Every Conspiracy Is Real, But We Know What the Bad Ones Are, in Image’s ‘Department of Truth’ #1

Cole Turner has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn’t prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK assassination to flat-earth theory and reptilian shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth?…

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Swords! Swords! Swords! Swords! Swords! ‘X of Swords’ Tops This Week’s Staff Picks

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick (But Really Everyone’s, But Mostly Zack’s Because It’s His Site, But We Are All Very Excited):  X of Swords: Creation #1: Swords! Swords! Swords! Swords! Swords! Listen, if you’re not frothing at…

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‘Ice Cream Man: Quarantine Comix’: Exciting. Scary.

“I’m so excited. I’m so scared. I’m so, I’m so
scared!” Poor Jessie Spano’s “Saved by the Bell” lament came almost 30 years ago; her heart kathumping on account of her reliance on “Keep Alert” caffeine pills to keep up with both school and her singing group, Hot Sundae. (The episode “Jessie’s Song” is much goofier…

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The Ice Cream Man Cometh and Kate Pryde Seeks Revenge in Our Staff Picks for Sept. 9

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Will’s Pick Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1: During the height of the pandemic in the spring, Team Ice Cream Man – writer W. Maxwell Prince, artist Martin Morazzo, colorist Chris O’Halloran…

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‘Bomb Queen’ Creator Robinson on Resuming His Half-Naked, All-Violent Series in an Age of Trump

Jimmie Robinson loves Hello Kitty and says he is an “old Black dude who looks like a high school janitor.” Self-deprecating and honest about his demons, there’s nothing about the writer and artist on the surface that telegraphs the weirdness, the darkness, the madness that has enabled him to create and subsequently resurrect the Bomb…

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Image Double Play: Reviews of ‘Decorum’ #4 and ‘Savage Dragon’ #251

This week, the indie arm of Xavier Files brings you reviews of Decorum #4, courtesy of Chris Eddleman, and Savage Dragon #251, courtesy of Robert Secundus. Enjoy! Decorum #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman, Artist: Mike Huddleston, Colorist: Sasha E. Head, Letterer: Rus Wooton, Publisher: Image Decorum has been an interesting journey through the world created within,…

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