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A coded distress call from Dr. Beverly Crusher leads Admiral Picard and Captain Riker to attempt to steal a starship, while Raffi tries to prevent a terrorist attack. Picard and Riker meet âThe Next Generationâ in Picard Season 3 Episode 01 written by Terry Matalas, directed by Doug Aarniokoski. Mark Turetsky: Hey Will! Itâs been…
Kicking off our new year, the Redesigning X-Men crew of artists elected to take on the southern belle herself, ROGUE! Check out our artistâs fantastic interpretations of new costumes of Anna Marie herself – and please follow our very talented artists on their social media linked below! Karen Charm My friend and I have long…
Who is doing it like Victor LaValle? Honestly, the guy walks right into comics and says “listen nerds, I’m going to make you go WILD for a Sabretooth book”. And, deciding not to make it easy on himself, throws Nekra in the mix. The man is a monster and we’re better for it. Here’s a…
Welcome back to Chicago, where the anti-mutant human pressure group Purity, the anti-mutant super-team GalĂ©rer, and the ninja-demon Ogun do their best to wipe out our heroes and take control of Rachel Summersâs Phoenix Force and/or her brain. Will anyone survive the experience? Find out in X-Treme X-Men #3, writing by the inimitable Chris Claremont,…
Will the Sons stop the ritual and cancel the apocalypse? It’s Midnight Sons #5 written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Luigi Zagaria and Alberto Foche, colors by Antonio Fabela, and letters by Joe Sabino. The issue begins years ago in New Orleans as Agatha Harkness pays a visit to The Laveaus. Agatha tries to…
Our team has come back from the distant past, bringing three plucky survivors from the long-ago, now-defunct mutant society Threshold. Will Captain Kate Pryde start a time loop with their help? Also, remember that jerk Brimstone Love? He’s back too, in Marauders #11, written by Steve Orlando, art by Eleanora Carlini, colors by Matt Milla,…
Weâre a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! In X-Force #37, we finally meet the head of Xeno, the Man with the Peacock Tattoo, from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! Meanwhile, “Inferno II Electric Boogaloo” ends in Dark Web Finale #1 from Zeb Wells, Adam…
With Sinister still a-sinnin’, the Holy Thieves work to assemble a sacred weapon from stolen parts as the alt-universe series Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants continues! Marvel has exclusively shared with ComicsXF the above variant cover to issue #2 by Pablo Villalobos. More from Marvel on Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants #2: “100…
Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed, and Storm wants revenge. To get it, the New Brotherhood will battle their way through hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age. But are they fighting to save the world, or end it? And who the hell is Ironfire? Storm and the Brotherhood of…
After being blasted by Failsafe, Batman wakes up in a world very different from the Gotham he knows. Batman #132 is written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Tim Drake is sure that Batman is alive and…
Ron Livingston gets farther away from everyone and everything heâs ever known and closer to the end in Traveling to Mars #2, written by Mark Russell, drawn by Roberto âDakarâ Meli, colored by Chiara di Francia, lettered by Mattia Gentili and published by Ablaze. Actress Maisie Wade confronts the murderous fans whoâve invaded her home…
Remember when Whilce Portacio jumped onto Uncanny X-Men and made everything look like the coolest thing that ever happened? He made us think Malcolm and Randall were something. It takes skill and the dude still has it. So why not check out what Whilce and Brian Haberlin are doing in X-Men Legends #6. It’s a…
Hair and hair-care is a subject that all of us reckon with every single day. It is universal, and everybody has their own specific experience and relationship to it. And yet it remains an underexplored subject in comics. Thatâs something thatâs been slowly changing, as there have been comics and graphic novels coming out exploring…
Having been tipped off by Q, Ben Sisko and the Theseus crew race to the God City of TâKon and find much more than they bargained for in Star Trek #4 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Ramon Rosanas and Oleg Chudakov, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. …