers and creators before a jury of judgmental, hangry retail partners looking for the next Saga or Something Is Killing the Children they can handsell to Wednesday Warriors. This yearâs ComicsPRO…
âA comic strip is like a dream⊠a tissue of paper reveries⊠It gloms anâ glimmers its way thru unreality, fancy anâ fantasy.ââ Walt Kelly, Pogo âOkay, Lois⊠but who do you ask to help Superman?ââ Paul Levitz, DC Comics Presents #43 Comics are a space for writers to write down their dreams. More than…
The four potential mutant recruits known as the Outliers are the target of a new, vicious and unstoppable anti-mutant weapon initiative, a cold-hearted pack of tracking Sentinels based on dogs, who use their enhanced senses and chainsaw-like teeth to hunt down and kill mutants. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide as the Outliers face the…
Scott Free and Barda are still on the search for the child who may just bring about the end of the Fourth World, not knowing they are up against secret machinations laid down by Metron for his own mysterious ends. Before that, though, the Chronicler pulls Metron aside to tell him a story of how…
Look at those four happy robot kids on Justin Mason’s cover to Sentinels #5. Drumfire and Sawtooth each throwing a hand in the air, waving it like they just don’t care. Voivod looking a bit apprehensive but excited. Lockstep fully embracing the moment and striking a surfer pose. All while they ride a traditional Sentinel…