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…
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…
As its horrors emanate across America, the Home Sick Pilots must return to the Old James House. Which could be difficult, as they did leave it at the bottom of the ocean. Let’s plug into issue #8, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by Tom Muller for…
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)…
Department of Truth agents Turner, Harrison and [insert Field Ranger Darla’s last name here] trek into the woods to kill a Bigfoot and stop one man from spreading his views of the world. What they find is something bigger than any cryptid imaginable in Department of Truth #11, written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by…
For the fifth installment of horror anthology The Silver Coin, the story reaches back to when the coin’s cruel curse was first minted. In a small New England village, a woman has been accused of witchcraft. Michael Walsh writes, draws and letters (with Gavin Fullerton on art assist and Toni Marie Griffin on color assist)…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Defenders #1: Remember a couple years ago when Al Ewing tried to make the Masked Raider happen? Well, he’s back, along with Doctor Strange (Hey, isn’t he about to die?), the Silver Surfer…
Paprika is a successful businesswoman. Job and career consume her, forcing her to neglect her personal needs as well as her friends and family. Her heart is broken from a previous relationship, and a rigid upbringing has made her a very introverted person. She wants a romantic relationship, but she doesn’t know what she’s doing….
Note: This feature discusses plot points through the first six issues of Radiant Black. Trade waiters be warned. Image Comics’ new series Radiant Black, created by writer Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Nightwing) and artist Marcelo Costa, introduced readers to failed writer Nathan Burnett. Nathan is 30, debt-ridden and recently moved back home with…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: The Me You Love in the Dark #1: The team behind Image’s Middlewest, writer Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona, spin a new tale about an artist who moves to an old house…
Spawn indulges in some old-school action even as his Universe continues to expand in Spawn #320. Written by Todd McFarlane. Drawn by Carlo Barberi. Colored by Jay David Ramos. Lettered by Tom Orzechowski. Spawn #320 might be a better pilot for Spawn’s Universe than Spawn’s Universe #1 was. Leaping to the aid of his cybernetic…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Superman, Son of Kal-El #1: Walk with me for a minute. Y’know how Cannonball ended up being a great hero and father because he was trained by a mix of Xavier, Magneto and…
Presumed dead, traveling across the country, Ami just might finally be happy. But you can’t outrun your problems forever — which is particularly a problem if your problems take the form of a one-hundred-ton haunted house. Let’s go on a road trip in Home Sick Pilots #7, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Superman and the Authority #1: Now that Jonathan Kent is doing his share of Superman-ing, Kal-El needs something else to do. How about getting a dope new costume and man-in-the-chairing the Authority? Grant…
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…