Iām going to be up front: I donāt like Lobo. Heās everything thatās wrong with the ultraviolent characters of the early ā90s. And the thing a lot of his fans forget about is this: Heās supposed to be unlikable and to represent everything wrong with those types of characters. When introduced in 1983ās āOmega Menā…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 133: The House That Walks Like a Man with Dan Watters Writer Dan Watters joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image series “Home Sick Pilots,” his upcoming Vault series “The Picture of Everything Else,” punk rock, cigarettes, Victorian gothic literature and to make co-host Dan Grote feel old…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Batman has gone back to basics, and is hunting down leftover Joker thugs when a mysterious new foe with a connection to Batmanās past appears. Itās āBatmanā #102 from James Tynion IV, Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki, Carlos DāAnda and David Baron. Matt Lazorwitz: This issue is…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #14: Presumably we get more Apocalypse: Mutantdom’s first Wife Guy in this “X of Swords” tie-in by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Mahmud Asrar. ($3.99) Previously, in “X-Men” … Zack’s Pick…
It ends where it began. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood hunt down the Jokers to stop their plan from coming to fruition and creating a new third Joker, hearts are broken and secrets are revealed in Batman: Three Jokers #3 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson. Robert Secundus: Some say Three Jokers will…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X of Swords: Stasis: First of all, on behalf of XF nation: Fuck a Brett Booth. Now that that’s out of the way, GIVE US THE CROCODILE MONSTER. Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard,…
A new era dawns on Gotham City, as Batman has to face some harsh truths and figure out what to do now that the Joker War is over in āBatmanā #101 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles Matt Lazorwitz: So, I have to say, with one big caveat weāll get…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick Excalibur #13: Get ready for some hot Braddock-on-Braddock action (Wait …), all written by “X of Swords” co-mastermind Tini Howard and drawn by guest artist R. “Powers” B. “Of” Silva “X.” ($3.99)…
Weāve been pretty rough on DC lately. Maybe it was all those layoffs. Maybe itās Watchmen fatigue. Maybe itās all those comic shops that have complained about not getting their UCS/Lunar books on time. Maybe it was the Fandome virtual pep rallies (although to be fair, weāre out on virtual cons in general). Maybe itās…
Itās hard to be a Teen Titan when youāre celebrating a 40th anniversary, but theyāll keep trying. Yes, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the definitive āNew Teen Titansā run by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, a run that rivaled the X-Men at the height of its popularity. āNew Teen Titansā helped define superheroes…
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…
Welcome to the first of our new review feature: āBat Chat with Matt (and Will!).ā Weāre starting off with a big one, folks (Or is it? Weāll get to that), the end of the āJoker Warā story. As Gotham burns and the Bat-family tries to hold it together, Batman and Joker face down in a…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. This Week, in ‘X of Swords‘ Marauders #13: Storm visits her former in-laws in Wakanda to request their aid against the forces of Arakko as the X-Men event continues. Vita Ayala (Children of the…
One Joker down, two to go. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood are on a collision course with each other and the remaining two Jokers, and fresh wounds will be laid over their scars in Batman: Three Jokers #2 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson.
Wonder Woman Earth One Vol. 3 DC on Monday announced a third a final volume of writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette’s Wonder Woman: Earth One graphic novel trilogy, to debut in March of next year. The plot, per DC: Diana, now queen of the Amazons, must assemble the disparate Amazonian tribes for the…