As guardians of the gate, Excalibur has sworn to safely escort those who quest to the Otherworld within, but their duties are tested to their limits when DOOM returns to Avalon. The team escorts a dictator in Excalibur #23, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Marcus To, colored by Erick Arciniega and lettered by Ariana Maher.
Has Saturnyne’s gamble paid off? We’ll find out in Excalibur #22. By Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega, and Ariana Maher.
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: DC Pride: DC spotlights its LGBTQIA+ characters in an anthology featuring stories about Batwoman by James Tynion IV and Trung Le Nguyen, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn by Mariko Tamaki and Amy Reeder,…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE Known as Kitty, or Shadowcat, for most of her life, Kate Pryde is now a mutant of some renown: captain of the Marauder; Red Queen of the Hellfire Trading Corporation; a member of the Quiet Council that rules the mutant island Krakoa. For much of her life she was, instead, the relatable…
The women of Excalibur know a lot about trauma, and are finally talking about it. They want everyone, even their enemies, to feel that catharsis. Tini Howard, Marcus To, Erik Arciniega and Ariana Maher explore in Excalibur #20. Charlie Davis: Well. I uh…hello? I am supposed to be talking about Excalibur but all my co-writers…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE Excalibur is a UK-based superhero team founded by core members Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Phoenix/Rachel Summers, Captain Britain/Brian Braddock, Meggan, and Lockheed. The team is bonded by trauma, including Kitty and Kurt’s grave injuries in the “Mutant Massacre” and the seeming death of the X-Men in “The Fall of the Mutants.” But…
Today, ComicsXF is launching an expansion to our site called Primer. We, the staff of ComicsXF, read a lot of comics. Like a lot of comics. Primer is a way for our readers to use our knowledge in order to find something new to read. For those looking to find some great titles coming out…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: Future State: Batman/Superman #1: The Magistrate’s ruined a lot of things for Bruce Wayne, but one of the cherries on top is how it messed up his partnership with Superman. Find out how…
Christi and Chris get weird in this patron-requested Weird War III episode! What’s the deal with Excalibur and Nazis? How brutal is Kitty Pryde? Why does Lockheed routinely vanish mid-issue? All this and more in this episode! Patreon Kofii Album Art by Kate Foray Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Excalibur #16: So Betsy is a sneering stained-glass mosaic, Saturnyne is keeping Jubilee’s son as her dragon pet that can melt reality and the Captain Britain Corps is back with a thicc-ass…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick X-Men #15: Pretty sure Apocalypse fights his wife in this one. But also, nothing’s really gone as predicted in “X of Swords. I mean, Magik arm wrestled a croco-monster that turned out…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. The fighting begins but things sure aren’t what we expected. Christi Eddleman & Vishal Gullapalli dine with the devils in Marauders #15 by Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Edgar Delgado, and Cory Petit. Then Nola Pfau & Charlie Davis fight two very…
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)…
Zack & Adam are joined by the writer of the upcoming X-Men Gold Annual, Leah Williams to talk about Excalibur’s 30th Anniversary, how long it took to come up with the best opening line in comics this year, the recent revelations about CB Cebulski, and most importantly, Maggott. This is a Maggott heavy episode people….