Every good elopement needs a fun wedding later, as Teddy and Billy tie the knot, and future problems develop on the cusp of the New Age of Space in this delightful aftermath issue from Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and VC’s Ariana Maher. Empyre: Aftermath Avengers #1 Zach Rabiroff: What a week, dear friends,…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. And the perfect world of X of Swords has concluded and our band of morally malleable mutants are back right where we left them. Beast abusing the powers of the state, Colossus rebranding to be a pillar of morality, and Forge just vibing. All that and sea…
In all of the multiverse, there is only one world that Uatu has avoided watching, one “What If” that he never wished to see. And now it will be revealed, the story that could damn him for all time, in Fantastic Four: Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher #1, written by Dan Slott, drawn by…
Excalibur #1, by Tini Howard, Marcus To, and Erick Arciniega is a book about magic and mutants. In Otherworld, the Queen Regent Morgan Le Fay is enraged that Krakoa has began to invade and decrees her agents to stop it. One such agent, Brian Braddock is corrupted by the dark witch. In a moment of…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 361: Jordan Blum talks the evolution of Minor Threats Writer Jordan Blum joins the show to talk about the World of Minor Threats at Dark Horse, including the upcoming Archie vs. Minor Threats and Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive. You can listen to…
Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank D’Armata bring us, Fallen Angels a story of the new Psylocke exploring a vision of Apoth, the new name of god. To do that, she recruits a squad of soldiers and makes deals with devils, while learning dark truths about herself. Adam Reck: Yo, Tony! Are you ready…
Art by Terry and Rachel Dodson Name: Santo Vaccarro Code Names: Rockslide First Appearance: New Mutants #3 (September ’03) Powers: General rock monster powers Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Hellions, X-Dudes About My first experience listening to Coheed & Cambria came from watching the music video for “A Favor House Atlantic” on Fuse. I was not a fan. That first impression stuck…
In the summer of 2018, times were strange but good. Since my youngest had been born only that spring, he was still pretty attached to my wife, Christi, which led to a new division of labor, in which I got our eldest son to bed while Christi went to bed early with the baby. Now…
We all float down here. But sometimes, we float up in the sky, too. Haha #4 is written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Patrick Horvath and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin: Ari, what do you think about It? I take it you’re not quite of the generation that was traumatized by Tim…
This year, Marvel announced an original podcast series about Wolverine called WOLVERINE: THE LONG NIGHT. It was original content for Stitcher Premium in March and is currently being released weekly for free. At the NYCC panel for their podcast THIS WEEK IN MARVEL, the company announced that WOLVERINE: THE LONG NIGHT would be adapted into a comic…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 7: The one where Colossus beats the $#!& outta Pete Nola Pfau joins Dan Grote to discuss Excalibur #92, the one where Colossus beats the crap out of Pete Wisdom. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
In July of 2000, the film X-Men became the surprise hit of the summer. More than anything else it signaled the beginning of the era of the comic book movie blockbuster. Over on the print side, things weren’t so bright. The X-Men books felt stagnant and they were nothing like the effortlessly cool film that…
It’s crazy how much Age of Apocalypse there’s been since the original Age of Apocalypse story. We wrote about it once. Based on this variant cover by Marco Checchetto to X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha, out Sept. 3, we were inspired to do a quickly googly on what the Storm of Earth-295 got up to after…
The family tree of new MCU star Wonder Man includes heroic robots, killer robots, the Master of Magnetism and at least one member of the Summers family.
Name: Victor Borkowski Code Names: Anole First Appearance: New X-Men #2 (Aug ‘03) Powers: Lizard boy Teams Affiliation: X-Men About I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the best thing about the New X-Men kids is their design. They all look unique and they all have great, simple, personality traits that can be applied to a…