Cassian is free, there’s going to be a funeral on Ferrix, and things don’t look great for Anto Kreegyr as the pieces move into place for the finale in Andor episode #11, “Daughter of Ferrix”! Austin Gorton: Welcome, Adam, to the penultimate episode of Andor Season1! Following up the previous episode — one of the…
Want more tales of Kate (back then, Kitty) Pryde’s time at the University of Chicago? Hoping for more interstitial comics in which Chris Claremont himself tells stories that fill in the gaps in one of the Claremont runs? You’re in luck with X-Treme X-Men (volume three) #1, written by Claremont, art by Salvador Larroca, colors…
Everything dies. Everything ends. This is not a bad thing. The problem isn’t ending; the problem lies in not planning for the eventuality of the inevitable. Nothing defines great art more than its ending. A last line, a final note – that defines all that came before it. Think of a television show that meanders…
That escalated quickly! The spotlight falls on Kate Pryde as Sinister steps up his game in Immortal X-Men #9, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel, lettered by Clayton Cowles and designed by Tom Muller, Jay Bowen and Kieron Gillen. Mark Turetsky: Do you ever get into a fail state…
In an all-too-plausible future, the nation is split. The old country is dead. This is New America #1, written by Curt Pires, drawn by Luca Casalanguida, colored by Mark Dale, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and published by Comixology Originals. It’s a ballad of love, murder, sketchy flyboys and at least one creepy robot in Barnstormers…
The Battle of Beaux Arts has begun. The American super-force the Suicide Cowboys launches an all-out assault on the Iron Star, hoping to decapitate the Soviet forces in one decisive action. Meanwhile, back in the states, we learn about President Goode’s plans for the monster known as 6Bill. It’s all in Image’s 20th Century Men…
Watch Dazzler free kidnapped victims from Otherworld while Wolverine tears up the kidnappers’ prison, Jubilee jokes about Dazzler’s ample rear end and everyone except for the readers gets to marvel at Boom-Boom’s bare boobs! We’re not kidding, and neither is she in X-Terminators #3, written by Leah Williams, drawn by Carlos Gómez, colored by Bryan…
Marvel Snap is new a mobile card game featuring Marvel Comics characters. Since some of us here at ComicsXF have been charmed by the game, we decided to have a roundtable discussion about its merits and what could be improved. Why do you play Marvel Snap? Armaan Babu: I like having a collection of what…
Can Remy Lebeau save the woman he loves, and her mom, and his ward, young ‘Ro, from grotesque intergalactic bounty hunters? Will morally ambiguous space mercenary Bounty (that’s her name) turn out to be a letdown or a quicker picker-upper? Will Chris Claremont wrap up all his plot threads in this miniseries finale? Find out…
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…
Nov. 11 was the birthday of Dave Cockrum. In his honor, it’s also the unofficial birthday of Nightcrawler, the demon turned fuzzy elf Cockrum first dreamed up during a storm in Guam before bringing him to the X-Men, where he lavished love upon the swashbuckling version of the character. By all accounts, there’s lots of…
The Star Warriors take a working vacation in Star Wars #29, written by Charles Soule, art by Ramon Rosanas, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Star Wars #29 kicks off a new story that is part of the proud (?) tradition in genre storytelling of “main characters take a vacation in the…
So, a confession: I saw a total of one (1) season of Game of Thrones. The first season. I never finished it. This, apparently, is a good thing, as I never got disappointed by the last few seasons. Everything I know about the series, the lexicon that stretches from “Winter is Coming” to “Dracarys,” picked…
In “Announcement”, the fallout from the heist has gotten everyone up in arms, from the Empire to the people the Empire’s had its boots on. Word of the attack on Aldhani spreads fast — and to many people, it’s sounding like Rebellion. But where does that leave Andor, who just wants to get away from…
It’s heist time, as Cassian and company bust into an Imperial vault under the cover of a cosmic light show in Andor Episode 6, “The Eye”! Austin Gorton: Adam, welcome back for the culmination of the series’ heist plot! This was a suitably tense chunk of television as we watched Cassian and his erstwhile allies…