Matt faces the beast within while Elektra takes care of the the ones outside! It’s Daredevil #27 written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Chechetto and Mike Hawthorne, inked by Marco Chechetto and Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Vishal Gullapalli: Justin! We’ve almost gotten through “King in Black”!…
For the last few months, I’ve been averaging 10+ miles per day on my runs. Hold your applause, please — it’s not so much an accomplishment as it is daring my body to fall to pieces on me. (My body has not done so to date. The coward.) But I was thinking earlier today with…
Jason Woodrue and Obsidian threaten to plunge the world into eternal darkness and our only hope is…vegetables?! Join us in looking at Future State: Swamp Thing #2, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: Hey Vishal… I think plants are our only hope. …
Earth has fallen. The leaders of the X-Men have fallen. The Marauders? They keep on swimming through the goo. Gerry Duggan, Luke Ross, Carlos Lopez, and Cory Petit tie into King In Black: Marauders #1. Christina Eddleman: I’m so excited to talk about everyone’s favorite kind of issue – a tie-in! Facetious as I may…
What is Black Hat? Who is the mysterious man pulling its strings? Why is he in Cole Turner’s apartment? Cole questions whether he’s on the right side of the War for the Truth in The Department of Truth #5 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd and Steve Foxe. Will Nevin: While…
Hell’s Kitchen gets gooped in Daredevil #26. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Mike Hawthorne & Marco Checchetto, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, this twenty-sixth installment finds Matt Murdock and Elektra’s lives interrupted by the God of Symbiotes. Inside Matt struggles to survive a Knull-infested Rikers…
Years and years ago, in the days when I still lived at home and was fraught with teen mopiness, I had a blue overstuffed recliner in my room, a worn out hand-me-down that I loved until it literally fell apart. (If memory serves, I think the left arm gave out.) But in those days, I’d…
With Sebastian Shaw under their paw, the Red and White Queens begin to set the table for the world to learn just how strong Krakoa is. Will you be in attendance of The Hellfire Gala? Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, Edgar Delgado and Cory Petit make sure all is in order in Marauders #17. Christina Eddleman:…
Vegetables have taken over the world in Future State: Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Vishal Gullapalli: Hey Ari, what do you know about plants? Ari Bard: Oh boy, I haven’t taken anything to do with biology in eight years, so…
What if the last 60 years of American history was a carefully orchestrated conspiracy designed to teach the president who really runs the country? Wouldn’t that be something? Vishal Gullapalli, Forrest Hollingsworth and Will Nevin team up to talk over The Department of Truth #4 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd…
What if reality was only as real as people believed it was? What if it could change depending on popular support? And what if the real breakout Image comic of 2020 was not a thing that purportedly had something to say about superheroes but actually had something to offer about the way in which conspiracy…
As we close out the year that was, the staff at Xavier Files wanted to take a moment to highlight our favorite comics from throughout the year. There were so many great books that we couldn’t list them all, but we wanted to give our team the chance to highlight an issue, an arc, a…
Vengeance is on their minds as a reckoning comes to the Hellfire Trading Company in Marauders #16 by Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Edgar Delgado, and Cory Petit. Christina Eddleman: Vishal, as much as I loved swords, I’ve been craving this issue for what feels like an eternity. They say revenge is a dish best served…
Matt deals with hard time while Elektra picks up the slack. The Hand looms large in this comic written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Chechetto, colors by Marcio Menyz, and letters by Clayton Cowled. Vishal Gullapalli: Ahh, last issue of Daredevil was a good time as always, it’s too bad we gotta wait for-…
Matt reckons with Foggy’s plan to temporarily replace him with his brother Mike, while the auction for Hell’s Kitchen proceeds, and Daredevil’s court case finally begins. All this and more written by Chip Zdarsky, pencilled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Mattia Iocono, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Vishal Gullapalli: This isn’t…