Feature - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Feature - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Bad Seeds spreads its branches to more Bat-books https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/18/bad-seeds-spreads-its-branches-to-more-bat-books/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57912 Team BatChat continues its coverage of the Batman: Bad Seeds event with Detective Comics, Batwoman, Catwoman and Nightwing.

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]]> 57912 Bishop #4 gives us a showdown with Mirrormind (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/17/bishop-4-gives-us-a-showdown-with-mirrormind-preview/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57901 Bishop finds himself on a cruise ship where nothing is as it seems, thanks to MIRRORMIND! Check out our exclusive preview of Bishop #4.

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]]> 57901 DNX #1 offers a world-ending threat in a tight two-team crossover https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/17/dnx-1-offers-a-world-ending-threat-in-a-tight-two-team-crossover/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57895 It's Cyclops vs. Evil Beast as a massive X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover kicks off in DNX #1 by Jed MacKay and Federico Vicentini.

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]]> 57895 BatChat With Matt & Will: AzBats is Ebenezer Scrooge https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/17/batchat-with-matt-will-azbats-is-ebenezer-scrooge/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57887 Hey, sometimes you go with an easy one. Coming up with episode themes isn’t an easy thing, so these episodes where we continue on in runs we’ve been reading in order allow me to turn off my brain for a week. We’re back in Batman Chronicles, with three more shorts set in No Man’s Land,...

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]]> 57887 Howling and helling in Uncanny X-Men #35 https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/16/howling-and-helling-in-uncanny-x-men-35/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57873 An X-man faces a terrifying transformation, and the cure may be worse than the disease, in Uncanny X-Men #35.

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]]> 57873 DnX, a Batman-Batman team-up and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/16/dnx-a-batman-batman-team-up-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57867 Marvel's latest X-Men event, DnX, starts this week, plus we get a Batman-Absolute Batman team-up for Batman Day. What are YOU looking forward to reading?

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]]> 57867 TCXFIP 416: Zack Quaintance talks Death of Comics Bookcase 2 https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/15/tcxfip-416-zack-quaintance-talks-death-of-comics-bookcase-2/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57856 Zack Quaintance returns to the show to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for the second volume of Death of Comics Bookcase: Reign of the Comics Bookcases.

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]]> 57856 An imperfect hero’s imperfect hero: On Gloria Steinem and Wonder Woman https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/14/an-imperfect-heros-imperfect-hero-on-gloria-steinem-and-wonder-woman/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57858 Dr. Anna Peppard pays tribute to the late Gloria Steinem with a look at how the feminist icon viewed another feminist icon: Wonder Woman.

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]]> 57858 The boys in blue are back in town in Gotham Central #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/10/the-boys-in-blue-are-back-in-town-in-gotham-central-1/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:47:55 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57844 Crime never stops in Gotham, not even as Poison Ivy’s ancient plants begin to overtake the city. We review Batman: Bad Seeds - Gotham Central #1.

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]]> 57844 X-Men Outback #4 reminds us when Havok was happy (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/10/x-men-outback-4-reminds-us-when-havok-was-happy-preview/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57831 HAVOK and MADELYNE PRYOR must help the MORLOCKS of Australia escape from the LAVA MEN! Check out our exclusive preview of X-Men Outback #4.

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]]> 57831 BatChat With Matt & Will: Roll Tide! https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/10/batchat-with-matt-will-roll-tide/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57826 Gotham City is in New Jersey, so most of the stories that we cover take place in Matt’s beloved home state. Not many stories take place in Will’s home state of Alabama. As a matter of fact, we could really only find one. So we’re doing that story, as well as two stories from creators...

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]]> 57826 Gotham Central, Spawn 77 and a bunch more #1s: Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/09/gotham-central-spawn-77-and-a-bunch-more-1s-staff-picks/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57812 A lot of #1s in this week's Staff Picks, including Gotham Central, Spawn 77, The Karman Blade and Six of Us. What are YOU looking forward to reading?

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]]> 57812 The New 52 walked so DC’s Absolute Universe could run https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/08/the-new-52-walked-so-dcs-absolute-universe-could-run/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57797 Nabeel Gaber takes a look back at the launch of DC's New 52 initiative, what worked, what didn't, and how its lessons apply to the current Absolute line.

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]]> 57797 TCXFIP 415: Flame Con 2026 with Al Ewing and friends https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/08/tcxfip-415-flame-con-2026-with-al-ewing-and-friends/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57809 Matt Lazorwitz takes his lapel mic to Flame Con in New York for interviews with Adeline Kon, Soo Lee, Erica Henderson and Al Ewing.

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]]> 57809 Battle of the Atom: Kevin Eleven https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/07/battle-of-the-atom-kevin-eleven/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57789 The thing about Joe Casey is that he figured out how to make actual money so he can just make comics for fun. Would that all of comics be this lucky.

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]]> 57789 Bad Seeds continues in Batman and Batgirl https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/03/bad-seeds-continues-in-batman-and-batgirl/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:12:17 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57792 Bruce fights his way through Gotham Central precinct to get to Commissioner Vandal Savage in Batman #13

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]]> 57792 Inglorious X-Force #9 preview, and a correction https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/03/inglorious-x-force-9-preview-and-a-correction/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57779 Domino assembles her own X-Force to take on Cable's team in our exclusive preview of Inglorious X-Force #9.

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]]> 57779 BatChat With Matt & Will: Across the Multiverse (w/ Tony Thornley) https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/03/batchat-with-matt-will-across-the-multiverse-w-tony-thornley/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57773 Fellow ComicsXF staffer Tony Thornley joins us again to talk about some Batman intercompany crossovers with Deadpool, Spawn and the TMNT.

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]]> 57773 A big DC week with new Legion, Doom Patrol, Weird Al and more https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/02/a-big-dc-week-with-new-legion-doom-patrol-weird-al-and-more/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:34:57 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57767 DC goes big this week with #1s for the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Doom Patrol, Superman: The Stranger, a Weird Al team-up and more "Bad Seeds."

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]]> 57767 TCXFIP 414: Darcy Van Poelgeest talks Doom Patrol, The Karman Blade and more https://comicsxf.com/2026/09/01/tcxfip-414-darcy-van-poelgeest-talks-doom-patrol-the-karman-blade-and-more/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57764 Writer Darcy Van Poelgeest joins the show to talk about his new Doom Patrol series at DC, The Karman Blade and The Cutting Garden at Image, and more.

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]]> 57764 Battle Of The Atom: Reverse Reverse https://comicsxf.com/2026/08/31/battle-of-the-atom-reverse-reverse/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57758 Cormac McCarthy was quoted writing All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. But he didn’t use quotation marks because he wants to be difficult. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 57758 Daredevil fights almost-Apocalypse in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Daredevil #6! https://comicsxf.com/2026/08/28/daredevil-fights-almost-apocalypse-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-daredevil-6/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57738 Just when he could use a break, DAREDEVIL is going to find himself in the crossfire as New York's criminals threaten to tear each other and the city apart.

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]]> 57738 Bad Seeds take root this week in Poison Ivy, Batman one-shot https://comicsxf.com/2026/08/28/bad-seeds-take-root-this-week-in-poison-ivy-batman-one-shot/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:36:09 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57729 Team BatChat begins its coverage of the Batman: Bad Seeds event with Poison Ivy and the Sunset one-shot. What do YOU think about the story so far?

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]]> 57729 BatChat With Matt & Will: Obsessed Archers and Faceless Vigilantes https://comicsxf.com/2026/08/27/batchat-with-matt-will-obsessed-archers-and-faceless-vigilantes/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57720 Patreon backer Jordan Jennings requested that we read the recent Batman/Green Arrow/Question team-up mini-series, Arcadia, so that makes for an easy theme, right? That mini, plus a story where a Bat characters meets Green Arrow, and one where a Bat character meets Question. Simple. But boy, could we not have gotten three more different stories!...

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]]> 57720 Bad Seeds planted as we enter Tomb of Apocalypse: Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/08/26/bad-seeds-planted-as-we-enter-tomb-of-apocalypse-staff-picks/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=57711 This week we're hype for books like Batman: Bad Seeds - Sunet, What If ...? X-Men and Tomb of Apocalypse. What are YOU looking forward to reading?

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