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  • Department of Truth

The Helicopters Are Here to Take Us Away in Department of Truth #12

Will Nevin and Forrest Hollingsworth4 years ago4 years ago015 mins

Agent Cole Turner is going home, but the world — and the agency he knew — is gone in Department of Truth #12, written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Martin Simmonds, lettered by Aditya Bidikar, designed by Dylan Todd and edited by Steve Foxe. Will Nevin: Jumpin’ Jesus alive, we’ve got so much to…

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  • CXF Interview Podcast

WMQ&A Episode 179: The Once & Future Eternal Who DIEs with Kieron Gillen

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 179: The Once & Future Eternal Who DIEs with Kieron Gillen Writer Kieron Gillen joins the show to talk about his work on Once & Future, Eternals, the upcoming DIE RPG and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at…

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  • Staff Picks

Krakoa Burns in Our Staff Picks for Sept. 29

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. Cassie’s Pick: Inferno #1: Mystique makes good on her promise to burn Krakoa to the ground as Head of X Jonathan Hickman takes his leave of us with this four-part event miniseries. Issue #1 is…

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  • Spawn

King Spawn #2 Is Ripped from the Headlines, like a Bad Law & Order Episode

Zachary Jenkins4 years ago3 years ago07 mins

Al Simmons and his team return for a sophomoric sophomore installment in King Spawn #2, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane, drawn by Javi Fernandez, colored by FCO Plascencia and lettered by AndWorld Design. The ghoulish shape of Spawn’s Universe continues to form in King Spawn #2. Still reeling from the opening issue, Al…

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  • Staff Picks

Onslaught, Miracle Molly, Aquaman and More Staff Picks for Sept. 22

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. Dan’s Pick: X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1: Si Spurrier and Bob Quinn wrap up their Way of X story with a one-shot confrontation with that most ’90s of convoluted X-villains, Onslaught. ($4.99) Previously, in Way…

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  • Home Sick Pilots

We Totally Called the Reveal in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #9 (Plus, Monkeys!)

Dan Grote and Forrest Hollingsworth4 years ago4 years ago014 mins

A national trauma has been successfully weaponized, which is probably fine and very unlikely to end in tears or provoke an army of ghosts to flood from the Earth to seek revenge. But let’s keep an eye on it anyway in Home Sick Pilots #9, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by…

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  • Staff Picks

Batman Goes Global, Thanos Rises and More Staff Picks for Sept. 15

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: Batman: The World: Batman goes beyond borders as a platoon of international writers and artists tell tales of the Dark Knight set in their home countries, led by the Batman: Damned team of…

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  • Staff Picks

Ka-Zar, Black Manta and a Haunted DVD Box Lead Our Staff Picks for Sept. 8

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. Zack’s Pick: Ka-Zar #1: The lord of the Savage Land is back from the dead, with some new powers, some family drama and a creeping sense of unease in a five-issue series by writer Zac…

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  • Spawn

The Todd & Co. Get the Wrong Kind of Gritty in Spawn #321

Ritesh Babu4 years ago1 year ago029 mins

The Todd’s core text dips back into thematic excess amid some substantial worldbuilding as the Spawn’s Universe branding reaches Spawn #321, written by Todd McFarlane, drawn by Carlo Barberi and Thomas Nachlik, colored by Jay David Ramos and Andrew Dalhouse, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. *TW/CW: This review contains mentions of sexual assault and trafficking.* …

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  • Image

Why Am I Like This – Musings on Bliss and Man-Bat

Ari Bard4 years ago4 years ago028 mins

“Why am I like this?” What a loaded question right? It definitely comes with a burden of uncomfortable introspection and contemplation about the changes we might want to make moving forward. After all, we can’t change the past, right? What we’ve already done, for better or worse, is permanently imprinted onto us, and what people…

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  • Ice Cream Man

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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  • Uncategorized

We’re One Step Closer to the End of Image’s DIE

Mark Turetsky and Lex Smith4 years ago4 years ago025 mins

The final encounter approaches. There is everything to play for, even if everyone’s already lost, in DIE #19, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Stephanie Hans and lettered by Clayton Cowles for Image Comics. Mark Turetsky: Hi, Corey! It’s been a month, and we’re one step closer to DIE’s resolution, and the unraveling of all…

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  • Spawn

King Spawn #1 Is Some McFarlane Ish, but with a Deeper Bench

Ritesh Babu4 years ago1 year ago034 mins

Spawn’s Universe crowns its monarch and assembles another crop of co-stars in King Spawn #1, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane; drawn by Javi Fernandez, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan and Brett Booth; inked by Adelso Corona and Daniel Henriques; colored by FCO Plascencia, Andrew Dalhouse, Marcelo Maiolo, Peter Steigerwald and Dave McCaig;…

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  • Staff Picks

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 “The Last Annihilation” 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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  • Uncategorized

Get Ready for a Color-Coded Team-Up in Image’s Radiant Black #7

Tim Rooney4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Picking up from the shocking ending of issue #5, Radiant Black’s life just got a whole lot more complicated. Pursued by a new enemy and not sure whom to trust, will our hero escape with his life? Or is this the beginning of the end? Issue #7 is written by Kyle Higgins, drawn by Marcelo…

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