An ancient codex. A treatise studied for millenia(-ish). The mystery at the heart of the psychic attack on the Quiet Council. Keen-eyed readers may have noticed this page in the recently-released Immortal X-Men #5. What they may not have noticed is the Easter egg contained within it. Let’s explore! Bits and Bytes On the surface, this…
Good Comics, like other great literary works, can be read and understood on two planes: a literal one and a metaphorical/metaphysical one. Take the Bible: You can read it literally and get some great superhero action, or metaphorically and learn to, you know, love people or whatever. And while people’s interpretation of the Bible can too…
In which there is no longer life on Mars, the Eternals learn the wrong lesson from Alan Moore’s Glycon worship, and the Avengers prepare to buy a liquor store to deal with this shitshow. A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Valerio Schiti, colored by Marte Gracia, and lettered by Clayton…
‘Twas the night before Judgment Day, and plots were a-brewing. Look! Stuffy old Domo, and sly grinchy Druig. The bomb was sent to Krakoa with care, In hopes of a genocide, right then and there. Phastos was nestled all snug in th’Exclusion, With visions of torture and nuclear fusion. When what to my wondering eyes…
The Deviants’ secret is revealed at last as the Eternals take on Thanos and the stage is set for Judgment in the series’ finale, Eternals #12, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Esad Ribić, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: Zoe! Hey Zoe! You’ve been in that hot tub forever,…
The mutants have been judged and found excessively deviant. This causes no shortage of trouble for a Quiet Council who oft refuses to live up to their name. How will Krakoa’s unelected leaders deal with the Avengers and the Eternals? Kieron Gillen and Michele Bandini intend to show us in Immortal X-Men #6. Our friends…
Blade has a daughter who’s gonna be a hero. Moira McTaggart, erstwhile mutant savior and now number one mutant enemy, creeps out on Mary Jane Watson. And those adorable Eternals commit a wee bit of attempted genocide. That’s right: it’s Free Comic Book Day 2022. A.X.E.: Judgement Day, story by Kieron Gillen, art by Dustin…
The Avengers catch the Eternals digging in their Celestial cookie jar as Thanos creates a cataclysmic distraction far away in Eternals #11, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Guiu Vilanova, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: They say there are three basic stories: Hero vs. Hero, Days of Future Past…
Thanos comes face-to-face with Marvel’s true Darkseid, the omni-genocidal Uranos in Eternals: The Heretic #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Ryan Bodenheim and Edgar Salazar, colored by Chris O’Halloran, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: We’ve been looking forward to talking about this one for a while, but its arrival is bittersweet. Artist…
The Eternals sneak into Avengers Mountain (which happens to be a dead Celestial) in an effort to find an answer to the Thanos problem in Eternals #10, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Esad Ribić, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: As the great poets once sang, Zoe, “it’s been…
Cori’s Pick: Batgirls #1: Fresh off their backups in Batman, Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain patrol the streets of Gotham under the tutelage of Barbara Gordon and powered by friendship in a new series by writers Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (Wonder Woman) and drawn by Jorge Corona (The Me You Love in the Dark)….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: What’s the Furthest Place from Here? #1: In a world where some kind of apocalypse has wiped out the adult population, roving collectives of teens form connections where they can, and get deep…
Disney’s The Eternals represents perhaps the biggest swing of all from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an attempt to adapt a relatively obscure batch of sci-fi space-god characters from a ‘70s era comic by Marvel founding father Jack Kirby, then sell that adaptation to viewers in a post-Avengers world. Much like the MCU, the Eternals and…
Abandoned by their Space Gods, Ajak and Makkari find new purpose via… Jason Aaron’s Avengers? Eternals: Celestia #1, is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Kei Zama, colored by Matthew Wilson, with lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that… oh uh hey. Just got caught…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: Amazing Spider-Man #75: It’s a Brand New Day as a team of writers and artists drive Peter Parker, and his clone Ben Reilly, back down three-times-a-month lane. Wow, so many kinds of nostalgia…