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007 Looks Impressive While Ogres and Old Ladies Fight

Will Nevin and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago025 mins

How many old flames can one British super spy have? And why do they all have to die? The answer may lie in 007 #1, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Marco Finnegan, colored by Dearbhla Kelly, lettered by Jeff Eckleberry and published by Dynamite. Thank you for being a friend. Travel down the…

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  • The X Spot

The X Spot: Turncoat Bond Slinks His Way to the Top (Again)

Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago031 mins

Would you like to know a lot of the things I hate, like state legislators, Peacock and steak fries? READ ON, FRIENDO.   The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Tribute: Rush Limbaugh. Writers: Don Smith and Michael Frizell, Artist: J.B. Fernandes, Colorist: Simon Wright, Letterer: Wilson Ramos Jr., Publisher: Tidalwave Productions The central thesis of this…

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  • The X Spot

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 “Spawn’s Universe,” I thought it would…

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  • Staff Picks

DC Enters the Infinite Frontier, and Some Indie #1s Fill out Our 3/3 Staff Picks

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. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong…

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Giant-Size Storm, Mega-Sized Batman, Regular-Sized Chip Zdarsky in our Sept. 16 Staff Picks

Dan Grote5 years ago5 years ago07 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: We can all agree the X-Men’s resident goddess has been underwritten since the dawn of dawn of X the Hickman era began the Disassembled stuff Blue and Gold…

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