Venom #256 kills a major Spider-Man cast member (HOORAY!)
The serial killer Torment is following the path of the Death Spiral, and it’s led straight to Dylan Brock, in Venom #256.
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The Six Fingers #1 shows us how the other half kills
The year is 2873, and the East & Peninsula Power Factory has had another toxic spill – and Johannes Vale is having a rough time of it. He’s got a lot of things to answer for. Where are his plans for his grad school thesis? Where did this blood-stained handkerchief come from? And, most importantly,…
Dani Moonstar & Warpath Take Center Stage In Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1!
Nothing to add from the peanut gallery here. This is pretty neat and good. Check it out. Press Release New York, NY— August 19, 2020 — This November, Marvel celebrates Indigenous history with a landmark special, MARVEL’S VOICES: INDIGENOUS VOICES #1, written and drawn by some of the industry’s most renowned Indigenous talent along with…
Zine Watch: January 2022
I Have Gotten Into Zines. I’ve been telling myself I’ll Get Into Zines for a few years, but I’ve been intimidated by the range of subject, volume of releases, length of recurring zines, and whatever unseen indie community politics rage behind the scene. Therefore I have made the decision to Get Into Zines in the…
Advance Review: Two Goth Tastes Taste Goth Together in Locke & Key/Sandman #1
The year is 1927, and two houses across the Atlantic are about to collide. At Keyhouse in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, Locke family patriarch Chamberlain is dying and regrets the loss of his son to Hell. On Fawney Rig in Sussex, England, Roderick Burgess holds court over his debauched followers and keeps the King of Dreams in…
A ComicsXF Tribute to George Pérez
On December 7, 2021, George Pérez – artist, writer, creator, and inspiration for two generations of comic fans and professionals – shared on facebook that he expects to have only a limited time left with us. Like so many others, the ComicsXF team has been touched by Pérez’s presence in ways both subtle and profound….
Blood, Slime, Rocky Relationships, and Fastlane? Here is Your Week In Wrestling
Charlie Davis: The days are blending together and there is more wrestling than anyone can possibly consume! But I’ve got a Gin and Tonic and a can-try attitude so anything is possible! No, but really. Wrestlemania is coming soon, the AEW women are stepping up in a big way, and I GUESS Impact Wrestling is…
Beyond ‘Voices’: 4 Indigenous Characters from across Comics
I think we all wish that comics were more equitable and diverse, both when it comes to who creates them and who appears in them. While recent years have taken steps in the right direction, there are still plenty of under-represented groups. Marvel this year launched a series of one-shots featuring characters and creators of…
DC’s Infinite Frontier Rolls on and We Get Omnibi-Curious in Our Staff Picks for 3/24
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley…
WMQ&A Episode 256: The Seasons Have Teeth, and So Does Dan Watters
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 256: The Seasons Have Teeth, and So Does Dan Watters Writer Dan Watters returns to talk about his new Humanoids graphic novel The Incal: The Dying Star, BOOM’s The Seasons Have Teeth, Marvel’s Loki, DC’s Knight Terrors: Detective Comics and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
Batman ’89: Echoes wraps 6 issues and nearly 2 years after it began
Batman faces down the mastermind behind all his recent woes, the terrorist Ra’s al Ghul, as Harley Quinn storms the TV studio and Scarecrow does … something. It’s a series finale that may or may not (almost definitely may not) answer all your questions in Batman ’89: Echoes #6, written by Sam Hamm, drawn by…
Learn The Secrets Of The Green Lagoon In X-Force #9
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. Unfortunately, we aren’t so lucky. In X-Force #9, we take a load off and have a little fun. It’s a tiki bar party and everyone’s there except our old pal Colossus. On an unrelated note, Domino is suddenly feeling a lot better after her resurrection, almost as…
It’s a Wolverine Showdown in X Deaths of Wolverine #3
X Deaths of Wolverine #3, from Benjamin Percy, Federico Vicentini, Dijjo Lima, and Cory Petit. Liz Large: We’re halfway through the X Lives/X Deaths story, and I am looking forward to talking about how this is ramping up. What about you? Cassie Tongue: You can really tell we’ve hit the halfway mark: the plot is…
Uncanny X-Men #29 stages a mutant prison break
Wave goodbye to Graymalkin Prison and hello to some new team members as another story arc wraps in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #29.
Psylocke to get her own solo series from Wong and Carratù
Cyclops and Psylocke’s relationship has come a long way. Think about it. Thirty or so years ago, a version of Psylocke that was a hybrid of Betsy Braddock and the assassin Kwannon tried to seduce Scott Summers by licking motor oil off his face, scaring him so badly that he ran away to Alaska (Fun…