20th Century Men - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 08 Aug 2024 01:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 20th Century Men - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A SuperMassive Team-Up and a Super Important Mohawk Lead This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/24/a-supermassive-team-up-and-a-super-important-mohawk-lead-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 24 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45532 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: Storm #1: In my day, Storm had a mohawk and wasn’t afraid to stab a Morlock, and that’s the way we liked it! Annie Nocenti revisits this era of Storm’s career for a...

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]]> 45532 The Avengers and the Titans Are Back in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/17/the-avengers-and-the-titans-are-back-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 17 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45484 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Avengers #1: Jason Aaron’s Avengers run was bad. Jed MacKay’s Moon Knight has been very good. Can MacKay make Earth’s Mightiest Heroes worth reading again? Fingers crossed, friends. Drawn by C.F. Villa (X-Men)....

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]]> 45484 The War Will Never Let Us Go in 20th Century Men #6 https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/22/the-war-will-never-let-us-go-in-20th-century-men-6/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44818 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...

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]]> 44818 In Conversation with Myself about the Structure of Image’s 20th Century Men #5 https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/28/in-conversation-with-myself-about-the-structure-of-images-20th-century-men-5/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44346 In the burning deserts of Afghanistan, Platonov confronts Azra about her secrets and discovers her grand plan. But what will he do with what he learns? Then, in the frigid tundra of Siberia, the Iron Star seeks out an old ally for help. But something is terribly wrong with the Collective Man. Image’s 20th Century...

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]]> 44346 Alternate Histories and Hidden Histories in Image’s 20th Century Men #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/30/alternate-histories-and-hidden-histories-in-images-20th-century-men-4/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44015 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...

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]]> 44015 What Is Truth? 20th Century Men #3 Explores https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/26/what-is-truth-20th-century-men-3-explores/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43546 The war rages on! Krylov, now embedded with the Iron Star’s forces, sees the brutality of battle up close. Can he make it out alive with his sanity intact? 20th Century Men #3 takes us from the deserts of Afghanistan to the U.S. capital, and all the way to Mars, courtesy of writer Deniz Camp,...

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]]> 43546 Tell Us How You Really Feel about the Colonizers in 20th Century Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/21/tell-us-how-you-really-feel-about-the-colonizers-in-20th-century-men-2/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43069 After President Goode’s shocking decision last issue, the world has gone to war. Soviet and American forces clash all across Afghanistan as the Iron Star searches for his stolen heart, faces the British super-soldier known as The Lion and tries to hide it all from a dogged reporter working to uncover the truth. 20th Century...

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]]> 43069 A Cracked-Mirror Look at the Cold War in Image’s 20th Century Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/24/a-cracked-mirror-look-at-the-cold-war-in-images-20th-century-men-1/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42593 At the end of the 20th century, superheroes, geniuses, madmen and activists rush toward World War III. A Soviet “iron” hero, a superpowered American president, an insane cyborg soldier, an Afghan woman hellbent on building a better life for her people; these strange yet familiar beings collide in a story that mixes history, politics and...

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