The Cosmos begins, the Cosmos ends. A mask is passed on, twice. Being and unbeing battle for the very existence of existence. Welcome to the Third Cosmos. There will be surviving, there will be experience. Defenders #5 is told by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez, with letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Welcome back, Stephanie,…
Jennifer Walters is back to her old self again … again. She’s lost count of the number of reinventions she’s been through. She thought she’d have done more with her life, so what’s different this time around? Find out in She-Hulk #1, written by Rainbow Rowell, drawn by Rogê Antônio, colored by Rico Renzi and…
The next chapter in the Krakoa Era begins in X-Lives of Wolverine #1 by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, Frank Martin, and Cory Petit! Welcome to Comics XF’s X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine coverage! Given the story is being released weekly over the next ten weeks, we’re doing things a little differently than usual,…
When an executive at a 1960s stock brokerage acquires a collection of antiquities, the gap between the haves and the have-nots becomes painfully clear. The price of the Silver Coin keeps going up, even as the fortunes of its owner plummets, in issue #8, written by Matthew Rosenberg, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, and…
Unfortunately, the eviction notice for vigilante superheroics comes to Seneca Park as the X-Men come face to face with Kingpin’s Thunderbolts in Devil’s Reign: X-Men #1 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Phil Noto and lettered by Cory Petit. Christi Eddleman: Unfortunately for everyone, and especially me, I can only sing some Staind as I…
In December, ComicsXF’s intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of those interviews. You know who should draw a Shazam…
While we wait for the series to begin its next arc following another cliffhanger (Maybe the would-be presidential assassin running the show is actually a physical manifestation of evil!), it’s time to go a little sideways into the archives of the government’s weirdest, spookiest bureau in Department of Truth #14 (written by James Tynion IV,…
Mark Turetsky: Hey Austin, thanks for inviting me to review this, the third episode of The Book of Boba Fett! Austin Gorton: Thank you for joining me! Three episodes in, we’re starting to get a feel for the arc of the season, yet at the same time, the show still seems to be figuring out…
Everything has led to this. All the forces that have pursued the Joker for the past 10 issues are converging on the Sampson estate, as Jim Gordon has a realization, in The Joker #11, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. In Detective…
Stephen Strange is dead. Without the Sorcerer Supreme out of commissions, mystical monsters are loose. Following up from his Black Knight series last year, Si Spurrier teams up with his Way Of X partner Bob Quinn for a one-shot adventure in Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight #1. The X-Men are possessed by demons or…
Luke’s deep dive into the past leads to an encounter with a Force Ghost of a different sort in Star Wars #20, written by Charles Soule, drawn by Marcos Castiello, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles. After his newfound dedication to continue his Jedi training led Luke on a Jedi Greatest Hits…
Kate wants to trust and support and save her older sister (who may not be worth saving), while the Circus of Crime wants the macguffin and the arrows fly in Hawkeye: Kate Bishop #3, written by Marieke Nijkamp, drawn by Enid Balám, inked by Oren Junior, colored by Brittany Peer and lettered by Joe Caramagna….
It was 2003, I was nineteen years old and had just graduated from high school three months earlier, it was that last summer of freedom feeling, knowing that soon I’d be off to college and something new. It was a summer to be remembered, at least the parts that weren’t fogged over by the underage…
Otto Octavius is looking for a few good men…and they’re all him. Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1 is written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Davide Tinto, colored by Matt Milla, and lettered by Ariana Maher. Otto Octavius has always been chasing something greater. The more we’ve learned about the villain and his motives and drive,…
Charles Xavier. Beast. Amanda Mueller. Moira MacTaggert. Magneto. Some of the greatest minds and experts on mutantkind are assembled by Mister Sinister to discuss the evolution of Homo superior … but to what devious end? Rest assured, there’ll be at least one dead body before dessert at this meeting of the Eighth Circle. Dan “Never…