On December 7, 2021, George Pérez – artist, writer, creator, and inspiration for two generations of comic fans and professionals – shared on facebook that he expects to have only a limited time left with us. Like so many others, the ComicsXF team has been touched by Pérez’s presence in ways both subtle and profound….
All week Marvel has been releasing teasers for a new, secret X-Team. Unfortunately, the teasers have not been needed as some sites got everything right from the start and have no need to dragging things out. We got the final additions to this dysfunctional team today and they are Wild Child and Empath. We, of…
Mikey: Well, in the wake of SummerSlam and CM Punk, it’s almost like things have been reset. This week was all about how things changed–or didn’t–in the shuffle. Vishal: Also Takeover! Sadly. Charlie: I’m getting an anxiety ulcer waiting on Adam Cole news! Thanks wrestling! Forrest: Excited to talk about NXT Rebuild 3.0 + 1.0…
Princess Leia and Commander Zahra come face-to-face for their final battle in Star Wars #24, written by Charles Soule, art by Ramon Rosanas and Madibek Musabekov, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles. As both the climax to the Commander Zahra/Tarkin’s Will/“reassemble the Rebel fleet” story arc and the series’ second year since…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Superman and the Authority #1: Now that Jonathan Kent is doing his share of Superman-ing, Kal-El needs something else to do. How about getting a dope new costume and man-in-the-chairing the Authority? Grant…
Who’s that man with the horns of a ram and your most personal data in the palm of his twitchy hand? It’s Sheldon Xenos, gene-editing superfan, and he’s got a frightening plan in Exceptional X-Men #7, written by Eve Ewing (whom we stan), drawn by Carmen Carnero (who follows her plan), colored by Nolan Woodard…
The Avengers face their worst nightmares — literally, as Nightmare traps the majority of the team in a petty slumber. It couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the Twilight Court has appeared, ready to go through the Avengers just to get to Kang. Can the Vision and the Scarlet Witch hold their own…
After her victory over death and the Cotati, Jennifer Walters ruminates over her deaths and resurrections, leading back to her experiences Down Below in this issue by Al Ewing, Jon Davis-Hunt, Marcio Menyz, and VC’s Cory Petit. Cori McCreery: Taking a slight detour this week with The Immortal She-Hulk one-shot, which I know I’ve been…
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> This week we have a whole episode about Freedom Force today but here is the thing, Freedom Force is boring. We find a way to talk about it for a while. Also Lucifer is bad and shouldn’t be part of X-Men. Ranked this Episode:…
Remembering that the X-Men are very popular, Marvel is leading off their new Venom Island variants with the fact that the X-Men will get them. The X-Men now live on an island and Venom symboites were involved in Weapon Plus so I’m counting it as relevant. Anyway I guess other books will get these covers…
As the founder of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier has always been at the core of the franchise. Professor X and his dream of mutant-human coexistence have driven the Children of the Atom since X-Men #1 in 1963. This week, as the “X-Manhunt” crossover kicks off, Xavier is again at the center of a major…
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…
The prompt was “a fine selection of Claremont tentacles, please.” So that’s what we are doing this week. Ranked This Episode
One Joker down, two to go. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood are on a collision course with each other and the remaining two Jokers, and fresh wounds will be laid over their scars in Batman: Three Jokers #2 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson.
Silk has tried and failed to stop an evil witch from terrorizing New York. Now the witch is putting her grand plan into motion. What is the witch’s plan? And what’ll happen to the city, and the world, if Silk is too late? Find out in Silk #5, written by Emily Kim, drawn by Takeshi…