Daredevil returns as DC goes MAD in this week’s Staff Picks
A new Daredevil #1 means a new status quo for Matt Murdock, and DC lets Chip Zdarsky run MAD in this week’s CXF Staff Picks.
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Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Way To Frame Love
Madelyne Pryor cult leader Luz Bianca joins us this week to talk about Maddie and all the stories around her. Plus, I get ice cream! Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #174-175 X-Man #5-7 (The Man Who Fell To Earth) Uncanny X-Men #508-511 (Sisterhood)
Kro’s Future’s So Bright, He’s Gotta Wear Shades in A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #2
In A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #2, a moody teen raises hell and writes poetry, the Deviants come to the rescue, Ikaris steals the mic and Sersi spearheads a jailbreak. Written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Guiu Vilanova, colored by Alex Guimarães and lettered by Travis Lanham. Mark Turetsky: You know, sometimes I think back…
Heroes Reborn: Marvel Double Action #1 Swings for Nostalgia But Strikes Out
It’s a flashback tale for the Squadron Supreme, as the Heroes Reborn universe explores a fateful night for Nighthawk and the Falcon. Heroes Reborn: Double Action #1 is written by Tim Seeley, drawn by Dan Jurgens, inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Chris Sotomayor, and lettered by Cory Petit. Presented as a “reprint” of one…
A Packed Week with Big Heads, Big Endings, and Big Stakes in Marvel Files with Miles Morales: Spider-Man #21, Black Widow #4, Champions #3, Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1, and M.O.D.O.K: Head Games #1!
Hello friends and readers! It’s a chunky week as Jude Jones does double duty with Miles Morales: Spider-Man #21 and Champions #3, Andrea Ayres graces us with her opinions on Black Widow #4, Tony Thornley hits the road with Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1, and our boss Zachary Jenkins loses his head with M.O.D.O.K.: Head…
Traitor! (Or is she?) Redesigning the X-Men’s (Orchis’?) Firestar
Longtime Avenger, New Warrior, Amazing Friend of Spider-Man, 2022 X-Election winner, and now the secret savior of mutantkind. Our Redesigning team picked Angelica Jones, aka Firestar, for this round, and it couldn’t be at a better time! After the calamitous events of the Hellfire Gala, Firestar was chosen to be a secret agent inside Orchis…
ON THE X-MANHUNT: X-Force #9 lays a giant egg
Sage and Professor X go way back, to another war and another time. But now, in his hour of need, will Sage use her talents to aid the professor’s quest, or put a stop to his manic mission? X-Force #9, the penultimate chapter of “X-Manhunt,” was written by Geoffrey Thorne, pencilled by Marcus To, colored…
It’s a No-Tell Motel in Hotell Because Almost Everyone Dies (Also: Little Monsters! Red Sonja!)
A “Hotel California” reference here would be pretty lame, right? But there are literally characters checking out and never leaving in Hotell Vol. 2 #5, written by John Lees, drawn by Dalibor Talajic, colored by Lee Loughridge, lettered by Sal Cipriano and published by Artists, Writers and Artisans. There’s a “New Kid in Town,” and…
The X has fallen in X-Chat #11!
The Fall of X is here in an all new X-Chat! Shadowkat is out for blood, Firestar is in over her head and Iron Man and Emma Frost screw up in X-Men #26 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Jim Towe & Javier Pina, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In X-Force…
Ultimate X-Men, Power Rangers, Magneto and more of this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Jake’s pick: Ultimate X-Men #2: It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her new powers. She meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (aka Maystorm),…
The UNCANNY X-MEN…Disassembled!
Press Release New York, NY—August 10, 2018—This November, UNCANNY X-MEN returns with a new ongoing series and it all kicks off with a massive 10-part weekly story! X-MEN DISASSEMBLED brings together nearly every mutant left on earth in a story that threatens to destroy them – an epic tale of mystery and tragic disappearance, with an…
Murder Most Foul, In Outer Space! It’s Captain Marvel #20!
Captain Marvel and her new crew of Carol Corps Accusers investigate the devious dealings of Wastrel in this story by Kelly Thompson, Cory Smith, Adriano di Benedetto, Tamra Bonvillain, and VC’s Clayton Cowles. Cat Purcell: I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for Lauri-Ell and ready to follow the lead with Wastrel. After the team up…
Ms. Marvel & Wolverine #1 Is A Romp Despite Some Flaws!
Everyone’s favorite Inhuman teams up with everyone’s favorite grumpy Canadian mutant in Ms. Marvel & Wolverine #1, the beginning of a miniseries-ish written by Jody Houser, art by Ze Carlos, colors by Erick Arciniega, and letters by Travis Lanham. Kamala Khan returns in her own quasi miniseries about a month too late for corporate synergy….
We wonder where Jean is in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Binary #3
And that’s a wrap on Stephanie Phillips’ time with Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force. Come January, Phillips will be off the X-books and preparing to launch a new volume of Daredevil alongside artist Lee Garbett. It’s a big transition period in general for Phillips, as her longest comics series to date, BOOM Studios’ Grim,…
TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image’s I Saw Santa
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · TCXFIP NYCC Bonus Minisode 2: Chris Killian talks Image's I Saw Santa Writer and comedian Chris Killian chats with Dan about I Saw Santa: A Spawn Universe Christmas Story at New York Comic Con. For our other NYCC bonus minisode with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson, click here….