Carlos Gomez - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:16:56 +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 Carlos Gomez - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Venom #256 kills a major Spider-Man cast member (HOORAY!) https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/01/venom-256-kills-a-major-spider-man-cast-member-hooray/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56428 The serial killer Torment is following the path of the Death Spiral, and it's led straight to Dylan Brock, in Venom #256.

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]]> 56428 Ben and Johnny get jobs, shirtless in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Fantastic Four #20 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/02/fantastic-four-20-preview/ Thu, 02 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48797 I’ve never been a Fantastic Four guy, but I gotta say, every time I dip into this current iteration of the series, I have a great time. I read the previous issue, #19, where the Trapster uses a Cosmic Cube to trap the FF in a noir where Alicia Masters plays the private dick and...

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]]> 48797 Ms. Marvel #3 & #4 leave us wanting more (in a good way) https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/04/ms-marvel-3-4/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47326 Orchis is closing in on Ms. Marvel, with a plan to use her to get to the X-Men. All she has to do is embrace her new mutant identity. But with so many other labels already hanging on her shoulders, Kamala Khan has to wrestle with just what it means to fully accept another one...

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]]> 47326 Kamala fights her first Sentinel in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4 https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/22/msmarvel-4-preview/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47226 Man, remember how much fun The Marvels was earlier this month? How refreshing it was for a Marvel movie to just be a fun romp and not be obsessed with moving some overarching plot along? Just gals bein’ pals. And the Khans! How great were they? That [redacted] cameo at the end sure was a...

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]]> 47226 Ms. Marvel #2 has some fun while setting things up https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/09/ms-marvel-2-has-some-fun-while-setting-things-up/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46764 No one ever said life as a superhero would be easy, but things have been especially complicated for Ms. Marvel of late. There’s little time to breathe, however, as ORCHIS’ nets are slowly closing around her — but with a little help from the Marvel Universe’s latest power couple, Emma Frost and Iron Man, she...

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]]> 46764 Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 does right by its lead https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/31/ms-marvel-new-mutant-1/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46427 Pakistani. American. Muslim. Inhuman. Mutant. Superhero. Outlaw. Avenger. Champion. Exile. X-man. There are a lot of labels on Kamala Khan, and the latest one has upended her world entirely, and given her an all-new mission statement. But underneath all the labels, when you take away the societies who believe they have a claim on her...

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]]> 46427 Nuclear Revenge in X-Terminators #5 https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/25/nuclear-revenge-in-x-terminators-5/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44574 Boom-Boom, Dazzler, Jubilee and Laura Kinney (the best Wolverine) have escaped 1. Dazzler’s creepazoid ex-boyfriend Alex, who happens to be a vampire; 2. Alex’s ultra-creepy mutant fight club; 3. the Collector’s disturbingly creepy space station; and 4. space. Now they’re back on Krakoa. What will they do for an encore? Find out in X-Terminators #5,...

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]]> 44574 Lots of BA-THROOOOM Humor in X-Terminators #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/29/lots-of-ba-throooom-humor-in-x-terminators-4/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44372 Laura Kinney (the best Wolverine!), Alison Blaire (the no-longer-so-disco Dazzler!), Jubilation Lee (surprisingly practical!) and Boom-Boom (boom, there it is!) have fought their way out of a vampire monster arena only to end up trapped between star systems, stuck in a quasi-harem on the Collector’s spacefaring retreat. What’s a girl to do? Find out in...

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]]> 44372 Is X-Terminators #3 Any Good? You Bet Your [Peach Emoji] https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/30/is-x-terminators-3-any-good-you-bet-your-peach-emoji/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44034 Watch Dazzler free kidnapped victims from Otherworld while Wolverine tears up the kidnappers’ prison, Jubilee jokes about Dazzler’s ample rear end and everyone except for the readers gets to marvel at Boom-Boom’s bare boobs! We’re not kidding, and neither is she in X-Terminators #3, written by Leah Williams, drawn by Carlos Gómez, colored by Bryan...

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]]> 44034 X-Men #16 leads the pack as X-Chat pops the popcorn! https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/23/x-men-16-leads-the-pack-as-x-chat-pops-the-popcorn/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43992 We’re a little behind but the line rolls on! Welcome back to our fourth installment of X-Chat! In X-Men #16, Forge dives into the Vault from Gerry Duggan, Josh Cassara, Guru-eFx, and Clayton Cowles. It goes badly. The girls get in deep in X-Terminators #2 from Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham....

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]]> 43992 Booty Shorts and Bloodsuckers in Our X-clusive Preview of X-Terminators #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/15/booty-shorts-and-bloodsuckers-in-our-x-clusive-preview-of-x-terminators-1/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42905 Breaking up sucks. Sometimes you gotta just get together with your best gals and dance it out. Hi, 42-year-old straight guy here for X-TERMINATORS, the comic where Dazzler, Boom-Boom, Jubilee and possibly also Wolverine make bad decisions, blow shit up and fight vampires in a comic so presumably messed up it comes with a mature-readers’...

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]]> 42905 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Felicia? Jed MacKay Writes Black Cat Right https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/01/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-felicia-how-to-write-the-black-cat-right/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37748 Two Spider-Man comics. One One Black Cat. Did either of them get Felicia right? Amazing Spider-Man #87 comes courtesy of writer Jed MacKay, artist Carlos Gómez, colorist Bryan Valenza, and letterer Joe Caramagna. Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 is (also) written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa, colored by Erick Arciniega, and...

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]]> 37748 Amazing Spider-Man #73 Is An Unbelievably Bad Comic and We Love It https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/09/amazing-spider-man-73-is-an-unbelievably-bad-comic-and-we-love-it/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33480 Okay, deep breath. You see, Harry Osborn…well, what I mean to say is a clone of Harry Osborn, or rather…all right, let’s start over. You know how there’s this mysterious villain called Kindred…you know what? Forget it, it’s not even worth it. Amazing Spider-Man #73 is written by Nick Spencer, drawn by Zé Carlos and...

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]]> 33480 Amazing Spider-Man #72 Gets A Little Satanic https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/26/amazing-spider-man-72-gets-a-little-satanic/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33071 Retcons can be a useful tool in the world of serialized storytelling. They can add important character details about characters, stories, and locales. Hell, one of the best stories of the last five years was a massive retcon, as House of X #2 permanently altered the history of Moira MacTaggert. Amazing Spider-Man #72 hands the...

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]]> 33071 Sinister War #3 Still Hasn’t Figured Out How To Be Fun https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/18/sinister-war-3-still-hasnt-figured-out-how-to-be-fun/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32826 The masked melee continues to multiply in Sinister War #3! Facing down the barrel of nearly 40 villains, Spider-Man continues to try and break free of this volume’s finale. Written by Nick Spencer and Ed Brisson. Drawn by Mark Bagley, Carlos Gómez, and Zé Carlos. Inked by Andrew Hennessy, Andy Owens, John Dell, Carlos Gómez,...

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]]> 32826 America Chavez: Made in the USA #5 is Made of Unfortunate Cliches https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/12/america-chavez-made-in-the-usa-5-is-made-of-unfortunate-cliches/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32597 America Chavez has a secret sister, who has taken her brother hostage: what do they want? What do any of us want? Are her moms really dead, or just comics-dead, or merely interdimensional?  America Chavez: Made in the USA #5, written by Kalinda Vazquez, drawn by Carlos Gómez, colors by Jesus Aburtov, lettering by VC’s...

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]]> 32597 The Sinisters Six All Share A Common Goal In Sinister War #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/04/the-sinisters-six-all-share-a-common-goal-in-sinister-war-2/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32348 We got teams for DAYS in the sophomore installment of Nick Spencer’s conclusion to Amazing Spider-Man, Sinister War #2! Written by Nick Spencer & Ed Brisson. Drawn by Mark Bagley, Diogenes Neves, Carlos Gómez, and Zé Carlos. Inked by Andrew Hennessy, John Dell, Andy Owens, Carlos Gómez, and Zé Carlos. Colored by Brian Reber. Lettered...

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]]> 32348 America Chavez: Made in the USA #4 Struggles to Reach Its Potential…Just Like America https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/08/america-chavez-made-in-the-usa-4-struggles-to-reach-its-potential-just-like-america/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30639 Who favors yellow raincoats and long, tight braids, claims to be America’s long-lost sister, menaced America’s adoptive family, brought her to a mysterious tropical island run by scheming scientists, and introduced her to a massive retcon in which her powers emerged from their scheme? Catalina, that’s who. Her own scheme unfolds in America Chavez: Made...

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]]> 30639 Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: The Chameleon Conspiracy #1… Happens https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/02/giant-size-amazing-spider-man-the-chameleon-conspiracy-1-happens/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30449 The Clon- er, Chameleon Conspiracy wraps up in an oversized “Giant-Size” issue of Amazing Spider-Man, closing out fewer plotlines than one would hope. Written by Nick Spencer and Ed Brisson, penciled by Marcelo Ferreira, Carlos Gómez, Zé Carlos, and Ig Guara, inked by Wayne Faucher, Carlos Gómez, Zé Carlos, and Ig Guara, colored by Andrew...

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]]> 30449 Boomerang Makes a Fateful Choice in Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: King’s Ransom #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/12/boomerang-makes-a-fateful-choice-in-giant-size-amazing-spider-man-kings-ransom-1/ Wed, 12 May 2021 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27038 If King’s Ransom has shown readers anything, it's that sometimes a writer needs to play to his strengths.

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]]> 27038 America Chavez: Made in the USA #3 redefines America’s origins… or does it?! https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/05/america-chavez-made-in-the-usa-3-redefines-americas-origins-or-does-it/ Wed, 05 May 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=26319 Ex-Young Avenger, West Coast Avenger, interdimensional Puerto Rican, and super-strong, superconfident lesbian icon America Chavez, plagued by suddenly unreliable powers, nonetheless zipped back to New York City to save her adoptive family. Instead she’s been taken captive by… we’ll find out who in America Chavez: Made in the USA 3, written by Kalinda Vazquez, pencils...

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]]> 26319 Advanced Review: America Chavez: Made in the USA #1 Is As Self-Assured As Its Protagonist https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/01/advanced-review-america-chavez-made-in-the-usa-1-is-as-self-assured-as-its-protagonist/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22009 America Chavez’ foundation has been shaken to its core, but the hero stands strong in America Chavez: Made In The USA #1 from Kalinda Vazquez, Carlos Gómez, Jesus Aburtov and Tracis Lanham.  From the moment America Chavez first punched her way onto the page, she’s embodied the phrase “self-assured.” Her confidence in who she is,...

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