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# COMICSXF

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## Posts

- [Supergirl review: That's not how trauma works](https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/03/supergirl-review-thats-not-how-trauma-works/) - Supergirl joins forces with an unlikely companion on an interstellar journey of vengeance and justice when an unexpected adversary strikes too close to home.
- [Batman #11 makes spinning plates look easy](https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/03/batman-11-makes-spinning-plates-look-easy/) - Events in Gotham continue to spiral out of control, the truth behind Lady Ojo is revealed and a new ally(?) arrives at Wayne Manor in Batman #11.
- [Felicia vs. Frank in Black Cat #12 (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/02/felicia-vs-frank-in-black-cat-12-preview/) - Felicia Hardy made a big mistake ... one that's now pointed the PUNISHER and every weapon he's got in her direction, in Black Cat #12.
- [Taskmaster comes to town in Wolverine #23 (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/02/taskmaster-comes-to-town-in-wolverine-23-preview/) - What's worse than LOGAN fighting with shattered claws and diminished powers? HIS ENEMIES WITH SAID POWERS! Taskmaster guest stars in Wolverine #23.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: A No Man's Land EC Comic](https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/02/batchat-with-matt-will-a-no-mans-land-ec-comic/) - The BatChat podcast returns to the runs its reading in order, with new chapters of Knightquest and No Man's Land, plus a side story set early in No Man's Land
- [The Marvel Swimsuit Special returns, & more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/07/01/the-marvel-swimsuit-special-returns-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - This week we're excited for the return of the Marvel Swimsuit Special, new 100 Bullets, IDW's Killer Influences and more. What are YOU reading?
- [TCXFIP 406: Joey Esposito talks Killer Influences & Power Rangers Unlimited](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/30/tcxfip-406-joey-esposito-talks-killer-influences-power-rangers-unlimited/) - Writer Joey Esposito joins the show to talk about his new IDW Crime series Killer Influences and his upcoming BOOM Studios series Power Rangers Unlimited.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Bowie Baja Blast](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/29/battle-of-the-atom-bowie-baja-blast/) - Jeph Loeb probably enjoys a Mountain Dew Dark Berry Bash, the blue raspberry and blackberry variant exclusive to Applebee's Cosmic Wings ghost kitchen. David Draiman probably enjoys Hard Mountain Dew Black Cherry, the most embarrassing way to get drunk. David Bowie would never touch the stuff. Ranked This Episode: Hulk #14-17 (Code Red) Avengers: X-Sanction
- [Batwoman #4 puts the puzzle pieces together](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/25/batwoman-4-puts-the-puzzle-pieces-together/) - Both our heroes and the Religion of Crime come to the conclusion that there is something different about the Batwoman stalking Greece in Batwoman #4.
- [A Supergirl movie tie-in, an Ultimate Universe farewell and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/24/a-supergirl-movie-tie-in-an-ultimate-universe-farewell-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - This week's top picks include a Supergirl special, the Ultimate Universe Finale, an X-Men tale set in the Outback and the Wolf Man unleashed!
- [The Shadow King returns in X-Men United #5 (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/25/the-shadow-king-returns-in-x-men-united-5-preview/) - Iceman's dream of bringing all the X-Men together for fun times and fellowship has backfired and left Graymatter Lane vulnerable in X-Men United #5.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Supergirl Comes to Gotham](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/25/batchat-with-matt-will-supergirl-comes-to-gotham/) - To tie in with this week's big cinematic release, this week's BatChat podcast features times Supergirl teamed up with members of the Bat family.
- [Mystique shapeshifts into some new looks in our latest X-Men Redesigning challenge](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/22/mystique-shapeshifts-into-some-new-looks-in-our-latest-x-men-redesigning-challenge/) - Our team of talented artists sought to remix classic Mystique elements and offer some new looks to X-villain Raven Darkholme.
- [TCXFIP 405: Jadzia Axelrod & Nicole Maines talk Justice League: Dream Girls](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/23/tcxfip-405-jadzia-axelrod-nicole-maines-talk-justice-league-dream-girls/) - Jadzia Axelrod and Nicole Maines join the show to talk about their DC Pride Month event miniseries Justice League: Dream Girls.
- [X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/21/x-men-united-4-has-both-dungeons-and-dragons/) - Can a school work if the teachers don’t get along? Iceman doesn’t want to find out, so he’s asked to play a game. But things get too real in X-Men United #4.
- [Dani's parents are in mystical trouble again in Moonstar #4 (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/19/danis-parents-are-in-mystical-trouble-again-in-moonstar-4-preview/) - Remember how Dani Moonstar's parents got turned into the Demon Bear, as revealed in the titular and seminal "Demon Bear" story which introduced Bill Sienkiewicz to the New Mutants in New Mutants #18-20? And how it was never really made clear WHO turned them into a massive demonic bear, until a response to a letter
- [Battle Of The Atom: Sour Grapes Scott](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/22/battle-of-the-atom-sour-grapes-scott/) - Cyclops is one of the greatest characters in comics, and that's because he screws up so often that it is funny. Like, every time, it's funny how he makes a bad decision. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men v1 #96 (Night of the Demon) X-Factor v1 #13-14 (Master Mold) Uncanny X-Men v3 #32 (Cyclops & Havok)
- [Absolute Batman #21 opens the narrative firehose](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/19/absolute-batman-21-opens-the-narrative-firehose/) - Batman fights the Robins. Bruce’s friends have a talk. All this, and the first meeting of Absolute Batman and Joker in Absolute Batman #21.
- [X-Men #32 has us thinking about Weapon PRIME (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/18/x-men-32-has-us-thinking-about-weapon-prime-preview/) - While the X-Men's rescue mission was compromised by the identity of the mutant they were tracking, it's now completely shot by the intervention of Department H.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Remembering Gerry Conway](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/18/batchat-with-matt-will-remembering-gerry-conway/) - This week, we read three stories written by the recently departed legend of the Bronze Age of comics, Gerry Conway, from his underrated Batman runs.
- [No, it’s not THAT Mars in Uncanny X-Men #30](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/17/no-its-not-that-mars-in-uncanny-x-men-30/) - Widespread panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force. But are they really what they seem? We review Uncanny X-Men #30.
- [Marvel's Avengers: Armageddon #1 parties like it's 2017](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/17/marvels-avengers-armageddon-1-parties-like-its-2017/) - Red Hulk's tear across the globe must be stopped, but it will take a colossal gathering of Earth's mightiest heroes to do it in Avengers: Armageddon #1.
- [Absolute Two-Face strikes and Concrete's back: Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/17/absolute-two-face-strikes-and-concretes-back-staff-picks/) - This week the CXF gang is excited for Absolute Batman, Absolute Green Arrow and other comics that aren't Absolute! What are YOU looking forward to?
- [Battle Of The Atom: What Time Is It?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/15/battle-of-the-atom-what-time-is-it/) - 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.
- [TCXFIP 404: Kelly Thompson talks Buffy and Angel](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/16/tcxfip-404-kelly-thompson-talks-buffy-and-angel/) - Writer Kelly Thompson returns to talk about her upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel series at Dynamite, plus Absolute Wonder Woman, Jeff and more.
- [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/) - 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.
- [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/) - Matt and Will cover three arcs tied to the New 52 "Death of the Family" crossover in Batman, Batman & Robin, and Detective Comics.
- [Uncanny X-Men #30 ruins another lovely picnic (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/11/uncanny-x-men-30-ruins-another-lovely-picnic-preview/) - 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!
- [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/) - 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.
- [Absolute Catwoman, Armageddon and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/10/absolute-catwoman-armageddon-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - Check out this week's CXF Staff Picks, featuring Absolute Catwoman, Avengers: Armageddon, Bishop, M.A.S.K. and more. What are YOU reading?
- [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/) - 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.
- [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/) - 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.
- [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/) - 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.
- [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/) - 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"
- [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/) - 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.
- [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/) - 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.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: BatChat Pride 2026](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/04/batchat-with-matt-will-batchat-pride-2026/) - BatChat's annual Pride episode features stories starring Batwoman, Harley and Ivy, The Question, and the DC Comics Bombshells.
- [Ororo wins in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #5](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/ororo-wins-in-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-5/) - 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.
- [Uncanny X-Men #29 stages a mutant prison break](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/03/uncanny-x-men-29-stages-a-mutant-prison-break/) - Wave goodbye to Graymalkin Prison and hello to some new team members as another story arc wraps in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men #29.
- [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/) - Boston Brand floats — begrudgingly — through this bluegreen purgatory we call Earth, upholding the Laws of Spiritual Math and protecting humanity from evil.
- [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/) - 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.
- [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/) - Stephanie Burt pays tribute to Gerry Conway with an examination of his DC hero Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, one of her earliest superhero memories.
- [Battle of the Atom: Pure Beautiful Stupid](https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/01/battle-of-the-atom-pure-beautiful-stupid/) - 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: Excalibur #4-5 Claws Northstar
- [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/) - 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
- [Batman #163 wraps H2SH ... for now?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/batman-163-wraps-h2sh-for-now/) - With the Bat family turned against him, Batman must work with other allies to make his stand against Hush in Batman #163.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: That Story Is a Stretch](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/28/batchat-with-matt-will-that-story-is-a-stretch/) - This week's episode of the BatChat podcast features team-ups between Batman and DC's ductile detective, the Elongated Man.
- [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/) - What if Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor got to raise baby Nathan? Find out in our exclusive preview of What If...? Uncanny X-Men #1!
- [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/) - To answer what might be in store for us in X-Men '97 Season 2, we combed through every second of the trailer and captured all the Easter Eggs and references.
- [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/) - Cerebro host Connor Goldsmith makes his comics debut alongside artist Josh Cornillon with Dark Horse's Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #1.
- [Marvel and Star Trek Pride specials, Mimi Green and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/27/marvel-and-star-trek-pride-specials-mimi-green-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - This week's CXF Staff Picks include Pride Month specials from Marvel and IDW's Star Trek line, plus the debut of Did You Hear About Mimi Green at Dark Horse.
- [TCXFIP 401: Dave Baker talks Halloween Boy](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/26/tcxfip-401-dave-baker-talks-halloween-boy/) - Cartoonist Dave Baker joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press graphic novel Halloween Boy Vol. 1: Last of the Halloween Boys.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Ghost World Daria](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/25/battle-of-the-atom-ghost-world-daria/) - I have a hard time believing Daniel Clowes would want his "comix" confused with Marvel's "What If?" series. And yet, that's what we are presupposing.
- [Jubilee shines in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Psylocke Ninja #5!](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/22/jubilee-shines-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-psylocke-ninja-5/) - Check out our exclusive preview of next week's Psylocke Ninja #5, out next week!
- [Batwoman #3 reunites complicated exes](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/22/batwoman-3-reunites-complicated-exes/) - When Jacob Kane calls Batman for help, he sends along the one person Batwoman might be closest to: her ex, Renee Montoya, the Question, in Batwoman #3.
- [BatChat with Matt & Will: The Man Behind the Black Mask (w/ Sam Hopper)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/21/batchat-with-matt-will-the-man-behind-the-black-mask-w-sam-hopper/) - This week, the BatChat podcast dives deep into the Bat villain Black Mask, with the death of the original and the origin of the second villain to use that name.
- [Codenames ain't nothing but a number in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Generation X-23 #4](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/21/codenames-aint-nothing-but-a-number-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-generation-x-23-4/) - LAURA KINNEY is through playing nice. The Facility has her friends, and they have her sister. And not a damn thing on Earth will stop her.
- [X-Men United #3 makes amends for previous issues](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/x-men-united-3-makes-amends-for-previous-issues/) - Two X-teens, and Laura Kinney, join Captain America as he tries to offer an apology to one more victim of government experiments in X-Men United #3.
- [Weep not for the victim in IDW's Seven Wives #1](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/weep-not-for-the-victim-in-idws-seven-wives-1/) - Seven wives. Forty-nine stab wounds. One divine prophet, found dead in his own church. We reviewed IDW's Seven Wives #1.
- [Absolute Green Arrow kills rich people. (Staff Picks)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/absolute-green-arrow-kills-rich-people-staff-picks/) - Absolute Green Arrow murders the rich while Seven Wives murder their husband in this week's CXF Staff Picks. What are you looking forward to reading?
- [TCXFIP 400: Connor Goldsmith, Josh Cornillon talk Mimi Green](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/19/tcxfip-400-connor-goldsmith-josh-cornillon-talk-mimi-green/) - Connor Goldsmith and Josh Cornillon join the show to talk about their new Dark Horse Comics series Did You Hear About Mimi Green?
- [A New Future Foundation - and Stan Sakai - in Fantastic Four #11 (Preview)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/15/a-new-future-foundation-and-stan-sakai-in-fantastic-four-11-preview/) - As touted on the cover, Stan Sakai contributes a story in Fantastic Four #11. Sakai, of course, makes me think of Usagi Yojimbo, which in turn makes me think of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (where I first encountered Usagi Yojimbo in my wee days). Which in turn got me thinking, how do the four
- [Batman #9 brings the GCPD down on the Bat family](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/15/batman-9-brings-the-gcpd-down-on-the-bat-family/) - To prevent Vandal Savage and his GCPD from raiding his caches of equipment, Batman and his allies are preparing to destroy them first in Batman #9.
- [The Robins descend in Absolute Batman #20](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/14/the-robins-descend-in-absolute-batman-20/) - The Scarecrow confronts Batman for the first time. Waylon tries to find help for Bruce. And the Robins close in on Batman in Absolute Batman #20.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Some Sharp Art (w/ John Wickham)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/14/batchat-with-matt-will-some-sharp-art-w-john-wickham/) - Patreon backer John Wickham returns to BatChat to help Matt and Will discuss three Batman stories with art by Liam Sharp, including one WILD Garth Ennis story.
- [X-Men United #3 challenges Beast and Magneto to a war-crimes-off (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/14/x-men-united-3-challenges-beast-and-magneto-to-a-war-crimes-off-preview/) - A shadow descends over Graymatter Lane, AND THE BEAST AND MAGNETO HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION in X-Men United #3. Check out our preview.
- [A Breakout, a Showdown and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/13/a-breakout-a-showdown-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - This week's top comics are led by the debuts of DC's Barbara Gordon: Breakout and Ignition Press' Showdown. What are you looking forward to reading?
- [Uncanny X-Men #28 explains why Warden Ellis is such a grouch](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/13/uncanny-x-men-28-explains-why-warden-ellis-is-such-a-grouch/) - Finally, the identity of Inmate X is revealed, and, much like the spelling of Madisynn, it's not what you thiiiiink. Check out our review of Uncanny X-Men #28.
- [Battle Of The Atom: All Dogs](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/11/battle-of-the-atom-all-dogs/) - ATTENTION ALL MEMEMBERS OF THE BOTA FEDERATION. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOG. REPEAT. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOGS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR PRECEPTIONS OF REALITY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Millennial Visions #1-2 GeneXt Marvels Comics: X-Men #1
- [TCXFIP 399: Dave Wielgosz & Tadd Galusha talk Showdown](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/12/tcxfip-399-dave-wielgosz-tadd-galusha-talk-showdown/) - Dave Wielgosz and Tadd Galusha join the show to talk about their new Ignition Press series Showdown.
- [Going home is hard to do in Magik And Colossus #4 (Preview)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/08/going-home-is-hard-to-do-in-magik-and-colossus-4-preview/) - The Rasputin siblings have had it rough. Illyana got kidnapped, raised as a demon sorceress, reverted to childing and died of a mutant-targeting virus released by a spike-aficionado. Piotr watched his sister go through all that, spoon-fed a comatose Magneto for a time, sacrificed himself to eliminate the aforementioned disease that killed his sister, came
- [Uncanny X-Men #28 may finally reveal Inmate X (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/07/uncanny-x-men-28-may-finally-reveal-inmate-x-preview/) - The secret of Graymalkin Prison's Inmate X is revealed at last. Who is this incredibly lethal mutant powerhouse, and what does it mean for mutantkind?
- [Jubilee gets a name and a cousin in Deadly Reunion ](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/07/jubilee-gets-a-name-and-a-cousin-in-deadly-reunion/) - Did you know Jubilee's real name isn't Jubilation? You do now! Check out our review of Marvel's Jubilee: Deadly Reunion #1.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Seeley's Nightwing Team-Ups (w/ Josh Weil)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/07/batchat-with-matt-will-seeleys-nightwing-team-ups-w-josh-weil/) - In this week's podcast, Josh Weil joins us to talk about three stories written by Tim Seeley featuring Nightwing team-ups.
- [Happy Mother's Day from this review of Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #4](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/06/happy-mothers-day-from-this-review-of-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-4/) - As Ororo fights her mother and meets her daughter in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #4, Jude Jones shares a special Mother's Day message.
- [This Pablo Villalobos cover for X-Men: Outback #1 puts Betsy back in the armor (EXCLUSIVE)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/06/this-pablo-villalobos-cover-for-x-men-outback-1-puts-betsy-back-in-the-armor-exclusive/) - What do you think about Betsy Braddock's armored look? This Pablo Villalobos variant cover to Marvel's X-Men: Outback #1 seems to like it.
- [DC and Sonic team up again and Jubilee has more secret family in this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/06/dc-and-sonic-team-up-again-and-jubilee-has-more-secret-family-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/) - The heroes of the DC Universe team up with Sonic and his pals once again, plus Jubilee gets a spotlight comic. What are you looking forward to reading?
- [These Kitty Pryde redesigns are more than a phase](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/04/these-kitty-pryde-redesigns-are-more-than-a-phase/) - Whether you like her as a ninja, a pirate or something in between, the Redesigning team has whipped up some new looks for the X-Men's Kitty Pryde.
- [TCXFIP 398: Steve Niles talks Heartbreak Manor on Zoop](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/05/tcxfip-398-steve-niles-talks-heartbreak-manor-on-zoop/) - Horror writer Steve Niles joins the show to talk about his new graphic novel Heartbreak Manor, soon to be crowdfunding on Zoop.
- [Saturday is Free Comics Giveaway Book Day. Here’s what to know.](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/01/saturday-is-free-comics-giveaway-book-day-heres-what-to-know/) - Whether you call it Free Comic Book Day or Comics Giveaway Day, the CXFamily put together some places for you to get your free comics this Saturday.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Will Not Go Meekly](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/04/battle-of-the-atom-will-not-go-meekly/) - Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I'm going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Force #9 Magneto #13-17 Uncanny X-Men #161
- [Cyclops has had it with the jokes in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Cyclops #4](https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/01/cyclops-has-had-it-with-the-jokes-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-cyclops-4/) - When Cyclops loses Mei to Pierce, he captures one of his prized Reavers as revenge! How will Cyclops use his new hostage to his advantage?
- [Batwoman #2 feels like old times. That's the problem.](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/30/batwoman-2-feels-like-old-times-thats-the-problem/) - Kate Kane lays siege to the Religion of Crime’s headquarters in Greece, driven by her grief at the death of her sister, in DC's Batwoman #2.
- [#Justice4Glob in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men #29](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/30/justice4glob-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-x-men-29/) - The Danger Room's victory seems all but assured, but the X-Men have been thought dead and buried before. Check out our preview of X-Men #29.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga Begins](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/30/batchat-with-matt-will-batmanga-begins/) - Not long ago, we did an episode entirely dedicated to Batman stories that originated in Japan. Amongst those stories was a collection of creator Jiro Kuwata's 60s Batman manga, that were adaptations of earlier American Batman stories. This week, we dive into those stories, reading three of them and seeing not just how they rank,
- [We interviewed Gerry Conway at this 2019 Camden, NJ, panel](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/29/we-interviewed-gerry-conway-at-this-2019-camden-nj-panel/) - In 2019, Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz interviewed Gerry Conway for a panel at Camden Comic Con. Conway died this week at 73.
- [Outliers encounter Cretaceous craziness in Uncanny X-Men #27](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/29/outliers-encounter-cretaceous-craziness-in-uncanny-x-men-27/) - You got Outliers in my New Mutants! You got New Mutants in my Outliers! What the heck is going on in Uncanny X-Men #27?
- [Swamp Thing meets Jesus in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/29/swamp-thing-meets-jesus-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - As Swamp Thing is cast back through time, he will meet a carpenter who will change the trajectory of his life. Swamp Thing 1989 #1 leads our Staff Picks.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Nude Tane](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/27/battle-of-the-atom-nude-tane/) - Here's an episode about Wolverine with a lot of good art and also a nude Tane.
- [TCXFIP 397: John Bush talks buying Dewey's Comic City](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/28/tcxfip-397-john-bush-talks-buying-deweys-comic-city/) - Friend of the show John Bush returns to talk about buying Dewey's Comic City in Madison, New Jersey, in time for Free Comic Book Day. Also, Rob Lynch is back!
- [It's She-Hulk vs her alarm clock in Planet She-Hulk #6! (Preview)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/24/its-she-hulk-vs-her-alarm-clock-in-planet-she-hulk-6-preview/) - The Marvel Universe is famously meant to be "the world outside your window," in which the spectacular is balanced with the relatable. So Spider-Man does whatever a spider can, but also, struggles to make ends meet. Or, in the case of She-Hulk, she's an interplanetary super-strong jade giantess who also hates waking up early in
- [Detective Comics #1,108 finds new raindrops to dance between](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/23/detective-comics-1108-finds-new-raindrops-to-dance-between/) - Batman, Black Canary and Green Arrow do their best to protect the last whistleblower testifying against KlepCorp from dying in Detective Comics #1,108.
- [Uncanny X-Men #27 guest stars the New Mutants (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/23/uncanny-x-men-27-guest-stars-the-new-mutants-preview/) - Gambit's curse takes a terrifying turn, as legendary guests come to Haven House, and a sudden DEATH throws the mutant world into chaos, in Uncanny X-Men #27.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The State of the Future(w/ Matt McThorn)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/23/batchat-with-matt-will-the-state-of-the-futurew-matt-mcthorn/) - Event comics are a weird thing. And those events that slip in and take over the monthly slots of other comics are even weirder. Could you imagine if Law & Order was cancelled for two weeks to be replaced by Anarchy & Chaos? People wouldn't know what to do with it. But we comics fans
- [Spider-Man/Superman, In Your Skin and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/22/spider-man-superman-in-your-skin-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - Marvel takes its turn teaming up its friendly neighborhood wall-crawler with the Man of Steel in Spider-Man/Superman #1. Click for more Staff Picks!
- [Battle Of The Atom: The Wedding Special](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/20/battle-of-the-atom-the-wedding-special/) - Adam & Dr. Anna Peppard got married. Well they got married a year ago but anyway we're celebrating it how. Say happy wedding to them. Ranked This Episode: Black Panther #14-18 (Wedding Of The Century) Excalibur #124-125 X-Men: The Wedding Special vol 2 #1
- [TCXFIP 396: Matthew Rosenberg talks If Destruction Be Our Lot and Spawn](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/21/tcxfip-396-matthew-rosenberg-talks-if-destruction-be-our-lot-and-spawn/) - Writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new Image series If Destruction Be Our Lot, and taking over Todd McFarlane's Spawn.
- [One big, happy family in Michele Bandini's cover to What If...? Uncanny X-Men #1 (EXCLUSIVE)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/17/one-big-happy-family-in-michele-bandinis-cover-to-what-if-uncanny-x-men-1-exclusive/) - Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul?
- [Absolute Batman #19 brings the Scarecrow to Gotham](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/16/absolute-batman-19-brings-the-scarecrow-to-gotham/) - The Scarecrow appears, and one of Batman’s staunchest allies will not survive the encounter, in DC's Absolute Batman #19.
- [Where did Simon Baz go: A case for the return of the Muslim Green Lantern](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/10/simon-baz-green-lantern/) - DC Comics launched the New 52 in 2011 as a “soft” reboot of its superhero continuity. I was 8 years old at the time and just getting into comics. At 9, I attended New York Comic Con for the first time, and continued to attend the convention annually until 2020. At that age, the only
- [Why it’s time for Magneto to be the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s father again](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/13/why-its-time-for-magneto-to-be-the-scarlet-witch-and-quicksilvers-father-again/) - Adam Garvey explores how the 2014 retcon of Magneto not being the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch has rendered certain past stories moot.
- [Mei makes valid points in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Cyclops #3](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/16/mei-makes-valid-points-in-an-exclusive-preview-of-cyclops-3/) - Will the newest Reaver, Tearjerker, finally have the power to best Cyclops? Check out our exclusive preview of Cyclops #3.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: How Are We At Story 700?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/16/batchat-with-matt-will-how-are-we-at-story-700/) - When I, Matt, came to Will in the waning days of pandemic lockdown with the idea to this podcast, legally completely unrelated to Battle of the Atom, a podcast I may or may not have mainlined 300-ish episodes of during the pandemic, I figured we'd goof around for a bit, and maybe get in about
- [Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #3 lets us hear from Ororo](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/15/storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-3-lets-us-hear-from-ororo/) - To save Storm from the War Above All, a mysterious entity abducts Ororo from the multiverse completely, in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #3.
- [X-Men United #2 drops a Truth bomb on the school](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/15/x-men-united-2-drops-a-truth-bomb-on-the-school/) - What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.
- [The X-Men team up with Captain America and more Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/15/the-x-men-team-up-with-captain-america-and-more-staff-picks/) - Mutantdom's newest school has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames. Check out X-Men United #2 and more Staff Picks.
- [TCXFIP 395: Aditya Bidikar and Som talk In Your Skin](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/14/tcxfip-395-aditya-bidikar-and-som-talk-in-your-skin/) - Writer Aditya Bidikar and artist Som join The CXF Interview Podcast to talk about their new Image Comics series In Your Skin.
- [Marvel teases event series DNX from MacKay, Vicentini](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/10/marvel-teases-event-series-dnx-from-mackay-vicentini/) - Stay tuned next week for the announcement of DNX, a new comic book event series from writer Jed MacKay and artist Federico Vicentini, coming this September.
- [We've got the first look at an Annie Wu variant cover to Moonstar #3 (EXCLUSIVE)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/10/weve-got-the-first-look-at-an-annie-wu-variant-cover-to-moonstar-3-exclusive/) - The cursed sword Dáinsleif plans to take every bit of Moonstar, from heart to soul. Check out Annie Wu's variant cover to May's Moonstar #3.
- [X-Men United #2 guest stars Captain America (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/09/x-men-united-2-guest-stars-captain-america-preview/) - An elite team of mutants has to travel through time on a mission alongside none other than Captain America in X-Men United #2.
- [A double dose of Uncanny X-Men with #26 and Annual #1](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/08/a-double-dose-of-uncanny-x-men-with-26-and-annual-1/) - The Outliers relive the first appearances of another mutant team in Uncanny X-Men #26. Meanwhile, we revisit the Jim Crow South in Uncanny X-Men Annual #1.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: From the 5th Dimension](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/09/batchat-with-matt-will-from-the-5th-dimension/) - Bat-Mite is a silly character. He is this hopeless fanboy who just doesn't get what a pain in the tuchus he is. But he's not the only mite in the DC Universe, and the others aren't quite as benevolent, if hopelessly backwards. The most notable imp (sorry, Bat-Mite) is Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman's nemesis who is
- [Absolute Batman #20 introduces the Robins](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/08/absolute-batman-20-introduces-the-robins/) - As the dust settles in Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt in DC's Absolute Batman #20.
- [An Uncanny X-Men Annual, the Fury of Firestorm and more Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/08/an-uncanny-x-men-annual-the-fury-of-firestorm-and-more-staff-picks/) - Who are the Regulators, the turn-of-the-century mutants who once called Haven House their home? Find out in Uncanny X-Men Annual #1.
- [TCXFIP 394: Frank Barbiere & Morgan Beem talk The Author Immortal](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/07/tcxfip-394-frank-barbiere-morgan-beem-talk-the-author-immortal/) - Frank Barbiere and Morgan Beem join the show to talk about their Image Comics series The Author Immortal, available soon in trade.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Resurrected](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/06/battle-of-the-atom-resurrected/) - In this episode, Zack proves the one guy from 7 years ago who made a comment about how this podcast is too religious correct. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Hope #1 New Mutants v2 #5-6 Astonishing X-Men v4 #7-12 (A Man Called X)
- [Let's hold hands and check out an EXCLUSIVE preview of Captain Marvel: Dark Past #2](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/03/lets-hold-hands-and-check-out-an-exclusive-preview-of-captain-marvel-dark-past-2/) - Carol traces the D.N.V.R. insignia to a secret militant group with ties to Carol's family. Check out an exclusive first look at Captain Marvel: Dark Past #2.
- [Black Cat #9 opens up whole new world of thievery (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/03/black-cat-9-opens-up-a-whole-new-worlds-of-thievery-preview/) - EVERYTHING's going wrong for BLACK CAT and VENOM! They're getting away with their prize, just NOT the one they set out for! Check out a preview of Black Cat #9.
- [Batman #8 shows us three sides of Gotham City](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/batman-8-shows-us-three-sides-of-gotham-city/) - Batman talks to Alan Scott about Vandal Savage. Savage talks to Mayor Ivy about stopping Batman. And Jack Dean shares insights with Huston Gray in Batman #8.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Return to Will's Bookshelf](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/batchat-with-matt-will-return-to-wills-bookshelf/) - BatChat returns to Will's bookshelf for three randos, one of which is an oddly well-timed tribute to Sam Kieth, and another is more Batman '66.
- [Moonstar #2 has us thinking Dani needs a glow-up (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/moonstar-2-has-us-thinking-dani-needs-a-glow-up-preview/) - A time-lost warrior is dedicated to relieving everyone of the pain of life. Will Dani be able to stop him? Check out our preview of Moonstar #2.
- [Superman/Spider-Man #1 mostly understands the assignment](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/superman-spider-man-1-mostly-understands-the-assignment/) - DC and Marvel’s renewed friendly rivalry continues with Superman/Spider-Man #1, as the Man of Steel and the Web-Slinger meet and save the day.
- [Venom #256 kills a major Spider-Man cast member (HOORAY!)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/01/venom-256-kills-a-major-spider-man-cast-member-hooray/) - The serial killer Torment is following the path of the Death Spiral, and it's led straight to Dylan Brock, in Venom #256.
- [Remembering the inimitable Sam Kieth](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/30/remembering-the-inimitable-sam-kieth/) - In a crowded field of 1990s art talents who zigged, Sam Kieth zagged, from his chunky, hairy Wolverine to his indie creation The Maxx. Adam Reck pays tribute.
- [G.I. Joe: Real American Hero #21 is a silent classic](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/01/g-i-joe-real-american-hero-21-is-a-silent-classic/) - Snake-Eyes travels to Cobra HQ to rescue Scarlett and finds himself face to face with a figure from his past in G.I. Joe: Real American Hero #21.
- [Daredevil returns as DC goes MAD in this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/01/daredevil-returns-as-dc-goes-mad-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/) - A new Daredevil #1 means a new status quo for Matt Murdock, and DC lets Chip Zdarsky run MAD in this week's CXF Staff Picks.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Hey Arnold](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/30/battle-of-the-atom-hey-arnold/) - Gail Simone is the current writer of Uncanny X-Men. But what we posit is that she wrote X-Men related things before this. Would you believe that's what we are covering on the podcast this week? Ranked This Episode: Deadpool #65-69 (Healing Factor) Domino: Hotshots Marvelous Adventures of Gus Beezer: X-Men
- [TCXFIP 393: Zack Kaplan & Stefano Raffaele talk Only the Savage Are Left](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/31/tcxfip-393-zack-kaplan-stefano-raffaele-talk-only-the-savage-are-left/) - Zack Kaplan and Stefano Raffaele join the show to talk about their upcoming Dark Horse Comics series Only the Savage Are Left.
- [Detective Comics #1,107 brings Arrow and Canary to town](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/detective-comics-1107-brings-arrow-and-canary-to-town/) - Batman is on a case involving a crooked company attempting to kill the witnesses to its misdeeds, in Detective Comics #1,107.
- [Uncanny X-Men #25 finishes doing the Monster Mash](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/uncanny-x-men-25-finishes-doing-the-monster-mash/) - A battle spreads across the globe as the Louisiana X-Men face the Legion of Monsters and fight to save the souls of two teammates in Uncanny X-Men #25.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: A Mother & Daughter Reunion (w/ Abigale Heartbalm)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/batchat-with-matt-will-a-mother-daughter-reunion-w-abigale-heartbalm/) - Abigale Heartbalm joins BatChat to talk about three stories featuring Cassandra Cain and her mother, Lady Shiva.
- [Nova Centurion #6 vs. the Flying Spaghetti Monster (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/nova-centurion-6-vs-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-preview/) - Rich Rider has gotten mixed up with the mob, his ship has been stolen, and those are the least of his problems. Check out our preview of Nova Centurion #6.
- [X-Men #28 makes us think the bad guys aren't smart (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/x-men-28-makes-us-think-the-bad-guys-arent-smart-preview/) - As the team struggles against the mysterious machinations of the Danger Room, help comes from an unexpected direction. Check out our preview of X-Men #28.
- [Superman meets Spider-Man in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/25/superman-meets-spider-man-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - When Clark Kent and Peter Parker find themselves chasing the same story, the conspiracy they uncover could change the world in Superman/Spider-Man #1.
- [A tribute to Barbie comics artist Anna-Maria Cool](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/24/a-tribute-to-barbie-comics-artist-anna-maria-cool/) - Word spread Monday in the comics community of the death of Anna-Maria Cool, an artist who worked on Marvel’s Barbie titles in the 1990s.
- [TCXFIP 392: Joe Illidge talks Illuminous & Dakota Incident](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/24/tcxfip-392-joe-illidge-talks-illuminous-dakota-incident/) - Writer/editor Joe Illidge joins the show to talk about his company Illuminous and The New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Jessica Rabbit](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/23/battle-of-the-atom-jessica-rabbit/) - Sometimes superheroes get new clothes for no reason other than the fact that it sells variant convers and maybe could be a microtransaction in a video game.
- [Batwoman #1 reunites Greg Rucka with one of his favorites](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/20/batwoman-1-reunites-greg-rucka-with-one-of-his-favorites/) - DC Next Level starts here with the triumphant return of Greg Rucka to the character he co-created in Batwoman #1, with art by DaNi.
- [Uncanny X-Men #25 proves it wasn't Agatha all along: PREVIEW](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/19/uncanny-x-men-25-proves-it-wasnt-agatha-all-along-preview/) - A battle spreads across the globe, as the Louisiana X-Men face THE LEGION OF MONSTERS in Uncanny X-Men #25. Also, find out who that lady is!
- [Rogue #3 finds Constrictor's become a yuppie (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/19/rogue-3-finds-constrictors-become-a-yuppie-preview/) - What will Constrictor be able to tell Anna Marie about Sabretooth and what happened at Project Pegasus? Find out in Rogue #3.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: That is the Question](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/19/batchat-with-matt-will-that-is-the-question/) - When she was created for Batman: The Animated Series, I can't imagine the series creators realized what a life Renee Montoya would have in the comics. Technically appearing in comics before B:TAS premiered because of the much longer lead time for animation, Montoya has gone from beat cop to detective to vigilante to police commissioner
- [Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer drops. Frank's in it.](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/18/spider-man-brand-new-day-trailer-drops-franks-in-it/) - Marvel Studios dropped a trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Wednesday, revealing what MCU grown-up Peter Parker is going to imprint on this time around.
- [Black Panther: Intergalactic #4, or, let Ryan write T'Challa](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/18/black-panther-intergalactic-4-or-let-ryan-write-tchalla/) - T'Challa and Shuri have reunited just in time to face their fiercest enemy yet. And unknown to them, the entire Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda is watching.
- [Batwoman and Dead Teenagers lead this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/18/batwoman-and-dead-teenagers-lead-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - Since she was 10, Batwoman has lived in the shadow of a prophecy and a religion devoted to the end of all things. How do you fight the devil?
- [TCXFIP 391: Nicole Goux talks Punk'n Heads](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/17/tcxfip-391-nicole-goux-talks-punkn-heads/) - Artist Nicole Goux joins the show to talk about her new Top Shelf graphic novel Punk'n Heads, and her upcoming Twilight Zone story.
- [Battle Of The Atom: The World's Smallest Man](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/16/battle-of-the-atom-the-worlds-smallest-man/) - At the start of the 1970s crumbling relationships with Iran led to shocks in the global energy market, shooting up prices at the pump while the X-Men meandered aimlessly with Marvel not having a clue what to do with them. This is not commentary on current events. Ranked This Episode: Marvel Team-Up #4 Avengers #110-111
- [DIE: Loaded #5 reveals its Master. What now?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/16/die-loaded-5-reveals-its-master-what-now/) - The Master is the one character that brings the rest together, and dooms them to play until all are ready to go home. Meet Violet in DIE: Loaded #5.
- [ANOTHER VIEW: X-Men United #1 is a good canon reset](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/14/another-view-x-men-united-1-is-a-good-canon-reset/) - Dr. Stephanie Burt provides her own analysis of X-Men United #1 after our initial review, one far kinder to the book and its concept.
- [Absolute Batman #18 will tear your heart out](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/13/absolute-batman-18-will-tear-your-heart-out/) - Poison Ivy tries to win Batman over to her way of thinking, and Martha Wayne has a fateful meeting with the Court of Owls, in Absolute Batman #18.
- [X-Men of Apocalypse #3 features Savage Land Rogue (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/12/x-men-of-apocalypse-3-features-savage-land-rogue-preview/) - In X-Men of Apocalypse #3, the XOA journey to a land before time and Gambit finds the woman he loves on a world he never made - Rogue!
- [Cyclops #2 lets a child sass Scott Summers (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/12/cyclops-2-lets-a-child-sass-scott-summers-preview/) - In Cyclops #2, the Reavers are on the hunt and Scott Summers is virtually blind! Will he be able to help a young mutant escape their cybernetic clutches?
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Some Bones About It](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/12/batchat-with-matt-will-some-bones-about-it/) - The DC Universe has a lot of strange looking characters. King Shark is a bipedal shark man. G'Nort is a walking, talking dog alien. Animal-Vegetable Mineral Man is... well, look him up. Dude looks weird as all hell. But amongst the more macabre looking characters is super villain turned superhero turned super spy Mr. Bones,
- [Finding the good in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #2](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/11/finding-the-good-in-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-2/) - Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant and the Scarlet Witch face impossible choices as an interdimensional invasion draws nearer.
- [X-Men United #1 goes back to school, doesn't make the grade](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/11/x-men-united-1-goes-back-to-school-doesnt-make-the-grade/) - Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.
- [Alpha Flight inventory story revealed in recent art auction](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/10/alpha-flight-inventory-story-revealed-in-recent-art-auction/) - True North writer Daryl Richard Lawrence discovers a page from an Alpha Flight inventory story and sets out to determine its origin.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Matsudasode](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/09/battle-of-the-atom-matsudasode/) - Zack spends a frustrating amount of time just reading Jeff Matsuda's LinkedIn page. Is it more entertaining than Howard Mackie comics? You be the judge.
- [X-Men United and a magazine for comics in our Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/11/x-men-united-and-a-magazine-for-comics-in-our-staff-picks/) - Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.
- [Our Son Pete 36: X-Force #102 with Jake Murray](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/10/our-son-pete-36-x-force-102-with-jake-murray/) - Jake Murray joins Dan to unpack X-Force #102, the dawn of the Counter X era, in which Warren Ellis returns to his OC and everyone gets new costumes.
- [Batman #7 visits Patient Ten and learns a secret](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/06/batman-7-visits-patient-ten-and-learns-a-secret/) - There is a man in Room Ten in Arkham Tower. He floats in a tank. And he has reached out to talk to an old friend. Batman confronts the Joker again in Batman #7.
- [Bishop (and more importantly Shard) getting 5-issue mini](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/bishop-and-more-importantly-shard-getting-5-issue-mini/) - This June, the future comes back to bite in BISHOP, a five-issue series by writer Saladin Ahmed (Wolverine) and artist Mario Santoro (Storm).
- [Blink and you’ll miss these redesigns of a '90s X-Men fave](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/blink-and-youll-miss-these-redesigns-of-a-90s-x-men-fave/) - Her magenta skin, teleport arrows and face tattoos give Blink a look that helps her stand out from some of the other young, female mutants of her generation.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The Fall of the House of Wayne](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/batchat-with-matt-will-the-fall-of-the-house-of-wayne/) - BatChat arrives at the final arc of Grant Morrison's Batman Incorporated, as well as the next arcs of "No Man's Land" and "Knightquest: The Crusade."
- [Doctor Strange #4 pits angels against dark elves (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/doctor-strange-4-pits-angels-against-dark-elves-preview/) - Doctor Strange and Angela are closer than ever to capturing Vyrbodin. But the rivalry between ANGELS and DARK ELVES may put a wrench in their plans.
- [Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #2 guest stars Scarlet Witch (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-2-guest-stars-scarlet-witch-preview/) - STORM and SCARLET WITCH face impossible choices as an interdimensional invasion draws nearer. Will their friendship stand the test of imminent destruction?
- [Dani Moonstar goes solo and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/04/dani-moonstar-goes-solo-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - The New Mutants' Dani Moonstar finally gets a solo series as DC K.O. and Beneath the Trees wrap. What comics are YOU looking forward to reading this week?
- [Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1 gets back to the action](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-1-gets-back-to-the-action/) - The War Above All thunders louder and closer. As the cosmos braces, Ororo Munroe turns her gaze to her home in Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1.
- [Check out Kevin Wada's variant cover for Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #3 (EXCLUSIVE)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/03/check-out-kevin-wadas-variant-cover-for-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-3-exclusive/) - To save STORM from THE WAR ABOVE ALL, a mysterious entity abducts her. Earth's Mightiest Mutant must find her way back by any means necessary.
- [Uncanny X-Men #24 pits mutants against monsters](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/20/uncanny-x-men-24-pits-mutants-against-monsters/) - The Louisiana X-Men are the only force standing in front of a murderers’ row of monsters, and Jubilee may fall off the vampire wagon, in Uncanny X-Men #24.
- [TCXFIP 390: Laura Hudson & Tim Leong talk Exploit](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/03/tcxfip-390-laura-hudson-tim-leong-talk-exploit/) - Laura Hudson and Tim Leong join the show to talk about their Mad Cave Studios series Exploit and working at the intersection of comics and journalism.
- [Battle Of The Atom: How Solitaire Works](https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/03/battle-of-the-atom-how-solitaire-works/) - Ultimate Gambit don't care about your rules. Ultimate Gambit play solitaire how he want. Ranked This Episode: Ultimate X-Men #13-14 (Gambit) Ultimate X-Men #50-53 (Cry Wolf) Ultimate X-Men Annual #1
- [This Gerald Parel variant for Uncanny X-Men #26 has us comparing Outliers, New Mutants](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/27/this-gerald-parel-variant-for-uncanny-x-men-26-has-us-comparing-outliers-new-mutants/) - Hellish dreams come to Haven House in Uncanny X-Men #26. Who has been manipulating the Louisiana team since the beginning?
- [The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 gives Bruce a happy ending](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/the-bat-man-second-knight-3-gives-bruce-a-happy-ending/) - The Bat-Man and Superman must put aside their differences as they face down the Scarecrow and The Hood in The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Shadow of the Cat (w/ Sam Hopper)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/batchat-with-matt-will-shadow-of-the-cat-w-sam-hopper/) - Catwoman has been around for over 80 years, and like all good Bat villains, she has changed with the times. But it's amazing how much of the character has been there through the ages. Patreon backer and friend of the show Sam Hopper joins us to look at the evolution of Catwoman, what has stayed
- [Avengers #36 gives Kang his comeuppance (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/avengers-36-gives-kang-his-comeuppance-preview/) - Three years of dark mysteries, epic quests and cosmos-shattering battles come to a head in Avengers #36, the giant-sized final issue.
- [Black Panther: Intergalactic #3 has us asking the 5 W's](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/25/black-panther-intergalactic-3-has-us-asking-the-5-ws/) - Black Panther faces down a planet of villains. For each he defeats, another takes its place, and the power behind them all still awaits his shot at the king.
- [Dome collapse cancels Super Jersey Comic Expo 2026, BUT ...](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/25/dome-collapse-cancels-super-jersey-comic-expo-2026-but/) - Super Jersey Comic Expo said Tuesday that the 2026 show is canceled due to the collapse of their venue. But that allowed them to roll out plans through 2029.
- [TCXFIP 389: Jeremy Whitley on SLAY!/The Girlfriend Survives](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/24/tcxfip-389-jeremy-whitley-on-slay-the-girlfriend-survives/) - Writer Jeremy Whitley joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a two-story flipbook called SLAY! and The Girlfriend Survives.
- [We need to talk about Carol Danvers' black bathing suit](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/24/we-need-to-talk-about-carol-danvers-black-bathing-suit/) - Dr. Anna Peppard examines the history of Carol Danvers' costumes and Marvel's current obsession with miniseries that put its women back in more dated looks.
- [Spider-Man and Venom enter a Death Spiral in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/25/spider-man-and-venom-enter-a-death-spiral-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - A superpowered serial killer is on the loose, and they're coming for Spider-Man, Venom and everyone in between. But what terrible secret has Carnage learned?
- [Battle Of The Atom: Wish Fulfillment](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/23/battle-of-the-atom-wish-fulfillment/) - Marvel, many times, will tell you that nothing will ever be the same again, when many times, not only will it be the same, but you will forget that they ever said that things would be different. This is that but with character. Ranked This Episode X-Men Unlimited #8 (Bolt) X-Men Unlimited #27 (Thunderbird III)
- [It's the most dangerous field trip on this week's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/20/its-the-most-dangerous-field-trip-one-this-weeks-starfleet-academy/) - It's field trip time on Starfleet Academy and things get real, fast, as the cadets get attacked by cannibalistic bat alien/human hybrids and Paul Giamatti returns for a heaping helping of scenery in "Come, Let's Away," written by Kenneth Lin & Kiley Rossetter, and directed by Larry Teng. Austin Gorton: Remember field trips, Mark? Any
- [Generation X-23 #2 lets us meet the new kids (FIRST LOOK)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/20/generation-x-23-2-lets-us-meet-the-new-kids-first-look/) - The Facility that created X-23 didn't stop with those experiments! Meet the new Generation of X-mutants, led by X-INFINITY, in Generation X-23 #2.
- [Absolute Batman #17 lets Poison Ivy loose on Gotham](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/20/absolute-batman-17-lets-poison-ivy-loose-on-gotham/) - Batman must climb his way to the top of the Heart Building to face his newest foe: a more monstrous incarnation of Poison Ivy, in Absolute Batman #17.
- [The Mortal Thor #7 makes us think about Kyle MacLachlan (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/19/the-mortal-thor-7-makes-us-think-about-kyle-maclachlan-preview/) - Sigurd Jarlson is alive and on the run ... but he has a weakness his enemies can exploit. Find out more in our exclusive preview of The Mortal Thor #7.
- [Superheroes for Minnesota: Buy cool stuff for a good cause!](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/19/superheroes-for-minnesota-buy-cool-stuff-for-a-good-cause/) - This weekend, Superheroes for Minnesota is hosting a charity auction featuring all kinds of comic goodies from folks like Fabian Nicieza and Bill Sienkiewicz.
- [Inglorious X-Force #2 asks: Who is the X-traitor? (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/19/inglorious-x-force-2-asks-who-is-the-x-traitor-preview/) - HELLVERINE must face demonic temptation…and it's all part of CABLE'S secret agenda! PLUS: Meet the HIDDEN AGENT who's been STALKING X-Force from the shadows.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Riddle Me This, Will (w/ John Wickham)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/19/batchat-with-matt-will-riddle-me-this-will-w-john-wickham/) - We've read plenty of his stories, and if you are a long time listener to the podcast, I'm sure you realize that Tom King is a writer who has some serious variety of placements on the big board. He has multiple stories in the top 10, plus a number of stories lingering near the bottom.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Date Night (w/ Josh Weil)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/12/batchat-with-matt-will-date-night-w-josh-weil/) - Love is in the air. It's nearly Valentine's Day, and for the past couple of his appearances, Patreon backer and friend of the show Josh Weil has mentioned that he's been considering selecting one of the few truly whimsical and just plane fun stories Tom King has written: "Date Night," where Batman an Catwoman go
- [Black Panther 60th Anniversary Special not quite fit for a king](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/18/black-panther-60th-anniversary-special-not-quite-fit-for-a-king/) - Marvel’s Black Panther 60th Anniversary Special features stories by Priest, Cody Ziglar, Evan Narcisse, Murewa Ayodele, Georges Jeanty, Alitha Martinez, & more.
- [Ultimate Spider-Man ends in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/18/ultimate-spider-man-ends-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - As Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man ends, a number of new series begin, including End of Life, Muppets Noir and The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre.
- [The Fool revealed in Image's DIE: Loaded #4](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/18/the-fool-revealed-in-images-die-loaded-4/) - What happens when you give a kid a world where they can pretend to be an adult, and the world bends to their desire for mayhem? Meet our Fool in DIE: Loaded #4.
- [Star Trek: Starfleet Academy gives us 2 cadet spotlights](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/13/cadet-spotlights-take-center-stage-as-starfleet-academy-continues/) - Jay-Den must grapple with his Klingon identity and the state of the diaspora. Then, Sam must solve the mystery of "The Sisko" to prove her value as an emissary.
- [TCXFIP 388: Jimmy Gaspero & Amber Akin on Penny and the Yeti](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/17/tcxfip-388-jimmy-gaspero-amber-akin-on-penny-and-the-yeti/) - Jimmy Gaspero and Amber Akin join the show to talk about their upcoming Papercutz graphic novel Penny and the Yeti. Plus: When is it OK to laugh at a funeral?
- [Battle Of The Atom: Wolverine and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/16/battle-of-the-atom-wolverine-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day/) - There's a certain person who hates birthdays, but normally for shame based reasons. Wolverine? He has better reasons. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine First Class #2 Wolverine Vol. 4 #5.1 Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #2
- [Many X-Men have kids. How many survive the X-perience?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/16/many-x-men-have-kids-how-many-survive-the-x-perience/) - It’s tough being a newly introduced kid in the pages of X-Men comics. What are the odds Furaha will “survive the experience” and stick around?
- [Batman & Robin #30 sunsets series, shows Damian a new future](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/13/batman-robin-30-sunsets-series-shows-damian-a-new-future/) - Can Batman & Robin stop the Quiet Man, as Robin struggles with the legacy of Batman and what the mission to save Gotham really means to him?
- [SAI: Dimensional Rivals #2 celebrates good art (PREVIEW)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/12/sai-dimensional-rivals-2-celebrates-good-art-preview/) - Artists ESAD RIBIC & NATACHA BUSTOS bring their own unique flavors to the world of Peach Momoko's SAI: Dimensional Rivals.
- [PREVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #24 has us asking: Whither Wolf Man?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/12/preview-uncanny-x-men-24-has-us-asking-whither-wolf-man/) - The Uncanny X-Men are the only force standing in front of a murderer's row of monsters, and Jubilee may fall off the vampire wagon.
- [Check out this Jerome Opeña variant cover to X-Men United #2](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/11/check-out-this-jerome-opena-variant-cover-to-x-men-united-2/) - Mutantdom's newest institute of higher learning has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames in X-Men United #2.
- [Cyclops’ 10 best stories according to Battle of the Atom](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/10/cyclops-10-best-stories-according-to-battle-of-the-atom/) - In honor of Alex Paknadel and Roge Antonio's new Cyclops series, we combed Battle of the Atom's Big Ol' List to find the 10 best stories starring Scott Summers.
- [X-Men comics in May have us wondering who Inmate X is again](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/10/x-men-comics-in-may-have-us-wondering-who-inmate-x-is-again/) - Graymalkin Prison’s INMATE X is revealed at last! Who is this incredibly lethal mutant powerhouse, and what does it mean for the X-Men?
- [Cyclops, Bleeding Hearts and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/11/cyclops-bleeding-hearts-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - Cyclops gets a solo series, the team behind 20th Century Men helps kick off the new Vertigo line, and DC K.O. pits its final four against some Absolute heroes.
- [TCXFIP 387: Roger Langridge talks The Muppets Noir](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/10/tcxfip-387-roger-langridge-talks-the-muppets-noir/) - Cartoonist Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, Thor: The Mighty Avenger) joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite Comics series, The Muppets Noir.
- [ComicsXF makes its fashionably late New Year's resolutions for 2026](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/09/comicsxf-makes-its-fashionably-late-new-years-resolutions-for-2026/) - More than a month late but no worse for wear, the ComicsXFamily makes its New Year's resolutions for 2026. What sort of things are you looking to accomplish?
- [Batman #6 has a lot going on at the moment](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/06/batman-6-has-a-lot-going-on-at-the-moment/) - The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.
- [Marvel's Wonder Man surprises as actor's tale, rom-com](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/05/marvels-wonder-man-surprises-as-actors-tale-rom-com/) - Marvel's Wonder Man is a story about acting, and about how being different can isolate you from the world around you, and what it takes to let someone in.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga!](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/05/batchat-with-matt-will-batmanga/) - Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on Batman stories from Japan. We're reading the first collection of stories that spun
- [Venom stars in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Black Cat #7](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/05/venom-stars-in-an-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-black-cat-7/) - Black Cat #7 teams Felicia Hardy up with the All-New Venom to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist she's ever attempted.
- [Oni Press to switch to Penguin Random House for distribution](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/oni-press-to-switch-to-penguin-random-house-for-distribution/) - Penguin Random House on Tuesday said it will become the exclusive comic and book distributor for Oni Press beginning Aug. 1.
- [Uncanny X-Men #23 sees Gambit try to eat [redacted]](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/uncanny-x-men-23-sees-gambit-try-to-eat-redacted/) - A forgotten vow from one of the team comes back to haunt them all. Can the Uncanny X-Men stop their friend from being taken to where monsters dwell?
- [TCXFIP 386: Lazlow, David Lapham & Shelly Bond talk Dark Horse Comics' American Caper](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/03/tcxfip-386-lazlow-david-lapham-shelly-bond-talk-dark-horse-comics-american-caper/) - Co-creator Lazlow, artist David Lapham and editor Shelly Bond join The ComicsXF Interview Podcast to talk about their Dark Horse Comics series American Caper.
- [Wonder Man and the most complicated family tree in comics](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/03/wonder-man-and-the-most-complicated-family-tree-in-comics/) - The family tree of new MCU star Wonder Man includes heroic robots, killer robots, the Master of Magnetism and at least one member of the Summers family.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Running Up That Hill](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/02/battle-of-the-atom-running-up-that-hill/) - The BotA Boyz add three Morlocks stories to the Big Ol' List, including the first Storm miniseries.
- [DC KO Boss Battle, Magik & Colossus and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/dc-ko-boss-battle-magik-colossus-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - DC's heroes take on the champions of other worlds, Magik and Colossus rediscover their family bonds, and two Disney Afternoon titans team up!
- [When Bruce met Diana: Absolute Wonder Woman #15 and Absolute Batman #16](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/30/when-bruce-met-diana-absolute-wonder-woman-15-and-absolute-batman-16/) - Hell comes to Gotham as Team BatChat covers the two-part crossover between DC's Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Batman.
- [Logan: Black, White & Blood #2 shows off Coccolo's cover talents: Preview](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/29/logan-black-white-blood-2-shows-off-coccolos-cover-talents-preview/) - Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Mirka Andolfo, Frank Tieri and Raffaele Ienco take turns telling tales in Logan: Black, White & Blood #2.
- [Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1 gives us a small reminder of Orchis: Preview](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/29/storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-1-gives-us-a-small-reminder-of-orchis-preview/) - Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant shares a Japanese tea ceremony with an enemy and visits France for a masquerade. But it all ends in a gut-wrenching funeral.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: One Hell(boy) of an Episode (w/ Matt McThorn)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/29/batchat-with-matt-will-one-hellboy-of-an-episode-w-matt-mcthorn/) - This week, BatChat is once more joined by Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn. This time, Matt wanted to talk about times Batman and his allies and enemies crossed over with properties from Dark Horse Comics. So we have Batman meeting Hellboy (and Starman, but that's less of a jump), The Joker
- [Miles Morales: Spider-Man draws to a close with issue #42](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/29/miles-morales-spider-man-draws-to-a-close-with-issue-42/) - Sometimes it takes two Spider-Men to do whatever a spider can. But Peter Parker and Miles Morales might not be enough to overcome what Rabble has in store.
- [Cyclops goes back to the Danger Room in this issue #3 variant cover by Ben Harvey](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/27/cyclops-goes-back-to-the-danger-room-in-this-issue-3-variant-cover-by-ben-harvey/) - Now sporting all the best cybernetic enhancements, will the newest Reaver, Tearjerker, finally have the power to best Cyclops?
- [Iron Man, Spirit of the Shadows and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/28/iron-man-spirit-of-the-shadows-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/) - Years ago, Tony Stark was knocking on death's door, so he created the Iron Man armor to survive. What happens the next time death comes calling?
- [TCXFIP 385: Fred Kennedy talks Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/27/tcxfip-385-fred-kennedy-talks-florida-hippopotamus-cocaine-massacre/) - Writer Fred Kennedy joins The ComicsXF Interview Podcast to talk about his new Mad Cave Studios series, The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Funny Books](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/26/battle-of-the-atom-funny-books/) - The X-Men have often been cartoons, but what if they tried to be funny? Would that be good? History says "no."
- [Sink Your Teeth In to some vampire PI noir on Kickstarter](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/26/sink-your-teeth-in-to-some-vampire-pi-noir-on-kickstarter/) - Check out Sink Your Teeth In, a sapphic vampire noir, now on Kickstarter from Zoe Tunnell, Lauren Knight, JP Jordan and Jodie Troutman.
- [Ultimate Black Panther ends with a surprise as Intergalactic speed-runs familiar beats](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/25/ultimate-black-panther-ends-with-a-surprise-as-intergalactic-speed-runs-familiar-beats/) - It’s the Black Panther vs. the Progenitors in a final showdown for control of not only vibranium and Wakanda, but the whole world.
- [On anxiety, caregiver stress and the end of Cody Ziglar's Miles Morales: Spider-Man](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/25/on-anxiety-caregiver-stress-and-the-end-of-cody-ziglars-miles-morales-spider-man/) - Latonya "Penn" Pennington writes about their appreciation for the most recent volume of Miles Morales: Spider-Man, which is ending next week after 42 issues.
- [X-Men #24 shows why Beast is the perfect X-Men villain](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/25/x-men-24-and-the-unified-theory-of-evil-beast/) - With X-Men #24 taking the Age of Revelation Finale reveal to another level, this is a great time to talk about Beast’s evolution over the decades.
- [CXF news briefs: Mimi Green, Sink Your Teeth In, and April Fools' Day comics from DC, Marvel](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/24/cxf-news-briefs-mimi-green-sink-your-teeth-in-and-april-fools-day-comics-from-dc-marvel/) - Some quick news bites, including the first comic from a beloved X-Men podcaster, the latest from Zoe Tunnell, and April Fools' Day comics from the Big Two.
- [Boldly going where no class has gone before with the premiere of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/23/boldly-going-where-no-class-has-gone-before-with-the-premiere-of-starfleet-academy/) - Star Trek boldly goes where it's never gone before (WB-style teen drama) in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy!
- [Where to get more Whitley in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Strange Tales #4](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/22/where-to-get-more-whitley-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-strange-tales-4/) - As the Asgardian Goddess of Death's sinister plans unfold, will our heroes be enough to stop her and rescue the hostages, or will Earth have itself a new queen?
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: 666- The Story of the Beast](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/22/batchat-with-matt-will-666-the-story-of-the-beast/) - We read three stories an episode. So with that math, episode 222 means we are ranking story 666, which is certainly a portentous number. It's a number that screams horror. And it's not like we haven't covered plenty of Batman horror on this show. But as we get to that number here, we figured there's
- [Miles Morales: Spider-Man prepares for Armageddon in our EXCLUSIVE preview of #42](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/22/miles-morales-spider-man-prepares-for-armageddon-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-42/) - Sometimes, it takes TWO SPIDER-MEN to do whatever a spider can. But Peter Parker and Miles Morales might not be enough to overcome what RABBLE has in store!
- [X-Force wants its scalps and demons want redemption in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/21/x-force-wants-its-scalps-and-demons-want-redemption-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - An assassination is at hand, and it's up to the new X-Force - Hellverine, Archangel and Boom-Boom - to follow Cable's lead into the fire.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Real Freaks Know](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/19/battle-of-the-atom-real-freaks-know/) - Battle of the Atom ranks weird Kitty Pryde stories, including X-Men: True Friends and Kitty Pryde: Agent of SHIELD.
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 384: Joe Pruett talks the return of Negative Burn](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/20/the-cxf-interview-podcast-episode-384-joe-pruett-talks-the-return-of-negative-burn/) - Joe Pruett joins the show to talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn, currently crowdfunding on Zoop.
- [The X-Men books give readers a chance to catch up in April](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/17/the-x-men-books-give-readers-a-chance-to-catch-up-in-april/) - As readers saw in last week’s X-Men #23, the Age of Revelation may be over, but its effects on X-Men storytelling have only just begun.
- [Jubilee to get Marvel's Voices one-shot in April](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/16/jubilee-to-get-marvels-voices-one-shot-in-april/) - When a cousin she never knew needs help, Jubilee tracks him down to save him. But Jubez may find her familial bonds aren’t as strong as she hoped.
- [Absolute Batman: Ark M shows how messed up Amadeus Arkham's life was. Also Joker is there.](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/16/absolute-batman-ark-m-shows-how-messed-up-amadeus-arkhams-life-was-also-joker-is-there/) - The Ark M facility’s history is revealed in a dark tale of the history of the Arkhams and their connection to Jack Grimm.
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- [Enter the Dictator in Image's DIE: Loaded #3](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/15/enter-the-dictator-in-images-die-loaded-3/) - Someone is bringing the family members of the original DIE party into that 20-sided world. Sophie is working to gather this new party — with one minor snag.
- [DC K.O. unveils its Final Four. How many of our CXF brackets have survived?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/14/dc-k-o-unveils-its-final-four-how-many-of-our-cxf-brackets-have-survived/) - As the DC K.O. tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test. In the end, only the final four will remain.
- [Mutina interrupts Nightcrawler's birthday in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men #22](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/14/mutina-interrupts-nightcrawlers-birthday-in-marvels-uncanny-x-men-22/) - Nightcrawler's birthday is interrupted by the daughter of darkness, Mutina. She has a favor to ask the Louisiana X-Men, and woe betide them if they refuse.
- [Nightcrawler BAMFs into some hot, new, pirate-y looks from the Redesigning team](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/nightcrawler-bamfs-into-some-hot-new-pirate-y-looks-from-the-redesigning-team/) - Mein Gott! The Redesigning team has finally gotten to the fuzzy blue elf, the teleporting swashbuckler, the Draco himself, Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler!
- [Peach Momoko sends Sai on a journey and DC K.O. continues in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/14/peach-momoko-sends-sai-on-a-journey-and-dc-k-o-continues-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - Illustrator Peach Momoko assembles a collective of artists, all telling one story with many parts, as Sai makes her way through the multiverse.
- [Battle Of The Atom #420: Baked In](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/12/battle-of-the-atom-420-baked-in/) - Battle of the Atom blazes it up for its 420th episode with three X-Men stories you may have to be stoned to read.
- [Xavier Files Entry #124: Doug Ramsey Update](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/12/xavier-files-entry-124-doug-ramsey-update/) - With "Age of Revelation" ending, we figured it was the perfect time to update the Xavier Files entry on the New Mutant turned Heir of Apocalypse, Doug Ramsey!
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 383: Kristen Gudsnuk talks Dark Horse's Touched by a Demon](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/the-cxf-interview-podcast-episode-383-kristen-gudsnuk-talks-dark-horses-touched-by-a-demon/) - Kristen Gudsnuk joins the show to talk about her new Dark Horse Comics series Touched by a Demon.
- [Bruce Wayne has a date with danger in Batman #5](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/09/bruce-wayne-has-a-date-with-danger-in-batman-5/) - Bruce Wayne’s date with Anna Zeller is interrupted by assassins trying to kill the doctor. Can Bruce get them out of this without revealing his other identity?
- [Peach Momoko and Stan Sakai join forces in our EXCLUSIVE preview of SAI: Dimensional Rivals #1](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/08/peach-momoko-and-stan-sakai-join-forces-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-sai-dimensional-rivals-1/) - Peach Momoko has assembled a collective of artists, all telling one story, with many parts, as Sai makes her way through the multiverse.
- [Mutina returns with an odd request in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #22](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/08/mutina-returns-with-an-odd-request-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-uncanny-x-men-22/) - A festive event is interrupted by the daughter of darkness herself, Mutina. And she has an unimaginable favor to ask the Uncanny X-Men.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: 'Cause I'm a Creep](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/08/batchat-with-matt-will-cause-im-a-creep/) - The Creeper is a weird character. He's a guy with yellow skin, a green and black banana hammock, and a red fur boa. That's a heck of a look. He's also a good guy that most think is a bad guy. And sometimes he hangs out in Gotham City. That's a lot on a character
- [After the Age of Revelation, Cyclops tries to get Doug outta heeeere in Marvel's X-Men #23](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/07/after-the-age-of-revelation-cyclops-tries-to-get-doug-outta-heeeere-in-marvels-x-men-23/) - Cyclops has been stranded in the Age of Revelation. But while he’s been there, what has his future counterpart been doing in the present?
- [Absolute Batman learns the truth about Ark M as X-Men returns to the present in our Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/07/absolute-batman-learns-the-truth-about-ark-m-as-x-men-returns-to-the-present-in-our-staff-picks/) - The origins of the enigmatic Ark M are explored! What terrible secrets lie within its walls, and just who is assigned to protect it from discovery?
- [EXCLUSIVE: Check out the slipcase cover for The Marvel Art of Dan Dos Santos](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/06/exclusive-check-out-the-slipcase-cover-for-the-marvel-art-of-dan-dos-santos/) - The Marvel Art of Dan Dos Santos collects all of Dos Santos’ pieces from the 2022 Marvel Masterpieces trading card set as well as pieces from other sets.
- [EXCLUSIVE: Peach Momoko makes Emma Frost shine in this X-Men United #1 variant cover](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/05/exclusive-peach-momoko-makes-emma-frost-shine-in-this-x-men-united-1-variant-cover/) - Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants anywhere in the world can come together in unity to teach one another the skills needed for their survival.
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- [Ultimate Endgame begins and Age of Revelation ends in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/31/ultimate-endgame-begins-and-age-of-revelation-ends-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/) - The Maker has had thousands of years to prepare for his return. With the barrier around The City finally gone, the heroes of the Ultimate Universe must mobilize to defeat him before it's game over.
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 382: What were the best comics of 2025?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/30/the-cxf-interview-podcast-episode-382-what-were-the-best-comics-of-2025/) - Tony Thornley, Dr. Anna Peppard and John Bush join Dan and Matt to talk about the best comics of 2025, along with picks for best writer, best artist, best publisher and hopes for 2026.
- [Nightcrawler's ex hunts Logan in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Wolverine #14](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/31/nightcrawlers-ex-hunts-logan-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-wolverine-14/) - The flagship series returns as Wolverine crosses paths with Silver Sable in a mission to save a cadre of Morlocks. But are they on the same side?
- [CXF awards yearbook-style superlatives to the Age of Revelation. Who was best in class?](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/01/comicsxf-awards-yearbook-style-superlatives-to-the-age-of-revelation-who-was-best-in-class/) - In addition to the final recap of “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF team looked at the overall event via high school-yearbook style superlatives.
- [Doug Ramsey's Ego trip ends in Marvel's X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/01/doug-ramseys-ego-trip-ends-in-marvels-x-men-age-of-revelation-finale/) - "I have plotted the way forward for this species. For this world. For all of us. I do not do this out of anger, but of love." Welcome to the Age of Revelation Finale.
- [Our Son Pete #33: The one where Pete and Kitty break up (Excalibur #120 with Dr. Chris Maverick)](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/06/our-son-pete-33-the-one-where-pete-and-kitty-break-up-excalibur-120-with-dr-chris-maverick/) - Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! co-host Dr. Christopher Maverick helps Dan discuss Excalibur #120, which chronicles the breakup between Pete Wisdom and Kitty Pryde.
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: A Scumbag Bruce Wayne](https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/01/batchat-with-matt-will-a-scumbag-bruce-wayne/) - It's the start of a new year again, and so, as we do every year, it's time to look at some new visions of Batman in a handful of Elseworlds. We've got a pulpy adventure of Batman and Superman, the Bat-pirate Leatherwing sailing the seven seas and an issue of the Batman Chronicles anthology with
- [ComicsXF follows up on our 2025 geeky resolutions](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/29/following-up-on-our-2025-geeky-resolutions/) - It’s the end of the year, and at the beginning of 2025, the ComicsXF team set some new year’s resolutions. So how did we do with our resolutions from 2025?
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman and the Origins of Christmas](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/25/batchat-with-matt-will-batman-and-the-origins-of-christmas/) - Happy holidays to all! As is our tradition, and as we aren't going to run out any time soon, the week of Christmas we read three stories of the holidays in Gotham. One is a little holiday kinda-noir from Bat legends Denny O'Neil and Frank Miller, one is a perplexing animated series style Brave and
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- [EXCLUSIVE: This Karen S. Darboe variant cover for X-Men #25 puts the ladies first](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/23/exclusive-this-karen-s-darboe-variant-cover-for-x-men-25-puts-the-ladies-first/) - "All the best X-Men are women," the T-shirt says, and it's true. X-Men - at least since Chris Claremont - has been a franchise built on powerful, beautiful women, and the men who snikt, zark and bamf for them. There are no Outback-era X-Men without Storm, Psylocke, Rogue and Dazzler. There's no Blue and Gold
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- [Image's DIE: Loaded #2 gets its Frazetta on](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/20/images-die-loaded-2-gets-its-frazetta-on/) - A Godbinder and a Rage Knight find themselves lost in a realm of endless artscapes, with little idea of why they’re there, and what they’re meant to do. There’s a steep learning curve, but with the help of a mysterious new Master or two, they just might figure things out before they face the game’s
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Into the Batcave](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/18/batchat-with-matt-will-into-the-batcave/) - You walk down a set of stairs hidden behind a clock. You enter a large cavern. And there you see all manner of things. A large computer. A car like no other. Cases displaying costumes. And trophies. You have entered the Batcave, and this week we're reading three stories featuring the first appearances of those
- [Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Expatriate X-Men #3 shows us the proper way to blorbo](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/18/our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-expatriate-x-men-3-shows-us-the-proper-way-to-blorbo/) - One of my chief quibbles with "Age of Revelation" has been the loud use of deep-pull mutants without any real examination of why they're there or what they think about the world they've created. And of course, it's hard to do that when the story is only three months long and you have to zip
- [A surprise Rogue mini sequel in our EXCLUSIVE preview of the Marvel Winter Break Special](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/18/a-surprise-rogue-mini-sequel-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-the-marvel-winter-break-special/) - Earlier this year, Marvel released Rogue: The Savage Land, a five-issue miniseries set during Anna Marie's time in the Antarctic dinosaur jungle toward the end of Chris Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men. It's one of the many nostalgia minis Marvel has released in recent years, though the only one to feature Rogue in a
- [Black Panther: Intergalactic #1 a hopeful new beginning for the king of Wakanda](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/17/black-panther-intergalactic-1-a-hopeful-new-beginning-for-the-king-of-wakanda/) - The king of Wakanda faces the challenge of uniting all of his kingdom — on Earth and in the stars. Before he can begin, though, someone — or something — steals him away to a mysterious planet where the Black Panther must fight for his life. Shuri, his sister, works to find him, but with
- [Marvel's Rogue Storm #3 will flare up your ADHD](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/17/marvels-rogue-storm-3-will-flare-up-your-adhd/) - X years later, as a result of the actions of Rogue Red and Storm, an ancient evil has been let loose upon the world. Sorcerers are meeting their brutal ends. Magical defenses from many Marvel mystics prove futile. With the help of the disgraced sorcerer Daniel Drumm, Rogue Red and Storm will face the ancient
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- [AHOY Comics' Ancestral Recall #5 shows us that Blackness is eternal](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/17/ahoy-comics-ancestral-recall-5-shows-us-that-blackness-is-eternal/) - Melvin Waring wakes up in the future, where he must call on the power of Black history to rescue his wife and thwart the plans of the Modern Living Corporation. Ancestral Recall #5 is written by Jordan Clark, drawn by Atagun Ilhan, colored by Pippa Bowland and lettered by Rob Steen for AHOY Comics. I
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- [EXCLUSIVE: Check out Dike Ruan's variant cover to Marvel's Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/12/exclusive-check-out-dike-ruans-variant-cover-to-marvels-storm-earths-mightiest-mutant-1/) - This Dike Ruan variant cover to February's Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #1 reminds us of a wonderful essay Jude Jones wrote last year about the importance of Ororo's natural hair texture. "Storm may not be a queen anymore, but she still wears a crown upon her head," Jude wrote at the time in response to
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- [Thinking about Daredevil's butt in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Black Cat #5](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/11/thinking-about-daredevils-butt-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-black-cat-5/) - Hey, Google, is Daredevil's butt a thing? What about in Marvel Rivals? Oh, OK. Check out our exclusive preview of Black Cat #5, out next week, and keep scrolling for the basic deets. W: G. Willow Wilson | A: Gleb Melnikov | CA: Adam Hughes BLACK CAT…JAIL-BOUND?! Trapped and out of options, BLACK CAT has
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- [The Redesigning team puts more of your favorite X-Men characters into the world of Marvel Rivals](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/05/the-redesigning-team-puts-more-of-your-favorite-x-men-characters-into-the-world-of-marvel-rivals/) - Nearly one year since its release, Marvel Rivals has taken the internet and the X-Men fan community by storm and shows no sign of slowing down. Each new character reveal has been an exciting moment as we get to see them rendered in the game’s distinct art style and study the moveset that defines their
- [Thinking about clones while we EXCLUSIVELY debut this Leirix variant cover for Rogue #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/05/thinking-about-clones-while-we-exclusively-debut-this-leirix-variant-cover-for-rogue-1/) - In our team's coverage of Uncanny X-Men #20, we pondered just how good of friends Rogue and Spider-Man really are. But after reading Murewa Ayodele and Roland Boschi's Rogue Storm, we think we get it. When you get cloned in the Marvel Universe, you need to lean on someone who's shared that experience, someone who,
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- [I'm seeing triple! 9 Fantomexes! in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Sinister's Six #3](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/04/im-seeing-triple-9-fantomexes-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-sinisters-six-3/) - Once upon a time, Fantomex was split into three people - Fantomex, Cluster and Weapon XIII - each a different aspect of the original Charlie Cluster-7. In the Age of Revelation, we've seen two of those personalities - Fantomex in Murewa Ayodele and Roland Boschi's Rogue Storm, and Cluster, or Lady Fantomex, in David Marquez
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The Three Faces of Batgirl (w/ John Wickham)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/04/batchat-with-matt-will-the-three-faces-of-batgirl-w-john-wickham/) - Barbara Gordon was introduced to add some flair to the final season of Batman, to try to buoy the sagging ratings on the show. And while she didn't save that series, she has become the iconic Batgirl of the comics, a character who has had a long career in various identities. This week, friend of
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- [Humility, humanity and the death of a king: Remembering Chadwick Boseman](https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/01/remembering-chadwick-boseman/) - You’d expect to find these pictures buried under dust in a photo album hidden in your attic: a nascent student-artist exuding an innocuous humility; a high-watt smile very possibly fueled by the Heineken in the background; warmly tinted photos taken on a warm day. Chadwick Boseman, the talented actor, the international superstar, the man best
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- [One Episode's Worth: How the 1990s X-Men cartoon gave us 'Age of Apocalypse'](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/28/one-episodes-worth-how-the-1990s-x-men-cartoon-gave-us-age-of-apocalypse/) - In the dying days of December 1994, Marvel Comics dropped X-Men Alpha #1, a double-sized, chromium-cover-wrapped one-shot introducing the world to the "Age of Apocalypse." Following a multi-part story that saw Professor Xavier's son Legion travel back in time to kill Magneto before the X-Men formed, a mission Legion thoroughly botched, accidentally killing his dad
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- [Don't know what to get the comics fan in your life? Let the 2025 CXF Holiday Gift Guide help!](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/28/cxf-holiday-gift-guide-2025/) - The spooky and the turkey seasons have officially ended, so we can turn our attention to that hallowed time of year that retailers would love you to be celebrating for at least three months. And that means it’s time for our annual Holiday Gift Guide! No matter what you’re celebrating (or not), it’s a great
- [DC K.O. #2 busts 3 of our 9 CXF tournament brackets. Here's who's still in the fight.](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/28/dc-ko-2/) - The tournament is in full swing. Heroes have fallen. Darkseid is near. The 32 champions have been chosen, and now they must compete to earn the Heart of Apokolips. The first challenge? Battling across a deadly arena to acquire new weapons of war. Superman has his doubts that the Justice League is doing the right
- [Remember that song from that show in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Wiccan: Witches' Road #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/26/wiccan-witches-road-1-preview/) - Down, down, down the road (Down the witches road)Down the witches road (Down the witches road)Down, down, down the road (Down the witches road)Down the witches road (Down the witches road)Down, down, down the road (Down the witches road)Down the witches road (Down the witches road)Follow me, my friendTo glory at the end There, now
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: All Ages Thanksgiving 2025](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/27/batchat-with-matt-will-all-ages-thanksgiving-2025/) - It's time for our annual tradition here at BatChat, up there with cranberry sauce from a can, stuffing that's a little too dry and avoiding conversations about politics with your red baseball cap wearing relatives: it's all ages Thanksgiving. Three stories of Batman for the whole family come in some very different flavors this year:
- [About damn time: Dani Moonstar getting her own solo series from Marvel this March](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/24/dani-moonstar-miniseries/) - Man, if I had a nickel for every time I wondered aloud on this website why Dani Moonstar hasn't gotten a bigger push from Marvel, I'd have ... several nickels. Sorry, this is breaking news and I haven't kept a spreadsheet. Anywho, folks who checked out last month's Echo: Seeker of Truth one-shot may have
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- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 377: Danny Lore talks The Grimoire of Agatha Harkness](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/25/tcxfip-377-danny-lore/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 377: Danny Lore talks The Grimoire of Agatha Harkness Writer Danny Lore joins the show to talk about their new book The Grimoire of Agatha Harkness: A Magical History and Spellbook from Insight Editions. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon
- [Anna Marie catches us looking at Gambit's abs in this Kevin Wada Rogue #1 variant cover reveal](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/23/rogue-1-wada-cover/) - "Y'all see that man behind me? Y'all see those abs flexin' under that tight, pink shirt made o' unstable molecules? "That's my man. Those are my abs. I lather those bad boys in the shower every night after a mission, soap 'em up real good. "Y'all come near those abs, I take off this glove.
- [Morrison's final farewell to superheroes a slight but fun affair in DC/Marvel's Batman/Deadpool](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/23/batman-deadpool-1/) - When an old enemy asks Batman for help, the Dark Knight and the Merc with a Mouth find themselves in an insane and absurd jungle full of cartoon ninjas, bizarre ruins and a giant typewriter. What evil mastermind lurks behind the scenes? Who could possibly be the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes
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- [The mutants are going back to school in Marvel's X-Men United by Eve Ewing and Tiago Palma](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/23/xmen-united/) - The X-Men haven't had a school in seven years, since late 2018's "Disassembled" story. Sure, there's been plenty of teaching the next generation of mutants - in the "Age of X-Man" series NextGen, in the Sextant on Krakoa, at Haven House in Louisiana and in Kitty's abandoned dance studio in Chicago. But the Xavier School
- [Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin's Ancient Enemy](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/24/battle-of-the-atom-dolphins-ancient-enemy/) - You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
- [Trek Talks: Star Trek The Last Starship #2 Drops Captain Kirk Into A Bold New Storytelling Era](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/21/trek-talks-star-trek-the-last-starship-2-drops-captain-kirk-into-a-bold-new-storytelling-era/) - James T. Kirk lives again in the Federation’s darkest hour, as the USS Omega undergoes a dangerous mission with an ill-matched crew. Star Trek: The Last Starship #2, written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly with art by Adrián Bonilla, colors by Heather Moore and letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Gentlemen, I’ve created you
- [DC's The Bat-Man: Second Knight as good as the first](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/21/the-batman-second-knight-1/) - The Gotham of the 1940s and its new hero, The Bat-Man, are facing new threats. A killer is leaving a trail of mutilated bodies, and a scared city, behind him. And another new foe is there, one who revels in fear. The Bat-Man: Second Knight #1 is written by Dan Jurgens, drawn by Mike Perkins,
- [Spider-villains break good all the time in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Black Cat #4](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/20/black-cat-4-preview/) - The thing about Spider-villains judging Black Cat for doing good-guy stuff is too many of them have had face turns over the years. Take Sandman, for example. He used to work for Silver Sable in the Wild Pack and has even been a reserve member of the Avengers. Doctor Octopus famously tried being a good
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Catman Returns (w/ Matt McThorn)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/06/batchat-with-matt-will-catman-returns-w-matt-mcthorn/) - If the above player isn't working, listen to it here. Friend of the show and Patreon backer Matt McThorn is back this week, and he wanted to return to one of his earlier themes, with three more stories featuring Thomas Blake, the Bat rogue known as Catman. We get a '90s story featuring Catman and
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- [Watters and Sherman drop the curtain on the masterpiece that is Batman: Dark Patterns](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/16/batman-dark-patterns-12/) - The final issue draws everything together. Batman faces the Child of Fire, and stands prepared to save Gotham from the storm that he has brought. Batman: Dark Patterns #12 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: And now, the end is near,
- [Of roles and rolls - Image's DIE: Loaded takes us back to hell](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/16/die-loaded-1-full-review/) - In 1991, six teenagers disappeared into a magical world based on a roleplaying game. Some, but not all, returned. In 2018, they disappeared once more — and once again, some, but not all, returned. It’s 2025, and people are about to go missing again. Could this be the point of no return? DIE: Loaded #1
- [History fit for a presidential executive order in Marvel's 1776 #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/16/1776-1/) - A mysterious force dares to tamper with the threads of history. Captain America and a squad of Marvel heroes leap into action to safeguard the founding of the United States of America. The fate of the nation hangs in the balance at the dawn of the Revolution, as these heroes must navigate the treacherous waters
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- [Aunt May can survive anything in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Radioactive Spider-Man #2](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/13/radioactive-spiderman-2-preview/) - X YEARS LATER ... HOW IS AUNT MAY STILL ALIVE? For someone who started out as the frailest old woman in comics, May Parker sure has survived a lot. Terminal diseases. Foreclosure. Doctor Octopus pitching woo. And apparently, in 10 years, she'll survive Revelation's X-Virus. She'll have to live in stasis because she's some kind
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- [All things must pass. But will we remember Marvel's Rogue Storm #2?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/12/all-things-must-pass-but-will-we-remember-marvels-rogue-storm-2/) - X years later, many secret events have taken place among the mutants of the world — including the one that changed Gambit and Rogue’s marriage forever. As Storm embarks on her quest to destroy Eegun, the devourer of Sorcerers Supreme, Gambit has a score to settle with Storm for the fate of his marriage. But
- [Thinking about the New Mutants again in this EXCLUSIVE variant cover reveal for X-Vengers #3](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/11/xvengers-3-variant-cover/) - This X-Vengers #3 variant cover by Edwin Galmon shows half of the original class of New Mutants - Cannonball, Sunspot, Dani Moonstar and Doug Ramsey/Revelation - as they were in happier days and as they are now. Three hardened warriors taking the fight to a former teammate gone mad with power. But it begs the
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- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 375: Liam Sharp talks Spawn: The Dark Ages and Conan](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/11/tcxfip-375-liam-sharp/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 375: Liam Sharp talks Spawn: The Dark Ages, Conan & more Writer/artist Liam Sharp joins the show to talk about his new Image series Spawn: The Dark Ages, Savage Sword of Conan and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon
- [ADVANCE REVIEW: Does DIE: Loaded #1 uphold the magic it created?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/10/die-loaded-1-advance-review/) - Six children fell into a role-playing game, experienced the true horror of having your fantasies become real - and went through it all again as adults. Now, they’re dealing with what they’ve learned about the true nature of DIE, including the most dangerous truth of all: everyone in the world is still at risk of
- [A thinly disguised metaphor for dementia in Image's Assorted Crisis Events #6](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/09/assorted-crisis-events-6/) - Are you or someone you love suffering from retro-anterograde temporal diminishment? Do you find yourself vacillating between child and octogenarian from one moment to the next? Is it increasingly difficult to remember important details such as your name, your address, the date or the faces of cherished loved ones? If so, see a doctor and
- [Commissioner Savage plants one in DC's Batman #3](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/09/batman-3/) - Vandal Savage sets his anti-Batman crusade in motion, Bruce Wayne does his best as Bat-Dad, the Riddler strikes and a whole lot more happens in Batman #3, written by Matt Fraction, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Will Nevin: A week before it drops, I want to publicly
- [Let's give Havok MORE alt-reality kids in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Sinister's Six #2](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/09/sinisters-six-2-preview/) - There are many alternate realities and possible futures in the Marvel Universe, and in many of those futures, Alex Summers has a different kid with a different mother. On Earth-1298, the Mutant X Earth, Alex and Madelyne Pryor have a son, Scotty, named for Alex's brother, Cyclops. On Earth-13133, as shown in Rick Remender's Uncanny
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- [Batman fights knights, Ice Cream Man is back in playing card form and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/05/staff-picks-nov5/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: DC K.O.: Knightfight #1: The Dark Knight is forced
- [Battle Of The Atom: Blowing Crap Up](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/03/battle-of-the-atom-blowing-crap-up/) - It's a lovely morning in the X-Mansion, and you are a horrible mutant. Ranked This Episode: Secret Wars II #5 X-Factor #12 New Mutants vol 4 #3-4,6
- [TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image's I Saw Santa](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/03/tcxfip-nycc-chris-killian/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image's I Saw Santa Writer and comedian Chris Killian chats with Dan about I Saw Santa: A Spawn Universe Christmas Story at New York Comic Con. For our other NYCC bonus minisode with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson, click here.
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 374: Kat Calamia and Phil Falco talk about Lifeline Comics](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/04/tcxfip-374-calamia-falco/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 374: Kat Calamia and Phil Falco talk about Lifeline Comics Kat Calamia and Phil Falco join the show to talk about Lifeline Comics and that Kickstarter comics life. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where
- [The Exceptional kids play pirate, Cloak and Dagger surprise and more Age of Revelation](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/02/age-of-revelation-expatriate-undeadpool-cloakordagger-xvengers/) - It’s time to wrap up the first month of the future! Rather than tackle each “Age of Revelation” book in a traditional "ToX" format, your intrepid CXF review crew will offer up their individual thoughts in brief for each of this week's offerings: Expatriate X-Men #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Francesco Mortarino,
- [Ohhh, so THAT'S what happened to Jean in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Binary #2](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/02/binary-2-preview/) - So much for "now and forever," huh? This preview of next week's Binary #2, part of the ongoing "Age of Revelation" event, appears to show Jean Grey sacrificing herself - as she does - to stop the spread of the X-Virus beyond Earth. Sounds right. All she ever did was die on us. But wait,
- [It's Halloween, and the Redesigning team is showing off your favorite mutants' dark side](https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/02/redesigning-halloween/) - It’s spooky season! The X-Men have no shortage of characters going bad, whether they’re seduced by their darker impulses, possessed by demons or dark magic, or just having a really, really bad day. And when characters go bad, they signify it with crazier and more revealing costumes. For Halloween, our team imagined some evil looks
- [Daniel Warren Johnson Absolute-ly crushes DC's Absolute Batman Annual](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/31/absolute-batman-annual/) - Three new tales of the Batman of the Absolute Universe are featured in the first ever Absolute annual. Absolute Batman Annual 2025 has story and art by Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren and Meredith McClaren, colors by Dave Stewart and letters by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: I think we’ve talked about the DC: High Volume
- [Wondering what Warlock tastes like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Longshots #2](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/30/longshots-2-preview/) - So we're just eating Warlocks now? We wondered in this week's Age of Revelation roundup where Doug Ramsey's selfsoulfriend is, and he (or a version of him or another Technarch being; who's to say, really?) appears to show up in this comic, where he is unceremoniously killed by Hellcat and then shown being eaten by
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Moon Over Gotham](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/30/batchat-with-matt-will-moon-over-gotham/) - Welcome to your annual, spooky Halloween week BatChat. We've done weeks with vampires, with Man-Bats, with Demons. This year, we're dipping into stories featuring Matt's favorite classic monster: the werewolf. Batman fights the beast under a full moon over the city, and maybe even turns into one... Moon of the Wolf (Batman V.1 #255) Werewolf
- [An Absolute Batman flashback and more Age of Revelation in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/29/staff-picks-oct29/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1: Big names tell tales
- [Battle Of The Atom: Corpse Stuff](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/27/battle-of-the-atom-corpse-stuff/) - Happy Halloween, everybody. We have stories about corpses. Also economics? Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #64 (The Resurrection of Cypher) Marvel Comics Presents #90-97 (Ghost Rider & Cable: Servants of the Dead) Gambit vol 4 #7-9 (Voodoo Economics)
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 373: Halloween Special 2025 - The State of Horror](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/28/tcxfip-373-halloween-special-state-of-horror/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 373: Halloween Special 2025 - The State of Horror Friends of the show Rob Lynch and Will Nevin join Dan and Matt to talk about all things horror, from the best movies (Sinners, Weapons) to the best comics (anthologies, anthologies, anthologies). You can listen to
- [This week's Age of Revelation books check in on the villains and key mutants like ... Spider-Man](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/age-of-revelation-book-spiderman-omegakids-lastwolverine/) - The Age of Revelation continues to grow with another four new stories! Rather than tackle each book in a traditional "ToX" format, your intrepid CXF review crew will offer up their individual thoughts in brief for each of this week's offerings: X-Men: Book of Revelation #1 by Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo
- [Doom, Me & ADHD: Nothing in Marvel's Ultimates #17 needs fixing](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/doom-me-adhd-the-ultimates-17/) - Doom can’t think linearly, if he’s to win. He has to focus on the future, on the past, and all the moments in between - and all the moments that weren’t.
- [Hey, it's those kids we like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Expatriate X-Men #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/expatriate-xmen-1-preview/) - We've met a lot of new kids during the Age of Revelation. Omega Kids. Elbecca the Chorister. Temper and Ransom's baby. Kids who theoretically weren't even born in the present of the X-books. But the fact of the matter is, we're still getting to know the kids we met during "From the Ashes," which was
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- [Let's play Keepy Uppy in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Emma Frost: The White Queen #5](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/23/emma-frost-white-queen-5-preview/) - Sometimes, if you stare at a thing long enough, you start to see something that isn't there. So, in the process of putting together this preview and reaching for an intro, I called over my 8-year-old daughter, who confirmed to me, without prompting, that yes, The knight on this obvious-metaphor chessboard looks like Bluey. Check
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- [Say Hello to Halloween and more Age of Revelation books in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/22/staff-picks-oct22/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Hello Halloween #1: What if Hello Darkness but Halloween?
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 372: Tiffany Babb talks The Comics Courier #3](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/21/tcxfip-372-tiffany-babb/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 372: Tiffany Babb talks The Comics Courier #3 Tiffany Babb returns to the show to talk about the latest issue of her newspaper-format criticism journal The Comics Courier, now on Kickstarter. Also: Baseball! New York Comic Con! Other tangents! You can listen to The ComicsXF
- [The naivety of Steve and his shield in Marvel's Captain America #4](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/19/captain-america-4/) - As Doctor Doom prepares a fatal strike against those who stand against him, a sudden betrayal has Cap on the ropes and questioning everything he thought he knew. Captain America #4 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Valerio Schiti, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Part of me – part of
- [The fashion of Fabian Cortez in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men: Book of Revelation #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/19/xmen-book-of-revelation-1-preview/) - Well, it looks like Fabian Cortez is back to one, eh? X-villainy's best obsequious twit is back and doing his fawning lackey who will betray you at the first opportunity schtick, using his ability to boost others' mutant power to cozy up to yet another big bad. So much for the come-to-Jesus moment he seemed
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- [TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 1: Hunter Gorinson talks Oni Press](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/17/tcxfip-nycc-hunter-gorinson/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 1: Hunter Gorinson talks Oni Press In the first of two bonus mini episodes recorded at this year's New York Comic Con, Dan chats with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson.
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- [It's a miracle! Marvel's Unbreakable X-Men lead this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/15/staff-picks-oct15/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Unbreakable X-Men #1: X years later, the Louisiana X-Men
- [A goddess gone mad and a Rogue gone red in Marvel's Rogue Storm #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/15/rogue-storm-1/) - X years later, with Earth's gods gone, only Ororo Munroe, the mutant god of storms, remains. She is a goddess driven mad by dark magic and grief. Now, as Storm threatens to freeze the world into a new Ice Age, Rogue leads a team of killers and legends — Gateway, Iceman, Fantomex, Spiral and Warpath.
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 371: Tini Howard talks BOOM Studios' Marian Heretic](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/14/tcxfip-371-tini-howard/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 371: Tini Howard talks BOOM Studios' Marian Heretic Writer Tini Howard joins the show to talk about her new BOOM Studios series Marian Heretic. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday
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- [NYCC: Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children is the best intercompany crossover title ever](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/11/swamp-thing-is-killing-the-children/) - Look, I don't care that we don't have a release date or teaser art to show. Can we just talk about the fact that Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children, the DC-BOOM Studios crossover one-shot announced Saturday at New York Comic Con featuring the former's muck monster and the latter's bandana-wearing monster hunter, is the
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- [This is what it sounds like when gods die in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Rogue Storm #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/08/rogue-storm-1-preview/) - How do you think Thor died? Can Doug's voice make gods do his bidding? Or does Murewa Ayodele's Akogun-but-with-Marvel characters thing just keep going regardless of what's going on on the ground? If Storm's still a god-level character, couldn't she kill Doug? Come to think of it, if Carol Danvers has the Phoenix Force, why
- [ComicsXF fills out their DC K.O. brackets. See who we think will win.](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/07/dc-ko-bracket-predictions/) - CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER! This week, DC Comics launches DC K.O., a linewide event book by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez in which, in order to stop Darkseid's latest plot to destroy the Earth, 32 of DC's heroes and villains must beat each other up. How does a fight tournament stop a powerful cosmic tyrant like
- [DC's gonna knock you out while the Age of Revelation continues in this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/08/staff-picks-oct8/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: DC K.O. #1: The Heart of Apokolips has transformed
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- [Ororo gets lost in a battle of cosmic forces in Marvel's Storm #12](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/28/storm-12/) - Everything ends. Our universe is no exception. However, the only way the universe ends is over Ororo Munroe's dead body. So be it. Storm #12 is written by Murewa Ayodele, drawn by Mario Santoro, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Travis Lanham. It’s about 5 p.m. on Monday here in the District of Columbia.
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- [3 IDW #1s - Star Trek, Twilight Zone and Street Sharks - top this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/24/staff-picks-sept24/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Star Trek — The Last Starship #1: The Federation
- [Battle Of The Atom: Turning Japanese](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/22/battle-of-the-atom-turning-japanese/) - The editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics once did an elaborate deception, pretending to be a Japanese manga writer named Akira Yoshida, in order to skirt internal rules and write some of the biggest weeb comics in Marvel's history. Everyone involved still gets mad when you bring it up because the consequence was more or less the
- [It takes a thief to catch two thieves as Black Cat guest stars in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #37-38](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/22/miles-morales-spiderman-37-38/) - Inari and White Cat, two super-thieves with everything to lose, are running wild in Brooklyn, and with Spider-Man still reeling from the God War, the battle against these new foes might be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Misty Knight’s leading the investigation, but she needs an extra hand. Someone with cat burglary experience,
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 369: Meghan Fitzmartin talks BOOM Studios' Mary Sue](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/23/tcxfip-369-meghan-fitzmartin/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 369: Meghan Fitzmartin talks BOOM Studios' Mary Sue Writer Meghan Fitzmartin joins the show to talk about her new BOOM Studios series Mary Sue. PLUS: Tim Drake, 2000s CW shows, the power of fan fiction and "Africa" by Toto. You can listen to The ComicsXF
- [Mad Cave's Bytchcraft #3 tackles a serious topic while continuing to explore its magical world](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/22/bytchcraft-3/) - Content warning: This review mentions a character having suicidal thoughts. If you or a Black queer loved one is having a mental health crisis, contact the BlackLine crisis call line. The coven — Adri, Em and Michele — transported themselves to the Sacred Green, one of the many “God-Realms” on Earth. They might be able
- [The good, the bad and the Hitler of Marvel/DC's Deadpool/Batman #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/21/deadpool-batman-1/) - Wade Wilson has been hired for a job in Gotham City, but will the world’s greatest detective help him or destroy him? Deadpool/Batman #1 features a main story written by Zeb Wells, drawn by Greg Capullo, inked by Tim Townsend, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Clayton Cowles. AND … A Captain America/Wonder Woman
- [The 'Thunder War' climaxes in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Storm #12](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/21/storm-12-preview/) - One of Storm's most beloved arcs is the period in the 1980s when she loses her powers. It gives us the brilliant "Lifedeath" by Chris Claremont and Barry Windsor-Smith. She fights Cyclops for leadership of the X-Men and wins. She sticks it to enemies like Fenris and the Murder Grandpas. She proves herself as a
- [Here comes (Shadows of) Tomorrow: Marvel teases what's next for the X-Men in 2026](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/21/xmen-shadows-of-tomorrow/) - Marvel on Friday hinted at what's next for the X-Men in 2026 after this fall's three-month "Age of Revelation" event wraps, dropping teasers for five series under the banner of "Shadows of Tomorrow." Of the five, three are returning series, picking up from their pre-"Age of Revelation" numbering - Uncanny X-Men, X-Men and Wolverine. Two
- [You can't buy Red Hood, but you can buy plenty of other DC comics by others accused of worse](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/21/editorial-red-hood-cancellation/) - The problem with writing about the cancellation of DC’s Red Hood is it’s impossible to write about in a vacuum. You can’t write about the cancellation of Red Hood without writing about Jason Todd, the second Robin, the one who perennially finds himself on the outs with the Bat family for his brooding, murder-boy nature.
- [INTERVIEW: The hosts of the Superfan Podcast talk about the Red Sox, James Cameron & food](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/19/superfan-podcast/) - One of the things I tell guests before every episode of The ComicsXF Interview Podcast is “Tangents are welcome and encouraged.” Because while we’re there to talk about comics, there’s a joy in being able to lower the wall of professionalism for a moment and just talk about the Wu-Tang Clan (with Mike Del Mundo),
- [Jason Loo talks about Dani Moonstar while we debut this Pablo Villalobos X-Vengers #1 cover](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/19/xvengers-1-cover/) - A while ago, I got to chat with Jason Loo, who is writing the X-Vengers series that's part of this fall's "Age of Revelation" event. The book sees former New Mutant Dani Moonstar lead a team of mutated Avengers and train them in their new powers as they seek to take down the heir of
- [The end begins with a Child of Fire in Batman: Dark Patterns #10](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/19/batman-dark-patterns-10/) - “Child of Fire,” the final arc of the series, begins here. Still recovering from the wounds he received, Batman is unable to stop the crimes of a new villain, the Child of Fire. He has a theory about who it is, but there is something more sinister underneath it, and Batman may have trusted the
- [Strange New Worlds' "New Life and New Civilizations" showcases the good and the bad of Star Trek at 60](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/18/strange-new-worlds-new-life-and-new-civilizations-showcases-the-good-and-the-bad-of-star-trek-at-60/) - Roger Korby has gotten into another mess and it’s up to the Enterprise crew to fight the final battle between ultimate good and ultimate evil in their search for "New Life and New Civilizations." Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 10 written by Dana Horgan & Davy Perez, directed by Maja Vrvilo. Mark Turetsky: Matt,
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The Marvel-ous Adventures of Batman](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/18/batchat-with-matt-will-the-marvel-ous-adventures-of-batman/) - This week, Deadpool/Batman will be released, the first Marvel/DC crossover in well over a decade. And as anyone who knows how comics work, the biggest characters are the ones who get crossed over, and no one at DC is bigger than Batman. So to tie in, we're reading three Batman/Marvel team-ups. These are some fun
- [The King in Black is back: Knull to get 5-issue miniseries in January from Ewing, Waltz, Ramirez](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/17/king-in-black-miniseries/) - Just as Marvel's heroes are known for their feet of clay, their villains are as well. Magneto's mustache-twirling evil of the Silver Age has been tempered by his past as a Holocaust survivor. Loki tends to operate more in shades of gray since appearing in the MCU. Heck, even Thanos has gotten some sympathetic backstory,
- [Ransom and Wolverine go to Comic-Con in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men #21](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/17/uncanny-xmen-21/) - The Wolverine/Ransom two-fisted team-up takes a weird turn, as our badass heroes chase a villain to, of all places, a comic book convention in Argentina. How do they find and eliminate their target in a sea of masked cosplayers? And what if some of the cosplayers are the actual villains they are portraying? Uncanny X-Men
- [Deadpool meets Batman in first Marvel/DC mashup in more than 20 years: Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/17/staff-picks-sept17/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Rasmus’ pick: Deadpool/Batman #1: Wade Wilson has been hired for a
- [Celebrate Batman Day by remembering that ComicsXF covers a lot of Batman stuff](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/16/batman-day-2025/) - Saturday is Batman Day, the corporately concocted day when we gather ’round the table and give thanks that a billionaire dresses like a bat and stalks the streets at night, striking fear into the hearts of criminals. And we don’t talk about why he doesn’t just give all his money away to solve all crime.
- [Battle Of The Atom: I Know You Planned It](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/15/battle-of-the-atom-i-know-you-planned-it/) - We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever happen to the Twin Towers. Ranked This Episode: Marvel Graphic Novel #17 (Revenge of the Living Monolith) X-Force #3-4, Spider-Man #16 (Sabotage) Uncanny X-Men #189 (Two Girls Out To Have Fun)
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 367: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part II](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/15/tcxfip-367-flame-con-part-i/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 367: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part II In the second half of Matt Lazorwitz's Flame Con interviews, he chats with How Could You creator Ren Strapp, Lifetime Passes writer Terry Blas, and Voyeur and Gotham City Sirens writer Leah Williams. Listen to Part
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 368: Zack Quaintance talks Macabre Valley #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/16/tcxfip-368-zack-quaintance/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 368: Zack Quaintance talks Macabre Valley #1 TCXFIP all-star Zack Quaintance returns to the show to talk about his new Kickstarter for Macabre Valley #1, a Texas-sized horror tale. Also, we chat about some of the best comics and movies of the year. You can
- [The Arkhams come home to roost in Absolute Batman #12](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/14/absolute-batman-12/) - Bruce Wayne has made it back to Gotham after escaping Ark M. And while the city is still there, it has changed for Bruce. His friends have changed. And those changes may make friends something much darker. Absolute Batman #12 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered
- [Captain America #3, ghost stories, and what comes After America](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/14/captain-america-3/) - A meeting with Doctor Doom in Latveria forces Steve to confront the realities of the harsh new world he's awoken in. Meanwhile, Dave Colton and the Howling Commandos infiltrate Doom's fortress to rescue hostages, but instead they uncover a sinister truth behind Doom's rise to power. Captain America #3 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn
- [Marvel's X-Men: Age of Revelation event to last three months, wrap in December with finale issue](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/14/age-of-revelation-finale/) - When the entire X-line blinked out of existence for the Age of Apocalypse in 1995, it lasted four months. When Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic smashed Earth-616 and Earth-1610 together to give Doctor Doom a multiversal Battleworld in Secret Wars in 2015, canceling every ongoing series (even ones that had just launched), the main series
- [People like Magik in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Magik #10](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/14/magik-10-preview/) - So here's a fun fact: Magik is a fairly decent seller for Marvel. According to ICv2's sales tracking data, based on shops that use the ComicHub point-of-sale system, Magik #8 was the 23rd best selling comic of August. That also makes it the second-best selling X-office comic of August, after Uncanny X-Men #19. Maybe it's
- [Vulcans Galore & Ortegas A-Gorn in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' "Four and Half Vulcans" and "Terrarium"](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/12/vulcans-galore-ortegas-a-gorn-in-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-four-and-half-vulcans-and-terrarium/) - A race-swapping serum turns four crewmembers into Vulcans, but when the solution won’t change them back, the remaining Enterprise crew must deal with having “Four And A Half Vulcans.” Plus, when Ortegas gets stranded on a desolate moon, she must survive with the help of an injured Gorn. But what are those strange flashing lights
- [Elementary, My Dear La'an — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds “A Space Adventure Hour”](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/07/elementary-my-dear-laan-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-a-space-adventure-hour/) - La’an Noonien Singh takes a trip into a prototype holodeck, and holodecks never go rogue and cause problems on a starship, right? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 episode 4 “A Space Adventure Hour” is written by Dana Horgan & Kathryn Lyn, directed by Jonathan Frakes. Matt Lazorwitz: Welcome to this crazy new technology,
- [Sure, Namor, you're 'possessed' in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's New Avengers #4](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/11/new-avengers-4-preview/) - The thing about Namor is, if you were another superhero, would you want to team up with him? He's a good guy, he's a bad guy, he's on your team, he's off your team, he's mad at humanity, he's mad at Wakanda, he's constantly hitting on your blond partner. He's a wingfooted pain in the
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Damian Wayne Was Horrible (w/ Sam Hopper)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/11/batchat-with-matt-will-damian-wayne-was-horrible-w-sam-hopper/) - We're joined by first time guest and long time Patreon backer Sam Hopper to read some Damian Wayne stories from earlier in the character's life. Back when Damian was a truly insufferable brat. I know, for many of his haters he still is, but man, in these stories he is really something else. We read
- [Kitty makes peace with her present, just in time for the future, in Exceptional X-Men #13](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/10/exceptional-xmen-13/) - Kitty Pryde’s stuck in her past, and a Sentinel’s chasing her through the suburb she once called home. Can her teenage students from Chicagoland save her present-day self, or her past self, or both, before all of X-reality gets erased? You already know the answer in Exceptional X-Men #13, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by
- [The X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse come to Earth-616 in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/10/staff-picks-sept10/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha #1: The X-Men of the Age of
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 366: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part I](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/09/tcxfip-366-flamecon-2025-part1/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 366: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part I In a special two-part event, Matt Lazorwitz went to Flame Con and recorded interviews with: IN PART I (dropping on the main feed Tuesday): West Hollywood Monster Squad co-creators Sina Grace and Bradley Clayton, Avengers Academy
- [A heartbreaking new take on the zombie story in Image's Everything Dead & Dying #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/07/everything-dead-and-dying-1/) - Jack Chandler is the sole survivor of the zombie apocalypse in his rural farming community, but rather than eliminate them, he has chosen to continue living alongside the undead — including the husband and adopted daughter he fought so hard to have. But when his town is discovered by outsiders, Jack suddenly becomes the one
- [Wolverine and Ransom go a-brawlin' in Marvel's Uncanny X-Men #20](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/07/uncanny-xmen-20/) - The two baddest brawlers of the Louisiana X-Men buddy up to go undercover in faraway Argentina to chase and destroy a legendary X-villain! Behold two-fisted fury as only Wolverine and Ransom can bring it in Uncanny X-Men #20, written by Gail Simone, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles.
- [DC's Batman #1 offers a bright, new Gotham and the return of an old friend (kind of)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/07/batman-1/) - Batman hunts a changed Killer Croc and readers get a glimpse of the new face of Gotham and the Dark Knight in Batman #1, written by Matt Fraction, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: Oh, man, it’s the new issue of Batman. We have to deal
- [What year is it in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Exceptional X-Men #13](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/07/exceptional-xmen-13-preview/) - According to this one wiki I found and probably other stuff people have said interviews and whatnot, 15 years have passed between the time the Fantastic Four went on the space flight that gave them their powers and the present of the Marvel Universe. That means, if a story is set in 2025, the Age
- [Battle Of The Atom: Unbreakable](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/08/battle-of-the-atom-unbreakable/) - I wonder what M. Night Shyamalan thought about the X-Men character Marrow. I have to assume he knows about her. Perhaps he has thoughts. Ranked This Episode: X-Force vol 4 #1-6 (Dirty/Tricks) Spider-Man/Marrow #1 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic 75-79 (Unbreakable)
- [Can we shorten Hell Hulk in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Hellverine #10](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/04/hellverine-10-preview/) - What if, instead of calling him Hell Hulk, they just called him Helk? Or Hellk? Also, if there's a Hell Hulk, does that mean there's a Heaven Hulk? And is the Purgatory Hulk also gray like Joe Fixit? Maybe we'll find out in the inevitable Hell Hulk miniseries. Check out our exclusive preview of Hellverine
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Welcome to the Ice Age (w/ John Wickham)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/04/batchat-with-matt-will-welcome-to-the-ice-age-w-john-wickham/) - There are periods where certain characters have more of a spotlight than others. Sure, there are always a lot of Batman stories, Joker stories. But then there are pockets of time when we get lots of stories focused on Jim Gordon or the Riddler. Between 2003 and 2006, Mr. Freeze had his day. He appeared
- [John Romita Jr. is coming to Super Jersey Comic Expo](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/02/john-romita-jr-super-jersey-comic-expo/) - My first X-Men comic was 1993’s X-Men Vol. 2 #20, a tale I’ve shared on many a podcast at this point. But my first issue of Uncanny X-Men was #301, which came out just a couple weeks later. As Uncanny issues go, it’s not a load-bearing one. Battle of the Atom hasn’t even ranked it
- [A new Batman #1, Xavier in space, Everything Dead & Dying and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/03/staff-picks-sept3/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Batman #1: A new day dawns for the Dark
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Ep. 365: Dan Watters & Alex Paknadel talk Shredder and Casey Jones](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/02/tcxfip-365-dan-watters-alex-paknadel/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Ep. 365: Dan Watters & Alex Paknadel talk Shredder and Casey Jones Writers Dan Watters and Alex Paknadel join the show to talk about their respective Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff series at IDW, Shredder and Casey Jones, plus their respective DC work. You can listen
- [The Redesigning team creates new X-Men teams, with new team uniforms](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/31/redesigning-xmen-team-uniforms/) - One of the most exciting parts of new X-Men teams getting announced is the new costumes. While individual looks are great, some teams lean into a rebrand hard by giving everyone a new uniform. We asked our artists this time to imagine a brand-new X-Men team, and what their group uniform would look like. The
- [DC introduces the 32 characters in its DC K.O. tournament, and we break down the stats](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/31/dc-ko-dan-mora-cover/) - Power Girl. Superman. Lex Luthor. Supergirl. Black Lightning. Guy Gardner. Giganta. Captain Atom. Robin. Batman. Red Hood. Batwoman. Jay Garrick. Cheetah. Cyborg. Big Barda. Plastic Man. Aquaman. Harley Quinn. Lobo. Connor Hawke. Star Sapphire. Vixen. Zatana. Metamorpho. Wonder Woman. Swamp Thing. Firestorm. King Shark. Hawkman. The Demon. Starro. They all gonna whup each other's asses.
- [Battle Of The Atom: Zxazx Attack](https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/01/battle-of-the-atom-zxazx-attack/) - Sometimes, we wonder if we should change the podcast to be something more palatable to general audiences. But listen, if the X-Men have taught us anything, it's to be weird little freaks, so we are going to continue to do an X-Men podcast that is increasingly about things you wouldn't normally get in an X-Men
- [4 stories about Batman and people in Detective Comics #1,100](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/29/detective-comics-1100/) - Detective Comics #1,100 is a big anniversary issue with a collection of stories from creators past and present from its 85+ year run. “Lost And Found” is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott.“Your Role In the Community” is written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Amancay Nahuelpan,
- [It's Dodgy Politics Day As Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Asks "What Is Starfleet?"](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/28/its-dodgy-politics-day-as-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-asks-what-is-starfleet/) - Beto Ortegas presents a documentary about a mission aboard the USS Enterprise that dares to ask, “What Is Starfleet?” in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 7 written by Kathryn Lyn & Alan B. McElroy, directed by Sharon Lewis. Mark Turetsky: Do you want me to look at you or look at the
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The Deadliest Woman in the World (w/ Josh Weil)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/28/batchat-with-matt-will-the-deadliest-woman-in-the-world-w-josh-weil/) - Lady Shiva walks through the world, leaving a trail of bodies behind her. Not a hero, but often not quite a villain, Shiva has developed relationships with many members of the Bat Family: trainer to Tim Drake, rival and sometimes member of the Birds of Prey, mother to Cassandra Cain. Josh Weil joins the show
- [Electron gets it in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Imperial War: Exiles #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/28/imperial-war-exiles-1-preview/) - The X-Men, and mutants in general, are often portrayed as underdogs, a marginalized group operating in a world that hates and fears them. Yet when it's time to do space battles, their greatest allies are the royal family of an intergalactic empire that has pressed countless alien races into its service. Sure, Lilandra has talked
- [There's something missing in Imperial War: Black Panther #1 (Hint: It's T'Challa's [REDACTED])](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/27/imperial-war-black-panther-1/) - Blamed for the assassinations that have started an all-out galactic war, T'Challa will first need to survive a brutal assault from the World-Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho before he can even think about hunting down the true culprit, and all while his spacecraft spirals towards certain doom. Imperial War: Black Panther #1 is written by
- [Super Sentai Batman, a mortal Thor, an Invisible Man and more CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/27/staff-picks-aug27/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Immortal Legend Batman #1: Humanity broke the barrier between
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 364: Mike Del Mundo talks The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/26/tcxfip-364-mike-del-mundo/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 364: Mike Del Mundo talks The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo Artist Mike Del Mundo joins the show to talk about the Kickstarter campaign for Clover Press' The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube,
- [Big-boy season continues in DC's Absolute Batman #11](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/absolute-batman-11/) - The origin of Absolute Bane is revealed, as Alfred recalls the character’s past and fears for Batman’s future. Absolute Batman #11 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Clay Mann, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Will Nevin: Whatcha more excited for: new Lego Batman or new Peacemaker? Matt Lazorwitz: Those are
- [Marvel's Imperial #3 gives the game away, then begins playing a new one altogether](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/imperial-3/) - The conflict begins to spread out to the wider universe! Find out who's really orchestrating the great game of cosmic houses as the last chance to stop a universal war presents itself. Imperial #3 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Iban Coello and Federico Vicentini, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Ariana Maher
- [EDITORIAL: Transphobic Bloodshot panels are what we get when we put IP over story, creators](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/editorial-bloodshot-valiant/) - I read Valiant Beyond: Bloodshot #1 after the panels of thinly veiled transphobic content surfaced online Friday. The cover promises “New Origin, New Universe, New Starting Point.” Because when comics’ biggest hits are DC’s Absolute books and Marvel’s Ultimate books, why not do the same? The comic is nothing I would have sought out had
- [It's an X-Man update in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Phoenix #14](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/phoenix-14-preview/) - In recent issues of Phoenix, Jean Grey sent out a wave of psychic energy to stop the Dark Gods from destroying the cosmos. Y'know, Jean stuff. In doing so, a portion of her power manifested as Sara Grey, her long-dead sister. Last month, Cable attempted to intervene to show Jean that her sister isn't real
- [Winning the Unwinnable — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Own Tail"](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/22/winning-the-unwinnable-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-the-sehlat-who-ate-its-own-tail/) - The Enterprise comes to the rescue of the USS Farragut, which has been disabled by a mysterious, massive ship, and is being commanded by the young James T. Kirk in “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Own Tail” written by David Reed & Bill Wolkoff, directed by Valerie Weiss. Mark Turetsky: You know, we haven’t been
- [BOOM's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind tie-in comic celebrates past, future](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/22/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-ritas-rewind/) - Rita Repulsa has teamed up with herself, Robo Rita, from 30 years in the future to bring down the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers before they even get started. What they weren’t counting on is the Power Rangers of the future — Rocky, Kat, Billy, Zack and Minh — traveling back in time and helping the
- [Sugar Man is a Labubu in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's X-Men #21](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/21/xmen-21-preview/) - As you've no doubt seen, this is the summer of Labubu. The jagged-toothed, fur-suit wearing, Funko-supplanting, Where the Wild Things Are-looking things - and their many replicas - are the hottest thing this side of climate change. No doubt when kids go back to school in a week or two, many of them will have
- [Ares catches these hands in Marvel's Miles Morales: Spider-Man #36](https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/21/miles-morales-spiderman-36/) - Miles Morales is the last man standing against the onslaught of Ares, the god of war. But the tournament's newest battlefield is now Miles' home turf of Brooklyn. Spider-Man draws a line in the sand. No retreat. No quarter. He knows victory will come at a cost. Is Miles willing to pay? Miles Morales: Spider-Man
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- [Battle Of The Atom: King Of The Hill](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/28/battle-of-the-atom-king-of-the-hill/) - Dang ol' Magneto, man, talkin' 'bout that next generation of mutant kids? Run aroun' using dang ol' magnets to reflec' people's mind beams and talkin' 'bout mothervine and all 'dat. Zippin' round like vrroom-bing-bop-screech-pow man. It's a, a real weird school man. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #35 (Headmaster Magneto) New Mutants #75 (King of
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- [Cartoonist Jon Adams On 12 Years of Putting Chief O'Brien Through Monotonous Hell](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/22/cartoonist-jon-adams-on-12-years-of-putting-chief-obrien-through-monotonous-hell/) - Two weeks ago, Jon Adams’ long-running webcomic Chief O’Brien At Work ended its 12 year run. In more than 400 entries, the comic featured a largely static image of Chief O’Brien as he waits for someone, anyone, to need the transporter, or, failing that, a friend. With mostly unseen supporting characters like Keiko, Commander Riker,
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- [The Outliers go Scooby-Dooing and new mutant history revealed in Uncanny X-Men #13](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/13/uncanny-xmen-13/) - In their most terrifying adventure yet, the four young Outliers discover the true meaning of Haven House and a doorway that should never be opened. Meanwhile, an otherworldly presence has set its covetous eye on one of the four young mutants, in a story that tells a never-before-told slice of the history of mutantkind. Uncanny
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- [Sometimes you gotta time loop in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Cable: Love & Chrome #4](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/10/cable-love-chrome-4-preview/) - Sometimes, you gotta Live, Die, Repeat on the Edge of Tomorrow. Sometimes, you gotta Groundhog Day. Sometimes, you gotta Happy Death Day. Sometimes, you gotta Happy Death Day 2U. Sometimes, you gotta Palm Springs. Sometimes, you gotta Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas starring Huey, Dewey and Louie. Sometimes, you gotta that episode of What If?
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- [The adventures of young Gambit in Uncanny X-Men #12](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/06/uncanny-xmen-12/) - The smoothest X-man, Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit, faces his past as an unstoppable force comes to collect a debt, whether from the Cajun’s pocket or his hide. Details of Remy’s life are revealed in Uncanny X-Men #12, written by Gail Simone, drawn by Gavin Guidry, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Adam
- [The Redesigning team drops new looks for Earth's Mightiest ... mutants?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/06/redesigning-avengers/) - Rather than picking one character this time for everyone to work on, our team each picked their favorite long-standing member of the X-Men and gave them a fresh new look. Some of these aren’t even mutants, but characters like Juggernaut, Captain America, Thor and Spider-Man have been members of the X-Men in the past. We’re
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: An Odyssey Into Madness (w/ Matt McThorn)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/20/batchat-with-matt-will-an-odyssey-into-madness-w-matt-mcthorn/) - I usually try to put something witty or informative here. But this week, Patreon backer Matt McThorn is back, and he asked us to read Neal Adams's mad dream, Batman: Odyssey. He didn't know what he was getting himself or us into, so we have forgiven him, but this one feels like an all-timer. We
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- [Marvel divas (and Forearm) unite for a Concert of Champions](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/03/concert-of-champions/) - It’s the first ever Concert of Champions, a festival bringing together the Marvel Universe’s biggest and brightest musical stars! Headliners include Dazzler, K-pop sensation Luna Snow, interdimensional rockstar Lila Cheney and Spider-Gwen. But who – or what? – is the mysterious new metal band Deep Void, and what are their sinister intentions? Concert of Champions
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- [In brightest day, in blackest night, Absolute Green Lantern leads our Staff Pick delights](https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/02/staff-picks-april2/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Absolute Green Lantern #1: Without the Corps, without the
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- [The origin of a lasso revealed in Absolute Wonder Woman #6](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/26/absolute-wonder-woman-6/) - Diana defied the will of the gods in leaving Hell, and Hades, lord of the underworld, takes that personally. But when he interrogates her, her tales surprise him. Will they change her fate? Absolute Wonder Woman #6 is written by Kelly Thomspon, drawn by Mattia De Iulis and lettered by Becca Carey, with a Li’l
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- [Battle Of The Atom: The Gold Standard](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/24/battle-of-the-atom-the-gold-standard/) - In times of economic uncertainty, many speculative investors will transition a larger portion of their assets into gold. This is generally a weird plan based on the fact that gold is nice to look at. For more in things that are nice to look at, here's Art Adams comics. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Annual
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- [The case of the Wound Man is closed in Batman: Dark Patterns #3](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/23/batman-dark-patterns-3/) - The case of the Wound Man comes to a close. Batman follows his trail to his secret past, as the Wound Man runs afoul of a family noted for its bad intentions. Batman: Dark Patterns #3 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will
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- [Absolute Batman #6 wraps the first arc and leaves us wondering about the baby suit](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/21/absolute-batman-6/) - As Batman lays siege to Black Mask’s yacht to try to stop the chaos he has started in Gotham, his friends reckon with the knowledge that he is Batman, Alfred has a conversation with his daughter, and Jim Gordon and Martha Wayne face Gothamites turned Party Animals in the final issue of the inaugural arc
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- [Absolute Flash speeds to the top of this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/19/staff-picks-march19/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Absolute Flash #1: Without the mentor, without the family,
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- [Emma Frost looks in a mirror and ponders love in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #7](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/16/exceptional-xmen-7-preview/) - Who is Emma Frost's truest love? Could it be Scott Summers, the man she comforted after the death of Jean Grey, who melted the White Queen's heart of ice? Could it be Tony Stark, the genius billionaire playboy philanthropist with whom she entered a marriage of convenience but ended up catching feelings? Could it be
- [ON THE X-MANHUNT: To attack and dethrone a goddess in X-Men #13](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/12/xmen-13/) - The X-Manhunt pits X-man against X-man in X-Men #13, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Netho Diaz, inked by Sean Parsons, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: You know I didn’t expect a soft sequel to this volume’s psychic rescue story so soon, and in the middle of a crossover.
- [Batman: Dark Patterns #4 starts a new arc that looks to be as strong as the first](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/14/batman-dark-patterns-4/) - A new arc begins as Batman must make his way through an apartment complex to save a captured police officer. The apartment complex, though, has something more sinister hiding beneath the surface. Batman: Dark Patterns #4 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Stay Golden (w/ Josh Weil)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/13/batchat-with-matt-will-stay-golden-w-josh-weil/) - Friend of the show and Patreon backer Josh Weil is a busy guy these days. Josh is running in a special election as the Democratic nominee to be the new Representative for Florida's 6th District. But Josh is such a dedicated fan that he took some time off from his busy schedule to join us
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- [The X-Manhunt continues, with Assorted Crisis Events, in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/12/staff-picks-march12/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: Assorted Crisis Events #1: Time is having a crisis.
- [Our Son Pete Ep. 32: The one with a bunch of pervy little Nightcrawlers and Nathaniel Hubbard](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/11/our-son-pete-32-excalibur-118-119/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 32: Excalibur #118-119 with Nathaniel Hubbard Guest Nathaniel "Hub" Hubbard (Titan up the Defense, Champions of Digression) joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #118-119, in which the bamfs are a bunch of pervy little gremlins and Nightmare has very specific rules about who he can and cannot
- [CON WATCH: Q Con returns for 4th annual LGBTQ+ show in May in West Hollywood](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/09/q-con-2025/) - For several years now, our man in the field Matt Lazorwitz has attended Flame Con, New York's annual LGBTQ+ comic convention, to interview creators, attend panels and generally be a good friend. But that's the East Coast. What about the West Coast? Prism Comics has just brought to our attention Q Con, Southern California's only
- [ON THE X-MANHUNT: Storm #6 is cool, but what if you want more?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/09/storm-6/) - Fugitive Charles Xavier seeks refuge in the Storm Sanctuary, Ororo Munroe’s floating home in Atlanta, and the Alaskan X-Men take notice. Will Storm and the X-Men join forces with Professor X to prevent his return to prison, or will they fall victim to opposing views that will send X-Men against X-Men in a bloody brawl
- [Neramani the bollocks, here’s the X-Manhunt in Uncanny X-Men #11](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/09/uncanny-xmen-11/) - At the end of the Orchis War, Charles Xavier surrendered himself to the authorities and allowed himself to be imprisoned in his old house. But now, something has spurred him into action, into escaping his incarceration and embarking on a mad scramble across the nation. What has caused Professor X to go on the run?
- [Cyclops finds more mutant teams to vs. in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Factor #8-slash-300](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/09/xfactor-8-preview/) - WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN CYCLOPS AND HAVOK COLLIDE, the solicit blurb asks. Well, if it's like any of the other times, nothing. Their powers cancel each other out. Every trading card has told us this. They'll switch to fists for a little bit, get tired of that and eventually move to the last resort of
- [Marvel's Doom #1 is an ode to creators in the broken universe of corporate comics](https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/17/doom-1/) - With Valeria Richards at his side, Victor Von Doom goes on a quest to harness more power than any human has ever wielded to try to stop Galactus from bringing about the death of the universe. Will he succeed, or are we all … doomed? Doom #1 is by Sanford Greene and Jonathan Hickman, with
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- [Two Harveys, one courtroom in Two-Face #4](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/07/twoface-4/) - In the depths of his mind, Harvey Dent stands trial for his crimes against his other self, in a trial that seemingly will decide which personality controls their body. Two-Face #4 is written by Christian Ward, drawn by Fabio Veras, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Will Nevin: I know we reacted
- [ADVANCE REVIEW: Image's You'll Do Bad Things #1 is a slasher with beautiful details](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/11/youll-do-bad-things-1/) - Seth Holms can’t seem to write himself a happy ending. A True Crime bestselling author, he has been trying his best to move on to lighter fare, only to find that no matter how hard he tries, something always keeps pulling him back to dark, gruesome endings for the characters whose fate he controls. He’d
- [ON THE X-MANHUNT: The kids are alright without Xavier in NYX #9](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/06/nyx-9/) - Professor Charles Xavier has escaped from Graymalkin Prison to save his daughter from an attack out in space — and he has a plan to aid her. The problem is, his former students are none too happy to see him. Is there anyone left willing to help him out? Find out in NYX #9, written
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Raining Wildcats and Dogs](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/06/batchat-with-matt-will-raining-wildcats-and-dogs/) - I have a soft spot for Wildcat, the Golden Age hero, member of the JSA, and trainer of heroes. And he has a connection to the Bat family, having trained more than one member. So this week we're reading a perfectly whacky issue of Brave and the Bold as only Bob Haney could write it,
- [CXF Interview Podcast 342: Matthew Rosenberg talks We're Taking Everyone Down with Us](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/04/tcxfip-342-matthew-rosenberg/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 342: Matthew Rosenberg talks We're Taking Everyone Down with Us Writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new Image series We're Taking Everyone Down with Us. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com,
- [X-Manhunt begins, but more importantly, Monkey Meat is back in our CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/05/staff-picks-march5/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: Monkey Meat: The Summer Batch #1: Going on vacation?
- [Charles no longer in charge: Why the X-Men need to move on from Xavier](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/04/xmen-after-charles-xavier/) - As the founder of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier has always been at the core of the franchise. Professor X and his dream of mutant-human coexistence have driven the Children of the Atom since X-Men #1 in 1963. This week, as the “X-Manhunt” crossover kicks off, Xavier is again at the center of a major
- [Metamorpho #3 shows why fab freakiness is in](https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/03/metamorpho-3/) - Welcome, freaks and freakettes, to our inaugural coverage of Al Ewing and Steve Lieber’s Metamorpho: The Element Man. We’re picking up with last week’s issue #3, in which Simon Stagg’s caveman consigliere Java embarks on a globetrotting espionage mission with the shape-shifting Urania Blackwell, aka Element Girl. Will Metamorpho, the Freak of 1,001 Changes, take
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- [A double-Deadpool dustup in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #30](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/27/miles-morales-spiderman-30/) - Spider-Man is back in Brooklyn, only to find himself in the crosshairs of Deadpool — both Deadpools! Wade Wilson has gone too far this time and messed with the wrong Spider-Man. How far will Wade go to collect on this contract, and who is pulling the strings behind this job? Miles Morales: Spider-Man #30 is
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- [Whatever happened to the Legion of Super-Heroes Part I: The golden age of fandom](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/23/legion-of-super-heroes-history-1/) - “A comic strip is like a dream… a tissue of paper reveries… It gloms an’ glimmers its way thru unreality, fancy an’ fantasy.”– Walt Kelly, Pogo “Okay, Lois… but who do you ask to help Superman?”– Paul Levitz, DC Comics Presents #43 Comics are a space for writers to write down their dreams. More than
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- [From blood covers to Gwenpool, the winners and losers from last week's ComicsPRO news](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/24/comicspro-announcements/) - This past week was ComicsPRO, the annual comics retailer meetup in Los Angeles. Think of it like upfronts for TV: The industry brings its publishers and creators before a jury of judgmental, hangry retail partners looking for the next Saga or Something Is Killing the Children they can handsell to Wednesday Warriors. This year’s ComicsPRO
- [Battle Of The Atom: D'Onofrio Style + Megacon 2025](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/24/battle-of-the-atom-donofrio-style-megacon-2025/) - RIP Zack "The Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting" Jenkins. He leaves behind a loving co-host and many people who would consider him an enemy because of jokes he made about X-Men. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #1-2 Wolverine #102.5 Excalibur Vol 4 #7-8 (Warwolves) Also in the episode: Greg Land, Marc Guggenheim, Ben Percy, Craig Kyle,
- [More mall mutt madness in Uncanny X-Men #10](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/23/uncanny-xmen-10/) - The four potential mutant recruits known as the Outliers are the target of a new, vicious and unstoppable anti-mutant weapon initiative, a cold-hearted pack of tracking Sentinels based on dogs, who use their enhanced senses and chainsaw-like teeth to hunt down and kill mutants. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide as the Outliers face the
- [A lore drop clicks things into place in DC's The New Gods #3](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/22/new-gods-3/) - Scott Free and Barda are still on the search for the child who may just bring about the end of the Fourth World, not knowing they are up against secret machinations laid down by Metron for his own mysterious ends. Before that, though, the Chronicler pulls Metron aside to tell him a story of how
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- [A Hellion of a lot of history between Julian and Laura in NYX #8](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/20/nyx-8/) - Julian Keller, aka Hellion, swung back and forth between hero and baddie for almost his entire on-page existence. Now it looks like he’s killed civilians, and he’s headed to the mutant supermax for it. Should our NYX regulars capture him or set him free? Find out in NYX #8, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin
- [The bad guy rears his ugly horns in Exceptional X-Men #6](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/19/exceptional-xmen-6/) - The next generation of mutants find work, or at least internships, at a startup that wants to read your genes and help you “fix” what’s “wrong” with them. Guess how that pans out in Exceptional X-Men #6, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. Like
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- [Zatanna and the Jersey Devil lead this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/19/staff-picks-feb19/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Zatanna #1: Zatanna Zatara, the Mistress of Magic, is
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- [Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents #1 gives 'filler' a good name](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/17/star-wars-bad-batch-ghost-agents-1/) - The Bad Batch is back for another high-octane adventure set during the Clone Wars. Their mission: to hunt down the mysterious Separatist ghost agent who executed a daring heist on Coruscant. The thief's trail leads Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair and Tech to the seediest corners of the galaxy, where kingpins and thugs threaten the clones' mission,
- [CXF mini reviews of Bug Wars, The Lucky Devils, The Seasons and Miles Morales: Spider-Man](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/16/mini-reviews-bug-wars-lucky-devils-seasons-miles-morales/) - In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these mini reviews of some recent releases. Bug Wars #1 W: Jason Aaron | A: Mahmud Asrar | C: Matthew Wilson | L: Becca Carey | P: Image It’s war in rural Alabama, as Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar’s
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- [Hellion busts out in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's NYX #8](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/16/nyx-8-preview/) - Once again, NYX proves itself to be the series most willing to engage with the Krakoan era as part of a larger discussion about what mutant society looks like now. In doing so, next week's issue flashes back to Crucible, the space where mutants on Krakoa were given the chance to die in battle for
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- [Is there any hope in Gotham in Absolute Batman #5?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/14/absolute-batman-5/) - Bruce Wayne faces a moral dilemma: let the Party Animals operate without Batman’s interference for a week and receive a large sum of money and the gang going easier on Gotham. As Bruce tries to make his decision, political wrangling makes it more clear exactly who is behind the chaos in Gotham. Absolute Batman #5
- [The hits keep on coming in Marvel's Wolverine #6](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/13/wolverine-6/) - Two Wolverines and a Nightcrawler face off against Constrictor, Cyber and Deathstrike in a clash of the adamantium titans. If Logan can't beat them, will he join them? Wolverine #6 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. What does it take to build a
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Carrying the Idiot Ball](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/13/batchat-with-matt-will-carrying-the-idiot-ball/) - Lightning can strike twice. But not often. The original Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series was a collection of classic creators doing amazing stories. DC has tried to recapture that magic multiple times, and that lightning has never quite hit again. Legends of the DC Universe was another attempt to get that magic, but
- [One World Under Doom rises in this week's CXF Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/12/staff-picks-feb12/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: One World Under Doom #1: Six months ago, Victor
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 339: Ryan North talks Marvel's One World Under Doom](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/11/tcxfip-339-ryan-north/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 339: Ryan North talks Marvel's One World Under Doom Writer Ryan North joins the show to talk about Marvel's One World Under Doom, Fantastic Four, IDW's Star Trek: Lower Decks and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and
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- [Chip Zdarsky's Batman run ends as Kylo Ren's Vader quest begins in this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/05/staff-picks-feb5/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Batman #157: With the Court of Owls' plan revealed
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- [BatChat solves mysteries in Detective Comics, Justice League Unlimited and The Question](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/24/batchat-tec-jlu-question/) - The Bat family races to save the young men targeted by the serial killer Asema. Batman confronts the killer, but the results are not what he was expecting. Detective Comics #1,093 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott. The Amazon rainforest burns with mystical fire. While
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- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 337: David Pepose talks Cable, Speed Racer & Captain Planet](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/28/tcxfip-337-david-pepose/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 337: David Pepose talks Cable, Speed Racer and Captain Planet Writer David Pepose returns to the show to talk about Marvel's Cable: Love & Chrome, Mad Cave's upcoming Speed Racer Free Comic Book Day special and Dynamite's just-announced Captain Planet. You can listen to The ComicsXF
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Farewell, Darwyn Cooke](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/23/batchat-with-matt-will-farewell-darwyn-cooke/) - Over the past 169 episodes, we have covered work from a lot of creators. And I can't think of one that we have unanimously and consistently lauded than the late Darwyn Cooke. A writer artist like few others, Cooke passed away at a tragically young age, leaving a body of work that would have only
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- [Our Son Pete Episode 7: The one where Colossus beats the $#!& outta Pete](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/21/our-son-pete-excalibur-92/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 7: The one where Colossus beats the $#!& outta Pete Nola Pfau joins Dan Grote to discuss Excalibur #92, the one where Colossus beats the crap out of Pete Wisdom. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where
- [Ultimate Wolverine #1 finds a new take on the old ultraviolence](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/19/ultimate-wolverine-1/) - To maintain control of their corner of the Maker's world, three members of his council — Magik, Colossus and Omega Red — deploy their most lethal asset: the Winter Soldier! But who is the weapon behind the mask? Ultimate Wolverine #1 is written by Chris Condon, drawn by Alessandro Capuccio, colored by Bryan Valenza and
- [Exceptional X-Men #5 shows how Kate became Kat (before she became Kitty again)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/19/exceptional-xmen-5/) - Kitty and Emma promised to train three teenage mutants so they could be heroes, protecting friends and family from bigotry and bloodshed. Will Kitty’s own now-bloody history break up the team? Find out in Exceptional X-Men #5, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. This
- [Uncanny X-Men #8 brings the 'Raid on Graymalkin' to a close](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/19/uncanny-xmen-8/) - The explosive saga ends here, with Rogue and Cyclops on opposite ends of the mutant struggle, perhaps forever! Are they honoring Xavier’s legacy or destroying it? Do they choose loyalty or the law? An all-out action issue that will affect both teams (and the entire mutant community) with devastating results. Uncanny X-Men #8 is written
- [Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #9 asks: What if Sentinels but dog?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/19/uncanny-xmen-9-preview/) - Who doesn't love a robot dog? Rush from the Mega Man games, K9 from Doctor Who, GIR from Invader Zim. Robot dogs are just metal friends. But what this comic posits is, what if robot dogs were EVIL? This isn't the first time we've seen these dog Sentinels. They've been tested in Alex Paknadel and
- [An adult queer fairy tale in The Prince in the Basement, now on Kickstarter](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/21/prince-basement-kickstarter/) - For as long as stories have been told, fairy tales have been a source of delight, fear and inspiration for children and adults alike. This is especially true for the LGBTQ+ community, who often find solace in their themes of transformation, true love and happy endings. Some LGBTQ+ creators have even gone on to create
- [Battle Of The Atom: Sacre Blu Superman](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/20/battle-of-the-atom-sacre-blu-superman/) - This episode is all about Gambit. Why? I mean, that's quite the important question. Friedrich Nietzsche said "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." Of course, Nietzsche also said "The Superman is the meaning of the earth." and I remember just enough about that time he had blue electricity powers
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: A Rags to Ragman Story](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/16/batchat-with-matt-will-a-rags-to-ragman-story/) - While nearly all of Gotham's vigilantes are affiliated in some way with Batman and his family, there are a few who stand on their own. One of those few is Ragman, one of the few canonically Jewish heroes in the DC Universe. Rory Reagan wears the suit of souls, a collection of patches that are
- [Comics starting 2025 with a bang: Diamond's bankruptcy and other signs of things to come](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/15/editorial-diamond-comic-distributors/) - On Jan. 26, my local comic shop will close for good. “18 years is a long time to do anything, really, and after that long we simply do not have the fire in our hearts that we once did to give it everything it needs,” the owners of Level Up Entertainment in Mays Landing, New
- [Dread, guilt and a clearer picture in DC's New Gods #2](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/15/new-gods-2/) - Darkseid is dead. And to some, it looks like the rest of the New Gods aren’t far behind. Prophecies and destinies rear their ugly heads, as skies darken and declare the end of everything the gods of New Genesis and Apokolips hold dear. Big things are afoot, and everyone is scrambling — for power, for
- [Ororo has a date with Doom in Marvel's Storm #4](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/16/storm-4/) - Doctor Doom has special plans for Earth's mutants. He would like to discuss them with Storm over fine cuisine and expensive wine. What could go wrong? Storm #4 is written by Murewa Ayodele, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by Alex Guimaraes and Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, and lettered by Travis Lanham. Thinking is increasingly a luxury for
- [The Ultimate Wolverine snikts it up in the 6160 at the top of this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/15/staff-picks-jan1-2/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Ultimate Wolverine #1: To maintain control of their corner
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 336: Daniel Kibblesmith talks Dynamite's Darkwing Duck](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/14/tcxfip-336-daniel-kibblesmith/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 336: Daniel Kibblesmith talks Dynamite's Darkwing Duck Writer Daniel Kibblesmith joins the show to talk about his new Darkwing Duck series at Dynamite, making holiday comics and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new
- [BatChat covers Absolute, Batman & Robin Year One, World's Finest and The Question](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/20/batchat-absolute-yearone-worldsfinest-question/) - Bruce Wayne faces a moral dilemma: let the Party Animals operate without Batman’s interference for a week and receive a large sum of money and the gang going easier on Gotham. As Bruce tries to make his decision, political wrangling makes it more clear exactly who is behind the chaos in Gotham. Absolute Batman #3
- [Battle Of The Atom: Carey On](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/13/battle-of-the-atom-carey-on/) - Once upon a time, in the years before Xavier Files, Zack and his friend Thomas started an X-Men book club where the first thing they wanted to talk about was Mike Carey's X-Men work. This is then that domino meme that gets us to this very moment nearly a decade later. Ranked This Episode: X-Men:
- [Synch feels out of sync in Marvel's NYX #7](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/12/nyx-7/) - Remember Everett Thomas, aka Synch? He’s been through a lot. He’s back. And he’s really angry at Prodigy. Find out why in NYX #7, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, drawn by Enid Balám, colored by Raúl Angulo and lettered by Joe Sabino. Two things can be true at the same time. First, mutants
- [The transitive property of Erica Schultz in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/12/laura-kinney-wolverine-2-preview/) - Erica Schultz writes Wolverine. Erica Schultz writes Daredevil. Ergo, Erica Schultz writes Wolverine teaming up with Daredevil. Check out our exclusive preview of Laura Kinney: Wolverine #2, out next week, and keep scrolling for the basic deets. And for our review of issue #1, click here. (W) Erica Schultz (A) Belviso, Giada (CA) Elena Casagrande
- [An action-packed CXF mini reviews covers The Ultimates, Sentinels, GI Joe and New Champions](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/12/mini-reviews-ultimates-sentinels-gijoe-newchampions/) - In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these mini reviews of some recent releases. The Ultimates #8 W: Deniz Camp | A: Juan Frigeri | C: Federico Blee | L: Travis Lanham | P: Marvel Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri transport their extraordinary universe building through
- [Illyana Rasputina Buster Swords for the children in Marvel's Magik #1](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/10/magik-1/) - Who’s that young adult with the giant broadsword, sorcerous powers, blond bangs, an unquenchable drive to save lost kids and enough long-term childhood trauma to fill an arena? It’s Illyana Rasputina, of course. Who’s that demonic gunfighter trying to conquer the world from his base in Juneau, Alaska? Can Illyana stop him? Find out in
- [Absolute Batman looks back, Dark Patterns rips and Batman & Robin put character first](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/10/batchat-absolute-darkpatterns-androbin/) - Step back to Bruce Wayne's earliest days as Batman, and to a time when Thomas Wayne was still alive, as the background of this new Batman starts to be filled in. Absolute Batman #4 is written by Scott Snyder from a plot by Snyder and Nick Dragotta, drawn by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, colored by Frank
- [Canto comics writer posts GoFundMe after home destroyed in California wildfire](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/09/david-booher-la-wildfire/) - The wildfires currently devastating Los Angeles have hit home for the comics community as well. Writer David M. Booher, co-creator of the indie fantasy series Canto and known for other series like Dungeons & Dragons Saturday Morning Adventures, All-New Firefly and Killer Queens, has posted a GoFundMe after his home was destroyed in the Eaton
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The World's Vilest Team!](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/09/batchat-with-matt-will-the-worlds-vilest-team/) - Batman has teamed up with pretty much every hero in the DC Universe because he's, well, Batman. He's also teamed up with many a villain. We've read stories where he worked with Lex Luthor, Ra's al Ghul and Bane. But Patreon backer Ross Holmes very specifically wanted us to read a story where he teams
- [Battle Of The Atom: Orphan & Nannymaker](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/06/battle-of-the-atom-orphan-nannymaker/) - When we think of icons, we think of them. They are X-Men characters whose names we would never confuse or mix up and certainly characters who should help Slingers sell more copies. Ranked This Episode: Hellions #1-4 Slingers #9 Avengers #298-300 (Inferno)
- [A Russian twist in Batman, a messy divorce in Two-Face and a sweet train fight in Batgirl](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/06/batchat-batman-twoface-batgirl/) - The Riddler’s plan stands revealed, but there is more to all of the chaos in Gotham, as Batman learns who has been pulling the Court of Owls’ strings. Batman #156 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Tony Daniel, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Divorce cases are often ugly things. Divorce
- [The X-Men's Magik runs a solo mission and more of this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/08/staff-picks-jan8/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Magik #1: Something ancient has awakened beneath the Alaskan
- [Our Son Pete 16: The One Where Onslaught Bums Everyone Out (with Daniel Kibblesmith)](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/07/our-son-pete-exclibur-101/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 16: Excalibur #101 with Daniel Kibblesmith Writer Daniel Kibblesmith (Archie & Friends: All Action, Netflix's Inside Job) joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #101, in which the gang returns from their London adventure to get bummed out about Onslaught and drink from Rory's carefully labeled iced
- [The Uncanny Experience to celebrate 25 years of X-Men: Evolution this summer](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/06/uncanny-experience-xmen-evolution/) - The Uncanny Experience, Minneapolis' X-Men fan convention and immersive experience, recently announced a new batch of guests for its third show this summer, along with its theme: a celebration of X-Men Evolution. For the previous two shows, The Uncanny Experience drew heavily on fan affection for X-Men: The Animated Series (and its surprisingly good follow-up,
- [What were ComicsXF's 24 favorite comics of 2024?](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/05/best-comics-of-2024/) - While those other comics sites had their year-end best-of lists ready to go by Thanksgiving, we … got busy and put it off till the last possible minute. But hey, that just means we were able to take the full scope of the year’s comics into account. In doing so, we settled on these 24
- [Love wins in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's What If ... Galactus Transformed Gambit](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/05/what-if-galactus-transformed-gambit-preview/) - People are always asking, "What if ... Galactus transformed Gambit?" But what they really should be asking is "What if ... Gambit transformed Galactus?" Picture it: Gambit teaching the Devourer of Worlds to play No Limit Hold 'Em, inviting him to ante up at a poker game on the Blue Area of the Moon with
- [Absolute Superman and the power fantasy of a working-class hero](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/05/absolute-superman-1-2/) - Three issues into each of the three flagship titles, DC’s Absolute line has hit the ground running from both a commercial and critical perspective. In a universe woven with the fabric of antilife, DC’s big three — Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman — have been cast as underdogs, railing against the hegemonic greed of institutions
- [INTERVIEW: Z Cher-Aimé talks about their animated superhero drama Captain Zero](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/03/z-cher-aime-captain-zero-interview/) - Three years ago, I had the immense pleasure of reviewing the indie superhero short film Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part I for ComicsXF. Over the holidays, I attended a virtual screening for Captain Zero Part II and recently sat down with creator, director, writer and voice actor Z Cher-Aimé to talk about the past,
- [CXF holiday gift guide Part II: Superhero comics beyond the Big Two](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/02/holiday-gift-guide-superhero-comics/) - It’s the holiday season, and what better gift to give a comic book enthusiast than comic books? If they are a superhero fan, you could just give them a book from Marvel or DC. However, superheroes are not limited to the Big Two; there are so many other options to choose from. From diverse manga
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: For Want of a Nail, the Podcast Was Lost](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/02/batchat-with-matt-will-for-want-of-a-nail-the-podcast-was-lost/) - It's the New Year's week, and if you've been listening to the podcast, you know what that means: New Year, New Batman. That's right, it's three more Elseworlds. We have Nosferatu (which is strangely more an adaptation of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari than Nosferatu), The Nail (which is more a Marvel-style What If? than
- [Dudes rock as Deadpool & Wolverine, Cable and Sam Wilson: Captain America top our Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/01/staff-picks-jan1/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Deadpool & Wolverine #1: When a fan-favorite villain is
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 335: Chris Condon talks Ultimate Wolverine & Green Arrow](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/31/tcxfip-335-chris-condon/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 335: Chris Condon talks Ultimate Wolverine, Green Arrow and more Writer Chris Condon joins the show to talk about Marvel's Ultimate Wolverine, DC's Green Arrow and more upcoming projects. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where
- [Battle Of The Atom: We Have Magneto At Home](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/battle-of-the-atom-we-have-magneto-at-home/) - In our post-truth world, it is sometimes difficult to discern what Magneto truly is. Is he a freedom fighter filled with righteous fury? A lunatic obsessed with supremacy? A kind shepherd for the next generation of his people? What this podcast posits, it that he is a South Beach yoga instructor, and you know we
- [Mutant torture porn in Psylocke #2](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/29/psylocke-2/) - With blood on her hands, Psylocke's new life is already crumbling. Can she still be the hero the world needs her to be? And how will Shinobi Shaw help her with that? Psylocke #2 is written by Alyssa Wong, drawn by Vincenzo Carratu, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Ariana Maher. If there is
- [Nathan timeslides to Fury Road in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Cable: Love & Chrome #1](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/29/cable-love-chrome-1-preview/) - Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, in which groups of cars traverse a futuristic-but-also-steampunk wasteland and do fights while we root for bisexual icons Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. While that movie is but one link in a franchise dating to 1979 and extending to
- [Raven unlocks the Magneto skin in Marvel's Mystique #3](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/29/mystique-3/) - A strategic stop in Madripoor turns into an international incident as Mystique prepares her endgame against SHIELD. But what is the mother of mutant terrorism after in Lowtown? And what have her enemies sent to deal with her? Mystique #3 is written and illustrated by Declan Shalvey, colored by Matt Hollingsworth and lettered by Clayton
- [Iceman crashes the Kitty pity party in Marvel's Exceptional X-Men #4](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/exceptional-xmen-4/) - Bobby Drake’s visiting Kitty Pryde in Chicago — but is it really him? Teen mutant Trista Marshall’s trying out for the high school musical — but is it right for her? Kitty and Emma keep training their new team — but can they keep it up? Find out in the bundle of transitions that is
- [BatChat spent Christmas catching up on Detective Comics, Last Halloween and JLU](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/batchat-tec-lasthalloween-jlu/) - Batman and Robin investigate the death of a young man under their charge, and the mysterious organization seemingly covering it up. Bruce Wayne grows closer to Dr. Scarlett Scott, but her connection to the crimes may be deeper than Bruce suspected. Detective Comics #1,092 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin
- [Staff Picks Santa is coming down your chimney with a sack full of Metamorpho](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/24/staff-picks-dec25/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: Metamorpho the Element Man #1: To know him is
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: A Happy Holiday Anthology (w/ John Wickham)](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/26/batchat-with-matt-will-a-happy-holiday-anthology-w-john-wickham/) - Happy holidays, BatChat listeners. It's the week of Christmas and Chanukah this year, so we're celebrating the holiday in the BatChat style. Patreon backer and friend of the show John Wickham is joining us to discuss three of Dc's modern holiday anthologies. Have yourself a merry everyone! DC Infinite Holiday Special #1 DC Rebirth Holiday
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 334: Ben Kahn talks Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/24/tcxfip-334-ben-kahn/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 334: Ben Kahn talks Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars Writer Ben Kahn joins the show to talk about their upcoming Oni Press graphic novel Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and
- [Fill your stocking with CXF mini reviews of Avengers, Miles Morales and Spider-Society](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/23/mini-reviews-avengers-miles-morales-spider-society/) - In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. Avengers #21 W: Jed MacKay | A: Valerio Schiti | C: Federico Blee | L: Cory Petit | P: Marvel Finally, the rematch you’ve been waiting for: Avengers vs. X-Men,
- [One year in, a look at the history of Marvel's Ultimate Universe. Both of them.](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/22/ultimate-universe-one-year-in/) - This week marks the release of Ultimate Universe: One Year In, a one-shot that celebrates the first year of Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe (Earth 6160) while giving us a tease of things to come. Looking back on the past year, it’s fair to say the Ultimate relaunch has been a resounding success. Series such as
- [Superman trailer reactions: You'll believe a CXF writer can cry](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/22/superman-trailer-reaction/) - If you asked me about my fandom loves, it depends on the day. I might say it’s X-Men, and tell you about my love for Cyclops and Rogue. I might talk about Star Wars, and how Han Solo and Luke Skywalker’s hero’s journeys resonate with me. I might even talk about the pulp adventure of
- [Xavier is busting out: Marvel announces X-Manhunt event coming in March](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/22/x-manhunt/) - Sigh. We never did get that break from Xavier, did we? After being taken into custody at the end of the Krakoan age/beginning of From the Ashes last summer and being locked up in his old house, aka Graymalkin Prison, one couldn't be blamed for thinking we might get a nice respite from the would-be
- [Battle Of The Atom: Home Alone… With Kevin?](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/23/battle-of-the-atom-home-alone-with-kevin/) - We don't have a friend or a guest named Kevin in this one. But we do have Christmas stories of VARIOUS quality. Someone help us escape from the holiday hellscape we have created for ourselves. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Vol #192 (Fun 'n' Games) Marvel Holiday Special 2004 (X-Men X-Mas) Marvel Digital Holiday Special
- [Doom takes over, and 10 more comics we're excited about in February](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/20/february-2025-comics-solicitations/) - The year of our lord 2025 brings DOOM. Not just in the sense that the incoming presidential administration keeps threatening to undo many of the systems keeping this increasingly fragile country together, but in the sense that Marvel is pushing a big Doctor Doom-centric crossover to start the year. So yeah, lots of doom, just
- [DC's New Gods #1's art dazzles as its story leaves us wanting more](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/19/new-gods-1/) - Darkseid is dead, and there is a void in the universe, throwing intricately held balances into disarray. As the cosmos adjusts to the loss of this important figure, Metron is granted a vision of what’s to come — a child, destined to either change the world as we know it or bring it all crashing
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: They Used to Be Friends (w/ Josh Weil)](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/19/batchat-with-matt-will-they-used-to-be-friends-w-josh-weil/) - There was a time in the pre-Crisis days when Batman and Superman were the best of friends. But then the Crisis, and Frank Miller, came along, and things changed. For most of a decade, Batman and Superman's relationship ranged from confrontational to cordial. Patreon backer Josh Weil returns this week to trace the evolution of
- [A crossover with Sentinels in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Mystique #3](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/19/mystique-3-preview/) - In this week's Sentinels #3 by Alex Paknadel and Justin Mason (which we previewed last week), the team goes to Madripoor on a mission to apprehend Fabian Cortez, who - SPOILERS - is actually using his powers to heal the people of Lowtown, because apparently some people did learn lessons from their time on Krakoa.
- [Valiant goes BEYOND for Ultimate-style universe reboot this spring](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/18/valiant-beyond/) - In the beginning, there was the Ultimate Universe, and people saw that it was good. Then there was the Energon Universe, and people saw those Daniel Warren Johnson panels of robots doing suplexes and they were all, "YO, THIS RIPS!" Then there was the Absolute Universe, and people are still waiting for Al Ewing and
- [Battle Of The Atom: Soundwave Pterodactyl](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/17/battle-of-the-atom-soundwave-pterodactyl/) - Guess who had to resist screeching the entire episode? Hint: it's the host who, for reasons unknown to himself, spends a shocking amount of this episode defending PAD X-Factor, a run he doesn't really like all that much. People are complicated... Ranked This Episode: X-Force #31 Spider-Woman #37-38 X-Factor #237-239
- [You have new New Gods now, and more of this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/18/staff-picks-dec18/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: New Gods #1: An old god has died, and
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 333: Caitlin Yarsky talks Living Hell](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/17/tcxfip-333-caitlin-yarsky/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 333: Caitlin Yarsky talks Living Hell Caitlin Yarsky joins the show to talk about her Dark Horse Comics series Living Hell and play some Demon Trivia. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move
- [Uncanny X-Men #7 has us asking: Why is the beef?](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/15/uncanny-xmen-7/) - The Raid on Graymalkin continues as two conflicting teams of X-Men come to a crossroads at the former Xavier Institute. As if the Perimeter protocols and the prison's mutant Trustees weren't enough, team leaders Rogue and Cyclops find themselves at war over the uncertain legacy of Charles Xavier. Uncanny X-Men #7 is written by Gail
- [Is this really Magneto in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Sentinels #3?](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/15/sentinels-3-preview/) - According to Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman's X-Men, Magneto is in a wheelchair suffering from "resurrection-linked degenerative sickness," a new disease that so far seems to affect only him. How, then, does he appear in this issue of Sentinels, seemingly at full strength, menacing both the team AND former traitorous hanger-on Fabian Cortez? Is it
- [The BatChat boys LOVE Batman: Dark Patterns. Other comics are here, too.](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/13/batchat-darkpatterns-androbin-lasthalloween-batscoob/) - In the early days of his career, Batman investigates a series of strange, brutal murders that seem designed to make the victims experience the maximum amount of pain. Follow a detective story from the beginning in Batman: Dark Patterns #1, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by
- [X-Chat #18: An all new All New Wolverine and the best issue of X-Men yet!](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/12/x-chat-18-an-all-new-all-new-wolverine-and-the-best-issue-of-x-men-yet/) - The X-Men shows you DON’T mess with them, in X-Men #8, written by Jed MacKay; drawn by Ryan Stegman; inked by JP Mayer, John Livesay and Stegman; colored by Marte Gracia, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Laura Kinney FINALLY gets her own book again in Laura Kinney: Wolverine #1, written by Erica Schultz, art by
- [An Ultimate Universe check-in, the best Wolverine, young Batman and more Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/11/staff-picks-dec11/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Rasmus’ pick: Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1: The heroes of
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: A Black & White Episode](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/12/batchat-with-matt-will-a-black-white-episode/) - Last week was three random books from Will's collection. This week is three stories that Matt has wanted to cover that don't easily fit in with any themes he has come up with yet. We read some more black and white stories, the sequel to a highly ranked sorry by a late, great writer and
- [For a comic with a sex scene, Storm #3 could use more passion](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/11/storm-3/) - The cost of Doctor Voodoo’s medical treatment is the loss of Storm’s powers for seven days. Ororo seeks refuge with her former teammates, the Uncanny X-Men, but it doesn't turn out to be the relaxing holiday she thought it would be. A secret that aches the heart is born, and it sends Storm into the
- [Does Dazzler #4 demand an encore? ](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/11/dazzler-4/) - The Dazzler tour returns for one last big show in the Big Apple in Dazzler #4, written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro and Alan Robinson, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher. Previously in Loo and Loureiro’s Dazzler, Lila Cheney and Alison Blaire had a fun night out in Tokyo, only
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 332: Michael Conrad & John Pearson talk In Bloom](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/10/tcxfip-332-conrad-pearson/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 332: Michael Conrad & John Pearson talk In Bloom Michael Conrad and John Pearson join the show to talk about their new BOOM Studios series In Bloom. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new
- [Uncanny X-Men #6 doesn’t make the grade](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/08/uncanny-xmen-6/) - It’s back to school for four young mutants, but is a rural school in Louisiana ready for this crew? Bullies, terrible lunches and classroom flirting abound, but is one of the student body the prophesied Endling who will be the last member of mutantkind? Uncanny X-Men #6 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by Javier
- [The best Wolverine, Laura Kinney, gets some new looks in our latest Redesigning challenge](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/08/redesigning-laura-kinney-wolverine/) - With her new solo series debuting next week, our group finally got to Wolverine! No, not that one, the other one. The one the Krakoa era firmly established as a Wolverine in her own right. The one who’s more popular with certain circles of the internet. Laura Kinney, aka Wolverine, aka X-23, aka Talon, aka
- [Redesigning Pixie](https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/27/redesigning-pixie/) - Half-mutant, half-fairy, 100% Pixie. One of the breakout stars of the Academy X generation, Megan Gwynn aka Pixie, created by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, and Michael Ryan, was thrust into the spotlight in the early 2000’s and filled the role of the young newcomer to the team, like Kitty Pryde before her. Relentlessly positive, sparkly,
- [Wendigo cub, yes, adamantium plot, no, in Marvel's Wolverine #4](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/06/wolverine-4/) - The return of the villainous Constrictor means trouble for Wolverine, but more than Logan could possibly realize. What's wrong with Constrictor, and what does it mean for Wolverine's future … and past? Wolverine #4 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. Logan! Go on,
- [BatChat makes up for lost time with Batman, 'Tec, Two-Face and Justice League Unlimited](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/06/batchat-batman-tec-twoface-jlu/) - Jim Gordon is in jail for the murder of the mayor of Gotham, and Batman must find out the truth about what his friend may or may not have done. But with Riddler and the Court of Owls circling, what can Bruce Wayne do to protect himself and all he cares about? Batman #155 is
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Cacophony Means Clashing Sounds. It Fits.](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/05/batchat-with-matt-will-cacophony-means-clashing-sounds-it-fits/) - We're back picking through random volumes of mostly weird stuff from Will's bookshelf that he hasn't read before. We return to the wonder that is the Batman '66 follow up series, a sequel to a classic Batman story that may not be as classic and some more Kevin Smith Batman that is something else. Trigger
- [We rank the Reavers in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Dazzler #4](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/05/dazzler-4-preview/) - While most certainly not the big bad who's been operating from the shadows this whole time, this preview of Dazzler does feature the Reaver Pretty Boy, who is the one with the handsome face atop a robot body. WHICH GOT US THINKING. How would you rank the OG Reavers? Here's our informal ranking. No. 1:
- [Panic! at the Disco Dazzler show in Marvel's NYX #6](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/04/nyx-6/) - Life in New York is exhausting. Let’s dance. Good thing Dazzler’s in town. Score tickets somehow and queue for the show in NYX #6, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, penciled by Michael Shelfer, inked by Shelfer and Elisabetta D’Amico, colored by Raúl Angulo and lettered by Joe Sabino. And we’re back: The mutants-take-Manhattan
- [The 2024 ComicsXF Holiday Gift Guide Part I](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/02/2024-comicsxf-holiday-gift-guide/) - Can it really be the holidays again so soon? That’s right, folks, we’ve taken another trip around the sun, and it’s time to gather those you love close and enjoy the holidays! No matter what you’re celebrating, you just have to get that special something for those special someones in your life. That’s where we
- [Battle Of The Atom: Not Pro-Murder](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/09/battle-of-the-atom-not-pro-murder/) - For legal reasons, the hosts of Battle Of The Atom need to affirm that we explicitly do not endorse murder as defined in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1112. 18 U.S.C. § 1111. This episode discusses fictional events and characters and any statements or inferences about one or both of the hosts being "pro-murder" must be taken
- [Two-Face flips a coin to see what else makes the rest of our Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/04/staff-picks-dec4/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Two-Face #1: After years of internal conflict, both halves
- [New TMNT, Wheeler Walker Jr. and a Balatro update: More reasons to avoid The Void](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/03/the-void-2/) - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nose pimples. Cincinnati chili. Taking six guesses to figure out Wordle. There are any number of reasons to sink slowly, softly and sadly into blackness. These are some of my reasons to keep my head up. Eight Million Ways to Die, graphic novel adaptation Here’s
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 331: Vita Ayala & Skylar Patridge talk Finders/Keepers](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/03/tcxfip-331-ayala-patridge/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 331: Vita Ayala & Skylar Patridge talk Finders/Keepers Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics one-shot Finders/Keepers, part of The Horizon Experiment. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 330: Michel Fiffe talks Death of Copra](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/01/tcxfip-330-michel-fiffe/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 330: Michel Fiffe talks Death of Copra Michel Fiffe joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image Comics miniseries Death of Copra, winding down his 12-year DIY superhero revenge saga. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and
- [Our EXCLUSIVE preview of NYX #6 teases a special guest. We're not saying who.](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/01/nyx-6-preview/) - NYX is a book about younger mutants - the ones most analogous to Zoomers - finding community as a post-Krakoan diaspora. It's also an odd burst of 2000s nostalgia, as it largely centers on characters who were created during that decade, an era when Marvel introduced dozens of new mutants (lowercase N, lowercase M) in
- [Murderworld drifts into Tokyo in Marvel's Dazzler #3](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/27/dazzler-3/) - Dazzler and Lila Cheney party in Tokyo, only to be attacked by Arcade. Dazzler #3 is written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher. Previously in Loo and Loureiro’s Dazzler, a British talk-show host was a complete wanker to Alison before an opportunistic mutant production assistant
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: All Ages Thanksgiving 2024](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/28/batchat-with-matt-will-all-ages-thanksgiving-2024/) - Our annual all ages Thanksgiving episode is back, with a new volume of Wayne Family Adventures. the sequel to the charming Batman & Robin & Howard and a one off crime story from the animated universe. Wayne Family Adventures V.2 (Batman: Wayne Family Adventures #26-51) Batman and Robin and Howard: Summer Breakdown OGN How This
- [Battle Of The Atom: Science Cussin'](https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/02/battle-of-the-atom-science-cussin/) - Son of a Bromide, those Gallium Darmstadtium BotA Boyz are at it again with their stretching of what counts as an X-Men comic. This time it's about Dr. Nemesis. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Smoke & Blood Lightning Comics #6 X-Men: Blind Science
- [The Justice League expands and Black Canary goes a-punching in this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/27/staff-picks-nov27/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Scott’s pick: Justice League Unlimited #1: Darkseid's death has triggered a
- [Avalanche shakes things up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Mystique #2](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/24/mystique-2-preview/) - Dominikos "Avalanche" Petrakis didn't get much to do on Krakoa. Unless I missed an X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic - which I definitely did - his only real moment came when he was nominated for the 2022 X-Men vote, a race in which he and a number of other mutants were set up to lose to
- [All-New, All-Different X-Men?! Marvel offers a peek into 2025 with Free Comic Book Day titles](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/24/marvel-free-comic-book-day-2025/) - Marvel on Monday announced five Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles, some offering warm-ups to big summer storylines, some offering sampler platters of regular titles, and one advertising shows on Disney Jr. Perhaps most relevant to this website's interests, a Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men book teases "the birth of the All-New, All-Different X-Men," in a story
- [Valiant to release Artist's Edition of Quesada and Palmiotti's X-O Manowar #0 (EXCLUSIVE)](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/24/xo-manowar-0-artists-edition/) - Who doesn't love an artist's edition book? It's a great way to cut through the noise of a classic story and appreciate an artist's process in oversized black and white, letting the pencils and inks do the talking. Valiant today announced, exclusively through ComicsXF, that it will publish an Artist's Edition of 1993's X-O Manowar
- [Battle Of The Atom: The Mutant Age Has Now Begun with David Brothers](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/25/battle-of-the-atom-the-mutant-age-has-now-begun-with-david-brothers/) - X-Men: The Manga: Remastered editor David Brothers joins the boys for a deep dive into the remaster of the manga adaptation of the cartoon adaptation of the X-Men comics. Like an onion, this episode has layers.
- [The one song missing from The Power Fantasy playlist](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/22/power-fantasy-99-luftballoons/) - In many regards one of the most inexplicable snubs from The Power Fantasy playlist, “99 Luftballons” was a 1983 single by the band NENA. It was inspired by guitarist Carlo Karges attending a Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin and witnessing a bunch of balloons hover in the air. He then wondered what would happen
- [Mark Waid continues to be good at comics in BatChat (Plus, The Question in space!)](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/22/batchat-yearone-worldsfinest-question/) - While Two-Face joins forces with the General, and Batman and Robin experience growing pains in their relationship, Bruce Wayne faces a threat like none he has ever experienced: Gotham Child Protective Services. Batman & Robin: Year One #2 is written by Mark Waid, drawn and colored by Chris Samnee and lettered by Clayton Cowles and
- [Wolverine #3 Does Lone Wolf and Cub with a Wendigo, to pleasing effect.](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/21/wolverine-3-does-lone-wolf-and-cub-with-a-wendigo-to-pleasing-effect/) - As reviewers, we often have access to issues a few days — sometimes week — ahead of time, depending on the publisher and the particular issue. Gives us time to really soak things in and perhaps revisit them a few times before putting proverbial pen to paper and recording our thoughts. As I cracked open
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Catman, Catman, Burning Bright (w/ Matt McThorn)](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/21/batchat-with-matt-will-catman-catman-burning-bright-w-matt-mcthorn/) - Batman rogues have some seriously strange evolutions. Some, like the Joker, have a path you can easily follow. Others, like Mr. Freeze, have just become completely different over the years. Another like that is Catman, created in the mid-Silver Age as yet another anti-Bat before becoming a joke character, and then evolving into a morally
- [Masumi is the black orb over Tokyo in The Power Fantasy #4](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/power-fantasy-4/) - Masumi's latest art exhibit opens tonight. Tokyo is petrified. Will any critic dare say what they think and risk unleashing her wrath? Meanwhile, Etienne discovers the dangers of long-haul flights when you've just murdered a world leader. The Power Fantasy #4 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Clayton Cowles and
- [Ororo goes it alone - but why though? - in Storm #2](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/storm-2/) - An unknown form of radiation poisoning from the Oklahoma incident has turned her cells into ticking time bombs. As her final hours count down, will she find a cure for her illness at Night Nurse’s new superhero hospital, or will it require enchantments from Doctor Voodoo to save her life? Storm #2 is written by
- [Kate Pryde finds her calling as a teacher in Exceptional X-Men #3](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/exceptional-xmen-3/) - Kate Pryde thought she had quit teaching teenage mutants how to get by in a world that hates and fears them. Emma Frost wants her to pick up where she left off. She won’t even have to leave Chicagoland this time. Find out if Emma gets what Emma wants in Exceptional X-Men #3, written by
- [The Question side-eyes the entire Justice League and more of this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/staff-picks-nov20/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1: In the
- [Ms. Marvel and Wolverine are the new Odd Couple in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for NYX #7](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/19/nyx-7-mason-cove/) - The 1965 Neil Simon play The Odd Couple, later made and remade into a number of movies and TV shows, posits that two divorced, middle-aged men who exist in an imaginary binary of cleanliness are fertile grounds for comedy. This variant cover by Justin Mason for NYX #7, out Jan. 8, posits a similar scenario
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 329: Marco Finnegan talks Oni Press' Calavera, P.I.](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/19/tcxfip-329-marco-finnegan/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 329: Marco Finnegan talks Oni's Calavera, P.I. Marco Finnegan joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press book, Calavera, P.I. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can
- [Marvel's NYX #5 misses the mark by about a week](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/nyx-5/) - Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad mutant Manuel de la Rocha staged a fight between his ally Julian Keller and Jersey City’s favorite do-gooder, Ms. Marvel, to provoke a crackdown on mutants, so that radicalized, even-more-oppressed mutants would support Manuel’s fake revolution. See whether his evil plan works in NYX #5, written by Jackson Lanzing
- [Pepperidge Farm remembers Onslaught in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel's Sentinels #2](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/sentinels-2-preview/) - The year was 1996. I was 16 years old and had only been collecting comics for about three years. It was the summer of Onslaught. I remember being excited for the big linewide crossover. Finally, the thing the X-books had been teasing since the end of the Age of Apocalypse - not to mention the
- [A tribute to Brooklyn, the character at the heart of a pulled Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur episode](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/moon-girl-devil-dinosaur-brooklyn/) - A few weeks ago, it was announced that Marvel would be canceling Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur after only two seasons, and I wrote an op-ed about why the show deserved better. To add insult to injury, Disney has pulled an upcoming episode of Moon Girl from airing on Disney Channel due to the fact
- [Rogue gets her Pygmalion on as Uncanny X-Men #5 wraps the series' first arc](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/uncanny-xmen-5/) - The brutal conclusion to the “Red Wave” storyline is here. The Uncanny X-Men face an unstoppable force of evil and death who reveals a shocking secret, but they may not survive long enough to face it. Will the next generation of young mutants stand by Rogue and her team or join the other side? Uncanny
- [Alfred crashes the Absolute Batman party as the Kryptonian Age reaches its midpoint in BatChat](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/16/batchat-absolute-androbin-gaslight/) - Alfred Pennyworth watches the Batman’s war with Roman and his Party Animals, while readers get a better feeling for the world of this very different Bruce Wayne. Absolute Batman #2 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Batman and Robin must escape the inferno
- [Xavier Files entry 123: Psylocke (Kwannon)](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/15/xavier-files-123-psylocke/) - In honor of the launch of a new Psylocke solo series, we're updating the longstanding Xavier Files entry on everyone's favorite telepathic ninja! Remember, you can help choose who we add to our Mutant Master Rankings. Support ComicsXF on Patreon at the $8-a-month level or higher, and you can request either a new entry to
- [GI Joe fights for freedom as the X-Men's Psylocke stabs ... for ... strudel? ... in this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/13/staff-picks-nov13/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: GI Joe #1: Conrad Hauser, Codename Duke, has assembled
- [Xavier Files entry 035: Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)](https://comicsxf.com/2016/07/07/entry-035-psylocke/) - Art by the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Team Name: Elizabeth Braddock Code Names: Psylocke, Captain Britain First Appearance: Captain Britain #8 (1978) Powers: Telepathy, Telekinesis, the ability to teleport though shadows on occasion Teams Affiliation: STRIKE, RCX, X-Men, Exiles, X-Force About The X-Men have always been closely related to the adolescent experience and few things are more crucial to
- [The X-Men's Kwannon takes a vacation ... OF PAIN ... in Psylocke #1](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/13/psylocke-1/) - Trained to be an assassin since birth, Kwannon chose to be an X-man. But there are still some jobs too dirty for the X-Men. And some paths have to be walked alone. Psylocke #1 is written by Alyssa Wong, drawn by Vincenzo Carratù, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Ariana Maher. Everyone knows (even
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- [BatChat With Matt & Will: The Proper Pronunciation of Constantine](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/14/batchat-with-matt-will-the-proper-pronunciation-of-constantine/) - It's been a while, but we're returning to the three runs that we're following in order. In No Man's Land, we take a break from big story revelations for an anthology month of four of shots. In Grant Morrison's run, Dick Grayson brings Batman's corpse to England to a Lazarus Pit and learns something unexpected
- [Anthologies, Balatro and other things we're using to fill the unfathomable void inside us this week](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/12/filling-the-void-week-1/) - The election. Good god, the election. His stupid face. Gleeful ignorance. Elon Musk. A single square of toilet paper on an otherwise barren roll. Decaf coffee. Stephen Miller. Four more years. There are any number of reasons to sink slowly, softly and sadly into blackness. These are some of my reasons to keep my head
- [Battle Of The Atom: My On-Fire-Motorcycle-Skeleton Friend](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/11/battle-of-the-atom-my-on-fire-motorcycle-skeleton-friend/) - The horrors around us, they persist. But so does the Spirit of Vengeance. Adam and Zack continue celebrating Halloween longer than most people by talking about Ghost Rider because it was the best use of their mental energy on a Tuesday night. Ranked This Episode: Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: The Dark Design Ghost Rider v3 #9 (X-Factor)
- [The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 328: Alex Segura talks Alter Ego, The Question and more](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/12/tcxfip-328-alex-segura/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 328: Alex Segura talks Alter Ego, The Question, Star Wars and more Writer Alex Segura joins the show to talk about his new novel Alter Ego, the release of The Legendary Lynx in trade, DC's The Question: All Along the Watchtower, his recent Star Wars work,
- [Batgirl flies solo as Batman solves a murder and the Scooby Gang helps Oracle in BatChat](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/08/batchat-batman-batscoob-batgirl/) - Mayor Nakano has been murdered, and Batman and Jim Gordon are on the case. Their investigation leads them to the alliance between the Riddler and the Court of Owls, as well as deceit and secrets between Nakano and his wife. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne investigates the possibility of a secret brother coming to light. Batman #154
- [The Cuckoos' plot revealed in our EXCLUSIVE preview of NYX #5](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/07/nyx-5-preview/) - OK, let me see if I've got this straight: Sophie is the one currently starring apart from her sisters in NYX but who is still very much in on their current plot alongside Hellion and Empath. Esme is the one who went nuts on Kick and appeared to be in love with Magneto ... or
- [BatChat With Matt & Will: Batgirl Doesn't Talk, But We Do](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/07/batchat-with-matt-will-batgirl-doesnt-talk-but-we-do/) - A fixture in the Bat titles from 1999-2011, and again since Rebirth, Cassandra Cain was the second full time Batgirl. Trained from birth to be a living weapon, Cassandra had to learn not just how to fit in with the Bat family, but how to fit in among normal people. This week, just in time
- [The Ultimates #6 spills the tea on death, destiny and empire](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/06/ultimates-6/) - The entire roster of the Ultimates unites for the first time in this high-octane, climactic conclusion of the first arc. Iron Lad has a plan to defeat the Hulk, the most powerful and imposing member of the Maker’s Council. But has he gotten his team in over their heads? The Ultimates #6 is written by
- [Absolute Superman saves the day, or at the very least this week's Staff Picks](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/06/staff-picks-nov6/) - Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Bonus pick: Absolute Superman #1: Without the fortress, without the family,
- [All's Wells that ends Wells in Amazing Spider-Man #60](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/05/amazing-spiderman-60/) - Writer Zeb Wells ends his nearly three-year run on Amazing Spider-Man with a quiet issue #60 alongside artists John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness, Paolo Rivera, Todd Nauck and Patrick Gleason; inkers Scott Hanna and Mark Farmer; colorists Marcio Menyz, Rachelle Rosenberg and Edgar Delgado; and letterer Joe Caramagna, while Joe Kelly, Mark Buckingham, Delgado and
- [Ultimate Wolverine, a Storm celebration and 10 more comics we're excited about in January](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/04/comics-january-2025/) - Happy new year! What, we can start celebrating Christmas on Nov. 1 but we can’t start prepping for New Year’s? You people make no sense. Anyway, we here at CXF took a peek at the January solicits, and here are a few of the things we’re excited for. MARVEL Ultimate Wolverine #1: The new iteration
- [The CXF Interview Podcast 2024 New York Comic Con Special](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/05/tcxfip-327-new-york-comic-con/) - The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast 2024 New York Comic Con Special Dan reports from New York with guests Zack Quaintance, Tim Seeley, Brad & Lisa Gullickson, Juan Ferreyra, Andy Khouri, Fred Van Lente, Joey Esposito and Sean Von Gorman. For more NYCC coverage, check out last week's Battle of the Atom
- [Battle Of The Atom: Third Favorite Halloween Themed Character](https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/04/battle-of-the-atom-third-favorite-halloween-themed-character/) - Legally, it's not Halloween anymore. But the bad boy of X-Men podcasting doesn't care. We're doing Halloween! Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited v2 #1 Crypt of the Shadows #1 (2022) (Laura Kinney v Man-Thing) X-Force v1 #92 (Halloween Jack v Domino)
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