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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. Scott’s pick: Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1: There will…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 355: Ben H. Winters talk Oni Press' Benjamin Writer Ben H. Winters, creator of the popular CBS series Tracker, joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press comic Benjamin. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and…
Remember Knull, the god of the symbiotes, whom Donnie Cates and Ryan Stegman rammed down our throats and into our hearts so well he got his own linewide crossover a few years back and just appeared in the third Venom movie? Well, he’s back, and he’s here to harass the All-New Venom, Mary Jane Watson….
“It’s not an ‘S.’ On my world, it means ‘hope.’” It’s a much maligned line from a divisive film. And in spite of the flaws behind the line, there’s something powerful there. We’re less than a month away from the latest film adaptation of DC Comics’ Superman. He’s a character who embodies so much to…
Fifty years ago this May, Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina made her first appearance in Marvel Comics’ Giant Size X-Men #1. Created by writer Len Wein and artist David Cockrum, Illyana is a young Russian female mutant with the power to create stepping discs she can use to teleport people and objects. She also has been the…
Last week, our team got together to talk about Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Adam Kubert’s X-Men anniversary special Giant-Size X-Men (Vol. 3) #1, wherein Avengers superfan and now forced-into-mutantdom-by-the-MCU Kamala Khan started a time-traveling journey through the X-Men’s greatest hits as she was chased by the empty shell of Legion’s leftover multiple personalities. While…
Batman travels into The Rookery, one of Gotham’s darker neighborhoods, investigating a murder and learning about the history of a familiar name: The Red Hood Gang. Batman: Dark Patterns #7 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: It’s no “the man is…
Teen heroes hit different depending on the era they’re introduced and how they develop over time. Spider-Man was the bullied nerd turned power fantasy with a monkey’s paw. Kitty Pryde is your kid sister who’s better than you at everything. Ms. Marvel was a plucky can-do superhero for the Obama era. The New Mutants were…
A thing about supervillain teams is they’re often found family. Think about the Frightful Four, always scrappin’ and squabbling, but in the end they come together to defeat those pesky heroes in the Fantastic Four. Or the original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. The way Magneto talked to Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, you’d think they…
We’re getting near 200 episodes of this show, and many of those episodes have been experiences where we discover fun, fascinating comics. And then there is this week. Patreon backer and friend (?) of the show John Wickham made his pick for his return, and he decided to pick three stories related to the Joker…
When we last saw Charles Xavier, he had hatched his dead wife, the late Shi’ar empress Lilandra Neramani, from a hidden Krakoan egg and peaced out to space to save their daughter, the current empress Xandra, from the latest Shi’ar coup. Remember, Cyclops had a mental health crisis? The X-Men cried like when Krakoa went…
Emma Frost, trying to save her newest pupils, gets stuck in Mister Sinister’s mind. Who will come out on top? Why is everyone dressed like Dracula? Can even this serious series make Sinister something other than slightly silly? Find out in Exceptional X-Men #10, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero and Federica Mancin,…
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: Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1: Kamala Khan is locked…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The ComicsXF Interview Podcast Episode 354: Zoe Tunnell talks Marvel United: A Pride Special Writer Zoe Tunnell joins the show to talk about her Black Cat-and-Sera story in Marvel United: A Pride Special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, Blade Maidens and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts,…
A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of a new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Featuring HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS. It’s the must-read book of the summer! Imperial #1 was written by…