Stephanie Burt: Yeah, weâre late. Iâm late. I know. At least itâs still June, which means weâve still got time to look at this yearâs attempts by both of the Big Two to pursue the pink pound, gain gay ganache and generally roll out a big welcome mat in rainbow colors, while claiming theyâve always…
X-Men fans hate Avengers fans. Maybe. I don’t know, sometimes I think it’s just fun to do jokes and it doesn’t count as “punching down” when The Avengers are the most popular thing in movies. Also because they are fictional. Anywhere, here’s some stories that make you understand why the X-Men fans hate Avengers fans….
Kang the Conqueror is in need of the Avengersâ help, but what could possibly convince them to help him? The means to save 1000 lives is a good start, because the Master of Time is slowly running out of time himself â the Tribulation events are coming. Avengers #2 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn…
We’re on record as being a pro-Liana Kangas website. So we were a hard yes when our friends at AHOY Comics offered us this exclusive cover reveal for the new volume of their black-and-white werewolf detective series Black’s Myth. Kangas does covers for the series, created by writer Eric Palicki and artist Wendell Cavalcanti, and…
Chrisâ pick: Ultimate Invasion #1: Remember the Ultimate Universe? All those classic stories like the time Sinister pushed Xavier down a flight of stairs or the time Blob ate the Wasp or the time Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch did an incest? Man, I miss those days. But what if I told you the Ultimate…
While Captain Sisko rots in a Cardassian jail cell, awaiting his verdict, Data and the crew of the Theseus rob a Cardassian space station occupied by Red Path cultists in Star Trek #9 written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, with art by Mike Feehan and Manuel Bracchi, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by…
Captain Pike is away helping Number One, leaving Spock to deal with âThe Broken Circleâ of the shipâs crew. Witness the very first time Spock steals the Enterprise to avert a war with the Klingons in Strange New Worlds SE2 EP1! Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman, directed by Chris Fisher. Mark Turetsky:…
Crystal Cove is proud of their tenacious teens and wants to be able to call upon Mystery Inc. at a moment’s notice â you never know when a real estate developer in a mask will cause trouble. Inspired by Gotham’s most famous method of communication, they invite Commissioner Gordon and Batman to the unveiling of…
Genesis is here as White Sword sends an emissary to Arakko in X-Men Red #12 written by Al Ewing, art by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Federico Blee and letters by Arianna Maher. âItâs all connectedâ Whether or not you believe The Wire was the best show in television history (spoiler: it was, is, and will…
Banished from the throne and a fugitive in his own homelands, T’Challa still can’t leave Wakanda without its sworn protector. A king without a crown, he finds new purpose lurking the streets and shadows of the Wakandan city that bears his father’s name. Black Panther #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaanâs pick: Night Fever: In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can’t sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer,…
What follows is not a critique of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Street Fighter #1, an IDW comic by writer Paul Allor, artist Ariel Medel, colorist Sarah Myer and letterer Ed Dukeshire. At its core it is a silly comic about a group of turtles fighting a group of colorfully costumed humans created in the…
Ron DeSantis is a pile of human excrement molded into human form and stuffed into a suit. The comic about him isnât so great either. Political Power: Ron DeSantis is written by Michael Frizell, drawn and colored by Martin Gimenez, lettered by Benjamin Gilbert and published by TidalWave Productions. Roy remains the center of the…
Worf is angry with Spock, Spock is distrustful of Lore, Ro and Torres canât get along, and the new Orion pirate crewmember is a great big wildcard. What could go wrong for the Defiant? Meanwhile, Data runs a game of Dungeons and Dragons Nonspecific D20-Based Open License Fantasy TTRPG for the Theseus crew in Star…
Batman is back in his own Gotham, but things have changed. And so has he. Is he really ready to step right into the role again, even after everything that has happened? Batman #136 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Belen Ortega, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup,…