A Breakout, a Showdown and more CXF Staff Picks
This week’s top comics are led by the debuts of DC’s Barbara Gordon: Breakout and Ignition Press’ Showdown. What are you looking forward to reading?
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A Much Needed Moment of Positive Mental Health in Guardians of the Galaxy #6
Here we go, it’s fall or fly time for the Human Rocket. The creative team of Al Ewing, Marcio Takara, Federico Blee, and VC’s Cory Petit bring us another stellar installment of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! Allison Senecal: So, Charlie, here we go. Here it is. I know I’ve been eagerly anticipating this issue with…
OUR SON PETE Episode 10: The one with Nate Grey (Excalibur #95)
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 10: The one with Nate Grey (Excalibur #95) In a beyond-the-paywall episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Battle of the Atom co-host and ComicsXF Publisher Emeritus Zack Jenkins joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #95, aka the one with Nate Grey, with detours into Marvel…
One more time then, for the children in Exceptional X-Men by Ewing & Carnero
The X-Men have had many generations of new mutants, from, well, the New Mutants, to Generation X, to the Morrison era/Academy X kids, to, technically, the O5 X-Men who got pulled forward in time, to whatever little ferals were running around Krakoa and apparently are being shunted off to the White Hot Room for not…
Glob Has Big Feelings As Magik Takes The Fight To DOX in New Mutants #12
It’s time to dox DOX in New Mutants #12! Story by Ed Brisson, art by Marco Failla, color by Carlos Lopez, lettering by Travis Lanham, and cover by Mike Del Mundo. Liz Large: A great week to discuss New Mutants! I haven’t seen the movie, but…well, at least this isn’t that. [Ed. note: Going to…
Chrises on Infinite Earths: Quest for Snacks (Thanos Quest)
Christi and Chris talk through the fantastic prelude to The Infinity Gauntlet, The Thanos Quest #1-2. Support The Chrises Patreon Kofii Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott Holmes is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial…
We Have To Say Goodbye… For Now in Runaways #38
When we last saw our chosen family of ill-fated super-powered young people, they had more cliffs than the Grand Canyon and more hangers than Los Angeles Fashion Week. That’s right, more cliff… hangers… oh, never mind. We’re just using bad puns to cheer ourselves up because this one-hundredth issue of Runaways (the 38th in the…
A tiny Wonder Woman and a new Skybound series lead this week’s CXF 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. Penn’s pick: Warriors and a Wee Wonder #1: What happens when…
Ninjas and Frogs Square Off In TMNT #126
The Splinter Clan’s home base and dojo has been burned down by a new and dangerous gang in Mutant Town—the Punk Frogs. The Frogs aren’t one for peaceable solutions, and are more than a match for the Turtles in a fight, putting the Splinter Clan in a bind until they can give the Frogs what…
Absolute Wonder Woman enters the BatChat alongside Tom Taylor’s Detective Comics debut
The Princess of Hell has reached Man’s World. Learn the origin of the Wonder Woman of the new DC Earth in Absolute Wonder Woman #1, written by Kelly Thompson, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Becca Carey. A serial killer is targeting young criminals in Gotham, and they seem to…
Interview: Zac Thompson talks about a key episode of ‘Angel’ ahead of his BOOM run (Part II of II)
Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov revitalized and reimagined Angel for a new age in Angel & Spike. This September, Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman are continuing that reimagination, starting Sept. 23 in Angel & Spike #14, and hoping to create stories in the BOOM!-fyverse that both capture the magic of the original series and critically reevaluate the source material….
BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman is Everywhere (w/ Josh Weil)
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…
Truth and Absurdity in Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E with Deniz Camp
From Deniz Camp, Filya Bratukhin, Jason Wordie and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Scout Comics’ Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. follows special agent Philip Blank, a top operative for the orangutan bosses at W.O.R.L.D.E., as he travels all over the world, time and the multiverse saving it from itself. But Philip isn’t naive enough to think that his bosses have…
Doom, Me & ADHD: Nothing in Marvel’s Ultimates #17 needs fixing
Doom can’t think linearly, if he’s to win. He has to focus on the future, on the past, and all the moments in between – and all the moments that weren’t.
Entry 022 – Pete Wisdom
Art by Brian Hitch Name: Pete Wisdom Code Names: He jokingly had X-Force call him Professor W once First Appearance: Excalibur #86 (Feb ‘95) Powers: Shoots “Hot Knives” from his Fingers Teams Affiliation: Excalibur, X-Force, MI-13 About One of the most common experiences in fandom is placing yourself in the stories. You would battle along with your favorite heroes,…