As you may have heard, we here at ComicsXF are more than a little excited about this weekend’s Super Jersey Comic Expo, April 26 and 27 at The Dome at Adventure Crossing in Jackson, New Jersey. Maybe it’s because we’ll have a table there, selling some of the cool stuff you’ll see below. Maybe it’s…
A time traveler, a pharaoh, a despot and a savior at the end of time, Kang aka Nathaniel Richards is and has been many different people since making his debut in Fantastic Four #19. But, as a master manipulator in the Marvel Universe, the villain has always embraced mystery, using personas like Scarlet Centurion, Immortus…
In Black Hammer: Reborn #4, Colonel Weird brings Lucy on a trip through the Para-Zone, and the sins of her past; written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Caitlin Yarsky, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Nate Piekos. Meanwhile, in Unbelievable Unteens #3, the newly reunited no-longer-teens remember the White Wraith Saga that tore the…
It’s the Return of the Reticulants in Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex #3! Written by Mark Russell, drawn by Steve Pugh, colored by Romulo Fajardo, Jr., and lettered by Carlos M. Mangual, this part 3 of 3 closes the book(s) on Future State. Lexor’s economy is still in freefall and Lex Luthor intends to…
When existence itself faces extraordinary threats, it needs an extraordinary defense! That’s when you call…The Defenders! Doctor Strange and the Masked Raider take a non-team of Marvel’s weirdest, wildest heroes on a mission that will uncover the hidden architecture of reality itself! This cosmos was not the first to exist…but if the Defenders can’t track…
It’s time for everyone’s favorite game, Name That External! It’s the game you try and remember who the Externals are. The fun thing about this game is that we all lose! Ranked This Episode:
Zack and Adam kick off the show with a classic, a modern masterpiece, and something unfortunate. Ranked this episode God Loves Man Kills Wolverine & the X-Men #17 God Loves Man Kills II Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi,…
High noon in a desert town. Two men face off, hands on the butts of their holstered revolvers. [Grote’s note: Heh heh, butts.] A blur of motion, a crack of gunfire, and one (or both) falls. This scene is a hallmark of the American Western, a genre that was popular in comics throughout the 1950s…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten nearly forty battles for the fate of the world. The soul still burns as the tournament continues. Kenneth Laster & Ari Bard lead us through Saturnyne’s whims in X-Force #16 by Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX, and Cory Petit. Then Liz Large & Austin Gorton try something completely…
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: Immortal Legend Batman #1: Humanity broke the barrier between…
If there’s one thing you need to know about Batman, it’s that Batman works alone. Except for Robin And Alfred And Jim Gordon And the rest of the Bat family And the Justice League OK, it’s pretty obvious that Batman is not the lone avenger of the night after all. And since, this week, Matt…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. But in this world, a succulent can KILL. X-Force, Man-Thing and everyone’s favorite War Criminal, Hank McCoy are ready to plant their roots in a new investigation in X-Force #21 by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, Robert Gil, and Guru-eFX, and VC’s Joe Caramanga. Kenneth Laster: The Gala…
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Batman prepares to make his move to stop the Orghams and their plans for Gotham as Talia finishes telling him about the connection between her family and theirs. The lead story in Detective Comics #1,071 is written by Ram V; penciled by Stefano Raffaele, Ivan Reis and Eduardo Pasarin; inked by Raffaele, Danny Miki, Joe…
Press Release New York, NY—May 22, 2018—This summer, Kitty Pryde will make the biggest romantic leap of her life – but what about Kitty’s first romantic adventure? Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer Seanan McGuire (October Daye, Wayward Children series) and celebrated artist Marco Failla (Ms. Marvel, All-New Wolverine) are bringing you the Kitty before Colossus in X-MEN GOLD ANNUAL…