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…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. X Of Swords continues this week with three comics about two heroes. First Pierce Lightning & Tony Thornley set the stage with Benjamin Percy, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matthew Wilson, and Cory Petit’s Wolverine #6. Then Ari Bard & Kenneth Laster keep things moving with…
As time ticks away, a goddess fights to maintain her humanity. Jonathan Hickman, Russel Dauterman, and Matthew Wilson tell the tale of Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 Andrea Ayres: Well Jude, I don’t know if we’ve formally met but what a great way to get to know one another. Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 is a decent…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: We can all agree the X-Men’s resident goddess has been underwritten since the dawn of dawn of X the Hickman era began the Disassembled stuff Blue and Gold…
As revealed on AiPT, the last issue of the GIANT-SIZE X-MEN series will feature the goddess herself, Storm. Unable to be contained to a single comic, Russel Dauterman will rejoin Jonathan Hickman for a one-shot all about Storm. What Hickman was too scared to answer is just how large these X-Men are. We will have…
Name: Ororo Munroe Code Names: Storm First Appearance: Giant Sized X-Men #1 (Oct ‘75) Powers: Weather Control Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Force, The Crew, The Avengers, Fantastic Four About The word unless provides a lot of insight. It is one thing to say someone will do something, it is another to understand what would make them…
Every Monday Senior X-Men Editor Mark Paniccia answers fans questions and shares cool new art from the X-Line. We’ll be here compiling all those hints in one place, alongside the rest of the best stuff in X-Men Social media, so you don’t have to worry about missing a single second of it. This is #XMENMONDAY…
At the NYCC 2017 X-Men: Legacy panel, Marvel EiC Axel Alonso hinted that a new Storm comic could be possible. Black Panter and also actual award-winning non-fiction writer Ta-Nehisi Coates stoked the rumor mill with this tweet. Got to talk collaboration with the incredible @heyjenbartel Stay tune!! pic.twitter.com/IurihdWcWX — Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) October 8, 2017 Award-winning journalist for…
This Editorial comes to us from Everett Christensen. Stories matter, representation matters. Representation impacts how we see others as well as how we see ourselves. If there is a direct critique to be leveled at the X-Men franchise as a whole on this point it is the lack of stories that directly address the present state…
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. Matt’s pick: The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1: In the…
Trained to be an assassin since birth, Kwannon chose to be an X-man. But there are still some jobs too dirty for the X-Men. And some paths have to be walked alone. Psylocke #1 is written by Alyssa Wong, drawn by Vincenzo Carratù, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Ariana Maher. Everyone knows (even…
Mayor Nakano has been murdered, and Batman and Jim Gordon are on the case. Their investigation leads them to the alliance between the Riddler and the Court of Owls, as well as deceit and secrets between Nakano and his wife. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne investigates the possibility of a secret brother coming to light. Batman #154…
Happy Halloween! It’s time for tricks, treats, costumes and, of course, horror movies. The skeletons and the cobwebs have been hung with care, and now it’s time for the mutant maniacs of the X-Mansion to decide what spooky flicks they want to marathon as they eat all the candy they want. I assume the X-Mansion…
Doctor Doom is the Sorcerer Supreme now, and he’s got a question for the Avengers in Avengers #19, written by Jed MacKay, art by Farid Karami, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Cory Petit When the term “thought experiment” is thrown out, no doubt most minds tend to turn toward one of the most…
With one X-man down and hell coming for the rest, Rogue finds herself alone against a power of darkness for which she is completely unprepared. No backup, no lifeline and no way out. Uncanny X-Men #4 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Jake:…