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By complete coincidence, ComicsXF Editor-in-Chief Dan Grote and longtime writer and editor Tony Thornley ended up at the Walt Disney Company’s two American theme parks the same week in late June. While we were each prepared for a week of fun with our families, we issued each other a challenge — could we find a…
We were going to release this on Canada Day, but that darn novel coronavirus got in the way. Anyway, Anna is here and we are going to talk about John Byrne a lot. Ranked This Episode
I have walked over 50 miles for this article, and I plan to walk many more. In that time, I have learned a few things. Like how I can outrun neither Sentinels nor dinosaurs, and that perhaps it’s best to turn Chases Mode off to spare me the humiliation of finding out what else I…
2024 seems to be the year the X-Office remembered Archangel exists. Warren Kenneth Worthington III did not get a lot to do on Krakoa. He died in the initial Orchis raid in House of X (and was resurrected). He co-led a five-issue miniseries, X-Corp, in 2021 that we didn’t love. And then for a while…
Boy, Colossus sure seems excited to see Wolverine. Look at the size of that bear hug! Do you think Piotr is thinking about that time Wolverine and Nightcrawler let Juggernaut beat the shit out of him at a bar? Or maybe he’s thinking about the time the X-Men let his sister die of the Legacy…
Batman works outside the law pretty much all the time. And while he often runs afoul of civic authorities in Gotham City, it’s surprising how rarely he winds up in the crosshairs of the feds (well, we’re just starting Absolute Power in the main line, but again, exception that proves the rule). But it has…
There are many comics that are underrated, many comics that are controversial and many comics that have been given the wrong shake. Kaare Andrews’ Spider-Man: Reign is one such work. A flawed, messy, brilliant comic that engages with the time it came out while remaining relevant to this day, full of evocative imagery, fantastic fight…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. Starting this week, new DC books come out Wednesdays along with everything else. Tony’s pick: Absolute Power #1: DC’s big summer event kicks off with a bang, as the combined might of Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen has at last given Amanda Waller the…
We here at ComicsXF are pretty much in the tank for The Power Fantasy, Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard’s new Image Comics series about six superpowered individuals who cannot fight or else the world will blow up. It is the perfect Gillen concept in that it is big and colorful and witty while also, at…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 310: Johanna Taylor talks The Ghostkeeper Johanna Taylor joins the show to talk about her debut graphic novel, The Ghostkeeper, out July 23. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can…
Earlier this week, we posted a series-by-series breakdown of each of the upcoming X-Men From the Ashes series. Then Marvel went and dropped two more. Jerks. Marvel on Thursday announced Sentinels, a five-issue miniseries by writer Alex Paknadel (All Against All) and artist Justin Mason (Spider-Punk: Arms Race), launching Oct. 9. The series will follow…
One of the many pleasant surprises of the Krakoan era was the budding romance between a post-Betsy Psylocke, now in her own body, and John Greycrow. Y’see, Greycrow used to be a real piece of shit. Except his idea of sloppy steaks at Truffoni’s was killing all the Morlocks. But people can change, no matter…
When X-Men: Blood Hunt Magik #1 begins, Illyana Rasputina is reminiscing about a childhood story of the warrior knight Ilya Muromets. He was a sickly child confined to bed for 33 years until he was miraculously healed by two strangers and gifted with super strength. From there, he became a hero who fought against darkness….
There are some stories that read a very different ways after certain events. Who would have thought that these innocent little stories about Batman involved with plagues would read so differently after a global pandemic. Patreon backer and friend of the show John Wickham joins us to talk about the 90s crossover “Contagion,” a fun…
Welcome to the ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the new era of X-Men comics. The last few years saw a new dawn for the House of X: Mutants reigned (for a while) but were always destined to fall. And From the Ashes of the mutant island nation of Krakoa, this is what comes next. What do…