Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danās Pick: Fantastic Four Life Story #1: Marvel attempts to replicate the formula behind 2019ās Spider-Man Life Story by sending the FF aging through the decades, courtesy of writer Mark Russell (Second Coming) and artist…
Good art with a poorly plotted and tonally jumbled script, Heroes Reborn is the definition of a mixed bag.
We’ve got a real special one for you today. It’s the premier X-Men villains, Captain America and his Avengers facing off with Quiet Council members Mystique and Storm. Kamala’s Law made teen heroes illegal. While the Avengers say they don’t want to enforce it, they sure want to make sure the status quo remains in…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danās Pick: Beta Ray Bill #1: Three words: Daniel Warren Johnson. Three more words: Beta Ray Bill. Three more words: Fin Fang Foom. Three more words: I am wet. Colored by Mike Spicer and featuring…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andreaās Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley…
The Phoenix powered Avengers punch each other some more in the penultimate chapter of Enter the Phoenix by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. Marvel has a long and storied tradition of some of the best extended runs in comics. Simonsonās Thor was over four years long, Roger Stern wrote Spider-Man for…
The Avengers go Pacific Rim and start piloting some giant robots, in the miniseries launch by Jed MacKay, Carlos Magno, Guru-eFx, and Cory Petit, with a cover by Kei Zama and Guru! Sometimes a comic is exactly what it says on the label. Avengers: Mech Strike #1 is a comic where a team of Avengers…
When even low expectations canāt save a thing. A Short Review of āMarvelās Avengersā (PS4) It aināt great. The āRasslinā Report AEWās āAll Outā was a middling affair, but thereās only so much you can do when half your main event participants are either too old (Jericho, and I am sorry, but he canāt keep…
Name: Hank McCoy Code Names: Beast First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Septā63) Powers: Beast like strength, reflexes, and agility Team Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, SWORD, Illuminati About Intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence are two different things. It often seems that the brightest of minds have a chip on their shoulder. Even if they play the scenario out a dozen…
Art by Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado Name: Samuel Zachery Guthrie Code Names: Cannonball First Appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel #4: New Mutants (Nov ā82) Powers: Propels himself through air with explosive force, nigh invulnerable when blastinā Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, X-Force, X-Men, Avengers About Responsibility is a tough concept for most kids to comprehend. They want…