TCXFIP 402: Mark Waid talks Empire and all things DC Comics
Writer Mark Waid joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a deluxe hardcover edition of his classic series Empire, plus his current work at DC Comics.
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A nightmare-fuel Joker debuts in DC’s Absolute Batman, and more CXF Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Absolute Batman #15: Alfred reveals to Bruce the story…
The X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse come to Earth-616 in this week’s CXF Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha #1: The X-Men of the Age of…
The Marvel Swimsuit Special returns as a League for Justice forms in this week’s CXF Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Marvel Swimsuit Special #1: Roxxon Comics is at it…
Giant-Size Dark Phoenix and Spider-Man, Marvel does Pride and more CXF Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1: Kamala Khan is locked…
What to read to get to know 3 of the incoming X-Men writers
As of this month’s X-Men #35, Krakoa has magically blipped out of this plane of existence, like Poochy returning to his home planet. The Great Reset button has been hit. Kieron Gillen is gone. Al Ewing is gone. Gerry Duggan is gone. Apart from some Blood Hunt tie-ins and Steve Foxe and Netho Diaz’s Heir…
Skybound drops a Duke on us during the holiday limbo week, and more Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Duke #1: When Conrad S. Hauser investigates the mysteries behind the Transformers, the answers will lead to the birth of forces for good and evil the world never imagined. Duke will be the…
Ms. Marvel returns to lead this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1: Fresh from being killed off in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man and having her identity rewritten to make her a mutant in line with what could have…
It’s Hellfire Gala Time, BayBEE, in This Week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 #1: The Hellfire Gala is always the biggest event of the season, but this year’s will change everything for Krakoa. What is meant to be mutantkind’s biggest night…
SuperChat Travels Across the Universe and Multiverse
The Super-Family is spreading. Through the planet, through the Universe, through the Multiverse and through more comics than we can shake a stick at. With so many people wearing the crest of the House of El, we start to wonder: what does that symbol truly represent? On Earth, it represents family, as Superman and his…
SuperChat Brings Us Tales of Supermen and Superboys
It’s Supermen, Supermen, Supermen, everywhere you look. Evil, electric, parasitic, young and space-faring and, of course, original flavor. There’s something for everyone! Superman and his family deal with the threat of Metallo and his malevolent metallic minions — but there’s more than meets the eye in Action Comics #1053, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn…
SuperChat is Back With Superman’s Family and His New Friend… Lex Luthor?
A new day dawns, and Superman is facing all new challenges. Mainly, a little voice in his ear trying to lead him down a darker path. Lex Luthor has decided to ally himself with Superman — but his help might be worse than his hindrance. Was this team-up doomed to failure from the start? We…
Heart to Hearts and Trips to the Zoo In SuperChat
Kal-El is back. And he’s brought change with him — change that are making a lot of people nervous. Now that he’s back home, though, Superman’s focus is clear: his family comes first, above all else. Watch him deal with the fallout of claiming Olgrun’s Fire in Action Comics #1,048, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson,…
SuperChat is Back… And So is Kal-El
After a while away on Warwold, Kal-El is finally returning home for a Kent family reunion! His return to Earth comes with more than a few complications, though, as we see in Action Comics #1047, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Dave Sharpe. The story…
SuperChat Goes from the Circus to the Space Age and to Warworld and Gammora
This week, we look at Superman through the ages! Gladiator Superman continues to fight for Warworld in Action Comics #1045 and #1046, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Will Conrad and Brent Peeples for #1045 and Fico Ossio for #1046, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Dave Sharpe, with back-up stories written by…