Modern X-fans — even those who dislike it — agree that the recent era of X-comics, depicting the rise and now fall of the Krakoan nation-state, is a grand, far-reaching change to mutant history. You might say — as several fans and journalists have all but said — that it represents the greatest X-change since…
All markers are called in. All debts are due. Nathan Summers has a plan, and he’ll need everyone’s help to execute it. Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and Joe Sabino deliver Cable #9. Ian Gregory: Reading Cable now is a bit of a different experience than a few weeks ago, now that we know the series…
Every year, artists, retailers, publishers and fans gather in Chicago’s South Loop at McCormick Place, North America’s largest convention hall, for C2E2. In normal years, the midwest’s premiere comics and entertainment expo heralds the beginning of convention season, bringing fans out of their winter hibernation and welcoming a new year of comics. In 2020, the…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 129: Coffee and Comics with Johnnie Christmas Writer/artist Johnnie Christmas joins the show to talk about his Image sci-fi series “Tartarus,” his comiXology original graphic novel “Crema,” his upcoming middle grade work and more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at xavierfiles.com,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Night Fever: In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can’t sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer,…
Amazo’s existential crisis is now one that’s on multiple Earths! As Superman trades places with a Nazi version of himself, the Justice League tries to figure out just what’s going on. Answers lie far across their universe, however – and as Amazo’s mind unravels, the very fabric of reality threatens to do the same! Justice…
Darkhawk is a Marvel Comics character whose trademark must periodically be refreshed. Darkhawk #3 is written by Kyle Higgins, with art by Juanan Ramírez, colors by Erick Arcienaga, and letters by Travis Lanham. After three issues of Darkhawk Juanan Ramírez has become one of my favorite action-and-combat artists. The last half of Darkhawk #3, an…
The old New Mutants are trapped in the Shadow King’s mind, and the new New Mutants are trying to rescue them. But is Amahl Farouk, the Shadow King’s first host, his accomplice, or his victim? The Truth Shall Set Them Free in New Mutants #23, from Vita Ayala, Rod Reis and Travis Lanham. Liz Large:…
Eisner-winning artist Michael Walsh (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with an all-star lineup of collaborators on a new horror anthology miniseries for mature readers. Each issue will tell a tale of terror in a shared supernatural world.The story starts in 1978 with a failing rock band whose fortune suddenly changes when they find the…
In AGE OF X-MAN: THE AMAZING NIGHTCRAWLER #1 by, Seanan McGuire and Juan Frigeri everyone’s favorite blue and fuzzy mutant is the most popular and famous figure in the world. This is the best indication we have that this alternate reality is actually the utopia it is claimed to be. Over forty years past his…
Hello friends and readers and welcome to another week of Marvel Minutiae. We have a true hodge-podge this week as newcomer Ian Gregory looks into 2020 Machine Man while our two esteemed editors Chris and Zack dig into returning favorites Valkyrie: Jane Foster and Runaways! 2020 Machine Man #1 I’m an X-Men fan, which means…
Mei Igarashi was a regular girl until she discovered her unusual abilities and her hair changed from brown to white. Now, learn how and why she came to idolize a mysterious freedom fighter in Africa who also harnesses the power of the storm. Ultimate X-Men #3 is written and illustrated by Peach Momoko, with script…
Remember how in 2019 Marvel released House of X and Powers of X and that was it for X-Men titles for a couple months, and it was the big event everyone was focused on? Nearly five years later, the Hickman’s away and the mice are all over the place, as the two linchpin series of…
Batman’s allies are known for many things. Their brains. Their fighting skills. Their dedication. And while Dr. Leslie Thompkins, the woman who comforted Bruce Wayne the night his parents were killed is lacking in the second of those three attributes, she more than makes up for it in the first and third. Leslie is a…
It’s our annual Pride episode of BatChat. It’s nice to see that we have plenty of stories we can cover about queer, out Bat characters, you know? We’re covering the first of DC’s big Pride anthologies, which features stories including Batwoman, The Question (Renee Montoya), Harley and Ivy and Alan Scott Green Lantern, who might…