The new Valkyrie finds her weapon as the Choosers Of The Slain come together in Jason Aaron, Torunn Grønbekk, Nina Vakueva, Tamra Bonvillain, and Joe Sabino’s King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3. Marvel’s Valkyrior are a rich source for story but often under-used, sacrificed, or positioned as punchline (especially in earlier appearances, especially…
Did Doctor Aphra and Sana Staros survive their firey death? Let’s find out in Doctor Aphra #9 written by Alyssa Wong with art by Minkyu Jung, inks by Victor Olazaba, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg and letters by Joe Caramagna. We’re back with part four of The Engine Job! Tragically, Aphra and Sana died at the…
What a weird one. We’re talking about cartoons mostly, but also adaptations of those cartoons. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Animation Special X-Men: Evolution #1-6 X-Men: The Manga #1-4
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents Our Son Pete Episode 11: The One with the London Hellfire Club Strap on your fanciest leather bondage gear, we’re starting the London Hellfire Club arc with special guest Dr. Anna Peppard (Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! podcast). Together we discuss the Wisdom-Lockheed feud, the branding of spy apparatus,…
Friends and readers, welcome to Threefer Madness! This week we’ve got a combination of a new #1, the end of one writer’s tenure, and some heckin’ space adventures. Join writers Vishal Gullapalli and Tony Thornley as we delve into this comics in our traditional conversation Marvel Files Fashion! Iron Man 2020 #1 Arno Stark is…
While the fallout from the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy and sale continues to become public at a pace we can’t keep up with (shoutout to Heidi MacDonald at The Beat for staying on top of that raging dumpster fire), a new company has entered the comics distribution market. Philbo Distribution began taking orders July 1…
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: X-Men — Age of Revelation Overture #1: X years…
I’m not at SDCC, I’m one of those losers refreshing a Twitter feed like a mad man looking for new information about the Dawn Of X books. We already got the titles (thanks to some very dedicated fans yesterday) but now we know more! Johnathan Hickman set the mood after fans cheered for him saying…
Art by Jim Cheung Name: En Sabah Nur Code Names: Apocalypse First Appearance: X-Factor #5 (June 1986) Powers: Total Molecular Control Teams Affiliation: The Clan Akkaba, The Horsemen, The Dark Riders About In his Principals of Biology Herbert Spencer wrote, “This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which…
To honor the memory of Professor X, Magneto leads his band of mutant rebels to restore hope to a world that fears and hates them…and doesn’t really exist. Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 is written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Back…
Worf is angry with Spock, Spock is distrustful of Lore, Ro and Torres can’t get along, and the new Orion pirate crewmember is a great big wildcard. What could go wrong for the Defiant? Meanwhile, Data runs a game of Dungeons and Dragons Nonspecific D20-Based Open License Fantasy TTRPG for the Theseus crew in Star…
It’s the end of a long, winding, and politically muddled road in “One World, One People” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: Welp the six week journey of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has concluded and despite looking like it would end strong last week with it’s high point, the…
It’s an explosive week in Gotham City (which is a bad pun, since there are a lot of bombs going off, but we’re standing by it). Bruce Wayne faces down Magistrate-1 and Red Hood is on the run in Future State: Dark Detective #4, featuring: “Dark Detective,” written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora,…
Long after the rock out of space struck the world and turned it all to dust, in Bakerstown stands the last radio station on the planet. Radio Apocalypse broadcasts into the unknown, a beacon in the dark for those who wander the lost places. Now change is coming to Bakerstown in Radio Apocalypse #1, written…
Three and a half years ago, Saga ended on something of a major moment. What was supposed to be a longish hiatus turned into a long hiatus, but that’s over. Hazel, Alana, The Will and some other friends old and new are back in Saga #55, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan…