Full disclosure: I am not a Taylor Swift fan. Some might assume it’s a matter of taste, others might allude to the fact I’m “old” or “seriously, this is embarrassing, you’re not even the target audience.” Regardless, it was impossible to miss the release of her new album, Folklore, which landed online last month and…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and…
Food. You know it. You love it. You’ve probably eaten some in the past few hours. I just had sushi. From ShopRite. DON’T JUDGE ME. But if you’re like me, you’ve probably wondered if any of your favorite comic creators have any good recipes to share. Like MarkWaid-a-roni and cheese or Chicken a la Tom…
There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and…
By complete coincidence, ComicsXF Editor-in-Chief Dan Grote and longtime writer and editor Tony Thornley ended up at the Walt Disney Company’s two American theme parks the same week in late June. While we were each prepared for a week of fun with our families, we issued each other a challenge — could we find a…
There are many comics that are underrated, many comics that are controversial and many comics that have been given the wrong shake. Kaare Andrews’ Spider-Man: Reign is one such work. A flawed, messy, brilliant comic that engages with the time it came out while remaining relevant to this day, full of evocative imagery, fantastic fight…
Gotham is getting stranger. Not only is there a Bat-Man, but now seeming undead Monster Men are rampaging and killing political movers and shakers. Bruce Wayne is in a strange new world, and he has some hard decisions to make if he wants to save his city. The Bat-Man: First Knight #2 is written by…
It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight…
Click here to read Part I. Click here to read Part II. Sometimes a year’s worth of comic books feels like a day, and sometimes a day feels like a year. Our first two parts of this three-part look back at Grant Morrison’s New X-Men (2001-04) were written and edited before Fall of X (2023)….
Recent news that Tom Brevoort, Marvel Comics’ longest serving editor, would be taking over stewardship of the X-Men sparked discussion among X-fandom regarding the relative merits of two different approaches to the characters: one that strives to push the X-Men forward, making them more than typical superheroes, and another that strives to present a more…
“We maniacs! We blew it up! Oh, damn us! Goddamn us all to Hell!” So says Professor Charles Xavier in Immortal X-Men #14, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel and Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark: Hey, so I was away for last month’s issue. … Did…
Piotr Rasputin may seem like a simple man, but with the Sinister Four having lost voting privileges, he’s the most powerful one-man voting bloc on the Krakoan council. Too bad he’s an unwilling Russian operative. Immortal X-Men #11 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton…
Nearly everyone comes to Ferrix for Maarva’s funeral and to hear her stirring call-to-action from beyond the grave in Andor episode #12, “Rix Road”! Austin Gorton: Since everyone is coming to Ferrix in this episode, and this season finale marks the completion of a stirring season of television, we thought it would be prudent to…
It’s the final showdown between Batman and Failsafe in Batman #130, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Batman must confront the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh for the life of the Joker in a story written by Zdarsky, drawn by Leonardo Romero, colored…
It’s heist time, as Cassian and company bust into an Imperial vault under the cover of a cosmic light show in Andor Episode 6, “The Eye”! Austin Gorton: Adam, welcome back for the culmination of the series’ heist plot! This was a suitably tense chunk of television as we watched Cassian and his erstwhile allies…