Gene Luen Yang - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 07 May 2026 11:11:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Gene Luen Yang - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Jubilee gets a name and a cousin in Deadly Reunion  https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/07/jubilee-gets-a-name-and-a-cousin-in-deadly-reunion/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56742 Did you know Jubilee's real name isn't Jubilation? You do now! Check out our review of Marvel's Jubilee: Deadly Reunion #1.

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]]> 56742 Jubilee to get Marvel’s Voices one-shot in April https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/16/jubilee-to-get-marvels-voices-one-shot-in-april/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:55:23 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55617 When a cousin she never knew needs help, Jubilee tracks him down to save him. But Jubez may find her familial bonds aren’t as strong as she hoped.

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]]> 55617 Monkey Prince #1 is Fun and So Much More https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/04/monkey-prince-1-is-fun-and-so-much-more/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37805 Marcus Shugel-Shen wasn’t always afraid, but a nighttime visit from a Batman threatening one’s parents tends to leave a lasting impact on a child. Since then, fear has defined much of Marcus’ life, but when a strange janitor in a new school encourages him to face his fears, Marcus dives right in and discovers a...

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]]> 37805 Cap Intrudes in Shang-Chi #2: A Spoiler-Free Review https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/28/cap-intrudes-in-shang-chi-2-a-spoiler-free-review/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30193 In their first series of Shang-Chi, Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan reexamined the character, ahead of his feature film debut. It was no small task. Shang-Chi was created as a spin-off of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, a character that was considered offensively racist back in the 1930s. But Yang was largely successful in recontextualizing...

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]]> 30193 Batman/Superman #17 Introduces a Cosmic Movie Buff https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/01/batman-superman-17/ Sat, 01 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=26000 This month’s issue finds the pair of super friends facing down the “auteur” behind last issue’s classic Hollywood-inspired hijinks.

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]]> 26000 It’s Just Like Old-Timey Film Reels … until It’s Not, in Batman/Superman #16 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/27/its-just-like-old-timey-film-reels-until-its-not-in-batman-superman-16/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23471 The Batman and Superman team-up is one of the great comic team-ups, so we here at ComicsXF are honoring that tradition by taking part of our Bat Chat team and part of our Super Chat team and having them join together to review the first issue of the new era of Batman and Superman team-ups...

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]]> 23471 The Legion Stumbles, Batman/Superman Get Along and Lex Luthor Soars In Future State https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/26/the-legion-stumbles-batman-superman-get-along-and-lex-luthor-sores-in-future-state/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21917 The Legion of Super-Heroes confront their rogue member but not is all as it seems in Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Riley Rossmo, colors by Ivan Plascencia and letters by Dave Sharpe. Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 is only 19 pages. But somehow it felt like...

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]]> 21917 DC Future State Month One Wraps with the Legion, Lex Luthor and Batman/Superman https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/29/future-state-month-one-wraps-with-the-legion-lex-luthor-and-batman-superman/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13811 Greetings and salutations, friends. We’re headed back to the future (Acknowledge the pun! Acknowledge it!) with three time-tossed tales from Detective Comics Comics. First, Brian Michael Bendis and Riley Rossmo future hard with a vengeance in Legion of Super-Heroes #1. Then, Mark Russell and Steve Pugh do their social-issues schtick in Superman vs. Imperious Lex...

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