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….
Name: Xi’an Coy Mahn Code Names: Karma First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up #100 (Dec ’80) Powers: Mind Control Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, X-Men About My grandfather served in Vietnam. Like many people, he didn’t talk about it when he came back. Something about the horrific conflict stayed impressed on his soul throughout his entire life. It wasn’t until the…
Did you know Chris Bachalo is very good at drawing Illyana Rasputina, aka Magik? Maybe you didn’t because you came up in the 1990s and fell off comics and you only remember Bachalo as the Generation X guy. OK, well, picture Husk but taller and a demon anime princess with a huge Final Fantasy sword….
Logan and Wade wrap up their team-up by… well… you’ll just have to wait and see in Wolverine #23, written by Benjamin Percy, drawn by Adam Kubert, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Cory Petit. Tony Thornley: Our favorite stabby boys are back, and I’m happy to see there’s some emotional depth going on…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. X Of Swords continues this week with three comics about two heroes. First Pierce Lightning & Tony Thornley set the stage with Benjamin Percy, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matthew Wilson, and Cory Petit’s Wolverine #6. Then Ari Bard & Kenneth Laster keep things moving with…
Death has had terrible tastes in men. Thanos? Deadpool? At last, it seems like she’s chosen a worthy lover in Ben Grimm. As the Thing is, though, he doesn’t like it when cosmic entities manipulate his life and take his girlfriend out of the picture just to win his affections. That’s right, it’s clobberin’ time,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 190: Into the Woods with Joe Ciano Writer Joe Ciano joins us to talk about his debut graphic novel, Children of the Woods, out Jan. 26 from Dark Horse Comics. PLUS, one last interview from C2E2 with Keith Dallas and Don Kramer. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,…
We’ve got a real special one for you today. It’s the premier X-Men villains, Captain America and his Avengers facing off with Quiet Council members Mystique and Storm. Kamala’s Law made teen heroes illegal. While the Avengers say they don’t want to enforce it, they sure want to make sure the status quo remains in…
Now that Alana is fully licensed, everything is good, right? Right? Saga #60 is drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: Well, that’s a way to end an arc. Staples and Vaughan always know exactly where to punch; it’s the place you weren’t expecting. Mark Turetsky: Hazel’s…
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> We have the X-Man Update to end all X-Man Updates (note: I will still continue to do X-Man Update because it is fun for me). Plus we talk to friend of the show, Charlie Davis about Jean Grey, but like, a young version of…
Art by Ron Garney and Mark Morales Name: Sammy Paré Code Names: Squid-Boy First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #410 (Oct ’02) Powers: Generic Aquatic Powers Teams Affiliation: X-Men About In the 2010 Christmas episode of the show Community, Abed Nadir (the website TVTropes given human form) gets asked by his friend why he is excited to do something that he should otherwise hate….
In 2001, I went to the theater to see the big release of the summer. It opened, like many animated tales do, on a narrator expositing about a princess locked in a tower, waiting to be freed by the true love’s kiss of a valiant knight. Our narrator scoffs, “Like that’s ever gonna happen. What…
Jane Foster searches the ends of the universe while Throg: Frog of Thunder tries not to croak in in Thor #12 written by Donny Cates, art by Nic Klein, colored by Matt Wilson, and lettered by Joe Sabino. There’s a Jekyll and Hyde aspect to the work of Donny Cates. On the one hand, his…
This week, the indie arm of Xavier Files brings you reviews of Decorum #4, courtesy of Chris Eddleman, and Savage Dragon #251, courtesy of Robert Secundus. Enjoy! Decorum #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman, Artist: Mike Huddleston, Colorist: Sasha E. Head, Letterer: Rus Wooton, Publisher: Image Decorum has been an interesting journey through the world created within,…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 272: Swords, sandals and symbiotes with Torunn Grønbekk Writer Torunn Grønbekk joins the show to talk about Realm of X, Red Sonja, what she has in store for Venom and Carnage, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…