Orchis has had mutantkind up against the ropes for months now. All they need to destroy the Krakoan dream is to win one last battle. The Trial of Cyclops is meant to be the death knell for mutantkind on Earth, but the X-Men aren’t likely to go down without a fight. The battle begins in…
The second-most famous wielder of Mjolnir. The right-hand man to the god of thunder. And now, a warrior without his best weapon. Beta Ray Bill is tired of playing second fiddle to Thor. And with Bill’s famous hammer, Stormbreaker, recently destroyed at the new All-Father’s hands, tensions are higher than ever. The Korbinite must strike…
We get a taste of Disney’s newest park with an alternate universe of our beloved wall-crawler in WEB of Spider-Man #1, written by Kevin Shinick, art by Alberto Alburquerque, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, and letters by Travis Lanham. WEB of Spider-Man is an odd story. When Disney Parks announced Avengers Campus, everyone knew this was…
THE LAST ANNIHILATION RAGES ON! The Guardians are scattered to save five different planets – but it’s already too late for Chitauri Prime. Why those five? What are the true plans of the mysterious enemy targeting our universe? Only DOCTOR DOOM knows… but with the entire Chitauri species out for his blood, he might not…
We’re a little behind but the line rolls on! Welcome back to our fourth installment of X-Chat! In X-Men #16, Forge dives into the Vault from Gerry Duggan, Josh Cassara, Guru-eFx, and Clayton Cowles. It goes badly. The girls get in deep in X-Terminators #2 from Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham….
It’s Wonder Woman’s final showdown with Villainy Inc and Dr. Cizko in Wonder Woman #790 is written by Michael Conrad and Becky Cloonan, penciled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Wade Von Grawbadger, colored by Tamra Bonvillain and lettered by Pat Brosseau. Bad Calculations With one of Cloonan and Conrad’s classic twists, it appears Etta had…
The kids from the first 1980s teen X-team are now adults, and they’re in charge of mutant teens today. Previous X-schools trained child soldiers: can the New Mutants find a better way? And will Xi’an Coy Manh ever, ever, ever be free of her family’s psychic ghosts? New Mutants #18, written by Vita Ayala, art…
On September 27th, after 154 Wednesdays without him, the classic Wolverine emerged from his adamantium cocoon to begin life anew. This development brought forth a cacophonous symphony of meh across Twitter threads, message boards, and subreddits throughout the internet. Personally, the return filled me with dread about the direction of the X-Line and not just…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 351: Tiffany Babb and Deanna Destito talk comics journalism Tiffany Babb joins the show to talk about the second edition of The Comics Courier, a newspaper-format comics criticism journal. Then, Dan and Matt chat with Comics Beat Managing Editor Deanna Destito at Super Jersey Comic…
Having saved the Earth from the God City of T’Kon, the crew of the USS Theseus return to Deep Space Nine to regroup and plan their next step against Kahless in Star Trek #7 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Mike Feehan, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. …
Ochi of Bestoon is in the spotlight, and he’s not looking for a whole colloquium in Star Wars: Darth Vader #15 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Jason Keith and lettered by Joe Caramagna. One of the fun side projects throughout Greg Pak’s run on this volume of Darth Vader has…
Batman and Lex Luthor cross figurative swords as the investigation into the death of Abyss continues in Batman #119 written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the new backup feature, Gotham Academy character Maps Mizoguchi returns to investigate the disappearance of…
The King In Black has been defeted, but the impending Snarkwar looms over head. Find out how Abigail Brand responds in S.W.O.R.D. #5 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Ariana Maher. Zach Rabiroff: Fabian’s back, some Snarks get whacked, and a long-lost Acolyte makes a dramatic comeback. You ready to talk some S.W.O.R.D.?…
Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Buccellato Name: Angelo Espinosa Code Names: Skin First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #317 (Oct ‘94) Powers: Six feet of extra skin Teams Affiliation: Generation X About One of the things the original Generation X, as well as the recent relaunch, got right was that not every mutant fits in. Not everyone…