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May 28, 2025
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DC’s Power Company rises while The Power Fantasy is collected in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote4 months ago4 months ago08 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: DC Power: Rise of the Power Company #1: The…

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Ultimate Wolverine, a Storm celebration and 10 more comics we’re excited about in January

Dan Grote7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

Happy new year! What, we can start celebrating Christmas on Nov. 1 but we can’t start prepping for New Year’s? You people make no sense. Anyway, we here at CXF took a peek at the January solicits, and here are a few of the things we’re excited for. MARVEL Ultimate Wolverine #1: The new iteration…

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Searching for the Perfect Word in Ice Cream Man #28

Ari Bard and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago014 mins

Some of us are lucky enough to find passions or interests that truly define us. These are pursuits we’re willing to go to the ends of the Earth for all while remaining uncompromising. But what about the cost that comes with this journey? Find out in Ice Cream Man #28, written by W. Maxwell Prince,…

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A Metamorphosis — and Your Troubles — in Ice Cream Man #27

Ari Bard and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago018 mins

At some point or another, we’re all forced to change with the times. You can either embrace the transformation or fight it kicking and screaming. So cozy up in your cocoon and prepare for a metamorphosis. Will what emerges be better than what entered? Were you ready to confront life’s existential burdens? Find out in…

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Swamp Thing, Kang and More Staff Picks for Dec. 27

Dan Grote3 years ago3 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: Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1: It’s the end of the world as we know it, and the Parliaments of the Green, the Red and the Rot agree to wipe the slate clean. There’s…

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Dig into the Roots of Your Family — and Your Troubles — in Ice Cream Man #26

Will Nevin and Ari Bard4 years ago4 years ago011 mins

Are you brave enough to climb down the twisting, gnarled trunk of your family tree? And honest enough to accept whatever you find? Discover those internal truths and more in Ice Cream Man #26, written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Martin Morazzo, colored by Chris O’Halloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin:…

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Brubaker & Phillips, Nubia, Wanda’s Back and More Staff Picks for Oct. 20

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. Matt’s Pick: Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book: My Grishams! Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips roll out the third volume in their series of Image Graphic Novels for Dads as PI Ethan Reckless…

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Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down in Ice Cream Man #25

Will Nevin and Ari Bard4 years ago4 years ago016 mins

Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum where the creepy, crawly things will slither over your bones as you decay into the dry dust of timelessness. But before that, before you’re just a line in a review or on a tombstone, you’ve got to hit the ground in the overstuffed anniversary Ice Cream Man…

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Cable in Space, Superman in ’78, Williams in Landscape in Staff Picks for Aug. 25

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. Matt’s Pick: Cable Reloaded #1: The old man is back, and he’s here to stop ā€œThe Last Annihilationā€ and have a nice time. Written by Al Ewing (S.W.O.R.D.) and drawn by Bob Quinn (Way of…

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Image’s Haha Ends Where It Began — in Sticky Sweet Ice Cream

Will Nevin and Ari Bard4 years ago4 years ago017 mins

Haha — our favorite anthology series about clowns — ends with a story that began in our other favorite anthology series, Ice Cream Man, and it’s produced by the same creative team: written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Martin Morazzo, colored by Chris O’Halloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Content warning: This review…

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The X Spot: Double Agent Bond Lands at 001

Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago030 mins

Heavy on format changes and spies and assassins this week. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Spawn #1-2. Story, pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane; Colorists: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics; Letterer: Tom Orzechowski; Publisher: Image With the news of Todd McFarlane starting a shared ā€œSpawn’s Universe,ā€ I thought it would…

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Future State Winds Down, Some X-Men Flee the Vault in Our Staff Picks for 2/24

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. Cori’s Pick: Future State: Superman: House of El #1: Journey into the far future and meet the descendants of Kal-El, including twins Rowan and Ronan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and a Blue Lantern,…

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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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The X (Ten) Spot: A Dark Interlude’s Density and the Joy of Sweet Smut

Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago023 mins

I have experimented with different columns and different formats over the five or so years I’ve been writing about comics, but you, Loyal Content Consumer, don’t necessarily care about that; no, you care about the comics, and I want to care about the comics with you. When I’m curled up in my big ratty office…

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A Post-Betsy Excalibur, Dorian Gray, The Seeds and More Staff Picks for 12/23

Dan Grote4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Excalibur #16: So Betsy is a sneering stained-glass mosaic, Saturnyne is keeping Jubilee’s son as her dragon pet that can melt reality and the Captain Britain Corps is back with a thicc-ass…

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