The Fantastic Four Get Old, the Hulk Goes Prehistoric and More Staff Picks for 5/19

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Fantastic Four Life Story #1: Marvel attempts to replicate the formula behind 2019’s Spider-Man Life Story by sending the FF aging through the decades, courtesy of writer Mark Russell (Second Coming) and artist…

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It’s House vs. VHS Tape as Home Sick Pilots Wraps Its First Arc

The Old James House turns on Ami. If she can’t conquer her own demons, how can she expect to conquer those that haunt its hallways? Perhaps demons aren’t for conquering. Perhaps we must fight alongside them. Also, a house fistfights a monster. Dan Watters writes, Caspar Wijngaard draws, Aditya Bidikar letters and Tom Muller designs…

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Home Sick Pilots #2 Explains What Happens When a Haunted House Gives You Ghost Powers

The Old James House has lost its ghosts. With her new powers, it’s up to Ami to bring them back, whether they want to come home or not. Even when they’re really big ghosts wrapped in metal, with lots of sharp edges and things. Let’s unpack Image Comics’ Home Sick Pilots #2 by Dan Watters,…

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’90s Punk Culture Meets Haunted House Sentai Fiction in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #1

In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining. It’s Home Sick Pilots…

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S.W.O.R.D. Returns to Orbit, a Haunted House Walks and More Staff Picks for 12/9

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Forrest’s Pick S.W.O.R.D. #1: Mutants! In! Spaaaaaaaaace! Krakoa gets its own Space Force in once and future SWORD Director Abigail Brand, frequent space-dwelling mutant leader Magneto, former Acolytes Fabian Cortez and Frenzy, current Galadorian…

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