CXF’s Sinister Six reviews Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps

After the dismal Captain America: Brave New World and the surprisingly endearing Thunderbolts*, Marvel Studios has released one of its trickiest flicks yet based on the historically difficult-to-adapt Fantastic Four. Fantastic Four: First Steps stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn; and is written by Joshua Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan and…

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Fantastic Fools? How a Claremont and Byrne cold war put Galactus on trial

While the Chris Claremont/John Byrne run of Uncanny X-Men is rightly regarded as a creative high water mark for the series, containing some of its best-known and beloved stories (including “Proteus,” “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past”), their run ended somewhat abruptly, with Byrne departing after one-too-many “Colossus ripping up a stump”…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 339: Ryan North talks Marvel’s One World Under Doom

The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 339: Ryan North talks Marvel's One World Under Doom Writer Ryan North joins the show to talk about Marvel’s One World Under Doom, Fantastic Four, IDW’s Star Trek: Lower Decks and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and…

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All-New, All-Different X-Men?! Marvel offers a peek into 2025 with Free Comic Book Day titles

Marvel on Monday announced five Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles, some offering warm-ups to big summer storylines, some offering sampler platters of regular titles, and one advertising shows on Disney Jr. Perhaps most relevant to this website’s interests, a Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men book teases “the birth of the All-New, All-Different X-Men,” in a story…

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