The rights to Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian have bounced around from comics publisher to comics publisher the past few years. But when you really think about it, anyone can do a barbarian story. All you need is a big shirtless dude with dirty hair, a weapon of some kind, some dirty-sexy people in…
Battle Of The Atom: Cyclops Is Wearing A Loincloth: Who will fall? Who will rise? Who will be the last host standing? You know a schism was coming between Adam and Zack, you just never thought it would be this ugly. Ranked this episode: Schism Generation Hope #10-12 X-Men: Regenesis
He’s cutting promos, taking names and making sure to secure the intergalactic contenders in our preview of The Thing #5 by Walter Mosley, Tom Riley & Jordie Bellaire. This series has been joyful since it started and shows no signs of slowing down as The Thing does what he does best, brawling in battles he…
The king of Wakanda is dead, leaving unguarded the world’s most advanced technology, most precious metal and a cryptic vault of dark secrets while triggering global conflicts. With T’Challa gone, the future will be determined by a final tribal challenge for the throne and the mysterious victor who will change Wakanda, and the Marvel Universe,…
Wolverine makes a jaunt back to the present to end this fight in X Lives of Wolverine #5 written by Benjamin Percy, art by Joshua Cassara, colors by Frank Martin, and letters by Cory Petit. Cassie Tongue: Well, we’ve run out of lives. The final issue of X Lives of Wolverine ends in a collision…
In December, ComicsXF’s intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of those interviews. You know who should draw a Shazam…
You ever here about a journalism term called “burying the lede”? Well here at ComicsXF we refuse to do that. We put the lede right there in the headline. Disaster gals doing wresting moves and looking hot doing it. Leah Williams and Carlos Gomez are doing God’s work here and we love it. Check out…
Look, it’s the end of the day and I’m 90% writing this just so I can Tweet the headline and spite all the folks calling the X-Men evil now. There’s a neat trailer with cool art for X-MEN #1. I read it, it rules, you should buy it tomorrow. But don’t believe me, watch this…
Dear Comic Creators: Wow. What a year, right? Brexit. Impeachment hearings. Remember when we almost went to war with Iran back in January? That was crazy. And now here we are, months into global pandemic, isolation orders implemented across the country amid crazy protests, and no real end in sight. Some of us are coping….
Life in New York is exhausting. Let’s dance. Good thing Dazzler’s in town. Score tickets somehow and queue for the show in NYX #6, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, penciled by Michael Shelfer, inked by Shelfer and Elisabetta D’Amico, colored by Raúl Angulo and lettered by Joe Sabino. And we’re back: The mutants-take-Manhattan…
They stalk the night. When they have your name, you are as good as dead, so pray that you never draw their attention. They are the League of Assassins. Whether they serve Ra’s al Ghul, his daughter Talia, the Sensei or any other master, the League has been a thorn in the side of Batman…
Press Release New York, NY—June 8, 2017—This July, mutants will once again assemble in ASTONISHING X-MEN #1, and Marvel is celebrating the occasion with a series of nearly thirty X-MEN TRADING CARD VARIANTS by legendary artist Jim Lee! After debuting a selection of covers earlier this year, Marvel is proud to release the remaining variant…
The Justice League International era of the mid-to-late 80s was a sea change for the Justice League franchise. While there were still superheroics, the book became grounded in character based humor; the series was basically a workplace sitcom. And early in the run, Batman was a regular member, basically the grouchy boss who couldn’t put…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Austin’s pick: Uncanny X-Men #1: A core group of essential X-Men rises From the Ashes to face a world without a home — and without Professor X! (That second part seems…