Sebastian Shaw has machinations. Machinations bore out in Gerry Duggan, Michele Bandini, Elisabeth D’Amico, and Federico Blee’s Marauders #3. His son, Shinobi, is reborn, and Shaw sees this as an opportunity to consolidate power on Krakoa. Ever the scheamer, he tells Shinobi that his previous death was orchestrated by Emma Frost & Kate Pryde, setting…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoe’s Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did…
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Writer Mark Waid joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a deluxe hardcover edition of his classic series Empire, plus his current work at DC Comics.
Spider-Man and Nightcrawler are our blue and red wall-crawlers but did you know they have teamed up? You did? Well so did Anna Peppard who joins us this week to Bamf all over this place. Ranked This Episode: Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 Marvel Team-Up #89 Amazing Nightcrawler
As we previously reported, the original, young, male, 616 Wolverine is showing up in “post-credits” scenes all over the Marvel Universe in preparation for his role in INFINITY COUNTDOWN. It is a move that many readers have reacted to with a resounding “okay, I guess”. In this week’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #794 we have our third confirmed…
Escapade uses her powers to save her friends, but will she be their rescue or their doom? It’s New Mutants #32, written by Charlie Jane Anders, art by Alberto Albuquerque with Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Carlos Lopez, and Tamra Bonvillain, letters by Travis Lanham. Liz Large: I wasn’t here for the last issue, but I…
While those other comics sites had their year-end best-of lists ready to go by Thanksgiving, we … got busy and put it off till the last possible minute. But hey, that just means we were able to take the full scope of the year’s comics into account. In doing so, we settled on these 24…
The Batman and Superman team-up is one of the great comic team-ups, so we here at ComicsXF are honoring that tradition by taking part of our Bat Chat team and part of our Super Chat team and having them join together to review the first issue of the new era of Batman and Superman team-ups…
A cat burglar, a serial killer and a familiar manhunter all enter Bruce Wayne’s life as his journey to become Batman takes him to Paris in Batman: The Knight #2, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. In Detective Comics #1,053, we’re three days…
The Tengu War comes to its conclusion as Usagi, Sojobo, Lady Nozomi and the whole Tengu clan fight to retain their honor in Stan Sakai and Hi-Fi Design’s Usagi Yojimbo #18. After binge-reading the previous 255 issues of Usagi Yojimbo over the past few months, I think what strikes me the most about Sakai’s work…
The return of the villainous Constrictor means trouble for Wolverine, but more than Logan could possibly realize. What’s wrong with Constrictor, and what does it mean for Wolverine’s future … and past? Wolverine #4 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. Logan! Go on,…
Name: Hank McCoy Code Names: Beast First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Sept‘63) Powers: Beast like strength, reflexes, and agility Team Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, SWORD, Illuminati About Intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence are two different things. It often seems that the brightest of minds have a chip on their shoulder. Even if they play the scenario out a dozen…
A demonic serial killer is murdering innocent mutants. But what is it about this deadly new villain that forces Wolverine and Ghost Rider to team up? And what buried secret does he share with Wolverine and Ghost Rider’s never-before-seen first meeting? Find out in Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1, written by Benjamin Percy,…
The Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid, and the Justice League’s only chance to defeat him is to enter a deadly tournament. The world’s greatest heroes fight to become the champion to enter the ring against Darkseid, but there’s a catch: The closer you get…