Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Tony’s pick: X-Men #1: Krakoa is gone and Orchis has fallen, but the X-Men remain, always. Cyclops leads, because that is what he does. Beast builds, because that is what he…
Everyone knows that Batman is also billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. But what most people outside of Batman comics fans don’t know is that Batman has another alter ego: two-bit mobster Matches Malone, an identity Batman uses to infiltrate the mob. This week, we’re reading three stories where Batman uses the Matches identity: an arc that…
Matt prepares for his trial with the help of an old flame in the form of Kirsten McDuffie, as the Kingpin reemerges into crime in this tale written by Chip Zdarsky, Art by Marco Chechetto, Colors by Marcio Menyz, and Letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles. Vishal Gullapalli: Chip does it again! Every issue I wonder…
Welcome to the first installment of ComicsXF’s new regular X-book review roundup column! With so many X-Men related comics coming out each month, we’ve enlisted a crack duo of writers to tackle an assortment of the notable or intriguing offerings. This week, they kick off the column with three big “Judgment Day” tie-ins! The X-Men…
Vandal Savage sets his anti-Batman crusade in motion, Bruce Wayne does his best as Bat-Dad, the Riddler strikes and a whole lot more happens in Batman #3, written by Matt Fraction, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Will Nevin: A week before it drops, I want to publicly…
Will wanted to talk about Paul Dini and Alex Ross’s graphic album, Batman: War On Crime, so the logical episode theme was more Paul Dini stories, so this is not Matt 100% forcing more Dini on Will. And while Matt didn’t do it intentionally, well, he did wind up picking a story with Zatanna, because…
Moira MacTaggert was a long time human ally of the X-Men. House Of X #2 posits the question, what if she was a mutant? In an Anatomy Lesson like study, Johnathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia explore the ten lives of Moira X. Seeing her as an innocent by-standard, an ally to the X-Men,…
This review will include spoilers. Please be advised! I’m not the first person to say that Russell T Davies really has nothing to prove anymore with Doctor Who. Like the Doctor himself, RTD has made a kind of habit of saving the world he loves so much from destruction – though in TV land, that…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 203: Tinker Tailor Soldier Witch with Cavan Scott Writer Cavan Scott joins the show to talk about the return of Vault Comics’ Shadow Service, his upcoming Dark Horse series The Ward, Star Wars, Titans United and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 183: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 with Cullen Bunn The Three Amigos reunite to celebrate Halloween with a discussion of 1987’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” with special guest Cullen Bunn. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Suzie has a line in the final issue of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s “Sex Criminals”: “And after a while, you stop asking about someone, you stop thinking about someone. Doesn’t mean I stopped caring.” Jon, equally preoccupied with the thought of seeing his fellow series lead after some time apart, narrates: “Now I know…
It’s always a good time for us to return to the runs that we’re following in order. This time, things go from bad to worse in No Man’s Land, Dick Grayson investigates Wayne Manor for clues to Bruce Wayne’s whereabouts while Damian has a strange encounter with Oberon Sexton, and the magical war in the…
Press Release New York, NY—February 13, 2018— Wolverine has been trekking across the Marvel Universe, from the pages of 2017’s best-selling comic MARVEL LEGACY #1 to the current glimpses of Logan in the Where’s Wolverine pages featured in select Marvel comics…but is that really the Logan we all know and love? This May, the story…
They say don’t speak ill of the dead. Well, no one told Professor X and Magneto that because this episode has them negging the heck outta Stan Lee as Battle Of The Atom goes to the movies. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited #17 (Faceoff) X-Men #40 (Frankenstein) X-Men: The Last Stand Collectors Edition DVD Movie…
The Doomed Planet Go to the town of Kovno, Lithuania today, and you will find a world of ghosts. In another age, 40,000 Jews lived among the crowded streets of this one-time capital. They worshipped at more than 40 different (and often squabbling) synagogues, educated their children in Hebrew schools, and kept open a hospital to…