Daniel Warren Johnson - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:12:53 +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 Daniel Warren Johnson - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Daniel Warren Johnson Absolute-ly crushes DC’s Absolute Batman Annual https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/31/absolute-batman-annual/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54703 Three new tales of the Batman of the Absolute Universe are featured in the first ever Absolute annual. Absolute Batman Annual 2025 has story and art by Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren and Meredith McClaren, colors by Dave Stewart and letters by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: I think we’ve talked about the DC: High Volume...

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]]> 54703 A Daniel Warren Johnson backup reminds us how good Wolverine can be in time for issue #8/400 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/22/wolverine-8-400/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52314 Logan faces off with the Adamantine. The Wendigo is pulled into a deadly trap as a specter from the past emerges. And a story you never thought you’d see begins here. Wolverine #8/400 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit, with a backup written...

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]]> 52314 The Moon Is Following Us #2 blends the fantastical with the crushingly real https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/23/the-moon-is-following-us-2/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50502 We’ve seen the fight. We’ve seen the mission. We know what’s at stake – the only question is, how did we get here? Find out, in The Moon is Following Us #2, created and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson & Riley Rossmo, written by Daniel Warren Johnson, colored by Mike Spicer, and lettered by Shawn...

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]]> 50502 The Moon Is Following Us #1 is a testament to the magic of the comic medium https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/18/moon-following-us-1/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50229 Sam and Duncan LaMarr love their 6-year-old daughter, Penny, more than anything in the whole world. But half a year ago, she was taken by The Cascade, an evil force they barely understand. Now, Sam and Duncan must fight side by side with the magical beings Penny cherished to try and get her back, before...

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]]> 50229 CXF Interview Pod 318: Daniel Warren Johnson & Riley Rossmo talk The Moon Is Following Us https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/03/tcxfip-318-daniel-warren-johnson-riley-rossmo/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50002 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · CXF Interview Podcast 318: Daniel Warren Johnson & Riley Rossmo talk The Moon Is Following Us Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series The Moon Is Following Us. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music,...

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]]> 50002 The Has-Bros explore the Energon Universe with Duke #1, Transformers #4 and Cobra Commander #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/19/duke-transformers-cobracommander/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47749 In Duke #1, a bold new era kicks off for America’s daring, highly trained special mission force, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Tom Reilly, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Rus Wooton. Meanwhile, an arm-less Optimus Prime races to save Spike’s life as the Decepticons continue to push the Autobots to their limits...

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]]> 47749 WMQ&A Episode 286: The Three Amigos Sears Wishbook Special (w/ Austin Gorton) https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/12/wmqa-286-sears-wishbook-special/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47398 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 286: The Three Amigos Sears Wishbook Special (w/ Austin Gorton) From Transformers to GI Joe to Madballs, Dan, Matt, Specialest of Guests Rob Lynch and CXF writer/editor Austin Gorton talk about the Reagan-era toys that have kept a stranglehold on American culture for four decades, and the...

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]]> 47398 Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers #1 suplexes expectations https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/06/transformers-1/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:29:39 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46757 The Transformers roll out, renewed and rebooted for Image/Skybound’s Energon Universe in a story written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson, colored by Mike Spicer and lettered by Rus Wooton. Tony Thornley: Austin, thanks for joining me. A few months ago here at CXF, I reviewed Void Rivals #1 and found it surprisingly fun and...

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]]> 46757 We’re Marks for Image’s Do a Powerbomb #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/17/were-marks-for-images-do-a-powerbomb-1/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41526 Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro wrestler, but she’s living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes when a wrestling-obsessed necromancer asks her to join the grandest pro wrestling tournament of all time, which is also the most dangerous. It’s The Wrestler meets Dragonball Z in a...

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]]> 41526 Bill Battles Surtur To Save Face in Beta Ray Bill #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/28/bill-battles-surtur-to-save-face-in-beta-ray-bill-5/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31924 Beta Ray Bill and his allies must fight the ultimate battle against Surtur, the fire god responsible for the destruction of Bill’s home planet. It’s going to take an immense amount of power to defeat this foe. But with his goals in sight, is Bill ready to pay the cost required to return to his...

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]]> 31924 Like Superman but Not Complex Continuty? This Week’s SuperChat is For You! https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/24/like-superman-but-not-complex-continuty-this-weeks-superchat-is-for-you/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31731 On another world, as Superman’s powers wane, he begins to wonder what more he could have done with his Earth’s metahumans to build a finer world. He’s got a plan that starts with, of all people, the anarchic villain Manchester Black, in Superman and the Authority #1 written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Mikel Janín,...

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]]> 31731 Bill Needs Help, but First, Monsters, in Beta Ray Bill #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/30/bill-needs-help-but-first-monsters-in-beta-ray-bill-4/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30279 When Beta Ray Bill’s quest brings him and his friends — Skurge the Executioner and Pip the Troll — to the fiery realm of Muspelheim, they are quickly attacked by horrible monsters and dark beings. To save his friends, Bill must journey through a maze of his own memories. Saddle up for Beta Ray Bill...

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]]> 30279 Feel The Love & Thunder In Our Exclusive Beta Ray Bill #4 Preview https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/24/feel-the-love-thunder-in-our-exclusive-beta-ray-bill-4-preview/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30086 Our buddy Beta Ray Bill has had a rough little bit. His friend broke his favorite hammer and his girlfriend called him ugly. It’s enough to drive a man, or horse alien mutated to become the perfect weapon, to drink. Which Bill has done. Along with wrestling moves; many many wrestling moves. But he’s found...

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]]> 30086 Asgardians Do Roadhouse in Beta Ray Bill #2! https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/28/asgardians-do-roadhouse-in-beta-ray-bill-2/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25862 Bill goes hunting for Odin, still desperate to resurrect his lost hammer Stormbreaker, but the former King of Asgard is far from his glory days. Stormbreaker is never coming back, but there is one place where Beta Ray Bill could restore his full powers. The All-Father of nothing offers the Korbinite a path to immortality,...

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