Elliott Kalan has, from his early career on The Daily Show and The Midnight Kalan, through his long tenure co-hosting The Flophouse, up to his recently prolific comics career, been a sort of Johnny Appleseed of shtick. When I say shtick, I mean it in its most historically situated sense â a Yiddish word deriving…
The character of Frank Reynolds, immortalized by Danny DeVito on Itâs Always Sunny in Philadelphia, once implored his fellow barmates Mac and Dennis, âDo not go on a manhunt.â Naturally, they didnât listen. But what if itâs an X-Manhunt? Eh, the rule probably still applies. But who among us wouldnât like to see Charles Xavier…
The Bat family races to save the young men targeted by the serial killer Asema. Batman confronts the killer, but the results are not what he was expecting. Detective Comics #1,093 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott. The Amazon rainforest burns with mystical fire. While…
Over the past 169 episodes, we have covered work from a lot of creators. And I can’t think of one that we have unanimously and consistently lauded than the late Darwyn Cooke. A writer artist like few others, Cooke passed away at a tragically young age, leaving a body of work that would have only…
The Tetracide is “The Four Killer,” and Diana has done the unthinkable to escape its fatal grasp. The move may have saved her to fight another day, but the price Diana paid is more than she can stand to lose for the fight that’s coming. She will need the help of her allies both old…
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. Austinâs pick: Godzillaâs Monsterpiece Theatre #3: Even in the face of…
While nearly all of Gotham’s vigilantes are affiliated in some way with Batman and his family, there are a few who stand on their own. One of those few is Ragman, one of the few canonically Jewish heroes in the DC Universe. Rory Reagan wears the suit of souls, a collection of patches that are…
Darkseid is dead. And to some, it looks like the rest of the New Gods arenât far behind. Prophecies and destinies rear their ugly heads, as skies darken and declare the end of everything the gods of New Genesis and Apokolips hold dear. Big things are afoot, and everyone is scrambling â for power, for…
On Jan. 26, my local comic shop will close for good. â18 years is a long time to do anything, really, and after that long we simply do not have the fire in our hearts that we once did to give it everything it needs,â the owners of Level Up Entertainment in Mays Landing, New…
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. Tonyâs pick: Ultimate Wolverine #1: To maintain control of their corner…
Step back to Bruce Wayne’s earliest days as Batman, and to a time when Thomas Wayne was still alive, as the background of this new Batman starts to be filled in. Absolute Batman #4 is written by Scott Snyder from a plot by Snyder and Nick Dragotta, drawn by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, colored by Frank…
Batman has teamed up with pretty much every hero in the DC Universe because he’s, well, Batman. He’s also teamed up with many a villain. We’ve read stories where he worked with Lex Luthor, Ra’s al Ghul and Bane. But Patreon backer Ross Holmes very specifically wanted us to read a story where he teams…
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. Austinâs pick: Magik #1: Something ancient has awakened beneath the Alaskan…
The Riddlerâs plan stands revealed, but there is more to all of the chaos in Gotham, as Batman learns who has been pulling the Court of Owlsâ strings. Batman #156 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Tony Daniel, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Divorce cases are often ugly things. Divorce…
While those other comics sites had their year-end best-of lists ready to go by Thanksgiving, we ⌠got busy and put it off till the last possible minute. But hey, that just means we were able to take the full scope of the yearâs comics into account. In doing so, we settled on these 24…