Dazzler - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:30:03 +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 Dazzler - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Battle Of The Atom: The 1,000th Story https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/10/battle-of-the-atom-the-1000th-story/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51664 Rivers Cuomo once said, “I wanna go back, back to the shack, back to the Strat with the lightning strap,” and we echo that message by going back to our roots for a 1,000th story celebration about the stories the occurred at both the birth of the podcast and the birth of us. Rivers Cuomo...

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]]> 51664 ComicsXF’s official ranking of the From the Ashes X-Men books https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/02/comicsxfs-official-ranking-of-the-x-men-from-the-ashes-comics-so-far/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51029 As of this writing, there are 13(!) monthly X-books on the shelves, two of which — X-Men and Uncanny X-Men — ship on an 18-issue-a-year schedule. That’s a lot, and there’s more coming, including Laura Kinney: Wolverine (who is already starring in NYX); a Timeslide one-shot co-starring Cable and Bishop; Magik (who is already starring...

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]]> 51029 Does Dazzler #4 demand an encore?  https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/11/dazzler-4/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51080 The Dazzler tour returns for one last big show in the Big Apple in Dazzler #4, written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro and Alan Robinson, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher. Previously in Loo and Loureiro’s Dazzler, Lila Cheney and Alison Blaire had a fun night out in Tokyo, only...

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]]> 51080 An Ultimate Universe check-in, the best Wolverine, young Batman and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/11/staff-picks-dec11/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51068 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Rasmus’ pick: Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1: The heroes of...

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]]> 51068 We rank the Reavers in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Dazzler #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/05/dazzler-4-preview/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51020 While most certainly not the big bad who’s been operating from the shadows this whole time, this preview of Dazzler does feature the Reaver Pretty Boy, who is the one with the handsome face atop a robot body. WHICH GOT US THINKING. How would you rank the OG Reavers? Here’s our informal ranking. No. 1:...

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]]> 51020 Murderworld drifts into Tokyo in Marvel’s Dazzler #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/27/dazzler-3/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50931 Dazzler and Lila Cheney party in Tokyo, only to be attacked by Arcade. Dazzler #3 is written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher. Previously in Loo and Loureiro’s Dazzler, a British talk-show host was a complete wanker to Alison before an opportunistic mutant production assistant...

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]]> 50931 The Justice League expands and Black Canary goes a-punching in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/27/staff-picks-nov27/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50925 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Scott’s pick: Justice League Unlimited #1: Darkseid’s death has triggered a...

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]]> 50925 Alison Blaire goes Britpop in Dazzler #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/23/dazzler-2-review/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50517 Dazzler and co head to Merry Old London, written by Jason Loo, art by Rafael Loureiro, colors by Java Tartaglia, lettering by Ariana Maher, and cover art by Terry and Rachel Dodson Previously in Loo & Loureiro’s Dazzler, the iconic singer had a major breakthrough on the charts with a new album recorded on Krakoa...

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]]> 50517 Dazzler #1 has a memorable chorus  https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/18/dazzler-1/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50224 Alison Blaire is headed out on a world tour in Dazzler #1, written by Jason Loo, drawn by Rafael Loureiro, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Ariana Maher, with a cover by Terry and Rachel Dodson When we last saw Alison Blaire, aka Dazzler, she was dead. Killed during the final Hellfire Gala by...

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]]> 50224 The X-Men’s Dazzler hits the road and The Moon Is Following Us in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/18/staff-picks-sept18/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50220 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Dazzler #1: Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress embarks on a...

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]]> 50220 New series, fill-in artists and ‘Psychic Rescue’ revisited: Marvel’s X-Men books in October https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/22/xmen-october/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:19:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49662 There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and...

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]]> 49662 The ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the X-Men: From the Ashes era https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/26/xmen-from-ashes-series/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49419 Welcome to the ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the new era of X-Men comics. The last few years saw a new dawn for the House of X: Mutants reigned (for a while) but were always destined to fall. And From the Ashes of the mutant island nation of Krakoa, this is what comes next. What do...

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]]> 49419 Dazzler goes on tour in new Marvel miniseries by Loo and Loureiro https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/15/dazzler-loo-loureiro/ Wed, 15 May 2024 17:28:58 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48944 In the early to mid-1980s, Marvel very much saw Dazzler as her own thing. Originally planned as a multimedia IP tied to actress Bo Derek, those plans fizzled with the death of disco, but didn’t keep Alison Blaire from starring in her own comic book for 40-some issues before she was folded back into the...

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]]> 48944 Just in Time for the Hellfire Gala, Redesigning the X-Men’s Dazzler https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/26/just-in-time-for-the-hellfire-gala-redesigning-the-x-mens-dazzler/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46079 It’s finally Dazzler’s turn in the spotlight! Long a fan favorite and favorite of our Redesign community, the dramatic Dazzler debuted in 1979 in Uncanny X-Men #130, in the midst of “The Dark Phoenix Saga.” Initially a performer of disco music, Dazzler has kept her roots as a famous singer and musician, though her influences...

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]]> 46079 Battle Of The Atom: Rogue ❤️ Walnuts https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/12/battle-of-the-atom-rogue-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f-walnuts/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44148 We all remember Chris Claremont’s classic work on his most famous characters, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. This week we look into those characters and specifically how they intersect with some forgotten characters, the X-Men. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #122 Dazzler #22-24 (Sisterhood) Uncanny X-Men: First Class #4

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]]> 44148 Battle Of The Atom: Who Wants To Kill An Xavier? With Nola Pfau https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/15/battle-of-the-atom-who-wants-to-kill-an-xavier-with-nola-pfau/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15200 We complete our double Dazzler coverage by looking at recent stories featuring the disco Dazzler and oops, it’s a lot about the Inhumans. Get ready for us to remember how annoying they were. Oh, and WWAC Editor-In-Chief and CXF contributor Nola Pfau joins us to relitigate some real weird times. Also, there’s a bunch of...

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