3 flavors of Pride – X-Men, DC and Star Trek – lead this week’s Staff Picks

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out TuesdaysĀ (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: The Wedding Special: Mystique and Destiny are one of the most beloved gay couples in history since they were made textual five years ago. Somewhere in their 100+ years together, the…

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On 10 years of Marvel’s Silk, the death of her Amazon series and where Cindy could go next

Recently, it was announced that Amazon Studios was shutting down production of Silk: Spider Society, a series that would have seen the live action debut of Cindy Moon, a Korean-American female Spider-Hero. According to Nellie Andreeva’s Deadline article, the series had been in production since 2019 and had been facing troubles such as changes in…

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Go to Karate Prom as the Blood Hunt continues in this week’s Staff Picks

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Karate Prom: Don “TheDragonWilson” Jones is the finest fighter Benjamin Harrison High School has ever produced. But when he enters the ring against Lincoln High’s Sam Steadman, it’s love at first knockout….

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The Good Book in comics, or, when not to quote the King James Version (an FCBD X-Men review)

In Daredevil Vol. 8 #6, aka Daredevil #668, Matt Murdock, with the assistance of Doctor Strange, summons a gateway to Hell in part by quoting the book of Proverbs. Proverbs (or מ֓שְלֵי) is a book found within the Jewish and Christian scriptural canons. It is a collection of short sayings meant to impart wisdom; here,…

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Usagi Yojimbo DOES NOT cross over with The Crow in this week’s Staff Picks

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1: Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to…

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