People like to say the X-Men have the most complicated backstory and continuity in comics. And that might be true. For Marvel Comics. But at least a tie for messiest history would have to be DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes, the teen team from the future. And that’s not even factoring in that we’re on our…
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…
Surprising perhaps no one, the site formerly known as Xavier Files has gone all in on X-Men in this week’s Panels of the Week — but that’s not all we enjoyed from this week’s offerings! What’s It Do? Andrea Ayres’ pick comes from the X-tremely popular X-Men #3. “It’s such a fun moment that communicates…
Number One deals with an outbreak aboard the Enterprise while Pike and Spock are trapped on-world with the “Ghosts of Illyria.” Written by Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff, directed by Leslie Hope. Mark Turetsky: This episode has it all! Contact tracing, lockdowns, people engaging in risky behavior in the face of a deadly infection. Sometimes…
A run-in with an abusive cop leads Robin (Tim Drake) into a really rough night in Batman #2, written by Matt Fraction, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: It’s a pretty busy week for DC, huh? Prelude to DC K.O., Absolute Evil, new Gotham Academy. Will…
It’s finally time for Snakes On A Page with The Union #1 from Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, Drew Geraci, Le Beau Underwood, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: It’s Snakes time! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been excited to see this big beautiful snake since February. Nola Pfau: AS HAVE I….
The former and current Daredevils have had enough and Bullyseye’s just getting started in Daredevil #31. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #31 sees Matt waking up to realities of life on the inside, while Elektra wakes up…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 313: Josie Campbell talks Skull-Crusher and Superman Writer-producer Josie Campbell joins the show to talk about her BOOM Studios series I Heart Skull-Crusher and DC’s My Adventures with Superman – both the show and the comic. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music,…
[player id=1656] Introducing Xavier Files Reviews, a weekly podcast where I review the books that come out each week. This was a Patreon goal that I set WAY too low but here we are. This week I review X-Men Prime and really hope I can get this all set up somewhere more than Google Play!
We’re living in a golden age of Dad Comics. Remember how your dad’s bookshelf had all those John Grisham and Tom Clancy novels on it? Dad Comics are John Grisham and Tom Clancy novels but for us (well, me at least. I don’t know your life). Instead of Jack Ryan and Jack Reacher and other…
This whole episode came about when Matt was looking for something else entirely, and he stumbled across an issue of Batman: Gotham Adventures, the animated series tie-in, written by Ed Brubaker. As he didn’t remember that at all, he decided he had to read it, and since he has minimal time to read for pleasure,…
Mutants have a new home in Krakoa. They have come from far and wide, from all backgrounds, to join a community of their fellow Homo Superior. But one Omega Mutant has ignored the call. In X-Men/Fantastic Four Chip Zdarsky, Dodsons Terry & Rachel, Laura Martin, Dexter Vines and Karl Story come together to tell the…
This week we take a trip to Otherworld and appreciate all the work Tini Howard did to make that place make sense. Because, wow, it might have actually been bad before 2019.Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Force: Otherworld Excalibur vol 2 Wisdom Max
I’m a simple man. I have a masters in business administration and I am one of the leading experts on all things X-Men. So a book about the X-Corporation headed by CXOs Penance and Angel? That is something that perks my interest. Hearing that all-star writer Tini Howard is taking chair with Alberto Foche? Well,…
The Silver Coin continues as an ongoing series. The kid has been losing serious quarters to the arcade’s hot new fighting game. But when he finds the Silver Coin, he just can’t stop winning — no matter how bloody the game gets. Issue #6 is drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh and written by Josh…