Time for the Sweet Sixteen day 2 in Mutant Madness 2017! You can see the winners from the last round here. #MutantMadness Sweet 16 Day 2 — Xavier Files (@XavierFiles) March 24, 2017 #MutantMadness Sweet 16 Day 2! — Xavier Files (@XavierFiles) March 24, 2017 #MutantMadness Sweet 16 Day 2!! — Xavier Files (@XavierFiles) March…
Ghosts and a medium lead to robberies. Not exactly unusual for a Scooby-Doo story. But there’s some more to this issue than meets the eye in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #4, written by Amanda Deibert, drawn by Scott Jeralds, colored by Carrie Strachan and lettered by Saida Temofonte. The truth about Jace’s mother has…
Art by Rafa Sandoval, and Matthew Wilson Name: Joanna Cargill Code Names: Frenzy First Appearance: X-Factor #4 (1986) Powers: Strength, Stamina, and Durability Teams Affiliation: Alliance of Evil, Femizons, Acolytes, X-Men About One of the most constant trope of the X-Men, and really comics in general, is a villain turning over a new leaf and joining the heroes. From…
A crew of intrepid journalists ventures back to the scene of the movie Aliens…and into inevitable chaos. Aliens: Aftermath is written by Benjamin Percy, with art by Dave Wachter, colors by Chris Sotomayor, and letters by Ariana Maher. Taking place in the nuclear winter-weakened remnants of Hadley’s Hope — the colony on LV-426 central to…
And there came a day, quite like many, many others, when one of Earth’s mightiest heroes chose a team to be Earth’s newest line of protection. It’s an all new (but not that All-New) Avengers #1, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa, colored by Federico Blee, and lettered by Cory Petit. Armaan Babu:…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 156: Yes We Canto with David Booher and Drew Zucker The co-creators of Canto, David M. Booher and Drew Zucker, talk to us about the little clockwork knight that became a creator-owned hit for IDW. Also: Dogs! Stephen King! Grogu? You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
The First Family’s title finally remembers it’s about families in Fantastic Four #31. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by Jesus Arburtov, and lettered by Joe Caramagna, Fantastic Four #31 finds the Richards Family attempting to ground themselves in the wake of Knull. Reed has a boys trip planned with Ben while…
Resurrections abound in Daredevil #33. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Marco Checchetto, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #33, part 3 of “Lockdown,” sees Elektra barely surviving a battle with Bullseye(s) – with a little help from Spider-Man and Iron Man – while an explosion…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 316: Hamish Steele talks DeadEndia and more Animator and cartoonist Hamish Steele joins guest host Sean Dillon to talk about the DeadEndia graphic novel series and much more. Special thanks to Pat DeVita for the editing assist. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
What if the war on drugs was just one guy, man, and he decided to give it up? Get real high and read The Secret History of the War on Weed, written by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, with art by Scott Koblish, colors by Hi-Fi, lettered by Clayton Cowles and published by Image. Ahhh,…
Yesterday, Marvel released a teaser about a dysfunctional X-Men team. It was a move that implies the existence of a functional X-Men team, something scientists have long since agreed was an impossibility. Regardless, we now have a new piece to the puzzle. Psylock and Havok have just be revealed. We previously bet our reputation on…
At the end of “Gotham War,” a thief broke into Bruce Wayne’s brownstone and discovered that he is Batman. Now he is trying to use that information to his advantage, to make one big score and get out of the life. But things aren’t all that easy in Batman #150, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled…
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…
Superman stands for three things: truth, justice and the American way. In many respects, the Man of Steel and his values are in direct conversation with every action comic that has come since his first one. Villains and anti-heroes are identified in comparison to Superman’s three guiding principles. He is the Jungian archetype of all…
Doctor Stasis and Mother Righteous reunite after more than a century apart. X-Men: Before the Fall: The Sinister Four #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Paco Medina, colored by Edgar Delgado and Protobunker’s Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Rasmus! It’s good to see you again after all these years…