An attempted assasination of three of Ravnica’s leaders, who also happen to be Planeswalkers, has shaken the city. When Kaya, Vraska and Ral Zarek turn to fellow Planeswalker Jace Beleren, his life is threatened as well, and the three are left with more questions. Written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Ig Guara, colored by Arianna…
The New Mutants do two things constantly. 1) Push back the release date of their feature film 2) Die This episode is about the second thing. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants: Dead Souls New Mutants #38-40 (Aftermath) New Mutants: Truth or Death
Since comics are a silent medium, mispronunciations of character names can be a common problem. You’re not alone if you grew up thinking Magneto was pronounced with a “net” instead of the correct “neat” syllable and felt a little surprised hearing it out loud in the animated series or the arcade game. Well, today we…
Crank up the AC and fill the bathtub with ice cubes. We’re chilling out this week on WMQ&A with a look at three cool cartoons (and one comic) featuring seminal Batman villain Mr. Freeze, featuring guest Dan McMahon from the SuperSons podcast.
Zack & Adam travel to the land of the rising sun for some manga inspired X-Men tales when they find a story that might forever stay at the bottom of their list. Ranked this episode Marvel Mangaverse X-Men X-Men: Phoenix Legacy of Fire Wolverine Snikt! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on…
Vamos a San Juan! Miles Morales and the fam are headed on a vacation to Puerto Rico. But his mom, Rio, has relatives Miles has never met — relatives with seeekrits that could turn Spidey’s world upside down. Learn those seeekrits in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1, featuring: “On the Road,” written by Cody Ziglar,…
Why would Taki betray SWORD? Al Ewing, Jacopo Camagni, Fernando Sifuentes and Ariana Maher deliver the truth in SWORD #10. Nola Pfau: Well, Corey, are you finally ready to delve into the first big event of the Krakoan era? Corey Smith: Nola, buddy, I could not be more excited to finally jump into this issue……
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Ultimate Wolverine #1: To maintain control of their corner…
Like you (I assume), I am plagued by the non-problem of too many good comics and not enough time to read them all, so I’m behind on this Vault banger from Ram V and Anand RK. But ComicsXF staffers Cassie Tongue and Forrest Hollingsworth aren’t, and those smart folks had this to say about the…
Scorpio Vol. 1, collecting issues 1-3 in 80 full color pages of the urban fantasy Zodiac comic, is now live on Kickstarter. Each issue focuses on a different holder of the celestial powers of the Zodiac, starting with its protagonist Daniel Shim. Daniel Shim is a young, ambitious CEO who finds himself entangled with the…
Sure, we could talk about how X-Men Legends #12 brings back the X-Menniest X-Men writer to ever X-Men, Chris Claremont, to tell a story about Nightcrawler and Shadowcat in the days between when the X-Men were believed to have died in “Fall of the Mutants” and when Excalibur forms in “The Sword Is Drawn.” And…
The Hulk finds the true meaning of Christmas- Goop! It’s a quieter tale written by Al Ewing, art by Aaron Kuder, colors by Frank Martin & Erick Arciniega, and letters by Cory Petit! Robert Secundus: Have a hellish, grotesque Hulkmas/ it’s a sad time of the year/ We all cry/ when we see Hulk’s eyes/…
After 13 years, Jean Grey is coming back in PHOENIX RESSURECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY by Matthew Rosenberg and an assortment of artists, with Lenil Yu on the first issue. Issue #1 was a fantastic opening that raised more questions than it answered. Luckily the weekly schedule means we won’t have to wait long…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Defenders #1: Remember a couple years ago when Al Ewing tried to make the Masked Raider happen? Well, he’s back, along with Doctor Strange (Hey, isn’t he about to die?), the Silver Surfer…
We all love a Man-Thing. How many other Marvel character have a song written about them by The Mountain Goats? It’s not shocking in our organic, Krakoan era, Man-Thing would come in conflict with the mutants, but who could have predicted this? Steve Orlando and Andrea Broccardo have been building to a crescendo in in…