Art by Diogenes Neves, Edgar Tadeo, and John Rauch Name: Douglas Ramsey Code Names: Cypher First Appearance: New Mutants #13 (Mar ’84) Powers: Understands all language Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, X-Factor About The intrinsic nature of superhero comic books requires action. It is great character development when the Avengers sit around the dining room table and talk about their feelings,…
Destiny of X Begins! A day in the life of Mister Sinister results in events that are hard to predict. Written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck with colors by David Curiel and letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: ComicsXF X-Men coverage! The website on the hill! Oh brave new world that has such…
“I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men’s thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask.” Robert Chambers, The King In Yellow “When you are here and…
It’s all led to this, an all-out battle between the Iron Star, President Goode and the inhuman monster known as 6Bill. Can Azra save her people, or will they become more collateral damage in this war of super powers? 20th Century Men #6 is written by Deniz Camp, drawn by Stipan Morian and lettered by Aditya…
Press Release New York, NY—July 12, 2017—A teenage girl meeting her future self – it all begins at the Vanishing Point, where past and present and now future collide for epic and game-changing adventures in this story of the GENERATIONS! Teenage Jean Grey is willing to do whatever it takes to avoid the fate that befell…
Ever wonder where the Golden Age Human Torch got his sense of morality, or why Mar-Vell threw his lot in with humankind? Or why you shouldn’t take calls on your phone while battling the Lizard? Find these answers and more — with feeling — in Marvel Age #1,000, with writing by Jason Aaron, Armando Ianucci,…
The Mojoverse is a cold and cruel place, where content creators fight for scraps to feed the empty void of validation inside them. Leah Williams, David Baldeón, and Israel Silva fight for their scraps in X-Factor #3. Cori McCreery: Leeeeeet’s get ready to RUUUUUUUUUUUMMBLEEEEE!!!!! It seems like just yesterday that we got X-Factor #2, and…
In May, housing rental behemoth Airbnb announced a new promotion called Icons, a series of “extraordinary experiences” including overnights in museums, mingling with celebrities, and recreations of fictional locations like Carl’s house from Pixar’s Up. If you are a fan of the X-Men, one of these locations might have activated your portable Cerebro unit. The…
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. Stephanie’s pick: NYX #10: With Mojo a bigger threat than ever…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 137: The Cult of Liana Kangas Liana Kangas returns to WMQ&A to talk about her burgers-crime-and-Satanism comic TRVE KVLT, her TKO short “Seeds of Eden,” drumming, her dogs, “The Mandalorian” and much more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at xavierfiles.com, where…
Batman’s allies are known for many things. Their brains. Their fighting skills. Their dedication. And while Dr. Leslie Thompkins, the woman who comforted Bruce Wayne the night his parents were killed is lacking in the second of those three attributes, she more than makes up for it in the first and third. Leslie is a…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 283: Simon Birks comes out of the cold Writer Simon Birks joins the show to talk about his Image/Top Cow series Antarctica and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
On Jan. 26, my local comic shop will close for good. “18 years is a long time to do anything, really, and after that long we simply do not have the fire in our hearts that we once did to give it everything it needs,” the owners of Level Up Entertainment in Mays Landing, New…
Blackness is what I see when I examine my ancestors through a brown-eyed gaze in the mirror; what I hear when my creole accent leaves my tongue and passes through my full lips; what I feel when my body sways, rhythmically, involuntarily, naturally to jazz, or worship, or hip hop. Blackness is the context – cohesive,…
Union, New Jersey, the town where I grew up, was a victim of the comic shop implosion of the 1990s. By the time I left town for college in 1998, a couple of the stores where I had bought books over the years had closed. I had no idea whether there were any stores near…