On a remote mountain on the border between China and North Korea, young Bruce Wayne begins his martial arts training with the legendary master Kirigi and makes allies and enemies in Batman: The Knight #4, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. As DC’s…
The road to 600 comes to a startling conclusion as we recount the numerous war crimes of Hank McCoy.Ranked This Episode: X-Force #6,#9-10 (Terra Verde) X-Men: Blue #7-9 (Secret Empire) Uncanny X-Men #600
In its solicit text, AfterShock’s “Miskatonic” promises “a mix of historical crime fiction and Lovecraftian horror that dives deep into the American nightmare.” Let’s get into the new series from Mark Sable, Giorgio Pontrelli, Pippa Bowland and Thomas Mauer and see if it pays off those dark and abominable promises.
Listen, this might have been the worst kept secret in comics this year, even before it leaked in Previews. We had theories, we had assumptions, and, frankly, we were spot on. To be fair, it wasn’t really secret to be honest, but we’re taking the W anyway. This December, spinning out of both Empyre and…
Hello friends and readers! Amazing Spider-Man marches on unceasingly with #51 and Spider-Correspondent Tony Thornley brings you coverage, while Zoe Tunnell continues with Shang-Chi #2 after a great first issue, and finally Justin Partridge delves into the eldritch world of Savage Avengers #13! Amazing Spider-Man #51 Written by: Nick Spencer Art by: Patrick Gleason Colors…
Sam and Bucky encounter An Old Enemy, A Forgotten Friend, and a New Locale in “Power Broker” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: We return to the life and times of Sam & Bucky! This week takes us to a locale that many X-Fans were either pleasantly surprised to see or…
Kate Kane lays siege to the Religion of Crime’s headquarters in Greece, driven by her grief at the death of her sister, in DC’s Batwoman #2.
Our very first Dick Grayson backer, Josh Weil, makes his return to the podcast this week, but he’s not It’s strange to think that Jason Todd has been back from the dead longer than he was actually dead now. For those of us who read Batman comics in the 90s, the death of Jason was…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Superman, Son of Kal-El #1: Walk with me for a minute. Y’know how Cannonball ended up being a great hero and father because he was trained by a mix of Xavier, Magneto and…
This week, Matt and Will are joined by the Carrie Kelly to Matt’s grumpy old Bruce Wayne, singer/storyteller/myth scholar and previous guest on WMQ&A, Veronica Biatrise (@joanofarchetype), to talk about one of her favorite characters, Poison Ivy, just in time for Ivy’s new mini-series to debut this week. We have classic Ivy, modern Ivy and…
It’s Chrisesmas once again and wouldn’t you know it, Chris & Christi Eddleman have joined Zack & Adam to ostensibly talk about X-Men comics but really to catch up and hang out. If you are here for X-Men content and only X-Men content, well, get ready to have Marvel’s first furry hero explained to you….
When the doors to the House Of X opened, Cyclops asked “Did you honesty think that we were going to sit around forever and just take it?” Well the collective known as Orchis has spent nearly four years alternating between sitting around and taking it. Did you honestly think that’s all they were going to…
Earth’s mightiest heroes have disappeared – in fact, they appear to never have been, and that seems to have changed everything. No longer the world you know, this new Earth belongs to a dark version of comics’ most iconic superheroes. Written by Jason Aaron, penciled by Ed McGuinness, inked by Mark Morales, colored by Matthew…
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…
We all love Breakworld right? It’s such a good fun place with a lot of stories that we all care about right? Right?Ranked This Episode: Astonishing X-Men (Unstoppable) Uncanny X-Men #504-507 (Lovelorn) Uncanny X-Men #535-538 (Breaking Point)