This year — and this week’s Storm #7 by Murewa Ayodele and Luciano Vecchio — marks the 50th anniversary of Ororo Munroe’s first appearance in Marvel’s Giant-Size X-Men #1. To celebrate the character’s cultural impact, CXF contributors Latonya “Penn” Pennington and Jude Jones held a roundtable discussion on the iconic Windrider. ComicsXF: As a character,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 201: Z is for Syzygy with Chris Ryall Chris Ryall joins the podcast to talk about his new publishing imprint, Syzygy; adapting Joe Hill’s “Rain”; making comics with Ashley Wood; ROM Spaceknight and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at…
The Hellfire Gala rolls on after a memorable first week, and it’s time for Excalibur to make an entrance. The problem? Rictor HATES parties. Tini Howard, Marcus To, and Erick Arciniega make their Hellfire debut in Excalibur #21, an issue that promises to “change Krakoan diplomacy forever.” We have the preview of the issue hot…
Austin Gorton: Welcome back Adam! As of the completion of this episode, we are more than halfway through the season; how are you feeling about where things stand overall? Adam: I commented on Twitter that I’m really appreciating just how Star Wars-y this show is. It feels deeply invested in what the franchise is all…
In time for the launch of the Kickstarter for the third chapter of The O.Z., we’re dropping an exclusive look at a pinup for the book by Hannah Templer.
Y’ever see two people on a motorcycle in traffic and wonder how come you never see Ghost Rider with a passenger on his hell-cycle or whatever it’s called? Wonder no longer, as this week’s preview of Wolverine #36 – part of the ongoing “Weapons of Vengeance” story – shows what it’s like for Logan to…
From Deniz Camp, Filya Bratukhin, Jason Wordie and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Scout Comics’ Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. follows special agent Philip Blank, a top operative for the orangutan bosses at W.O.R.L.D.E., as he travels all over the world, time and the multiverse saving it from itself. But Philip isn’t naive enough to think that his bosses have…
Tini Howard, Marcus To, and Erik Arciniega complete the ritual in Excalibur #5. Rogue reveals the secrets behind the invasion into Otherworld as the rest of the team battles for their lives. Charlie Davis: Ya know…every time I open one of these bad boys up, I think, I’m not sure how I could love Excalibur…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 267: Box Brown has the POWEEEEEEEEER Cartoonist Box Brown joins the show to talk about his new First Second graphic novel The He-Man Effect. PLUS: An important announcement about changes to our Patreon. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
Note: This feature discusses plot points through the first six issues of Radiant Black. Trade waiters be warned. Image Comics’ new series Radiant Black, created by writer Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Nightwing) and artist Marcelo Costa, introduced readers to failed writer Nathan Burnett. Nathan is 30, debt-ridden and recently moved back home with…
The Age of Revelation isn’t just an X-Men story, as the latest batch of series reveals shows. Marvel on Thursday revealed details about the final four books that are part of Age of Revelation, the latest in a long tradition of dark X-futures, in which Doug Ramsey, the heir of Apocalypse known as Revelation, has remade…
When the world’s biggest influencer posts something irredeemably horrific online, the world changes in an instant. Now it’s up to his social media manager, Anne Stewart, to fan the flames of outrage and create a sensationalist campaign that rewrites the rules of “banned content.” Thus begins a carnival of lust, revulsion, desire and disgust —…
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. X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha #1: The X-Men of the Age of…
Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Buccellato Name: Angelo Espinosa Code Names: Skin First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #317 (Oct ‘94) Powers: Six feet of extra skin Teams Affiliation: Generation X About One of the things the original Generation X, as well as the recent relaunch, got right was that not every mutant fits in. Not everyone…
Happy Halloween. We celebrate it by talking about how Zack’s 4-year-old is a scrub at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men v3 #5-7 (Limbo) Marvel Knights: X-Men Ghost Rider #67-68 (Brood Feud II)