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Everything ends, everything begins in the techno-organic hellscape of I Breathed a Body #5 by Zac Thompson, Andy MacDonald, Triona Farrell and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Robert Secundus: Flesh fades; data dissipates; even languages are someday lost; all is dust. Stories end. And so too, this comic, and our conversations about it. Still, I think, this is…
Beta Ray Bill takes a bloody path to find his glory â and the perfect weapon to forge it with. And he’s even got a few friends to brave the battle alongside him. But the journey is one even Odin would call treacherous, and not all of Bill’s friends will survive. At least not in…
Just as birds chirp, bees buzz, and mutants never die, so too is the inevitability of Nimrod. Witness his return in X-Men #20 written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Francesco Mobili, colors by Sunny Gho, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Chris Eddleman: Itâs been an entire month, and a part of me relished a little bit…
The 1987 film âThe Monster Squadâ is perhaps best known for the line, âWolfmanâs got nards!â Janie Jones âStrummerâ Mercado doesnât have nards, but she is a werewolf. And a private investigator. And she just got presented with a case of biblical proportions. Thatâs the premise of Blackâs Myth, a new, black-and-white series from AHOY…
To honor the memory of Professor X, Magneto leads his band of mutant rebels to restore hope to a world that fears and hates them…and doesnât really exist. Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1 is written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Back…
Loki should be one of, if not the, most prominent queer characters in Marvel’s roster. While not yet on the silver screen, within the pages of Marvel Comics Thor’s brother is not just bisexual, sometimes she is Thor’s sister. An openly genderfluid character whose personal identity shifts nearly as much as her loyalties. With a…
Christi and Chris are joined by writer, editor, and DC Comics expert, Cori McCreery to discuss the DC event, The Final Night. Join us as Chris and Cori have intelligent discussion, and Christi learns about imaginary stories, gets tickets to the gun show, and discovers hot new prints in your area. Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama”…
Vampires need some stabbinâ. Itâs a good thing Logan and Louise are feeling stabby as they inch closer to Dracula in Wolverine #12.
The Champions embrace social media in Champions #7, as our heroes try to infiltrate Roxxonâs nefarious plan for Generation Z domination. Written by Danny Lore, art by Luciano Vecchio, color art by Federico Blee, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Like any good Internet article (nakedly aiming for a high SEO rating), it is my pleasure…
Will the avatar of Death find the child who holds the key to immortality? We inch closer to finding out in The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #2.
Tonightâs Double Feature in Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters. Firstâ âTime of Monstersâ, a tale of the first Hulk, a tragedy of unyielding philosophy written by Al Ewing and Alex Paknadel, art by Juan Ferreyra, and letters by Cory Petit. Second, a trip to the cinema with the sinister Scarecrow in âA Little Fireâ written…
He is many, but not The Patchwork Man. Legion guides our crew as Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles chart a new path in The Way of X #2. Jude Jones: This? This is good. This is very good. This is âlet me dispense with the pleasantries and introduce some real meat…
Itâs 1998. Itâs sweltering in the summer sun on the archery range. Pre-teen archers pull their arms back, ready to lose their arrows at the styrofoam targets across the overgrown grass at Camp Drake. I am 11 years old. But I am not sweltering in the few weeks left of August before school starts. Iâm…
I find myself thinking a great deal about representation, who gets represented and who gets to do the representing. Which is to say, Iâm thinking a lot about X-Men: Red. Not particularly because itâs any good or memorable, but because it created and launched a character, who has since appeared in X-Books elsewhere. I find…
The X-Men have a weird relationship with Dracula right? I can’t be the only one who thinks that it’s a bit out of left field that one of the most enduring, repeated plot points in every generation of X-Men comics is that, on top of everything else, Dracula also hates them/is hot for Storm. It’s…