Christos Gage - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 15 Apr 2024 02:19:05 +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 Christos Gage - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Weapon X-Men #2 is almost as rotten as Zombie Wolverine https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/15/weapon-xmen-2/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48574 The mediocre multiverse misadventure continues in Weapon X-Men #2, written by Christos Gage, drawn by Yildiray Cinar, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Clayton Cowles. No doubt, you’re surprised to see us back here, talking and thinking about this particular series. Especially after the way last month’s article tore through the first issue like...

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]]> 48574 Weapon X-Men #1 ain’t off to a great start https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/11/weapon-xmen-1/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48149 In Original X-Men, you saw the Phoenix recruit the young X-Men to fix yet another time-displaced disaster. But now the threat is deadlier than ever, and it’s time to call in the X-Men’s big gun. He’s the best there is at what he does, in every universe he does it in, and this job is...

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]]> 48149 Original X-Men #1 is nostalgia and nothing more https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/21/original-xmen-1/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47489 I found myself struggling for a cohesive theme to some kind of end-of-the-year article, something that would capture the state of an industry whose health has been the status of much Mark Millar-fueled discourse lately. Then I read a comic that was so bad it has me dreading what 2024 will bring. On Wednesday, Marvel...

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]]> 47489 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 46: BatDad with Matt & Will https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/14/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-46-batdad-with-matt-will/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42025 Doctor. Philanthropist. Vigilante? Killer? For a character who was introduced to be killed and be the motivation to drive his son into a life of crime fighting, Thomas Wayne has worn a lot of hats (and cowls, for that matter). This week, we’re reading three stories that are about Thomas Wayne and his legacy. The...

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]]> 42025 Amazing Spider-Man #74 Ends With More Questions Than Answers. The Biggest One Is Why We’re Reading It. https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/29/amazing-spider-man-74-ends-with-more-questions-than-answers-the-biggest-one-is-why-were-reading-it/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34152 The Kindred meta-plot is resolved, more or less. The Devil gets his due. Nick Spencer bids farewell. Does any of it matter? Amazing Spider-Man #74 is written by Nick Spencer with Christos Gage, Penciled by [deep breath] Marcelo Ferreira, Mark Bagley, Zé Carlos, Dio Neves, Carlos Gómez, Ivan Fiorelli, and Humberto Ramos, inked by [deeper...

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