Commanders in Crisis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 11 Mar 2021 04:04:50 +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 Commanders in Crisis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Empathy’s Dead. Now What? It’s Commanders in Crisis #6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/11/empathys-dead-now-what-its-commanders-in-crisis-6/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22679 The world lives on without Empathy, and it’s not a pretty place. But what is evil, anyway?  Frontier, aka Nina, has an eye-opening conversation with Thunder Woman to find out. Finally, what is the big announcement the Commanders in Crisis have to make to the U.S. and the world? Let’s find out in Commanders in...

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]]> 22679 Empathy Is Dead. Nothing Left but to Bone Down in Commanders in Crisis #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/10/empathy-is-dead-nothing-left-but-to-bone-down-in-commanders-in-crisis-5/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15017 With Nina’s secrets revealed, the rest of the Commanders in Crisis need to let off some steam and think about whether they can trust or even work with her again. With the Individuality Act making it into the Senate, the final nail will soon be driven straight through Empathy’s coffin. Can the Commanders resolve this...

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]]> 15017 The X Spot: Am I Stupid? Also, Some Supreme Court News https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/16/the-x-spot-am-i-stupid-also-some-supreme-court-news/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13048 Years and years ago, in the days when I still lived at home and was fraught with teen mopiness, I had a blue overstuffed recliner in my room, a worn out hand-me-down that I loved until it literally fell apart. (If memory serves, I think the left arm gave out.) But in those days, I’d...

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]]> 13048 What if Empathy Were One of Us? Just a Slob like One of Us? Commanders in Crisis #3 Explores https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/16/what-if-empathy-were-one-of-us-just-a-slob-like-one-of-us-commanders-in-crisis-3-explores/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10049 The Crisis Command interrogates a ticking clock corpse! But how can heroes save a world without empathy? First, they have to figure out how to save it within themselves, as Nina Next, the science hero Frontier, takes John Doe Empathy out on the town … to discuss their seeeeeeecrets. Let’s rejoin our heroes in Image’s...

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]]> 10049 Vita Ayala’s New Mutants, Jesus and King in Black tie-ins Dominate Our Staff Picks for 12/16 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/14/vita-ayalas-new-mutants-jesus-and-king-in-black-tie-ins-dominate-our-staff-picks-for-12-16/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9953 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick New Mutants #14: Things are about to get wild in the Akademos Habitat as new series writer Vita Ayala (Children of the Atom) joins the team along with new members Warlock, Warpath...

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]]> 9953 WMQ&A Episode 135: Steve Orlando’s Quantum Moment https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/24/wmqa-episode-135-steve-orlandos-quantum-moment/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9644 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 135: Steve Orlando's Quantum Moment Writer Steve Orlando joins the show to talk about his Image series “Commanders in Crisis,” his new TKO book “The Pull,” his work at DC and much more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at xavierfiles.com, where...

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]]> 9644 The Adventures of the Young, Hot Ex-Presidents Continue in ‘Commanders in Crisis’ #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/18/the-adventures-of-the-young-hot-ex-presidents-continue-in-commanders-in-crisis-2/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9568 The Crisis Command, last survivors of the multiverse, are faced with an impossible task: avenging the death…of an idea! DOA is empathy itself, and while empathy withers and dies across the world, Originator uses her abilities to bring the John Doe back for 24 hours to reveal the name of his killer. It’s Image’s “Commanders...

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]]> 9568 Image’s ‘Commanders in Crisis’ Tells Big Superhero Story Away from Big Two https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/15/images-commanders-in-crisis-tells-big-superhero-story-away-from-big-two/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8919 Commanders in Crisis #1 is the first issue in a new superhero epic from writer Steve Orlando, artist Davide Tinto, colorist Francesca Carotenuto and letterer Fabio Amelia. Told via a dramatic murder mystery, five survivors of doomed multiverses live as heroes in another, and together, they can save this multiverse before it falls, too. The...

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]]> 8919 4 ‘X of Swords’ Books, Rorschach, Orlando’s Big Indie Statement & More Staff Picks for 10/14 https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/12/4-x-of-swords-books-rorschach-orlandos-big-indie-statement-more-staff-picks-for-10-14/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8837 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick Rorschach #1: DC’s quest to never give Alan Moore the rights back to Watchmen continues with this Tom King 12-Issue Maxiseries (TM) starring everyone’s favorite Ayn Rand disciple. Drawn by Jorge Fornes...

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