Battle Of The Atom: Will Not Go Meekly
Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I’m going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate. Ranked This Episode:
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X Deaths of Wolverine #4 Finally Ups The Ante
Secrets are revealed as Moira comes home and the shit hits the fan in X Deaths of Wolverine #4, written by Benjamin Percy, art by Federico Vicentini, colored by Dijjo Lima, and lettered by Cory Petit. Liz Large: Hey Austin, long time no see! Are you as excited as I am to talk about the…
SuperChat Catches Up with Action, ’78, and Son of Kal-El
It’s catch-up week for SuperChat, as we see what the Supermen of three worlds are up to. On Warworld, Superman and his team find themselves vastly overpowered – but what does that mean for the rest of the galaxy? Action Comics #1037 written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Miguel Mendonca, colored by Adriano Lucas…
If Marvel Thinks I Am Going To Write An Article About An Old Dave Cockrum House Ad Being Used As An UNCANNY X-MEN #1 Variant Cover, I Really Have To Commend Them For Their Spot-On Analysis
The late Dave Cockrum created the X-Men as we know them. That’s all there is to it. To advertise the success of his all-new, all-different X-Men, Marvel put out this house ad, targeting the lone Silver Age X-Men fan who hadn’t been reading the book. We can only assume that fan was Kurt Busiek. Well…
Pieces come together (and fall apart) in Picard Season 3 Episode 8
With the Titan captured by Vadic, Picard and the gang make desperate, life and death choices. But will they prevail or must they “Surrender?” Picard Season 3 episode 8 written by Matt Okumura, directed by Deborah Kampmeier. Mark Turetsky: Will! I had the most horrible dream! I dreamt ComicsXF, and all of our thoughtful* discussions…
Asgardians Do Roadhouse in Beta Ray Bill #2!
Bill goes hunting for Odin, still desperate to resurrect his lost hammer Stormbreaker, but the former King of Asgard is far from his glory days. Stormbreaker is never coming back, but there is one place where Beta Ray Bill could restore his full powers. The All-Father of nothing offers the Korbinite a path to immortality,…
Youth Stands Next To Experience in Usagi Yojimbo #20
When you are on issue number 258 of a nearly perfect series, how do you keep readers surprised? Stan Sakai has tried numerous approaches since relaunching Usagi Yojimbo at IDW. For some tales, like “Homecoming” he tried to tap into emotional beats that had long been left dormant, reminding readers of some of the earliest…
Weather Ahead! Our Preview of Demon Days Rising Storm #1
No calm before the storm for Mariko Yashida as she continues her journey in Demon Days Rising Storm #1.
AHOY Comics’ Ancestral Recall #5 shows us that Blackness is eternal
Melvin Waring wakes up in the future, where he must call on the power of Black history to rescue his wife and thwart the plans of the Modern Living Corporation. Ancestral Recall #5 is written by Jordan Clark, drawn by Atagun Ilhan, colored by Pippa Bowland and lettered by Rob Steen for AHOY Comics. I…
Why, Will: Worrying about Miro, and whether ‘The Boys’ has ‘Watchmen’ vibes
The Best Man Miro might be in trouble. The ‘Rasslin’ Report If I owned stock in Miro — which I don’t, because he’s the professional wrestler formerly known as Rusev — I’d call in a hold or maybe even a sell order into my broker, because I’m down as hell on his AEW debut, primarily…
Our Son Pete Ep. 32: The one with a bunch of pervy little Nightcrawlers and Nathaniel Hubbard
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 32: Excalibur #118-119 with Nathaniel Hubbard Guest Nathaniel “Hub” Hubbard (Titan up the Defense, Champions of Digression) joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #118-119, in which the bamfs are a bunch of pervy little gremlins and Nightmare has very specific rules about who he can and cannot…
Battle Of The Atom: How Solitaire Works
Ultimate Gambit don’t care about your rules. Ultimate Gambit play solitaire how he want. Ranked This Episode:
THE HELLFIRE GALA and, I Dunno, Other Stuff Probably in Our Staff Picks for 6/2
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s Pick: Hellions #12: Happy Hellfire Gala! The big event is here, and who better to start it off with than the team of miscreants who got sent to Otherworld to retrieve a sword just…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 362: Zac Thompson talks Cemetery Kids Run Rabid
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 362: Zac Thompson talks Cemetery Kids Run Rabid Writer Zac Thompson joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press series Cemetery Kids Run Rabid. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes…
Sunday Editorial: Eddie Gein Did What Now?
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Sounding — at least outside of the purely diagnostic medical procedure — is the sexual practice of inserting objects (usually…