Bernard Chang - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 24 Dec 2025 02:09:09 +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 Bernard Chang - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Wanda’s moving up in the world in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Sorcerer Supreme #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/24/wandas-moving-up-in-the-world-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-sorcerer-supreme-1/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55376 Twenty years ago, Wanda Maximoff said, “No more mutants,” and Marvel spent the next 14 years or so trying to figure out how to give everybody their powers back. Also Wanda’s rep was damaged for a pretty long time. That, too. Then there was the whole not-a-mutant, not-Magneto’s-daughter thing. And that time she turned the...

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]]> 55376 Highfather unlocks Super Saiyan mode in DC’s The New Gods #4 https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/19/new-gods/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52014 War has come to the New Gods, and they must fight to hold onto everything they hold dear. What will they sacrifice to keep the dream of New Genesis alive? Join the fight in The New Gods #4, written by Ram V, drawn by Bernard Chang and Evan Cagle, colored by Francesco Segala and lettered...

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]]> 52014 Rachel’s had enough of Moira and her BS in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Dead X-Men #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/11/dead-xmen-4-preview/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48536 Rachel Summers isn’t having the best Fall of X. Separated from her girlfriend, lied to by Charles Xavier, shot by Charles Xavier. Just a bummer of a time. But she also doesn’t need Charles unmaking Krakoa and thereby erasing her first textual queer relationship. Either way, she is done with Moira and her bullsh–. Check...

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]]> 48536 Rise from your grave in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Dead X-Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/25/dead-xmen-1-preview/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47771 Previously, in Dead X-Men: Remember that? Fun times. Even with resurrection seemingly off the table for now, mutants are finding all sorts of ways to come back. Jean Grey found herself communing with the Phoenix Force again in the White Hot Room. X-Force has a clone of Beast circa his New Defenders era just lying...

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]]> 47771 More Jeans than you can shake a Phoenix at in Jean Grey #4 https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/17/more-jeans-than-you-can-shake-a-phoenix-at-in-jean-grey-4/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47173 It’s a white hot cavalcade of Jeans Grey in the fiery final issue of our title character’s time-spanning reckoning with her tumultuous past(s). With the future of mutantkind on the line, will Jean douse the flames, or fan them? Jean Grey #4 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by Marcelo Maiolo...

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]]> 47173 Jean Grey #3 lights the Inferno anew! https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/26/jean-grey-3-lights-the-inferno-anew/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46992 35 years after their Inferno first ensorcelled us, Weezie & Maddie are out of Limbo and back in the thick of it. Will a demon-infested New York survive the experience? Jean Grey’s not the woman she used to be — but neither is Madelyne Pryor. Jean Grey #3 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard...

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]]> 46992 Battle Of The Atom: New York Comic Con Super Special 2023 https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/23/battle-of-the-atom-new-york-comic-con-super-special-2023/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46956 Adam does interviews with a lot of folks. Zack has not actually listened to the episode yet. Please let him know any exciting news that comes from these.

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]]> 46956 Jean Grey #2 makes subtext text as Wolverine goes Phoenix https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/27/jean-grey-2/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46666 We all remember when Jean piloted the shuttle and came back different — but what if she didn’t? The Phoenix force finds a new host (or two) in the latest installment of Jean’s undead journey through the living history of her past. Jean Grey #2 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored...

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]]> 46666 Jean Grey #1 goes to the past to wreck the future! https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/23/jean-grey-1-goes-to-the-past-to-wreck-the-future/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46360 After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Jean’s life is in shambles. Literally. But that’s nothing new for a woman who was into resurrection before it was cool. A life rife with retcons invites plentiful possibilities for different pasts and futures—which path(s) will Jean take? Jean Grey #1 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard...

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]]> 46360 Monkey Prince #1 is Fun and So Much More https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/04/monkey-prince-1-is-fun-and-so-much-more/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37805 Marcus Shugel-Shen wasn’t always afraid, but a nighttime visit from a Batman threatening one’s parents tends to leave a lasting impact on a child. Since then, fear has defined much of Marcus’ life, but when a strange janitor in a new school encourages him to face his fears, Marcus dives right in and discovers a...

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]]> 37805 Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 Fights a Losing Battle Against Trivial Tie-Ins https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/24/heroes-reborn-magneto-the-mutant-force-1-fights-a-losing-battle-against-trivialtie-ins/ Mon, 24 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28057 To honor the memory of Professor X, Magneto leads his band of mutant rebels to restore hope to a world that fears and hates them…and doesn’t really exist. Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 is written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Back...

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]]> 28057 A Psychic Rescue In Our Preview Of Heroes Reborn: Magneto & The Mutant Force #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/20/a-psychic-rescue-in-our-preview-of-heroes-reborn-magneto-the-mutant-force-1/ Thu, 20 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27885 In the world of Heroes Reborn, classic X-Men villains, The Mighty Avengers, never formed. In their stead was the Squadron Supreme, a Silver Age pastiche that dares ask the question “What if superheroes were jerks?” In this preview, we find out exactly what that means as mutant freedom fighter Magneto and his Mutant Force commence...

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]]> 27885 See Yourself In The X-Men With Children Of The Atom #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/14/see-yourself-in-the-x-men-with-children-of-the-atom-2/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25116 Diplomatic tensions between humans and mutants heighten and Cherub gets the spotlight as Children Of The Atom continues! Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo, and Travis Lanham take us deeper into the lives of these Maybe Not Mutants in Children of the Atom #2. Kenneth Laster: Here we are once again! Another issue and another...

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