The Kids Do A Weekend At Bernie’s In New Mutants #20
Can Krakoa’s kids bring back their just-killed best clone friend? Where in the South Atlantic is Tristan da Cunha? And is anyone– anyone?– listening to Rahne? It’s time for plots, heists, and tears, so many tears, in New Mutants #20, from Vita Ayala, Alex Lins, Matt Milla and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: The Hellfire Gala…
Battle Of The Atom: Do You Pooh?
Special guest Charlie Davis joins Zack for a discussion about Shatterstar and his son and his father and his son ans his father and his son and his father and so on Ranked this episode: X-Force: Shatterstar Longshot Saves The Marvel Universe Shatterstar
Break-ups, Farewells and Fish-o-cide in Saga #59
Multiple farewells, none of them friendly, and the cost of magic are in the spotlight in the penultimate chapter of the return arc of Saga in Saga #59, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: You know, you can only be around so many disastrous relationships before…
Marvel turns 85, and no one’s asking it not to run for president again
What’s it like to visit a Marvel museum? In space? With Deadpool and Wolverine?* Is it all nostalgia-bait, or will our heroes find something more? Discover the answer in Marvel’s 85th Anniversary Special, written and drawn by Ryan North, Joshua Cassara, Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne, Alan Davis, Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Yuji…
Martian Ghost Centaur Will Restore Your Faith in Sasquatch
Louie O’Connor loves Sasquatch. And why shouldn’t she? The hirsute cryptid put her small town of Southborough, California, on the map. A chance encounter nearly 20 years ago drew all manner of tourist to town, allowing an array of quirky local businesses to thrive, including her dads’ burger restaurant. But the town has fallen on…
WMQ&A Episode 189: Chicago Chi-nanigans
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 189: Chicago Chi-nanigans We ain’t here to start no trouble, we’re just here to interview creators and publishing folks on the floor of C2E2 2021 in Chicago. Guests include Mark Sable, Kami Garcia, Gavin Smith, Stephanie Phillips, AfterShock Publisher Joe Pruett and AWA representatives Dulce Montoya and Lisa Wu. You…
Absolute Superman saves the day, or at the very least this week’s Staff Picks
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. Bonus pick: Absolute Superman #1: Without the fortress, without the family,…
Nanny Learns A Lesson On Motherhood In Our Exclusive Hellions #13 Preview
The Hellions are a disastrous team with an evil leader and a habit of making every situation they run into worse. But you don’t understand, I love them. They are a mess and have left chaos in their wake without any real repercussions. Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of their own actions…
America Chavez: Made in the USA #3 redefines America’s origins… or does it?!
Ex-Young Avenger, West Coast Avenger, interdimensional Puerto Rican, and super-strong, superconfident lesbian icon America Chavez, plagued by suddenly unreliable powers, nonetheless zipped back to New York City to save her adoptive family. Instead she’s been taken captive by… we’ll find out who in America Chavez: Made in the USA 3, written by Kalinda Vazquez, pencils…
X-Men, Fallen Angels, Excalibur And More At Marvel’s Next Big Thing Panel At SDCC 2019
I’m not at SDCC, I’m one of those losers refreshing a Twitter feed like a mad man looking for new information about the Dawn Of X books. We already got the titles (thanks to some very dedicated fans yesterday) but now we know more! Johnathan Hickman set the mood after fans cheered for him saying…
X-Forced Into It: The Team Finally Explodes Into Action In X-Force #4
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. But as the past three issue have told us, that is not the case. In X-Force #4, Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara finally hit their stride in giving us Mutant CIA and the brains and the brawn of Mutant Intelligence. This All-New, All-Different, All-State-Sanctioned X-Force doesn’t come…
We Have No Chill About Leah Willams & David Baldeón’s X-Factor
As announced on Polygon (by former HoxPoxTox editor Susana Polo), there is a new X-Factor book coming from Leah Williams and David Baldeón. Here’s the pretty cover from Ivan Shavrin. As you can tell, the X-Men portion of Twitter is losing their dang minds. As are we here at Xavier Files. It’s Leah, she is…
To Pull the Eternal Heist in X-Men #13
Judgment Day strikes the X-Men in X-Men #13, written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by CF Villa, colored by Matt Milla and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Welcome Stephanie! Glad to have you on as we transition into year two of this series. Hell of an issue to guest on too! Stephanie Burt: Big fan…
A Moment Of Calm Before A Storm Of Swords As We Examine The Tarot And Treachery In X Of Swords: Stasis #1
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. X Of Swords paused this week for a moment of calm before a storm of swords. Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Pepe Larraz, Mahmud Asar, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles bring us X Of Swords: Stasis #1. Charlie Davis: Well, well, well Rob. We meet…