Marvel Comics’ What If…?, appropriately enough, was born from a moment of pivotal decision. After two years as the top editor at the House of Ideas, preceded by the better part of a decade as the right hand man to Stan Lee, Roy Thomas had stepped down from his position at the helm of the…
In our earlier discussion regarding Inferno #2, Chris and I spent a little bit of time talking about new Quiet Council dynamics, but I really just couldn’t stop thinking about it. Here are some interesting things I noticed now that the Quiet Council is once again operating at full capacity. First, a quick breakdown of…
We catch up with our friends Justin and Penelope Daniels from Farpoint Toys & Collectibles in New Jersey to talk about shutting down for COVID-19, filming themselves for an Amazon documentary, nearly losing their comics and toy shop to a devastating electrical fire, getting nominated for a retail Eisner, again, and why longtime “G.I. Joe” writer Larry Hama is a Real American Hero.
Batman has teamed up with pretty much every hero in the DC Universe because he’s, well, Batman. He’s also teamed up with many a villain. We’ve read stories where he worked with Lex Luthor, Ra’s al Ghul and Bane. But Patreon backer Ross Holmes very specifically wanted us to read a story where he teams…
Last week’s SuperMassive one-shot from Image Comics ended with a surprise appearance by Medieval Spawn. Turns out that would only be the second-biggest surprise from Image that day. On Wednesday, comics’ third largest publisher announced it had inked an exclusive direct market distribution deal with Lunar, taking monthly titles like Spawn, Saga and Walking Dead…
Welcome, freaks and freakettes, to our inaugural coverage of Al Ewing and Steve Lieber’s Metamorpho: The Element Man. We’re picking up with last week’s issue #3, in which Simon Stagg’s caveman consigliere Java embarks on a globetrotting espionage mission with the shape-shifting Urania Blackwell, aka Element Girl. Will Metamorpho, the Freak of 1,001 Changes, take…
Welcome, everyone, to our first monthly edition of Talking Absolute …, where we’ll focus on the storylines, controversies and themes that have captured our imaginations in the Absolute DC titles each month. April was the first month to have releases from all six series, so what better time to start than this? So far, we…
Schemes within plans within machinations all come to fruition in Inferno #3 by Jonathan Hickman, R.B. Silva, Stefano Caselli, Valerio Schiti, Adriano Di Benedetto, David Curiel and Joe Sabino. Chris Eddleman: Well, this was the one that did me in. Two days ago I was ruminating on how I was kind of tired of comics,…
What a month for Victor LaValle. He’s got a new novel, his first since The Changeling, hitting shelves to a positive reception. The Lone Woman promises LaValle’s trademark mix of literary fiction expertise with genre bending suspense; taking traditionally lowly-regarded material and elevating them to a place of honor. He does this by the simple…
Surprise, surprise – Ultraman isn’t the last Kryptonian in his universe after all! Ultragirl, however, is decidedly on the side of the angels, meaning it’s time for an all out ultra-brawl! In the meantime, Superwoman has taken Sinestro and Green Lantern to her home on Devil Island, as she adds another insidious voice to John…
Name: Cain Marko Code Names: Juggernaut, Kuurth: Breaker of Stone First Appearance: X-Men #12 (July ‘65) Powers: Strength, Nothing can stop him Teams Affiliation: Exiles, X-Men, The Brotherhood, Excalibur, Thunderbolts About I was never close to my step-brothers (well, ex-step-brothers now – long story). It isn’t that we openly disliked each other, or even that we couldn’t find some…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1: A spacefaring crew harvests the bodies of dead gods to sustain civilization, while its captain desperately seeks to find a live one, in a…
Presented with love by the ComicsXFamily and arranged by Adam Reck The winter holidays are almost here, and no matter what you’re celebrating, you probably want to get something rad for your family, friends and loved ones. But what should you get? When a plate of cookies or a gift card won’t do, the diligent…
The cursed sword Dáinsleif plans to take every bit of Moonstar, from heart to soul. Check out Annie Wu’s variant cover to May’s Moonstar #3.
I guess it’s true what that T-shirt I grew out of said: All the best X-Men are women. Of the now 14 – FOURTEEN – series announced for the X-Men’s From the Ashes era, SIX are women-led solo series: Phoenix, Dazzler, Storm, Mystique, Psylocke and Laura Kinney: Wolverine. The sixth series was announced Sunday at…