Javi Fernandez - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:12:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Javi Fernandez - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 DC K.O. #2 busts 3 of our 9 CXF tournament brackets. Here’s who’s still in the fight. https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/28/dc-ko-2/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55024 The tournament is in full swing. Heroes have fallen. Darkseid is near. The 32 champions have been chosen, and now they must compete to earn the Heart of Apokolips. The first challenge? Battling across a deadly arena to acquire new weapons of war. Superman has his doubts that the Justice League is doing the right...

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]]> 55024 Absolute Batman looks back, Dark Patterns rips and Batman & Robin put character first https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/10/batchat-absolute-darkpatterns-androbin/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51353 Step back to Bruce Wayne’s earliest days as Batman, and to a time when Thomas Wayne was still alive, as the background of this new Batman starts to be filled in. Absolute Batman #4 is written by Scott Snyder from a plot by Snyder and Nick Dragotta, drawn by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, colored by Frank...

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]]> 51353 Alfred crashes the Absolute Batman party as the Kryptonian Age reaches its midpoint in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/16/batchat-absolute-androbin-gaslight/ Sat, 16 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50833 Alfred Pennyworth watches the Batman’s war with Roman and his Party Animals, while readers get a better feeling for the world of this very different Bruce Wayne. Absolute Batman #2 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Batman and Robin must escape the inferno...

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]]> 50833 Absolute Batman, a return to Gotham, father-son bonding and more in a super-sized BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/11/batchat-absolute-batman-androbin-scooby/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50418 A new world, a new Caped Crusader. Absolute Batman #1 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Nick Dragotta, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Clayton Cowles.Things seem to be improving in Gotham. Bruce Wayne’s new nonprofits are making a difference, and Batman is able to work less. But things never stay that way....

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]]> 50418 King Spawn #2 Is Ripped from the Headlines, like a Bad Law & Order Episode https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/22/king-spawn-2-is-ripped-from-the-headlines-like-a-bad-law-order-episode/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33907 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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