The Fantastic Four and Avengers find themselves at the center of a war, between who? Find out in Empyre #1 by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Joe Caramagna! Allison Senecal: So, here it is! The big Marvel event of the summer! Not a prelude, not a #0, the REAL DEAL! Finally!…
We have a new segment guaranteed to make everyone excited. Also a guest like Charlie Davis is here to have a fun time talking about X-Force. Plus, a behind the scenes look at the struggles of a real podcast daddy. Ranked this episode: X-Force and Cable Annual ’97 X-Force #63-64 (The Haunting of Castle Doom) X-Force and…
Co-creator Lazlow, artist David Lapham and editor Shelly Bond join The ComicsXF Interview Podcast to talk about their Dark Horse Comics series American Caper.
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: DC Versus Marvel Omnibus: Featuring Superman vs. the Amazing…
Darth Vader comes face-to-face once more with his coarsest, roughest, most irritating foe, one which gets everywhere in Star Wars: Darth Vader #26 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. It’s the one where Vader fights sand. That may sound glib and/or reductive, but that’s…
Jimmy Leighton is a small-time second-floor hood in Boston until he breaks into the wrong Cambridge basement, fiddles with most definitely the wrong quantum computer and wakes up in Chicago with a brand new life and a swollen bank account. But then that pain flares in his head, and he’s taken to Afghanistan. Or a…
In Matthew Rosenburg & Tyler Boss’s upcoming Image title “What’s The Furthest Place From Here?” a group of teens each pick an album to represent themselves, to give themselves meaning, long after they are gone. Now, they can’t actually listen to the albums but that’s beside the point. With the book coming out next week…
It’s always interesting to see Magneto fight a non-mutant superhero. What would they even have to banter about between punches? “So, you do spider-things, eh? Well, no matter, Magneto will see you driven before him, another enemy of Homo superior removed!” “You fancy yourself a god? See how easily I cast your metal hammer aside,…
For a brief, shining moment just before the New 52 rewrote the DC Universe, Batman was everywhere. You might say to me, “Hey, podcast guy, Batman is everywhere now. And he has been since at least 1989, probably since 1966.” But I’m talking in universe here. Grant Morrison had created Batman Incorporated, where Batman travelled…
In one comic, a young woman is reminded of how far she’s come the past few years while living with bipolar disorder. She finds creative ways to take out supervillains and uses her power — and her Ph.D. — to handle a melting-down nuclear core. In another comic, a giant monster emerges from the ocean…
All dreams must turn to waking in Silk #5 written by Emily Kim with art by Ig Guara, colors by Ian Herring, and letters by Ariana Maher. At the end of the previous issue, we saw Silk’s younger brother Albert running from the demon form of Saya Ishii in a literal nightmare. At the same…
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales dropped last week exclusively on the Playstation 4 and the Playstation 5. While the game is indeed a rip-roaring good time with excellent characters, graphics, and gameplay there has not been nearly enough discussion on the most important easter egg in the game. Beware mild late-game spoilers ahead. Bill the Lobster,…
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…
Art by Bill Sienkiewicz Name: Alison Blaire Code Names: Dazzler First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #130 (Feb ’80) Powers: Turns sound into light Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Excalibur About In 2014, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie released a new series called The Wicked + The Divine. It tells the story of twelve reincarnated gods, given shape…
The previous issue of Uncanny Avengers ended with Captain Krakoa being revealed as the evil Captain America from everyone’s favorite Trump-era Marvel crossover, Secret Empire. (We did Nazi that coming!) This issue – the final one of this volume – appears to open with another reveal: Evil Steve prefers to be called Grant now. “The…