Francesco Mortarino - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:45:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Francesco Mortarino - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A double dose of Uncanny X-Men with #26 and Annual #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/08/a-double-dose-of-uncanny-x-men-with-26-and-annual-1/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:45:19 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56511 The Outliers relive the first appearances of another mutant team in Uncanny X-Men #26. Meanwhile, we revisit the Jim Crow South in Uncanny X-Men Annual #1.

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]]> 56511 Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Expatriate X-Men #3 shows us the proper way to blorbo https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/18/our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-expatriate-x-men-3-shows-us-the-proper-way-to-blorbo/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55317 One of my chief quibbles with “Age of Revelation” has been the loud use of deep-pull mutants without any real examination of why they’re there or what they think about the world they’ve created. And of course, it’s hard to do that when the story is only three months long and you have to zip...

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]]> 55317 The Exceptional kids play pirate, Cloak and Dagger surprise and more Age of Revelation https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/02/age-of-revelation-expatriate-undeadpool-cloakordagger-xvengers/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54677 It’s time to wrap up the first month of the future! Rather than tackle each “Age of Revelation” book in a traditional “ToX” format, your intrepid CXF review crew will offer up their individual thoughts in brief for each of this week’s offerings: Expatriate X-Men #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Francesco Mortarino,...

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]]> 54677 Hey, it’s those kids we like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Expatriate X-Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/expatriate-xmen-1-preview/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54614 We’ve met a lot of new kids during the Age of Revelation. Omega Kids. Elbecca the Chorister. Temper and Ransom’s baby. Kids who theoretically weren’t even born in the present of the X-books. But the fact of the matter is, we’re still getting to know the kids we met during “From the Ashes,” which was...

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]]> 54614 A beautiful if heavy-handed sendoff to our favorite city-dwelling mutants in NYX #10 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/11/nyx-10/ Sun, 11 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52413 Is New York City itself a kind of mutant? Can it give us all a model for mutant communities? How did Mojo take it over from Grand Central Station? Can he be defeated using the power of solidarity, or the solidarity of love, or the love of trains? Why is NYX ending? Find out which...

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]]> 52413 ON THE X-MANHUNT: The kids are alright without Xavier in NYX #9 https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/06/nyx-9/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:44:48 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51902 Professor Charles Xavier has escaped from Graymalkin Prison to save his daughter from an attack out in space — and he has a plan to aid her. The problem is, his former students are none too happy to see him. Is there anyone left willing to help him out? Find out in NYX #9, written...

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]]> 51902 A Hellion of a lot of history between Julian and Laura in NYX #8 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/20/nyx-8/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51777 Julian Keller, aka Hellion, swung back and forth between hero and baddie for almost his entire on-page existence. Now it looks like he’s killed civilians, and he’s headed to the mutant supermax for it. Should our NYX regulars capture him or set him free? Find out in NYX #8, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin...

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]]> 51777 Hellion busts out in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s NYX #8 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/16/nyx-8-preview/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51697 Once again, NYX proves itself to be the series most willing to engage with the Krakoan era as part of a larger discussion about what mutant society looks like now. In doing so, next week’s issue flashes back to Crucible, the space where mutants on Krakoa were given the chance to die in battle for...

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]]> 51697 Marvel’s NYX #5 misses the mark by about a week https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/nyx-5/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50819 Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad mutant Manuel de la Rocha staged a fight between his ally Julian Keller and Jersey City’s favorite do-gooder, Ms. Marvel, to provoke a crackdown on mutants, so that radicalized, even-more-oppressed mutants would support Manuel’s fake revolution. See whether his evil plan works in NYX #5, written by Jackson Lanzing...

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]]> 50819 The Cuckoos’ plot revealed in our EXCLUSIVE preview of NYX #5 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/07/nyx-5-preview/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50748 OK, let me see if I’ve got this straight: Sophie is the one currently starring apart from her sisters in NYX but who is still very much in on their current plot alongside Hellion and Empath. Esme is the one who went nuts on Kick and appeared to be in love with Magneto … or...

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]]> 50748 Everything’s heavy underground in NYX #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/28/nyx-3/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50313 Kamala Khan wants to study, and to protect everyone, and to keep her secret identity. Laura Kinney wants to protect the mutants, and to carve up the haters and bad guys. Sophie Cuckoo, Kamala’s new college BFF, wants … what? And what about Anole? Find out in NYX #3, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin...

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]]> 50313 With its spotlight on Wolverine, NYX #2 remains the best X-Men From the Ashes comic https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/30/nyx-2/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49987 Every day, mutants are being stolen off the streets of Manhattan — unprotected and forgotten by the human world. Now, a war-worn Wolverine will descend into New York’s criminal underworld to bring them back into the light. Who is the mysterious mutant fixer known only as Local? Can Laura Kinney stand alone against the dangerous...

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]]> 49987 NYX #1 is the best From the Ashes X-Men comic so far https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/24/nyx-1/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:35:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49692 This is a book about mutants living past the end of their world and into a new beginning. This is Ms. Marvel embracing her mutant life on the neon streets of the Lower East Side. This is Anole trying to keep his head above water. This is Wolverine in the shadows of Bushwick, protecting her...

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]]> 49692 Now it’s Anole’s turn in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal of NYX #3, out in September https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/18/nyx-3-cover-reveal/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49297 You guys ‘member that time Wolverine got knocked into the sewers below the Hellfire Club by Harry Leland and he said, “Okay, suckers, you’ve taken yer best shot! Now it’s my turn.” Look like it’s Anole’s turn to declare that it is, in fact, his turn. His turn to do what? No idea. NYX, one...

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]]> 49297 Wolverine belongs to the city in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for NYX #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/21/nyx-2-cover/ Tue, 21 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49011 Normally, as a true fan of The Big Lebowski, I hate the f*****g Eagles, man. Except in one instance: The 1985 soundtrack to the TV show Miami Vice. Nevermind that it was my mom’s favorite show at the time, or that it popularized Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” It also included two bangers from...

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]]> 49011 The Power Rangers’ New Era Continues, and We Still Don’t Know Who the New Green Ranger Is https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/11/the-power-rangers-new-era-continues-and-we-still-dont-know-who-the-new-green-ranger-is/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9447 Two new series, two new teams. The Unlimited Power Era of BOOM Studios’ Power Rangers continues here, and only Lord Drakkon, their greatest enemy, can save them. Writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin), artist Francesco Mortarino (Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon), colorist Raul Angulo and letterer Ed Dukeshire reveal a new cosmic threat only the...

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