Storm: Earth’s 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?
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Teenagers Get Into Trouble As New Mutants #16 Juggles Multiple Plots
Step through A Flung Open Door in New Mutants #16, from Vita Ayala, Rod Reis, and Travis Lanham. Stephanie Burt: The Wild Hunt is open to us once again! Ready to journey down this path less traveled? Liz Large: This issue runs the gamut from truth or dare to the Shadow King, and somehow manages…
Battle of the Atom: Episode 23 – Kang Steals A Friggin’ Baby
Battle of the Atom is a deep dive X-Men continuity podcast that brings together three distinct plotlines with multiple readable characters. This of course includes the one in which Kang, being a total jerk, will absolutely steal a baby. Ranked this episode: House of M Uncanny Avengers #18-#22 (Avenge the Earth) X-Men: Eve of Destruction…
Cable Determines The Past, Present, And Future Of The SpaceKnights In Cable #4
Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto send Cable on a timeline spanning ride as he battles for The Light Of Galador while learning a bit about growing up in Cable #4. Ian Gregory: After last week’s Deadpool-dominated issue, I was a little worried about the comedy going forward. This week, however, had me laughing out loud…
Chrises on Infinite Earths: General Good Vibes – The New Frontier pt. 1
Christi and Chris cover the first two triple-sized issues of DC: The New Frontier. Join us as we bridge the gap from the golden to silver age. Support The Chrises Patreon Kofii Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License…
Doc Ock Rocks, Non-Chocolate Rain, Titan Riding and More Staff Picks for Jan. 12
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1: Remember when Marvel did the New Fantastic Four with Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Hulk and Ghost Rider and it ruled? Now imagine that with four Doctors Octopus from across…
Joshua Williamson Rides off into the Sunset (to Dark Crisis) in BatChat (Text Edition)
Joshua Williamson’s caretaker stint on Batman ends as the Dark Knight returns to Badhnisia in Batman #124, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Howard Porter and Jorge Fornes, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Poison Ivy deals with the fallout of “Fear State” in a story that leads into…
EXCLUSIVE: Check out these covers to AHOY’s Toxic Avenger Comics #5 and think about justice
Now, more than ever, we are all the Toxic Avenger. A bunch of weirdos, hideously deformed by a cruel, uncaring system, who have chosen to strap on our tutu, pick up our mop and seek justice through unhinged vigilantism. In an age where nearly every 30-50-year-old property has been licensed into a comic (Wild West…
Wolverine belongs to the city in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for NYX #2
Normally, as a true fan of The Big Lebowski, I hate the f*****g Eagles, man. Except in one instance: The 1985 soundtrack to the TV show Miami Vice. Nevermind that it was my mom’s favorite show at the time, or that it popularized Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” It also included two bangers from…
Punisher and Elektra Put Together Some Kinda Suicide Squad in Heroes Reborn: Squadron Savage #1
Marvel’s Summer event mixes some Black Mirror with black ops in Heroes Reborn: Squadron Savage #1, in which Elektra and Frank Castle lead a band of mind-wiped cutthroats that “protect” America’s interests in the dark. Written by Ethan Sacks, drawn by Luca Pizzari, colored by Carlos Lopez, lettered by Travis Lanham. Heroes Reborn dips back…
Ain’t No Thing but Chicken Wings as the Simonsons Return in X-Men Legends #11
Just in time to celebrate 40 years of the original New Mutants, catch up with some old friends — like Sunspot, Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Boom-Boom, Dani Moonster and Rictor — as Caliban leads Famine and War, the remaining Horsemen of Apocalypse, in a hunt for new blood. Witness a never-before-seen link between the New Mutants and…
The Coin Goes to War in The Silver Coin #12
In “’Til Dawn,” an American GI in World War II faces his fear of killing enemy soldiers while keeping watch. The Silver Coin #12 is written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, colored by Toni Marie Griffin and Walsh, with a backup story by Adam Gorham. Mark Turetsky: The horror anthology format…
BatChat With Matt & Will: What’s With All the Bandages?
We’re back with the second part pf our 75th episode and the second chapter of Batman Eternal. And this one is… not as exciting. There’s a whole lot of Hush this time. Like, a whole lot. Plus the supernatural stuff takes over a lot, and most of the cool crime stuff is forgotten. As is…
Want to Run Away and Join the Circus? It Might Turn out Like Haha #2
Wanna run away and join the circus? What would you do to get there? And could you live with the consequences? It’s Haha #2, the second installment of the only running anthology series about clowns. Written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Zoe Thorogood, colored by Chris O’Halloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will…
The X-Men fight back in Fall of the House of X #2, but whose X-Men are they?
The latest Fall is a wall-to-wall brawl, y’all! The X-Men fight for their lives and find unexpected allies amid their breakneck race toward their latest ending in Fall of the House of X #2 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: Happy…