The Flash and Nightwing’s team-up continues! The pair work together to keep Nightwing’s alter-ego, Dick Grayson, safe from assassination. They’re hot on the trail of the mysterious La Agente Funèbre, rumored to head one of the greatest assassin agencies in the world — but with his allies by his side, no agency’s going to be…
Christi and Chris get weird in this patron-requested Weird War III episode! What’s the deal with Excalibur and Nazis? How brutal is Kitty Pryde? Why does Lockheed routinely vanish mid-issue? All this and more in this episode! Patreon Kofii Album Art by Kate Foray Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…
This week marks the end of a series I’ve been following since its inception six years ago: Lumberjanes from BOOM Studios. This charming all-ages series, created by Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters, explores friendship, various camp skills, romance and a forest full of mythical creatures, interdimensional portals and magic. So it’s not exactly like any…
The Dark Phoenix Saga is the defining story in X-Men, and no character is more impacted by it than Jean Grey. This episode asks, perchance, what if stories didn’t think about it? Ranked This Episode:
As Empyre rages on, another fire burns deep inside Gabriel Summers. Vulcan greets his new neighbors and reflects on that which is growing inside him. Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, and Sunny Gho bring us X-Men #10. Chris Eddleman: Ahhhhh! After ten thousand years [Ed. note: 4 months] we’re free! It’s time to talk Krakoa!…
Let’s face it: The Shi’ar are pretty stupid. You heard me, you frickin’ birdos! I’m talking about you, you dumb Silverhawks-lookin’ space pigeons. You can’t decide who belongs on the throne, you can’t even get a bunch of your own people to defend yourselves so you have to manufacture a bootleg Legion of Super-Heroes. Heck…
On a podcast this morning, Cullen Bunn revealed that X-MEN BLACK was the original title of the crossover that would become POISON X. Well, apparently X-Editorial wasn’t going to forget a good title and are using it for an upcoming X-Men series. Marvel sent out a press release with J. Scott Campbell art, the tagline “Hearts of…
The X-Men reunite then split back up to face off against the dual threats of Bastion and Magneto in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 9, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 2,” written by Anthony Sellitti and directed by Emi-Emmett Yonemura “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 2” is emblematic of both the best and worst tendencies of X-Men…
Abandoned by their Space Gods, Ajak and Makkari find new purpose via… Jason Aaron’s Avengers? Eternals: Celestia #1, is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Kei Zama, colored by Matthew Wilson, with lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that… oh uh hey. Just got caught…
You ever feel like playing the Dungeons and Dragons and pretending all your friends are wizards or whatever? Imagine if they did that for a whole comic with Wolverine in it! Help out the Reck family here.Ranked this episode: Wolverine: Rahne Of Terra Wolverine: Knight Of Terra New Mutants #47-50 (Magus)
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Fantastic Four Life Story #1: Marvel attempts to replicate the formula behind 2019’s Spider-Man Life Story by sending the FF aging through the decades, courtesy of writer Mark Russell (Second Coming) and artist…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE Cliff Steele is a race car driver. Larry Trainor is a test pilot. Rita Farr is an actress. They have little in common. Cliff’s car goes up in flames. Larry’s plane is hit by radiation. Rita’s exposed to strange gasses in a shoot. They now have something in common. Tragedy has taken…
CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most anticipated video games since it was first announced in 2012. Coming off the massive success of The Witcher 3, the company is taking its RPG storytelling skills to a sci-fi universe. Cyberpunk 2077 is a story about a gritty sci-fi future featuring warring criminal…
We take a break from books with pictures to talk to Carrie Harris about her new book Liberty & Justice for All: A Marvel: Xavier’s Institute Novel staring Tempus and Triage. Pick up the book here!
There are a bunch of announcements, and I don’t have much time, so I am just going to blast on through them. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2020: X-MEN We have a sexy new cover for FCBD 2020: X-MEN from House Of X artist Pepe Larraz. He and Jonathan Hickman will write a tale that will…