Geoff Shaw - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 01 Sep 2024 13:36:43 +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 Geoff Shaw - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Wolverine #50 one of the better Krakoan farewells https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/12/wolverine-50/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49230 It’s closing time for Logan in Wolverine #50, written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle, drawn by Geoff Shaw and Cory Smith, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Cory Petit, with backups by Larry Hama, Daniel Piccioto, Yen Nitro and Petit; and Percy, Javi Fernandez, Matt Hollingsworth and Petit. Tony Thornley: Well, Matt, we’re...

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]]> 49230 Wolverine wears his adamantium on his sleeve in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Wolverine #50 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/24/wolverine-50-preview-2/ Fri, 24 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49047 “Boy, it really feels like they’re rushing to end Krakoa,” say a lot of people reading a lot of X-books for the past year. And yet. Over in Benjamin Percy’s protected little corner of the island, the Sabretooth War has been going on for 10 issues. Ten issues of a bunch of Sabreteeth ripping through...

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]]> 49047 X-Chat #15: The end is nigh — and a hot mess. https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/x-chat-15-the-end-if-nigh-and-a-hot-mess/ Wed, 01 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48778 It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight...

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]]> 48778 Corporate synergy takes its toll in X-Chat #14! https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/27/corporate-synergy-takes-its-toll-in-x-chat-14/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48063 The Fall of X continues, and gets bloody in X-Chat #14! In X-Men #31, the X-Men and Spidey face Nimrod from Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #49, no one’s favorite bromance is reignited from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And lastly Wolverine #43 sees the Sabretooth War take...

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]]> 48063 The birthday boy is nervous as ‘Sabretooth War’ begins in Wolverine #41 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/12/wolverine-41/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47686 Wolverine and Sabretooth observe a longtime tradition in their rivalry as “Sabretooth War” begins in Wolverine #41, written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle, drawn by Cory Smith and Geoff Shaw, inked in part by Oren Junior, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Cory Petit. Tony Thornley: Well, the climax of the Krakoan era...

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]]> 47686 Logan holds Ghost Rider close in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Wolverine #36 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/24/wolverine-36-preview/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46376 Y’ever see two people on a motorcycle in traffic and wonder how come you never see Ghost Rider with a passenger on his hell-cycle or whatever it’s called? Wonder no longer, as this week’s preview of Wolverine #36 – part of the ongoing “Weapons of Vengeance” story – shows what it’s like for Logan to...

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]]> 46376 Ghost Rider/Wolverine Alpha issue is the first Fall of X clunker https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/11/ghost-rider-wolverine-alpha-issue-is-the-first-fall-of-x-clunker/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46251 A demonic serial killer is murdering innocent mutants. But what is it about this deadly new villain that forces Wolverine and Ghost Rider to team up? And what buried secret does he share with Wolverine and Ghost Rider’s never-before-seen first meeting? Find out in Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1, written by Benjamin Percy,...

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]]> 46251 It’s Bonding, Beach Day, and Back to Their Roots in New Mutants #30 https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/21/its-bonding-beach-day-and-back-to-their-roots-in-new-mutants-30/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43058 Let’s celebrate 40 years of the New Mutants (and Ryan Reynolds?!?) in New Mutants #30 from a stacked team of creators!

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]]> 43058 Donny Cates Realizes the World Doesn’t Revolve Around Him in Crossover #13 https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/11/donny-cates-realizes-the-world-doesnt-revolve-around-him-in-crossover-13/ Wed, 11 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40616 It’s fair to say that back in November 2020, I was harsh to Crossover #1. It was the day after the U.S. presidential election, and the last thing I needed was a book jerking off to the idea that superheroes would save us and that comics fans were the real oppressed people. I was bringing...

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]]> 40616 6 Issues in, We Get an Actual Crossover in, uh, Crossover https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/28/6-issues-in-we-get-an-actual-crossover-in-uh-crossover/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25882 We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6....

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]]> 25882 Product Placement and Tonal Whiplash Abound in Image’s Crossover #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/product-placement-and-tonal-whiplash-abound-in-images-crossover-4/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21670 Journey to the strange, magical land of Colorado as our intrepid team of heroes searches for a way to shatter the dome and expose the truth behind The Event. It’s Image’s Crossover #4 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill. Zachary Jenkins: Once more into the fray, Dano? Dan McMahon: Let’s...

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]]> 21670 Watchmen Discourse, the Ol’ Cates & Switch, and an Actual Crossover in Crossover #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/06/watchmen-discourse-the-ol-cates-switch-and-an-actual-crossover-in-crossover-3/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12109 Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and familiar?) superheroes joining our intrepid gang on their journey to event ground zero! Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill’s Crossover continues, whether Zack Jenkins and Dan McMahon want it to or not. Zachary Jenkins: The most hyped book in comics keeps on...

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]]> 12109 Look, We Really Like the Art, but Everything Else Is Just … Dammit, Donny, in Image’s Crossover #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/look-we-really-like-the-art-but-everything-else-is-just-dammit-donny-in-images-crossover-2/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:00:58 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9923 The event continues to unravel as Ellie, Otto and Ava rise from the ashes of their comic shop to begin their four-color odyssey to find the truth beyond the dome. Meanwhile: Super-prisons! Magic guns! Mysterious government agents! And other stuff! Zachary Jenkins and Dan McMahon break down Image’s Crossover #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw,...

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]]> 9923 Crossover #1 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw Is a Laughable Misunderstanding of the Reality of Comics Fandom https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/04/crossover-1-by-donny-cates-and-geoff-shaw-is-a-laughable-misunderstanding-of-the-reality-of-comics-fandom/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9348 Zachary Jenkins: It’s here, the biggest indie launch in a very long time. Donny Cates, possibly the creator with the most heat in the direct market right now, continues with his established collaborator Geoff Shaw to tell a story about superheroes. It’s a big, meta, high-concept tale that is blessedly not told in a nine-panel...

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