Chris Allen - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:21:02 +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 Chris Allen - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The good, the bad and the unfortunate in Black Panther #10 https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/20/black-panther-10/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48319 After discarding Baba Nkisu, the Gray Wolf has found a new host: the crime lord’s daughter, Aliinya Nkisu. To defeat a supernatural power so great and to save Aliinya from the Gray Wolf, eater of souls, T’Challa calls upon the aid of allies new and old in Black Panther #10, written by Eve Ewing; drawn...

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]]> 48319 Black Panther #4 shows the ways we aren’t doing enough https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/06/black-panther-4-shows-the-ways-we-arent-doing-enough/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46495 Two of Birnin T’Chaka’s most powerful crime families are about to become one in a wedding that is the talk of Wakanda. Neither Black Panther nor Beisa are on the guest list, but that won’t stop them from making an appearance at this who’s-who of Wakanda’s rich, powerful and dangerous, especially with the assassin Deathlok...

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]]> 46495 The city is a character in Black Panther #3 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/23/black-panther-3/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46367 The five crime families that rule Birnin T’Chaka have heard the rumors that the Black Panther is lurking in the shadows, so they bring in a hired gun to help protect their interests: the cyborg assassin known as Deathlok. Black Panther #3 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen and Mack Chater, inked...

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]]> 46367 Meet Some New Wakandans in Black Panther #2 https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/19/meet-some-new-wakandans-in-black-panther-2/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46026 Who is the mysterious Beisa? Delve deeper into Wakanda as we, and T’Challa, have never seen her, in Black Panther #2, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen, inked by Craig Yeung, colored by Jesus Aburtov and lettered by Joe Sabino. She arrives, shrouded in moonlight, white colored tights covering her svelte, slender figure....

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]]> 46026 A Game of Panther and Antelope in Our Exclusive Preview of Black Panther #2 https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/13/a-game-of-panther-and-antelope-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-black-panther-2/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45979 Wikipedia defines Beisa as a species of medium-sized antelope found in the horn of Africa. It’s also the name of a new antagonist for T’Challa as he returns to stalk the streets of Wakanda. If you want to know more about this new volume of Black Panther, read Jude Jones’ review of issue #1, then...

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]]> 45979 T’Challa Comes Home in Black Panther #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/14/tchalla-comes-home-in-black-panther-1/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45709 Banished from the throne and a fugitive in his own homelands, T’Challa still can’t leave Wakanda without its sworn protector. A king without a crown, he finds new purpose lurking the streets and shadows of the Wakandan city that bears his father’s name. Black Panther #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen,...

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]]> 45709 It’s Dark Web Time in X-Chat #5! https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/22/its-dark-web-time-in-x-chat-5/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44287 Welcome to Inferno! As our friends at Jay & Miles Xplain the X-Men like to say, Inferno never ends! And with that, we’re in the thick of “Dark Web”, AKA Inferno II: Electric Boogaloo! In Dark Web: #1, Christmas in New York gets interrupted by a familiar demon problem from Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin,...

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]]> 44287 Miles Morales #37 Hides the Full Man Behind his Mask https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/13/miles-morales-37-hides-the-full-man-behind-his-mask/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40039 It’s a large world, yes, but it’s also very small. I find that niche communities— say, I don’t know, comic review sites, dispersed around the world as they may be— cultivate a connected community.  So as a member of this connected comics community, I’ve been more than tangentially aware of a few illustrators and writers...

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]]> 40039 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #29 Feels Like An Ending…Or a New Beginning https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/11/miles-morales-spider-man-29-feels-like-an-ending-or-a-new-beginning/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32577 Big things are happening behind the creative scenes of our young Spider-Man’s comic. But does that have anything to do with the story the creators are trying to tell? Well…yes and no. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #29 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Chris Allen, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Cory Petit. Miles...

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]]> 32577 Heroes Reborn: American Knights #1 Is A Major Dud https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/01/heroes-reborn-american-knights-1-is-a-major-dud/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28814 Heroes Reborn gets a whole freaking Gotham Central to itself in Heroes Reborn: American Knights #1. Swapping out Gotham City for Washington, DC, this noir-heavy tie-in finds Police Commissioner Luke Cage and his shift roster of honest detectives tackling police corruption from within. Handled with grace and tact, I’m sure. Written by Paul Grist. Drawn...

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