Hello friends and readers! While the swords are a-plenty, we take a smaller look into the exciting debut of Taskmaster #1, written up by the Marvel Files debut of Dan McMahon. Also, Matthew Lazorwitz is in it till the bitter, and gives us his thoughts on Magnificient Ms. Marvel #16! Taskmaster #1 Written by: Jed…
Welcome friends to this, our first installment of Marvel Files: Threefer Madness! This week Zack Jenkins and Tony Thornley are looking at three of the big releases this week: Hawkeye: Freefall #1, Star Wars #1, and Daredevil #16! Hawkeye: Freefall #1 ZJ: Shocking everyone, Hawkeye has become an intimidating character to write in the last…
Darkhawk is a Marvel Comics character whose trademark must periodically be refreshed. Darkhawk #3 is written by Kyle Higgins, with art by Juanan Ramírez, colors by Erick Arcienaga, and letters by Travis Lanham. After three issues of Darkhawk Juanan Ramírez has become one of my favorite action-and-combat artists. The last half of Darkhawk #3, an…
Things change, things end, things begin again, but one thing remains—Superman fights for a better world, no matter which world it might be. On Earth, Jonathan Kent tries to stop a leviathan, but things get quickly out of hand when Bendix’s Gamorran task force shows up in Superman: Son of Kal-El #7, written by Tom…
You know him! You tolerate him! You remember his team-up series with Cable as better than it actually was! It’s Deadpool! Gerry Duggan, with Phil Noto, returns to the character who made him a star in Cable #3. Ritesh Babu: And so we’re back, properly in the swing of things! The first issue of Cable…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Children of the Vault #1: He’s a time-traveler from a far future with a techno-organic arm and eye. He’s a time-traveler from a not-as-far-future but once tried to kill the other guy’s adoptive…
Here comes the BOOM! … Studios. This week in our indie review roundup, Dan Grote cracks open Image’s Chu #1, Zachary Jenkins looks at Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1 and Robert Secundus continues his exploration of the BOOM!-fyverse (TM) with Angel & Spike #12. Chu #1 Writer/Letterer: John Layman, Artist: Dan Boultwood, Publisher: Image Tony…
Content warning: This review mentions a character having suicidal thoughts. If you or a Black queer loved one is having a mental health crisis, contact the BlackLine crisis call line. The coven — Adri, Em and Michele — transported themselves to the Sacred Green, one of the many “God-Realms” on Earth. They might be able…
This article contains spoilers for X-MEN: GOLD #20 A couple of weeks ago we reported that Marvel might have spoiled one of their upcoming stories in X-MEN: GOLD. Well, we were right because Kitty Pryde and Piotr Rasputin are getting engaged. This comes after years of statutory concerns, heel turns, British secret agents, space bullets, pacts…
Good art with a poorly plotted and tonally jumbled script, Heroes Reborn is the definition of a mixed bag.
In True North, out July 1, writer and Alpha Flight superfan Daryl Lawrence has written the definitive issue-by-issue accounting of the first volume of everyone’s favorite Canadian super team. As a fellow devotee of the “one issue at a time” approach to comic book analysis, I reached out to Daryl to ask him about the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Hawkgirl #1: Kendra Saunders, the winged warrior better known as Hawkgirl, has been one of the DCU’s greatest heroes for a long time, serving as a member of both the Justice League and…
It’s a great time to be a Marvel property related to a card game. Marvel Snap has taken our writers room by storm and everyone is excited for the upcoming Midnight Suns game. And every hot thing needs a tie-in comic. Enter Midnight Suns #3, a comic where Magik from the X-Men rides a flaming…
Grim solutions start to percolate, a desperate plea is made, and no one is as they seem in Empyre #4 by Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Joe Caramagna! Mr. Chris Eddleman: Christi, sun and moon of my life, it is awfully odd skipping issues, even though we do it for our…
As revealed over at The A.V. Club, the fourth entry in the Giant-Size X-Men series has been revealed and, boy it’s a doozy. Jonathan Hickman and his New Mutants partner Rod Reis are writing a One-Shot about Charlie Cluster-7 himself in GIANT-SIZE X-MEN: FANTOMEX #1 Last we saw Fantomex, Charles Xavier took over his body…