Darth Vader puts the honesty of his newest ally to the test in Star Wars: Darth Vader #23 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. At this point, the series is six issues removed from the âWar of the Bounty Huntersâ crossover and deep in…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 337: David Pepose talks Cable, Speed Racer and Captain Planet Writer David Pepose returns to the show to talk about Marvel’s Cable: Love & Chrome, Mad Cave’s upcoming Speed Racer Free Comic Book Day special and Dynamite’s just-announced Captain Planet. You can listen to The ComicsXF…
We have a treat for you this time, redesign fans! After several rounds of voting, our group was deadlocked on who to pick, so we went with two! Weâre bringing you the sinister Nathaniel Essex, aka Mister Sinister and all his cloned incarnations, and Rachel Summers, currently known as Prestige! Both are very popular characters…
Die #18: Bleed, Part III: Lines and Veils: As the party delves further into the dungeon in the Realm of Thirteen, Sol finally remembers and retells his story. Written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Stephanie Hans and lettered by Clayton Cowles.Mark Turetsky: Hey, Corey! Weâre one step closer to finishing our exploration of the world…
Deathstroke’s Secret Society attacks Titans Tower in Dark Crisis #2. Written by Joshua Williamson, art by Damiel Sampere, colors by Alejandro Sanchez and letters by Tom Napolitano. The problem with writing about a book like Dark Crisis is that itâs nothing. There is nothing here to engage with. Nothing here to talk about. Its very…
I love the Marvel Handbooks. Really, any sort of reference guide to fictional universes is my jam, as they combine my affection for big, sprawling, narrative mythologies, history books, and pedantry. Back in the Olden Times, the first iteration of the Marvel Handbooks (specifically, the second, deluxe, edition) was my guide to a Marvel Universe…
For the last few months, Iâve been averaging 10+ miles per day on my runs. Hold your applause, please â itâs not so much an accomplishment as it is daring my body to fall to pieces on me. (My body has not done so to date. The coward.) But I was thinking earlier today with…
Department of Truth agents Turner, Harrison and [insert Field Ranger Darlaâs last name here] trek into the woods to kill a Bigfoot and stop one man from spreading his views of the world. What they find is something bigger than any cryptid imaginable in Department of Truth #11, written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by…
October is Black Sci-Fi Fantasy Month, a monthlong celebration of Black sci-fi, fantasy and horror works in a variety of mediums. In recent years, there have been a plethora of comic books that explore Blackness through a speculative lens. Check out some of them below. Iyanu: Child of Wonder By Roye Okupe and Godwin Akpan…
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 Theyâre 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…
Nightwing finally learns about the threat of Heartless in the worst way possible – when the police show up at Dickâs door to question him about one of Heartlessâ murders. With a little help from Barbara Gordon, Dick manages to fend off the police, and team-up with best Robin Tim Drake to begin tracking Heartless…
Virgil Hawkins was the kind of bullied kid who was shy about raising his voice…until the first time he did, he got a shocking surprise, and so did his world. Itâs a brand new era for a classic character in Static: Season One #1. Written by Vita Ayala, drawn by Chriscross and Nikolas Draper-Ivey, colored…
With only 48 hours left to unmask his murderer before he drops dead, the pieces are finally falling into place for Christopher Chance. But before he can solve his own killing, he must deal with the consequences of Guy Gardner’s. Enter G’nort. The Human Target #10 is written by Tom King, drawn by Greg Smallwood…
Did you know Chris Bachalo is very good at drawing Illyana Rasputina, aka Magik? Maybe you didn’t because you came up in the 1990s and fell off comics and you only remember Bachalo as the Generation X guy. OK, well, picture Husk but taller and a demon anime princess with a huge Final Fantasy sword….
We at Xavier Files are bringing you the first image of Woo Dae Shim’s variant cover for Hellions #1. This is an exclusive and everyone needs to know where it came from so we put a watermark on it. Man, wouldn’t it be annoying if we actually did that? Here’s the real one. We love…