Jude Jones: For two issues we’ve been reviewing Wolverine: Black, White & Blood. And for two issues we’ve been on the same page: the work has been pretty mediocre – at best. Yet here we are, on issue three and, well… Jason Large: I don’t know if something has changed now that we’re on part…
Cable and the romantic lead of his current miniseries, Avery Ryder, make a cute couple. They’re both soldiers, they both have the technoorganic virus, they both have big, metal arms and cool weapons and say dry, cool, action-hero-y things. I hope these two kids make it, but given writer David Pepose’s elevator pitch for the…
Of all superheroes, Batman seems to have spawned more characters that are dark reflections of him than any other. Sure, Superman has Bizarro, and Spider-Man has Venom, but Batman has a legion of the them: Killer Moth, Bane, Hush, Owlman (the Lincoln March one), Wrath, Prometheus. There are enough to fill multiple episodes, so we…
Name: Logan, James Howlett Code Names: Wolverine, Weapon X First Appearance: Incredible Hulk #181 (Nov ’74) Powers: Enhanced senses, healing factor, claws Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers, Alpha Flight, X-Force, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Weapon X About It’s almost a parody how much little boys want to be a cowboy. It isn’t founded in any sort of reality, it…
Have you ever thought, “Man, I sure do love ComicsXF, but I wish there was a physical version of the website I could hold in my hand and take with me to the beach so I don’t get sand in my phone or tablet.” Well, everybody look under your seats … SIKE! There’s nothing down…
Connor Young just discovered the amulet that makes him a masked, flying hero. He’s also just discovered that he has MS. He’s not the same confident teenage hoops star everyone thought he was. So who’s he gonna be? Darkhawk #2, written by Kyle Higgins, art by Juanan Ramirez, colors by Erick Arciniega, letters by VC’s…
What if your best friend was the devil? What would you do? Spray-paint pentagrams on the sides of big-box stores? Listen to awesome heavy metal music? Bully old ladies? Participate in blood orgies? Manipulate foreign countries to war? MURDER BABIES?! BABY MURDERER! If you’re Edith “Eddie” Miller, you and your sexy, pale, Edward Cullen-looking young…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 194: Bayou Billy Shakespeare with John Lees Writer John Lees joins the show to talk about his AWA wrestling-and-Shakespeare comic “Crimson Cage” and all the bodyslams and iambic pentameter that inspired it. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
This week we have two dudes with a podcast talking about Carol Danvers. Which is the most concerning sentence you could say in 2019. Ranked This Episode:
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,…
Happy Hour #1 Writer: Peter Milligan, Artist: Michael Montenat, Colorist: Felipe Sobreiro, Letterer: Rob Steen, Publisher: AHOY It’s 12:48 a.m. Central Standard Time. I am watching what seems to be my 86th consecutive hour of MSNBC (because it is a Rick Santorum-free zone), but all I really want is to go to bed. Well, that’s…
You know about the Phalanx? Well we sure do now and we spend some time talking about them. The good news is you get some hot beats from Retcon X at the end. Ranked This Episode: Phalanx Covenant: Generation Next Phalanx Covenant: Life Signs Phalanx Covenant: Final Sanction Check out Retcon X on Soundcloud Check…
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:
A killer emerges and horrifies a city and the world … but then sticks around in Maniac of New York #1 by writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito. The dead rise and the Old Ones awaken. More Lovecraftian horror abounds in Miskatonic #4 by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist…
Marc Guggenheim is the mind behind X-Men Gold and CW’s Arrow and has previously written Wolverine, X-Men, and Young X-Men. He sat down with Xavier Files to discuss the ResurrXion of the X-Men. Xavier Files: The X-Men mean a lot of different things to different people, but what do the X-Men stand for in your eyes? Marc Guggenheim: It…