COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:49:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Battle Of The Atom: What Time Is It? https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/15/battle-of-the-atom-what-time-is-it/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57092 There's a lot of things that we talk about in this episode, including the New York Knicks and Grunt Squad shirts and more importantly Ben Grimm.

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]]> 57092 Batman #10 brings the light of hope back to Gotham https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/11/batman-10-brings-the-light-of-hope-back-to-gotham/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:45:56 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57088 Batman reminds Gotham that, regardless of what Vandal Savage might say, it is still his city in Batman #10 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez.

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]]> 57088 Uncanny X-Men #30 ruins another lovely picnic (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/11/uncanny-x-men-30-ruins-another-lovely-picnic-preview/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57069 Can even the X-MEN resist the technological terror when MARS NEEDS MUTANTS? Find out in our preview of Uncanny X-Men #30, out next week!

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]]> 57069 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Love of a Faceless Man https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/11/batchat-with-matt-will-the-love-of-a-faceless-man/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57079 Matt and Will cover three arcs tied to the New 52 "Death of the Family" crossover in Batman, Batman & Robin, and Detective Comics.

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]]> 57079 Absolute Catwoman, Armageddon and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/10/absolute-catwoman-armageddon-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57055 Check out this week's CXF Staff Picks, featuring Absolute Catwoman, Avengers: Armageddon, Bishop, M.A.S.K. and more. What are YOU reading?

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]]> 57055 DC announces Absolute Cassandra Cain one-shot spinning off from Absolute Catwoman https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/09/dc-announces-absolute-cassandra-cain-one-shot-spinning-off-from-absolute-catwoman/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:25 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57061 Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand #1, written by Che Grayson with art by Matias Bergara and a main cover by Bengal, will publish on Sept. 9.

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]]> 57061 TCXFIP 403: David Pepose talks The O.Z. Part 3 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/09/tcxfip-403-david-pepose-talks-the-o-z-part-3/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57036 Writer David Pepose returns to talk about the third and final chapter of his Kickstarter series The O.Z., plus, Space Ghost, Speed Racer and more.

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]]> 57036 EXCLUSIVE: Check out Hannah Templer’s pinup for The O.Z. #3 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/08/exclusive-check-out-hannah-templers-pinup-for-the-o-z-3/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57039 In time for the launch of the Kickstarter for the third chapter of The O.Z., we're dropping an exclusive look at a pinup for the book by Hannah Templer.

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]]> 57039 Oscar, Oscar, Oscar: Tracing the mystery of Inmate X in Uncanny X-Men https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/06/oscar-oscar-oscar-tracing-the-mystery-of-inmate-x-in-uncanny-x-men/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57014 Adam Reck looks back through the Gail Simone run of Uncanny X-Men to see how the mystery of Inmate X unfolded from issue #1 to #29.

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]]> 57014 Mortal Thor #11 messes with the bull and gets the horns (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/05/mortal-thor-11-messes-with-the-bull-and-gets-the-horns-preview/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57006 In the grand scheme of animal/human hybrids from Greek mythology, minotaurs have to have it the hardest, right? Everyone loves a centaur, satyrs are basically just people with hairy legs, but a minotaur? You probably have difficulty getting through doors, you’re top-heavy, every time you drop something it invites a “bull in a China shop”...

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]]> 57006 Bishop #1 makes us ask: Where are OUR giant guns? (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/04/bishop-1-makes-us-ask-where-are-our-giant-guns-preview/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56997 Bishop has always lived by a strict code. But that code will get called into question when his sister, Shard, is sent to the present right before she died.

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]]> 56997 BatChat With Matt & Will: BatChat Pride 2026 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/04/batchat-with-matt-will-batchat-pride-2026/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56991 It’s our annual Pride episode of BatChat. It’s nice to see that we have plenty of stories we can cover about queer, out Bat characters, you know? We’re covering the first of DC’s big Pride anthologies, which features stories including Batwoman, The Question (Renee Montoya), Harley and Ivy and Alan Scott Green Lantern, who might...

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]]> 56991 What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1 answers a burning question https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/what-if-uncanny-x-men-1-answers-a-burning-question/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:19:09 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56995 What If...? Uncanny X-Men #1 explores a world where Cyclops returns to Madelyne Pryor after the events of "Inferno." It doesn't go well.

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]]> 56995 Ororo wins in Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #5 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/ororo-wins-in-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-5/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56988 Jude Jones saw Murewa Ayodele's run on Storm all the way through to the end. With Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #5, he offers some parting words.

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]]> 56988 Uncanny X-Men #29 stages a mutant prison break https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/uncanny-x-men-29-stages-a-mutant-prison-break/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56982 Wave goodbye to Graymalkin Prison and hello to some new team members as another story arc wraps in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men #29.

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]]> 56982 Team Ice Cream Man takes on Deadman, Dream Girls and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/team-ice-cream-man-takes-on-deadman-dream-girls-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56976 Boston Brand floats — begrudgingly — through this bluegreen purgatory we call Earth, upholding the Laws of Spiritual Math and protecting humanity from evil.

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]]> 56976 TCXFIP 402: Mark Waid talks Empire and all things DC Comics https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/02/tcxfip-402-mark-waid-talks-empire-and-all-things-dc-comics/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56973 Writer Mark Waid joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a deluxe hardcover edition of his classic series Empire, plus his current work at DC Comics.

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]]> 56973 How Gerry Conway’s Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, chronicled anxiety about the nuclear family https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/01/how-gerry-conways-firestorm-the-nuclear-man-chronicled-anxiety-about-the-nuclear-family/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56966 Stephanie Burt pays tribute to Gerry Conway with an examination of his DC hero Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, one of her earliest superhero memories.

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]]> 56966 Battle of the Atom: Pure Beautiful Stupid https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/01/battle-of-the-atom-pure-beautiful-stupid/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56962 Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 56962 Storm’s morals are put to the test in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #5! https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/29/storms-morals-are-put-to-the-test-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-5/ Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56952 TYPING! Murewa Ayodele’s Storm saga sure has been a trip, huh? From multi-pantheon fights with gods to teases of hippo riding to confusion over how many issues this final volume of the saga will contain, this run has had it all. And while what that “all” was, wasn’t always clear, the the level of sheer...

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]]> 56952 Batman #163 wraps H2SH … for now? https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/batman-163-wraps-h2sh-for-now/ Fri, 29 May 2026 01:06:13 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56949 With the Bat family turned against him, Batman must work with other allies to make his stand against Hush in Batman #163.

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]]> 56949 Cyclops is Daddy in our EXCLUSIVE preview of What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/cyclops-is-daddy-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-what-if-uncanny-x-men-1/ Thu, 28 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56934 What if Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor got to raise baby Nathan? Find out in our exclusive preview of What If...? Uncanny X-Men #1!

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]]> 56934 BatChat With Matt & Will: That Story Is a Stretch https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/batchat-with-matt-will-that-story-is-a-stretch/ Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56943 Of all of DC’s obscure characters outside the Bat family, two of Matt’s absolute favorites are the Elongated Man, Ralph Dibny, and his wife, Sue. Inspired by Nick and Nora Charles from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man, Ralph and Sue are a bantering, loving couple who solve mysteries. They are, as the kids at...

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]]> 56943 X-amining all of the X-Men ‘97 Season 2 Trailer’s Easter Eggs https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/27/x-amining-all-of-the-x-men-97-season-2-trailers-easter-eggs/ Wed, 27 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56897 The first season of X-Men ’97 proved it a worthy follow-up to the beloved 1990s animated series, a speed-run through a heaping helping of classic X-Men stories filled with both ‘member berries (Madelyne Pryor! Prime Sentinels! Fatal Attractions!) and genuinely emotional, gut-punch moments (“de name is Gambit…”). Ever since it wrapped, fans have been eagerly...

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]]> 56897 Panic at the wellness clinic in Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/27/panic-at-the-wellness-clinic-in-did-you-hear-about-mimi-green-1/ Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56894 Cerebro host Connor Goldsmith makes his comics debut alongside artist Josh Cornillon with Dark Horse's Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #1.

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