Darth Vader sets about feeding the monsters to the other monsters as “Crimson Reign” continues in Star Wars: Darth Vader #22 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. If last issue was all about secrets and who knows what, when, then Darth Vader #22 is…
Press Release New York, NY—September 19, 2017—Following on the heels of the recently announced PHOENIX RESURRECTION, Marvel’s new epic featuring the return of adult Jean Grey, Marvel is excited to officially announce it will continue the celebration of Jean Grey’s reappearance in the Marvel Universe with a variant cover program. Featuring acclaimed artists such as…
Name: Wanda Maximoff Code Names: Scarlet Witch First Appearance: X-Men #4 (Mar ’64) Powers: Hex magic Teams Affiliation: The Brotherhood, The Avengers About With over 50 years of continuous universe building, Marvel Comics can take characters in pretty bonkers directions. As all progress eventually gets regressed to the mean, momentous events get recontextualized, retconned, or…
It’s a lovely morning in the X-Mansion, and you are a horrible mutant. Ranked This Episode:
Batman continues to investigate the citizen criminals, Riddler continues to broadcast and Deb Donovan remains the best new addition to the Bat cast in years in Detective Comics #1,060, written by Mariko Tamaki and Nadia Shammas, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the…
While the Superman of Earth Prime gets ready for Warworld, over in other Earths, other Superman have more classic villains to face – and Brainiac’s the brains behind it all. An older Superman and his recruits thwart Brainiac’s varied contingency plans, truly coming together as a team for the first time in the conclusion to…
It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…
This week it is all Wolverine all the time. If anyone makes those jokes where we talk about Logan and we all know we are talking about Logan and you pretend we are talking about Laura, I will be sad and tired.Ranked this episode: All-New Wolverine: Four Sisters All-New Wolverine: Enemy Of The State II…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. No one asked for this; we just wanted an excuse to put Taylor Swift lyrics in the headline: Spider-Boy #1: After the events of The End of the Spider-Verse, Spider-Boy’s secret history as Spider-Man’s sidekick…
Under the protection of Krakoa, the Champions find one of their own has possibly sold them out in Champions #4 written by Eve L. Ewing, art by Bob Quinn, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Clayton Cowles Eve Ewing is a gift. She understands how younger people think, talk and act. She understands historical…
Looks like not every Krakoa-era plot thread gets wrapped up in time for “From the Ashes.” There’s still the matter of Mrs. and Mr. Emma Frost. Or, more accurately, Tony Stark and Emma’s image-induced alter ego, Hazel Kendal. Now, I have no inside insight into the minds of Marvel editorial or Gerry Duggan or anything…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s pick: Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and the Parliaments of the Green, the Red and the Rot agree to wipe the slate clean. There’s…
On the eve of the Hellfire Gala, the Marauders reminisce about a goddess. Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Edgar Delgado, Chris Sotomayor and Cory Petit deliver Marauders #20. Ian Gregory: Marauders is back with an issue I’m not really sure how to categorize. With our main cast celebrating Storm’s departure from the team, it feels like…
M.O.M.: Mother of Madness is a three-issue miniseries, distributed by Image Comics, written by Emilia Clarke and Marguerite Bennett, drawn by Leila Leiz, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Haley Rose-Lyon. Maya is a single mom who has superpowers tied to her hormonal cycle. She tackles the pressures of office life, managing friendships and…
Trial of the Amazons encompasses Trial of the Amazons #1, Nubia and the Amazons #6, Wonder Woman #785, Trail of the Amazons: Wonder Girl #1, Wonder Woman #786, Trial of the Amazons: Wonder Girl #2 and Trial of the Amazons #2 with the talents of Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala, Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire, Becky Cloonan,…