CF Villa - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:07:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CF Villa - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Return to Penumbra in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Unbreakable X-Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/16/unbreakable-xmen-2-preview/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54831 Never let a crossover get in the way of your ongoing story arc. Unbreakable X-Men continues the Penumbra story from Gail Simone’s Uncanny X-Men, the city of the dead that lay not far from the Louisiana X-Men’s home like so many Zombie N’awlins Morlocks. What does any of it have to do with Doug Ramsey’s...

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]]> 54831 6 things we raised an eyebrow at in X-Men #22, the prelude to Age of Revelation https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/28/xmen-22/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54247 With Z*E*R*O on his heels, Doug Ramsey, aka Revelation, arrives in Alaska seeking the X-Men’s help. Beset on all sides, the Alaska team could use a powerful new ally, but Revelation is not just an old friend, he’s the heir of Apocalypse. Y’know, from the series Heir of Apocalypse! And what new age could such...

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]]> 54247 Marvel’s Storm #11 is everything, everywhere, all at once https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/07/storm-11/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53723 Hadad is here to end our universe. Eternity, sensing the coming cataclysm, abandons the universe to seek the help of The One Above All — the only entity benevolent and powerful enough to defeat the first storm god. With the powers of the Eternal Storm stripped away, Storm is no longer the most powerful being...

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]]> 53723 Find out how Marvel’s Blood Hunt got its name in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for Avengers #16 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/17/avengers-16-cover-bloodhunt/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:45:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48605 Marvel’s Blood Hunt wasn’t always called that. The summer crossover event, which pits the heroes of the Marvel Universe against many, many vampires across many, many titles, started out being referred to by Marvel editorial and creatives as “UVE,” or “Untitled Vampire Event,” according to writer Jed MacKay, speaking during his appearance on the upcoming...

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]]> 48605 Nightmares & Arthurian Analogs Attack in Avengers #7 and 8! https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/21/nightmares-arthurian-analogs-attack-in-avengers-7-and-8/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47495 The Avengers face their worst nightmares — literally, as Nightmare traps the majority of the team in a petty slumber. It couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the Twilight Court has appeared, ready to go through the Avengers just to get to Kang. Can the Vision and the Scarlet Witch hold their own...

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]]> 47495 Playing the waiting game with Avengers #4 and #5 https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/29/playing-the-waiting-game-with-avengers-4-and-5/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46695 The Avengers vs. The Ashen Combine! The haunted voice in the Impossible City! A comic so decompressed we might just have to start reviewing this arc by arc! We piece together what we can as we wait for what comes next, in Avengers #4 and #5, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa and...

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]]> 46695 Thor says thee nay in our exclusive preview of Avengers #4 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/03/thor-says-thee-nay-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-avengers-4/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46182 The Ashen Combine sounds like a weird name for a group of villains. I keep thinking about a combine harvester that’s, like, ashy. Like maybe it got caught in a volcano. And it makes you wonder: What happened to the farmers who used this ashy combine harvester? A whole civilization wiped out. All that corn,...

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]]> 46182 Avengers #2 brings trials & threats of tribulation (events)! https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/21/avengers-2-brings-trials-threats-of-tribulation-events/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45785 Kang the Conqueror is in need of the Avengers’ help, but what could possibly convince them to help him? The means to save 1000 lives is a good start, because the Master of Time is slowly running out of time himself — the Tribulation events are coming. Avengers #2 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn...

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]]> 45785 X-Men #14, X-Force #31 and X-Men & Moon Girl Kick off Our New X-Book Roundup! https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/13/x-men-14-x-force-31-and-x-men-moon-girl-kickoff-our-new-x-book-roundup/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42874 Welcome to the first installment of ComicsXF’s new regular X-book review roundup column! With so many X-Men related comics coming out each month, we’ve enlisted a crack duo of writers to tackle an assortment of the notable or intriguing offerings. This week, they kick off the column with three big “Judgment Day” tie-ins! The X-Men...

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]]> 42874 To Pull the Eternal Heist in X-Men #13 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/18/to-pull-the-eternal-heist-in-x-men-13/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42533 Judgment Day strikes the X-Men in X-Men #13, written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by CF Villa, colored by Matt Milla and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Welcome Stephanie! Glad to have you on as we transition into year two of this series. Hell of an issue to guest on too! Stephanie Burt: Big fan...

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