javier pina - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:22:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 javier pina - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Kang gets drunk in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Avengers #31 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/02/avengers-31-preview/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54344 Your A-list, top-tier Marvel supervillains are probably insufferable to drink with. Always bemoaning their latest defeat, which they won’t call a defeat. No self-reflection. Always “that fool Richards” this, “if it weren’t for Iron Man’s cursed armor” that. And they probably all drink out of chalices, whether it’s wine, the souls of the vanquished or...

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]]> 54344 Back to the grind in Wolverine #9 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/15/wolverine-9/ Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52640 Logan begins his new quest after the shocking events of last month’s anniversary issue. First stop brings him back to the Howlett Estate, but he isn’t alone. Harpoon and Vertigo of the Marauders have designs on Wolverine, and they’re not the only ones. Wolverine #9 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Javier Pina, colored...

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]]> 52640 The X has fallen in X-Chat #11! https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/15/the-x-has-fallen-in-x-chat-11/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46581 The Fall of X is here in an all new X-Chat! Shadowkat is out for blood, Firestar is in over her head and Iron Man and Emma Frost screw up in X-Men #26 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Jim Towe & Javier Pina, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In X-Force...

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]]> 46581 Some Bad Looks, and We Don’t Mean the Fashion, at the X-Men’s Hellfire Gala https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/27/some-bad-looks-and-we-dont-mean-the-fashion-at-the-x-mens-hellfire-gala/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46104 It’s the biggest night of the year for the mutants … but, unfortunately, it’s an even bigger night for Orchis. X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 is written by Gerry Duggan; drawn by Adam Kubert, Luciano Vecchio, Matteo Lolli, Russell Dauterman, Javier Pina, R.B. Silva, Joshua Cassara, Kris Anka and Pepe Larraz; colored by Rain...

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]]> 46104 Wolverine’s on a Mission in X-Men #10 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/15/wolverines-on-a-mission-in-x-men-10/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40119 It’s Wolverine’s time to shine in X-Men #10, written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Javier Pina, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Cori, welcome back. Missed you last month (though Adam Reck did a wonderful job). Ready to check out an issue that (in my opinion) continues the series’ upswing?...

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]]> 40119 The X-Men Hit the High Seas in Style in X-Men #8 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/23/the-x-men-hit-the-high-seas-in-style-in-x-men-8/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38088 The larger Marvel Universe is starting to come knocking as the team faces star of stage and screen MODOK from Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: For some reason I feel like MODOK should have some sort of catchphrase that we could banter about in our opening this week. But...

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