Hot on the heels of the Abbott Elementary/It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover, Marvel has chosen to center the City of Brotherly Love in its latest linewide event. Marvel on Wednesday revealed details about four more of the books that are part of Age of Revelation, the latest in a long tradition of dark X-futures, in…
Bruce Wayne faces a moral dilemma: let the Party Animals operate without Batman’s interference for a week and receive a large sum of money and the gang going easier on Gotham. As Bruce tries to make his decision, political wrangling makes it more clear exactly who is behind the chaos in Gotham. Absolute Batman #5…
Gabrielle Kinney is missing! And so are regular co-creator Vita Ayala and Rod Reis! Don’t worry, they’ll all be back soon. In the meantime we’ve got a neat fill-in adventure starring Warpath and… Daken? New Mutants #29, written by Danny Lore, drawn by Guillermo Sanna, colors by Dan Brown, letters by Travis Lanham. Stephanie Burt:…
Once again, NYX proves itself to be the series most willing to engage with the Krakoan era as part of a larger discussion about what mutant society looks like now. In doing so, next week’s issue flashes back to Crucible, the space where mutants on Krakoa were given the chance to die in battle for…
The mutants have been judged and found excessively deviant. This causes no shortage of trouble for a Quiet Council who oft refuses to live up to their name. How will Krakoa’s unelected leaders deal with the Avengers and the Eternals? Kieron Gillen and Michele Bandini intend to show us in Immortal X-Men #6. Our friends…
Announced last night at the “Marvel: The Next Big Thing” panel, the creator of the New York Times best-seller Hip-Hop Family Tree Ed Piskor will be the heading a new X-Men mini series called X-Men Grand Design. It will be a 6 issue series of oversized, 40-page comics to be released over the next 3 years. It…
It goes without saying, but superheroes need to fight stuff, and more often than not when they’re in ocean waters, they encounter sharks. Now, according to the 20th anniversary edition of the Worst Case Scenario Handbook, there are a few things you can do to fend off a shark attack, but most of them boil…
The nightmare finally ends, but at what cost?? Maybe just Boom Boom’s patience. Story by Ed Brisson, art by Flaviano, colors by Carlos Lopez, letters by VC’s Travis Lanham, and cover by Mike Del Mundo. Liz Large: Before we even talk about the issue, I need to rave about Mike Del Mundo’s cover. They’ve all…
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: Imperial #1: Hickman’s doing his thing again, taking his…
It all ends here. Will the sun explode? Will Wakanda feed a flower that will create a Celestial God? Is Reed Richards gonna wear an Iron Man armor? Find out in this finale by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia and VC’s Joe Caramagna. Mr. Chris Eddleman: Well, Christi (and Tony and Allison),…
In the early days of his career, Batman investigates a series of strange, brutal murders that seem designed to make the victims experience the maximum amount of pain. Follow a detective story from the beginning in Batman: Dark Patterns #1, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by…
We’re assuredly going to have another bad iTunes review coming after this one, and frankly, we deserve it. Please support Luke Herr’s Kickstarter as penance for this act we committed. Ranked This Episode: What If? Magik What If? #6 (What If The X-Men Lost Inferno) X-Men Unlimited 37 (Sacrificial Worlds)
Miles Morales #39 doesn’t really ask a lot of questions – not explicitly. I’d argue it’s not concerned with asking or pausing at all – this issue is about momentum. And you know, that’s okay. Sometimes you can’t do and think at the same time. Sometimes doing is enough. And Miles Morales #39 does quite…
Art by Billy Tan Name: James Proudstar Code Names: Warpath, Thunderbird First Appearance: New Mutants #16 (June ‘84) Powers: Enhanced physical attributes (strength, speed, endurance, ect.), Owns two really big Vibranium knives Team Affiliation: X-Men, X-Force, Hellions, New Mutants About Apache James Proudstar always looked up to his brother John. Life on the reservation wasn’t…
Your local comic shop is about to get a little more jawsome. No, wait. Your local comic shop is about to get a little more fin-tastic. No, WAIT. Your local comic shop is about to enter a cartil-age undreamt of. Because shark skeletons are made of cartilage. BOOM. Nailed it. Actually, not BOOM. IDW. Mattel…