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Magneto’s on Trial. Again. In Our Staff Picks for Aug. 18

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s Pick: Trial of Magneto #1: The Pretender Wanda Maximoff is dead, and all suspicions lead to Magneto. So it’s probably not him, right? RIGHT?! Written by Leah Williams and drawn by Lucas Werneck. ($4.99)…

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X-Men Save the Day, the Justice League Get Animated Again and More Staff Picks for July 7

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago08 mins

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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Heroes Reborn Again, a Chinese-centric Noir and More Staff Picks for 5/5

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago08 mins

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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The X Spot: Turncoat Bond Slinks His Way to the Top (Again)

Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago031 mins

Would you like to know a lot of the things I hate, like state legislators, Peacock and steak fries? READ ON, FRIENDO.   The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Tribute: Rush Limbaugh. Writers: Don Smith and Michael Frizell, Artist: J.B. Fernandes, Colorist: Simon Wright, Letterer: Wilson Ramos Jr., Publisher: Tidalwave Productions The central thesis of this…

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Advance Review: Vault’s Hollow Heart Details the Relationship between a Man and His Monster

Stephanie Burt4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

Hollow Heart #1 Written and lettered by Paul Allor, drawn and colored by Paul Tucker. Published by Vault. Here’s a lovely and promising start to a super-gay near-future science fiction story that’s nonetheless tropey as all get out. El (as in Spanish “the,” as in the Chicago El, but also as in the Hebrew divinity)…

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Hollow Heart, Future State, an Uncanny X-Men Omnibus and More Staff Picks for 2/17

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

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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The X Spot: Am I Stupid? Also, Some Supreme Court News

Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago027 mins

Years and years ago, in the days when I still lived at home and was fraught with teen mopiness, I had a blue overstuffed recliner in my room, a worn out hand-me-down that I loved until it literally fell apart. (If memory serves, I think the left arm gave out.) But in those days, I’d…

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