Battle Of The Atom: Clown Agnostic
Clowns are so cool, I wish they were real… Ranked This Episode:
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Amazing Spider-Man #26 Was as Bad as We’d Feared
The Emissary of a death god crosses dimensions for a ritual sacrifice to gain ultimate power. Chaos erupts — and a hero dies. Amazing Spider-Man #26 is written by Zeb Wells, penciled by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Tony Thornley: It’s…
Lonnie Nadler & Zac Thompson Tell Us The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Of Their Western Anthology Series
Undone By Blood is an anthology Western from Aftershock Comics by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson and Sami Kivelä. It features a period story of the American West, juxtaposed with the pulp novel tales of cowboy Solomon Eaton. The second volume comes out November 10th. We sat down with writers Lonnie & Zac to discuss the…
Battle Of The Atom: Not A Disney Princess
Adam and Zack gush about a forgotten gem and then also other comics with Domino in them. Ranked This Episode:
It’s a miracle! Marvel’s Unbreakable X-Men lead this week’s CXF Staff Picks
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…
The New Face of Ecological Fear in Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1!
A fearful world burns as eco-terrorist Harrower turns Man-Thing into a weapon of mass genocide! Good thing the Avengers had all that practice with Knull and the Cotati… Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 is written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Francesco Mobili, colors by GURU-eFX, and lettering by Clayton Cowles. Avengers: Curse of the…
The Darkhold’s a weird little guy in an EXCLUSIVE preview of Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #3
Do y’all remember the 2016 X-Men ’92 story “The World Is a Vampire” by Chris Sims, Chad Bowers and Alti Firmansyah? The BotA Boyz covered it waaaaaaay back in Episode 7. In that story, Dead Girl from the X-Statix journeys into the Darkhold matrix or whatever and the Darkhold takes the form of a little…
Three Jokers and 9 Staff Picks for Aug. 26
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Batman: Three Jokers #1: No one picked this, but it feels silly to ignore the elephant in the room of this week’s releases, DC’s long-threatened Black Label Bat-mini by writer Geoff Johns and artist…
A family member returns in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Vision & Scarlet Witch #3
Wanna feel ancient? Tom King and Gabriel Walta’s The Vision is 10 years old. The 12-issue series in which the android Avenger builds himself a family and they slowly erode in a malaise of existential funk – just like humans! – was launched Nov. 4, 2015. Kind of makes me want to sit here and…
We Enter The Endgame Of Cable #10
Cable has a problem. He made a big fuss about making sure the timeline was safe and stable and then stuck around for far too long. Now he is in over his head and thinks there is only one way this ends. Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and Joe Sabino deliver Cable #10. Ian Gregory: We’re…
Entry 029 – Apocalypse
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…
What horror movies are the X-Men watching this Halloween?
Happy Halloween! It’s time for tricks, treats, costumes and, of course, horror movies. The skeletons and the cobwebs have been hung with care, and now it’s time for the mutant maniacs of the X-Mansion to decide what spooky flicks they want to marathon as they eat all the candy they want. I assume the X-Mansion…
Don’t Miss The Dramatic Debut of WEAPON H!
Press Release New York, NY—July 14, 2017—What is the startling secret of Weapon H? Find out in TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #22, on sale 08/16! TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #22: “WEAPONS OF MUTANT DESTRUCTION” PART SIX! Written by GREG PAK Art by ROBERT GILL Cover by STONEHOUSE The Weapon X program’s twisted head scientists have finally completed their…
From Russia with fun in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Force #44
Jean left the team. Beast turned out to be a war criminal. Logan was always sidetracked by solo adventures. Colossus turned out to be his brother’s thrall. Deadpool is working for Steve Rogers again. Guess it’s just us girls. Sage and Domino have got enough mad in them for Orchis, for Mikhail Rasputin, for pretty…
Wolverine & Pixie Recruit In This Exclusive Preview Of Runaways #33
The Runaways have been through a lot. While many assumed them lost during the great comics pause of 2020, the book made a surprise comeback, pick up right where they left off. Perhaps a crossover with the hottest property this side of Venom will help? Writer Rainbow Rowell and artist Andrés Genolet sure hope so….