The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekās best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. To my sons, Spider-Man isnāt a character. In a weird way, coming full circle from his days on Toei-produced Sentai…
Compared to other creators, Paul Smith drew very few issues of the Chris Claremont-Era Uncanny X-Menāten issues between 165 and 175, and then a single-issue fill in years later, for #278. These werenāt the totality of his contributions; he also drew a few issues of X-Factor and an X-Men/Alpha Flight miniseries, among others, but for…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zackās Pick: Ka-Zar #1: The lord of the Savage Land is back from the dead, with some new powers, some family drama and a creeping sense of unease in a five-issue series by writer Zac…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekās best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. I kept rewriting my first lines of this. āDo I want to talk about CM Punk?ā I asked myself….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattās Pick: Batman: Fear State Alpha: Shine the event signal! The Scarecrow plot cooking in Batman culminates in this new big-deal story written by James āSubstackā Tynion IV and drawn by Riccardo Federici. ($4.99) Previously,…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekās best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here: Subscribe As first reportedĀ by Entertainment Weekly, it appears that āHead of Xā scribe Jonathan Hickman isn’t contracted to do…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattās Pick: Cable Reloaded #1: The old man is back, and heās here to stop āThe Last Annihilationā and have a nice time. Written by Al Ewing (S.W.O.R.D.) and drawn by Bob Quinn (Way of…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here: Subscribe Welcome to the new ComicsXF newsletter, made via Mailchimp, which is not Substack. Quite frankly, it was easier…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Markās Pick: Trial of Magneto #1: The Pretender Wanda Maximoff is dead, and all suspicions lead to Magneto. So itās probably not him, right? RIGHT?! Written by Leah Williams and drawn by Lucas Werneck. ($4.99)…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisā Pick: Defenders #1: Remember a couple years ago when Al Ewing tried to make the Masked Raider happen? Well, heās back, along with Doctor Strange (Hey, isnāt he about to die?), the Silver Surfer…
Some of us live in two worlds. Or three, or more. In world one, we drive kids to school, or drive ourselves to school, or drive ourself to distraction with the paperwork we have to do from home: we try to save money on takeout, if we can afford it, and walk the dog if…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ariās Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Imageās Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house…
The Doomed Planet Go to the town of Kovno, Lithuania today, and you will find a world of ghosts. In another age, 40,000 Jews lived among the crowded streets of this one-time capital. They worshipped at more than 40 different (and often squabbling) synagogues, educated their children in Hebrew schools, and kept open a hospital to…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Coriās Pick: Superman, Son of Kal-El #1: Walk with me for a minute. Yāknow how Cannonball ended up being a great hero and father because he was trained by a mix of Xavier, Magneto and…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishalās Pick: Superman and the Authority #1: Now that Jonathan Kent is doing his share of Superman-ing, Kal-El needs something else to do. How about getting a dope new costume and man-in-the-chairing the Authority? Grant…