The team becomes A Sharpened Blade in Hellions 7, our first issue post-X of Swords, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. Austin Gorton: It seems like only yesterday the Hellions were completing their ultimately-futile mission on Arakko and we mourned the (occasionally sad, often hilarious) deaths of them all, but we…
X Of Swords is over and X-Factor tried to take things back to normal. Leah Williams, David BaldeĆ³n, Israel Silva, and Joe Caramagna bring us to life in X-Factor #5. Cori McCreery: The swords are laid to rest, and the recovering begins. For the stakes that were set in our last issue of X-Factor, there…
God has finally come in the introductory issue of Venomās biggest event yet: King in Black #1. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: After nearly two years the time of ascendancy for us Goop Troopers, us Slime Scholars, us Venom Fu– aha…
Knock ’em Dead #1 Writer: Eliot Rahal, Artist: Mattia Monaco, Colorist: Matt Milla, Letterer: Taylor Esposito, Publisher: AfterShock Iāve got a joke for you: How did the comedian die? You can bring a room alive by telling a good joke. You can put that room to sleep by explaining it. Like stories, jokes have a…
Matt reckons with Foggyās plan to temporarily replace him with his brother Mike, while the auction for Hellās Kitchen proceeds, and Daredevilās court case finally begins. All this and more written by Chip Zdarsky, pencilled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Mattia Iocono, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Vishal Gullapalli: This isnāt…
Kaiju Score #1 Writer: James Patrick, Artist: Rem Broo, Letterer: Dave Sharpe, Publisher: AfterShock Kaiju Score is true genre fiction, or maybe itās better called genre genre fiction. The initial pitch reads like it could have come out of a random idea generator ā HEIST MOVIE and KAIJU MOVIE ā but James Patrick and Rem…
Detective Comics #1,031 Welcome to a special holiday week Bat Chat! The Mirror inserts himself into Gothamās mayoral race as he continues his anti-vigilante crusade, Damian makes a move to prove heās smarter than Batman, and a Bat rogue makes his return in āDetective Comicsā #1,031 from Peter J. Tomasi, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes and…
Hello friends and readers! Weāve got the comics, much as youāve come to expect from Marvel Files! Power Pack makes an Outlawed affiliated return and Justin Partridge is giving us the goods. Then, our own Liz Large is punching it into a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #6, and Tony Thornley…
We draw our swords, one last time, for one epic conclusion. Chris Eddleman & Robert Secundus talk X-Men #15 by Jonathan Hickman, Mahmud Asrar, Sunny Gho, and Clayton Cowles. Then Charlie Davis & Nola Pfau tackle Excalibur #15 by Tini Howard, Mahmud Asrar, Stefano Caselli, Sunny Gho, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Clayton Cowles. Last everyone teams…
Jodie Whittakerās Thirteenth Doctor and her Fam return in Doctor Who Comics #1. Handled by the returning creative team of Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata, Enrica Eren Angiolini, Shari Chankhamma and letterers Richard Starkings & Sarah Hendrick, Doctor Who Comics #1 finds the Doctor contending with an Earth conquered by the Sea Devils. But when the human resistance, led by Rose Tyler, finds their OWN Doctor, namely David Tennantās Tenth incarnation, the balance of power threatens to tip, bringing the humans and Sea Devils ever closer to conflict. Brave heart, dear readers, as we dive into Doctor Who Comics #1
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). As Batman and his new rival, Ghost-Maker, fight it out, we learn more about the past between the two, and Harley confronts Clownhunter. Itās āBatmanā #103 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki and David Baron. Matt Lazorwitz: So ā¦ yeah. I have…
Hello friends and readers! Itās a terrific twofer this week as Jude Jones explores Captain America #25, and Vishal Gullapalli digs into yet another issue of webslinging with Amazing Spider-Man #53! Captain America #25 Written by: Ta-Nehisi Coates ( back up: Anthony Falcone) Art by: Leonard Kirk (back up: Michael Cho) Colors by: Matt Milla…
Venom Beyond goops toward itās finale in Venom #30. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Luke Ross, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles Venom #30 details the final battle between Eddie Brock, Anne Weying, and Dylan Brock and the forces of Codex on an alternate Earth. We open on our goopy proceedings…
Joe Fixit is in charge, on the run, and running from space to Earth in this tale written by Al Ewing, pencilled by Joe Bennett, inked by Ruy JosĆ© and Belardino Brabo, coloured by Paul Mounts and Matt Milla, and lettered by VCās Cory Petit. Zach Rabiroff: [The stage is now lit by a rotating…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten nearly forty battles for the fate of the world. The soul still burns as the tournament continues. Kenneth Laster & Ari Bard lead us through Saturnyne’s whims in X-Force #16 by Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX, and Cory Petit. Then Liz Large & Austin Gorton try something completely…