Abrams ComicArts - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:14:06 +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 Abrams ComicArts - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Everything old is new again as John Byrne returns to the X-Men https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/25/everything-old-is-new-again-as-john-byrne-returns-to-the-x-men/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53573 Remember when Phoenix ate a star and killed a planet of Asparagus People, and then the recently-deceased Jim Shooter told creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne they had to scuttle their plans to lobotomize her as punishment, so they killed her instead, thereby creating one of the most memorable and impactful endings to a superhero...

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]]> 53573 From Doctor Doom on down, some CXF quick takes on news out of San Diego Comic-Con https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/29/san-diego-comic-con/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:14:10 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49726 Hey, it was Comic-Con weekend in San Diego, which you were probably already aware of, what with all the news. We weren’t there, but we heard some things, and we’ve got some thoughts. Herewith, some quick-and-dirty observations from the show that was. The return of Hall H The MCU ain’t what it used to be...

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]]> 49726 Wake up and Smell the Cardboard with New Book on 1992 Jim Lee X-Men Cards https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/18/wake-up-and-smell-the-cardboard-with-new-book-on-1992-jim-lee-x-men-cards/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42527 Austin Gorton: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the inaugural series of X-Men trading cards, all featuring art from superstar artist Jim Lee (30 years?!? God, I’m old). To celebrate, Abrams ComicArts recently released a hardcover collection of the 100-card set, presenting the cards (front and back) on slick paper (slightly...

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