Hellions - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:16:02 +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 Hellions - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Gang Bids Adieu in Hellions #18 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/08/the-gang-bids-adieu-in-hellions-18/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35598 The gang says so long, farewell, we hate to say goodbye in Hellions #18.

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]]> 35598 DC’s New Losers, a Werewolf and More Inferno Lead Our Staff Picks for Dec. 8 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/06/dcs-new-losers-a-werewolf-and-more-inferno-lead-our-staff-picks-for-dec-8/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35572 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: One Star Squadron #1: What if Heroes for Hire but for goofs? Red Tornado puts together a team of heroes-on-demand in this six-issue series by writer Mark Russell (Not All Robots) and artist...

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]]> 35572 Hellions #17: Orphan-Maker Catches Feelings https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/10/hellions-17-orphan-maker-catches-feelings/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35166 The team comes together in Hellions #17 just in time to fall apart. Sigh. Isn't that always the case?

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]]> 35166 The Thing, the Dynamic Duo and the Furthest Place from Here Lead Our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/09/the-thing-the-dynamic-duo-and-the-furthest-place-from-here-lead-our-staff-picks/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35153 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: What’s the Furthest Place from Here? #1: In a world where some kind of apocalypse has wiped out the adult population, roving collectives of teens form connections where they can, and get deep...

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]]> 35153 Will The Right Crack Nanny? Find Out In Our Exclusive Preview Of Hellions #17 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/04/will-the-right-crack-nanny-find-out-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-hellions-17/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35087 If Hellions is about anything, it is about consequences. It’s a book about bad people who have done bad things wondering what they do next. Zeb Well’s and Stephen Segovia’s mutants don’t fit in with the rest of the world. Luckily there is one enemy who we can all unite against, The Right. Hellions #17...

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]]> 35087 Redesigning Madelyne Pryor https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/29/redesigning-madelyne-pryor/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:46:05 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34943 Have you heard the sad, sad story of Madelyne Pryor? A mother, a pilot, a clone, and a Goblin Queen, Madelyne Pryor has lived many lives in her short time as a mainstay of the X-Men franchise. First appearing in Chris Claremont and Paul Smith’s Uncanny X-Men #168, Madelyne’s mystery and tragedy would come to...

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]]> 34943 The CXF Panels of the Week Are Serving Lewks (a Young Person Taught Us That) https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/12/the-cxf-panels-of-the-week-are-serving-lewks-a-young-person-taught-us-that/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34525 There’s a lot that can be captured in a single look. The same can be said of panels, and this week, we bring you both, as the ComicsXF staff pick out their favorite panels from the week that was! Dating Fatigue Our first panels come from Ari Bard, from the comiXology Original We Have Demons...

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]]> 34525 Hellions #16: Nanny Take the Wheel! https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/06/hellions-16-nany-take-the-wheel-wells-segovia/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34364 Who is driving this ship? Good gravy! Zeb Wells and Stephen Segovia are back at it again with the latest installment of Hellions. It's a doozy!

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]]> 34364 Spider-Man Goes Beyond, Arkham Escapees on the Lam and More Staff Picks for Oct. 6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/04/spider-man-goes-beyond-arkham-escapees-on-the-lam-and-more-staff-picks-for-oct-6/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34259 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: Amazing Spider-Man #75: It’s a Brand New Day as a team of writers and artists drive Peter Parker, and his clone Ben Reilly, back down three-times-a-month lane. Wow, so many kinds of nostalgia...

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]]> 34259 Hellions #15 Explores Its Seriously Sinister Trust Issues https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/01/the-gang-explores-trust-issues-in-hellions-15/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33218 Everything is going wrong and Tarn wants his stuff back!

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]]> 33218 A Batman Event, Aquaman’s Birthday and More Staff Picks for Sept. 1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/30/a-batman-event-aquamans-birthday-and-more-staff-picks-for-sept-1/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33135 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s Pick: Batman: Fear State Alpha: Shine the event signal! The Scarecrow plot cooking in Batman culminates in this new big-deal story written by James “Substack” Tynion IV and drawn by Riccardo Federici. ($4.99) Previously,...

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]]> 33135 The Gang Gets Sinister on Sinister in Hellions #14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/04/the-gang-gets-sinister-on-sinister-hellions-14/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32316 Things go from bad to worse for Sinister.

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]]> 32316 Sinister Comes Face to Face With His Secrets in Hellions #13 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/08/sinister-comes-face-to-face-with-his-secrets-in-hellions-13/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30654 It’s a reunion with old friends in Hellions #13, from Zeb Wells, Rogê Antônio, Rain Beredo, and Ariana Maher.   Liz Large: The Gala is over, and that means it’s time for our heroes to catch up with friends new and old. Austin Gorton: And friends that are…the same person as some of those friends…look, cloning...

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]]> 30654 X-Men Save the Day, the Justice League Get Animated Again and More Staff Picks for July 7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/05/x-men-save-the-day-the-justice-league-get-animated-again-and-more-staff-picks-for-july-7/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30505 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: X-Men #1: The heroes of Krakoa are here: Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Polaris, Sunfire, Rogue, Wolverine and Synch are here to restore your faith in mutants and chew bubble gum. And they’re all out...

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]]> 30505 Nanny Learns A Lesson On Motherhood In Our Exclusive Hellions #13 Preview https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/01/nanny-learns-a-lesson-on-motherhood-in-our-exclusive-hellions-13-preview/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30407 The Hellions are a disastrous team with an evil leader and a habit of making every situation they run into worse. But you don’t understand, I love them. They are a mess and have left chaos in their wake without any real repercussions. Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of their own actions...

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]]> 30407 THE HELLFIRE GALA and, I Dunno, Other Stuff Probably in Our Staff Picks for 6/2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/31/the-hellfire-gala-and-i-dunno-other-stuff-probably-in-our-staff-picks-for-6-2/ Mon, 31 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28721 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s Pick: Hellions #12: Happy Hellfire Gala! The big event is here, and who better to start it off with than the team of miscreants who got sent to Otherworld to retrieve a sword just...

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]]> 28721 Heroes Reborn Again, a Chinese-centric Noir and More Staff Picks for 5/5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/03/heroes-reborn-again-a-chinese-centric-noir-and-more-staff-picks-for-5-5/ Mon, 03 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=26104 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Heroes Reborn #1: The Avengers do an Age of Apocalypse, imagining a world where Earth’s Mightiest Heroes never teamed up, with Blade in the Bishop role, in a seven-issue event series by writer...

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]]> 26104 Arcade Isn’t Playing In Hellions #10 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/03/arcade-isnt-playing-in-hellions-10/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22095 It’s time to break the team’s brains in Hellions #10, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Liz Large: Are you excited to see our team face the scariest villain of all– an escape room run by a man who looks like a Chucky doll? Austin Gorton: Jiminy Cricket, how is it...

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]]> 22095 DC Enters the Infinite Frontier, and Some Indie #1s Fill out Our 3/3 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/01/dc-enters-the-infinite-frontier-and-some-indie-1s-fill-out-our-3-3-staff-picks/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21962 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 #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong...

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]]> 21962 Sinister’s Captured And NOT Happy About It In An X-Clusive Hellions #10 Preview https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/25/sinisters-captured-and-not-happy-about-it-in-an-x-clusive-hellions-10-preview/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:24:38 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21889 You ever think about how there’s a book where Mister Sinister is leading a team with Nanny and Orphan Maker under the guise of therapy but really its some very convoluted plot for him to do his very specific brand of chaotic evil? You ever think about how that book owns? What Zeb Wells and...

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]]> 21889 King in Black Tie-ins, All-Ages Star Wars & More Staff Picks for 2/3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/01/king-in-black-tie-ins-all-ages-star-wars-more-staff-picks-for-2-3/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14040 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoe’s Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did...

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]]> 14040 ‘X of Swords,’ New Doctor Who, ‘Dark Interlude’ & More Staff Picks for Nov. 18 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/16/x-of-swords-new-doctor-who-dark-interlude-more-staff-picks-for-nov-18/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9509 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. This Week in Swords X-Force #14, Hellions #6 and Cable #6: Last week we learned that “X of Swords” doesn’t really involve as much sword-fighting as we thought it would. What will that mean...

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]]> 9509 4 ‘X of Swords’ Books, Rorschach, Orlando’s Big Indie Statement & More Staff Picks for 10/14 https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/12/4-x-of-swords-books-rorschach-orlandos-big-indie-statement-more-staff-picks-for-10-14/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8837 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick Rorschach #1: DC’s quest to never give Alan Moore the rights back to Watchmen continues with this Tom King 12-Issue Maxiseries (TM) starring everyone’s favorite Ayn Rand disciple. Drawn by Jorge Fornes...

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]]> 8837 2 Image Debuts, an Archie Crisis and More Staff Picks for the Week of July 22 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/20/2-image-debuts-an-archie-crisis-and-more-staff-picks-for-the-week-of-july-22/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7020 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Chu #1: Tony Chu’s criminal sister Saffron steals the spotlight – and other stuff – in the debut issue of this prequel to John Layman and Rob Guillory’s classic Image series “Chew.”...

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]]> 7020 Entry 077 – Dust https://comicsxf.com/2017/06/08/entry-077-dust/ Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:54:26 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2037 Art by Frank Quitely Name: Sooraya Qadir Code Names: Dust First Appearance: New X-Men  #133 (Dec ‘02) Powers: Turns into living sand Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Hellions About On Friday May 26th, 2017 on a train in Portland, two teenage girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab, were accosted by a man yelling at them to “go back...

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