Guardians of the Galaxy - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:32:44 +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 Guardians of the Galaxy - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Tom King does Wonder Woman, Nightcrawler does Spider-Man and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/20/staff-picks-sept-20/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46592 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Sean’s pick: Wonder Woman #1: After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, Congress passes the Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from U.S. soil. To carry out their plans, the government starts a...

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]]> 46592 Cosmic Is A State Of Being: An Interview With Al Ewing https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/14/cosmic-is-a-state-of-being-an-interview-with-al-ewing/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34591 Since getting his start as a writer at Marvel in 2013, Al Ewing has become one of the publisher’s resident experts in cosmic concepts and big ideas. From The Ultimates and Contest of Champions to his recent and upcoming runs on S.W.O.R.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders and Venom, Ewing has always shown a willingness...

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]]> 34591 Most of Our Panels of the Week Are from X-Men #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/28/most-of-our-panels-of-the-week-are-from-x-men-3/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34097 Surprising perhaps no one, the site formerly known as Xavier Files has gone all in on X-Men in this week’s Panels of the Week — but that’s not all we enjoyed from this week’s offerings! What’s It Do? Andrea Ayres’ pick comes from the X-tremely popular X-Men #3. “It’s such a fun moment that communicates...

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]]> 34097 Onslaught, Miracle Molly, Aquaman and More Staff Picks for Sept. 22 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/20/onslaught-miracle-molly-aquaman-and-more-staff-picks-for-sept-22/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33841 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1: Si Spurrier and Bob Quinn wrap up their Way of X story with a one-shot confrontation with that most ’90s of convoluted X-villains, Onslaught. ($4.99) Previously, in Way...

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]]> 33841 The Last Annihilation: Wakanda #1 Understood The Assignment https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/15/the-last-annihilation-wakanda-1-understood-the-assignment/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33729 I turned 39 (!) a few days ago. I’m not old, but I’m older. Kids call me sir, unprompted. I like less and less popular music…oh who am I kidding, I don’t know what’s popular! As a writer, i have a simultaneously ironic and horrifying question: do people still say “lit”? Hell, I still say...

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]]> 33729 Robots and Mutants and Hulk, Oh My! It’s Our Staff Picks for Aug. 4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/02/robots-and-mutants-and-hulk-oh-my-its-our-staff-picks-for-aug-4/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32205 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Image’s Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house...

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]]> 32205 Last but Not Least Annihilation in Guardians of the Galaxy #16! https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/22/last-but-not-least-annihilation-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-16/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31590 The shell around Ego the Living Planet has hatched, and a far greater threat has emerged. Dormammu, the dread lord of the Dark Dimension, has come to Earth-616 with a legion of even more powerful Mindless Ones, and it’s up to the Guardians of the Galaxy, spread across said galaxy, to stop him. Guardians of...

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]]> 31590 Superman Gets Some Shady Friends, Moon Knight’s Back and More Staff Picks for July 21 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/19/superman-gets-some-shady-friends-moon-knights-back-and-more-staff-picks-for-july-21/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31201 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Superman and the Authority #1: Now that Jonathan Kent is doing his share of Superman-ing, Kal-El needs something else to do. How about getting a dope new costume and man-in-the-chairing the Authority? Grant...

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]]> 31201 Alan Scott’s Quest, Nightcrawler’s Hangover and More Staff Picks for 6/23 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/21/alan-scotts-quest-nightcrawlers-hangover-and-more-staff-picks-for-6-23/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29840 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #1: When our heroes saved the DC Multiverse in Dark Nights: Death Metal, everything was put back where it belonged. But Alan Scott has noticed some of his allies are still...

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]]> 29840 A Tangle With Doom in Guardians of the Galaxy #14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/12/a-tangle-with-doom-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-14/ Wed, 12 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27021 Doom confronts the Guardians as the cultists prepare to summon something sinister in Guardians of the Galaxy #14 written by Al Ewing, art by Juan Frigeri, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Cory Petit. Charlie Davis: WELL. I was gonna try and come up with an excuse as to why we didn’t cover the...

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]]> 27021 A Batman Team-Up, the Avengers Come Narc-ing and More Staff Picks for 4/14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/12/a-batman-team-up-the-avengers-come-narc-ing-and-more-staff-picks-for-4-14/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24778 Matt’s Pick: Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1: When the Dark Knight’s original purple gloves go missing, the Scooby gang travels back in time to find them in a new all-ages, digital-first series written by Ivan Cohen and drawn by Dario Brizuela. ($2.99) Check out the latest from Matt. Liz’s Pick: Children of the Atom #2:...

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]]> 24778 DC’s Infinite Frontier Rolls on and We Get Omnibi-Curious in Our Staff Picks for 3/24 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/22/dcs-infinite-frontier-rolls-on-and-we-get-omnibi-curious-in-our-staff-picks-for-3-24/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23286 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley...

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]]> 23286 The Guardians Hold the Line, Alone, in Guardians of the Galaxy #11 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/17/the-guardians-hold-the-line-alone-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-11/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15295 In the latest installment of THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY from Al Ewing, Juann Cabal, Federico Blee, VC’s Cory Petit – Nova takes his healing moments where and when he can, while things come to a head between Phyla-Vell and Moondragon. Oh yeah, and a bunch of angry Olympians are back.  Charlie Davis: God Allison...

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]]> 15295 Hollow Heart, Future State, an Uncanny X-Men Omnibus and More Staff Picks for 2/17 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/15/hollow-heart-future-state-an-uncanny-x-men-omnibus-and-more-staff-picks-for-2-17/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15176 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: Hollow Heart #1: We’ve heard this new Vault Comics series described as a queer spin on The Shape of Water, in which a mechanic falls in love with a jumble of organs that...

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]]> 15176 What Destroys the Darkness of Knull? Find Out In Guardians of the Galaxy #10! https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/06/what-destroys-the-darkness-of-knull-find-out-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-10/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12058 A Guardian returns, just in time to evacuate the planet of Spartax from the ravages of Knull in Guardians of the Galaxy #10 written by Al Ewing, art by Juann Cabal, colored by Federico Blee, and lettered by Cory Petit! Charlie Davis: War. War never changes… Except that maybe it does? Well, at least it...

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]]> 12058 Who, Where, And Why is Star-Lord? Find out in Guardians of the Galaxy #9! https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/who-where-and-why-is-star-lord-find-out-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-9/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9896 It’s time for the cosmic soooooul odyssey of Star-Lord, baby. Things get weird in the Twelve Houses for Peter Quill in this out of this world tale written by Al Ewing, art by Juann Cabal, colors by Federico Blee, and letter’s by Cory Petit. Charlie Davis: Allison I think it’s so so fitting that you’re...

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]]> 9896 Who Committed Space Murder in Guardians of the Galaxy #8? https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/04/who-committed-space-murder-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-8/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9309 It’s a locked door mystery as Rocket Raccoon investigates the deaths of the two diplomats from last issue, and Noh-Varr is the prime suspect! Check out this who-dunnit written by Al Ewing, art by Marcio Takara, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by VC’s Cory Petit Charlie Davis: Noh-Varr! Noh-Varr! Noh-Varr! Noh-Varr! Vishal Gullapalli: Noh-Varr!...

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]]> 9309 A Perfectly Normal Peace Conference…With Murder? in Guardians of the Galaxy #7 https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/21/a-perfectly-normal-peace-conference-with-murder-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-7/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9021 It’s time for a nice delightful round of negotiations, as Noh-Varr puts on his politicking pants. Also, can Phyla-Vell accept this new gestalt Moondragon? It’s a delightful issue filled with intrigue and fun written by Al Ewing, with Art by Marcio Takara, Colors by Federico Blee, and letters by VC’s Cory Petit. Charlie Davis: Noh-Varr!...

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]]> 9021 Al Ewing Wrote a Fifth of This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/31/al-ewing-wrote-a-fifth-of-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7966 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1: A spacefaring crew harvests the bodies of dead gods to sustain civilization, while its captain desperately seeks to find a live one, in a...

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]]> 7966 Fantomex, Funny Creek, Far Sector and More Staff Picks for Aug. 5 https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/03/fantomex-funny-creek-far-sector-and-more-staff-picks-for-aug-5/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7344 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. ZACK’S PICK: Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: Remember that time Jonathan Hickman casually mentioned in an interview that the version of Xavier we saw in HOX/POX was the version that had commandeered Fantomex’s body? Man,...

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]]> 7344 Entry 071 – Shadowcat https://comicsxf.com/2017/04/20/entry-071-shadowcat/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:30:21 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=1778 Art by David Marquez Name: Katherine Pryde Code Names: Ariel, Sprite, Shadowcat, Star-Lord First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #129 (Jan 80) Powers: Intangibility Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Excalibur, SHIELD, Guardians of the Galaxy About Seeing kids grow up is weird. It is terrifying to look at a thirteen-year-old and think that in just five years we as a culture assume they...

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