Falcon - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:38:25 +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 Falcon - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 When Captain America was a mutant: The curious case of Sam Wilson https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/16/captain-america-sam-wilson-mutant/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51684 The X-Men and the Avengers have had a long and complicated relationship with one another, dating to their shared birthday on July 2, 1963, and continuing through a series of meet-ups, miniseries and misunderstanding-based fights. From their first encounter in X-Men #9 to the time the love-child of Professor Xavier’s suppressed rage and Magneto’s …...

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]]> 51684 Christopher Cantwell’s The United States of Captain America Is Steve Rogers By Way Of Spider-Verse https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/04/christopher-cantwells-the-united-states-of-captain-america-is-steve-rogers-by-way-of-spider-verse/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29007 With the release of The United States of Captain America #1 this month, several more ‘Captains’ are stepping into the spotlight to help the original out as Steve Rogers tries to recover his lost shield alongside the Falcon and Bucky Barnes. Much in the same way Spider-Verse opened up the world of Peter Parker and...

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]]> 29007 Heroes Reborn: Marvel Double Action #1 Swings for Nostalgia But Strikes Out https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/01/heroes-reborn-marvel-double-action-1-swings-for-nostalgia-but-strikes-out/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28834 It’s a flashback tale for the Squadron Supreme, as the Heroes Reborn universe explores a fateful night for Nighthawk and the Falcon. Heroes Reborn: Double Action #1 is written by Tim Seeley, drawn by Dan Jurgens, inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Chris Sotomayor, and lettered by Cory Petit. Presented as a “reprint” of one...

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]]> 28834 Falcon and Winter Soldier Episode #2 Has Fun Moments, But Also Glaring Issues https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/29/falcon-and-winter-soldier-episode-2-has-fun-moments-but-also-glaring-issues/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23515 Shields are thrown, legacies are questioned, quips are tossed as Sam and Bucky finally reunite to meet John Walker, the new Captain America in “The Star-Spangled Man” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: Long ago, Kevin Fiege said that this television show about a man in a bird suit and a...

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]]> 23515 Bucky and Sam Team Up For Falcon and Winter Soldier…Just Not Quite Yet https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/22/bucky-and-sam-team-up-for-falcon-and-winter-soldier-just-not-quite-yet/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23323 Did you enjoy your week away from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Doesn’t matter because they are BACK, BAYBEE! The Winged Avenger and The Assassin with a Metal Arm and a Heart of Gold (rusted maybe) are teaming up in Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. But not just yet… Kenneth Laster: Lads! Lads! Lads!...

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]]> 23323 29 Fun Facts About Falcon & Winter Soldier to Catch Up On https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/18/29-fun-facts-about-falcon-winter-soldier-to-catch-up-on/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23095 WandaVision is over (and if you watched the show but haven’t checked out CXF’s coverage of it, you can do so here), but the seemingly-unending wheel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to turn, bringing us the next Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Where WandaVision was positioned as something a little bit...

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]]> 23095 My Secret History With Secret Empire: Looking Back At Nick Spencer’s Captain America https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/11/my-secret-history-with-secret-empire-looking-back-at-nick-spencers-captain-america/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22685 I have just come home after finishing my freshman year of college. Or as I called it, the worst year of my life. Everything that I used to enjoy, from video games to novels, does nothing to ease the constant emptiness I feel. Nothing is new, everything is something I’ve seen before, played before, read...

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