Iceman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:28:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Iceman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 We find things to like in Marvel’s March X-Men comics https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/09/we-find-things-to-like-in-marvels-march-x-men-comics/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:28:05 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55192 It’s been no secret we’ve been a little less exuberant about the current X-books the last little bit. There’s no need to rehash that here. Instead, let’s go through what Marvel has announced for the X-Men line in March and find some things to like. X-Men Annual #1: A book driven by artists – including...

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]]> 55192 Bobby’s Back in Astonishing Iceman #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/02/bobbys-back-in-astonishing-iceman-1/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46173 You thought Iceman died in the Fall of X? Not quite: He almost melted, but he got revived by … the power of love? Stay frosty with Astonishing Iceman #1, written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Vincenzo Carratù, colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Travis Lanham. Stephanie: This first issue in a spate of...

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]]> 46173 A Longstanding LGBTQ Relationship Was Casually Dismantled In ICEMAN #9 https://comicsxf.com/2018/01/03/longstanding-lgbtq-relationship-casually-dismantled-iceman-9/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:55:21 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=3029 This article contains spoilers for ICEMAN #9 In Peter David, Marco Santucci, and Valentine De Landro’s X-FACTOR #45 back in 2009 fans were surprised to see Shatterstar plant a kiss on the lips of teammate Rictor. It was the first male/male romantic kiss between majoy characters appear on-panel in a Marvel comic. The two have since...

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]]> 3029 Entry 072 – Iceman https://comicsxf.com/2017/04/27/entry-072-iceman/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=1820 Art by Chris Bachalo Name: Robert Drake Code Names: Iceman First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Oct ’63) Powers: Ice manipulation Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Champions, Defenders, X-Factor About My first draft of this article had a pretentious quote from Watchmen (the Pagliacci joke) because I wanted to talk about how much Iceman avoided his real internal problems by being a clown....

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