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At the end of “Gotham War,” a thief broke into Bruce Wayne’s brownstone and discovered that he is Batman. Now he is trying to use that information to his advantage, to make one big score and get out of the life. But things aren’t all that easy in Batman #150, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled…
I don’t really know how to write around this, or whether I should even try. Marvel has sent us a preview in which Namor takes a piss bath. The imprisoned, presumably former king of Atlantis is given a bucket of dingy, yellow liquid by his jailers – who claim they all “chipped in” to fill…
We’ve all seen the memes and the jokes: Batman’s real super power is his wallet. Batman has, historically, been from the moneyed class, and that’s how he gets all those wonderful toys. But what happens when Batman doesn’t have all that cash? That’s what friend of the show, Patreon backer, and financial adviser Abigale Heartbalm…
The X-Men rise from the ashes! Yes, that’s what we’re going with for the flagship debut. X-Men #1 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Ryan Stegman, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: I feel like there’s about 10 different clichés we could use for the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Tony’s pick: X-Men #1: Krakoa is gone and Orchis has fallen, but the X-Men remain, always. Cyclops leads, because that is what he does. Beast builds, because that is what he…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 311: Wes Craig talks Kaya Wes Craig returns to talk about Kaya now that his Image Comics series is 20 issues in. Also, because it’s Episode 311, we asked Wes to name his favorite 311 song. The answer may shock you. Or it may not. You…
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…