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Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: X-Men: The Hellfire Vigil #1: One year ago, at…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 357: Jordan Clark talks AHOY Comics' Ancestral Recall Writer Jordan Clark joins the show to talk about his upcoming AHOY Comics series, Ancestral Recall. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday…
It’s the end of an era in Star Trek Omega, written by Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with art by Oleg Chudakov, Joe Eisma, Mike Feehan, Tess Fowler, Angel Hernandez, Liana Kangas, Megan Levens, Travis Mercer, Ramon Rosanas, Rachael Stott, Erik Tamayo, Davide Tinto and Marcus To, colors by Lee Loughridge and Marissa…
It’s finally summer! Soaring temperatures and vacation means it’s pool time. Our team decided to beat the heat by going back to that most storied Marvel classic, the swimsuit special. Just in time for Marvel’s official relaunch of the special in July, we’re dipping our toes into the pool of mutant fashion and sizzling summer…
Welcome back to Talking Absolute, where we at ComicsXF analyze the Absolute DC storylines, controversies and themes that have captured our imaginations each month. Today, we’ll be covering the titles released in June, featuring emo Flash, a Musky Ra’s al Ghul and something stinky in Absolute Wonder Woman. Absolute Flash #4 Written by Jeff Lemire,…
The Dark Artery, gateway to an underworld of unspeakable evil, has taken one of the Outliers, and it will take the Uncanny X-Men to get them back, if they can survive the corruption process needed to enter. Plus, the secret of the Endling at last? Uncanny X-Men #16 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by…
Ah, the halcyon days of the ’90s, when the graphic design was indecipherable and you could still count on seeing a hologram on a comic book cover. But the ’90s was also a time for taking bold risks. DC had killed off Superman and put Batman out of commission, garnering national media attention. So the…
Set against the backdrop of modern-day New York City during a seemingly permanent supernatural eclipse, Bytchcraft follows a queer coven bound by magic and blood, each bringing their own flair to the craft: a pretentious oracle who speaks with gods, an emo necromancer with a forked tongue, and a nature witch with the soul of…
In True North, out July 1, writer and Alpha Flight superfan Daryl Lawrence has written the definitive issue-by-issue accounting of the first volume of everyone’s favorite Canadian super team. As a fellow devotee of the “one issue at a time” approach to comic book analysis, I reached out to Daryl to ask him about the…
Hunting for the kidnapped Harvey Bullock, Batman finds the secret organization called Elixir has another victim: The Penguin. Batman and Penguin must work together to find Bullock and escape Elixir. Detective Comics #1,098 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Lee Garbett, colored by Lee Loughridge and lettered by Wes Abbott. Will Nevin: Let’s talk…
As Logan’s first teen-girl mentee, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine used to be close. Not in a sexual way – it’s not like Logan was one of the girls in the mansion – but there was a brief period where they had sort of a Batman-and-Robin thing going. Writer Chris Claremont is currently revisiting that period…
Like a semi truck that turns into a robot, or an ancient artifact known as a “cassette tape player” that transforms into a robot and also shoots out cassette tapes that transform into robots, Skybound’s Transformers series is about to undergo a transformation of its own. News broke today that writer and Skybound impresario Robert…
Set aside the whole body swap thing for a second. You wanna know how we know Psylocke’s come a long way? In late 1992/early 1993, Marvel published a three-issue story in X-Men in which the team went to Siberia for Colossus family/Omega Red stuff, and Psylocke (then Betsy Braddock in Kwannon’s body) is depicted on…
Doug Moench wrote Batman stories for about a decade over the course of his runs on the character. And while his Bat work is probably best associated with his collaboration with Kelley Jones, generally his best known collaborator is penciller Paul Gulacy, with whom he defined Shang-Chi over at Marvel. That isn’t to say he…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: New History of the DC Universe #1: In celebration…