Jed Mackay - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:30:45 +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 Jed Mackay - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 #Justice4Glob in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men #29 https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/30/justice4glob-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-x-men-29/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56650 The Danger Room's victory seems all but assured, but the X-Men have been thought dead and buried before. Check out our preview of X-Men #29.

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]]> 56650 Marvel teases event series DNX from MacKay, Vicentini https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/10/marvel-teases-event-series-dnx-from-mackay-vicentini/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:42:34 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56532 Stay tuned next week for the announcement of DNX, a new comic book event series from writer Jed MacKay and artist Federico Vicentini, coming this September.

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]]> 56532 Nova Centurion #6 vs. the Flying Spaghetti Monster (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/nova-centurion-6-vs-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-preview/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56370 Rich Rider has gotten mixed up with the mob, his ship has been stolen, and those are the least of his problems. Check out our preview of Nova Centurion #6.

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]]> 56370 X-Men #28 makes us think the bad guys aren’t smart (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/x-men-28-makes-us-think-the-bad-guys-arent-smart-preview/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56359 As the team struggles against the mysterious machinations of the Danger Room, help comes from an unexpected direction. Check out our preview of X-Men #28.

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]]> 56359 Avengers #36 gives Kang his comeuppance (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/avengers-36-gives-kang-his-comeuppance-preview/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56115 Three years of dark mysteries, epic quests and cosmos-shattering battles come to a head in Avengers #36, the giant-sized final issue.

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]]> 56115 X-Men #24 shows why Beast is the perfect X-Men villain https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/25/x-men-24-and-the-unified-theory-of-evil-beast/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55663 With X-Men #24 taking the Age of Revelation Finale reveal to another level, this is a great time to talk about Beast’s evolution over the decades.

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]]> 55663 After the Age of Revelation, Cyclops tries to get Doug outta heeeere in Marvel’s X-Men #23 https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/07/after-the-age-of-revelation-cyclops-tries-to-get-doug-outta-heeeere-in-marvels-x-men-23/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:58:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55496 Cyclops has been stranded in the Age of Revelation. But while he’s been there, what has his future counterpart been doing in the present?

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]]> 55496 Doug Ramsey’s Ego trip ends in Marvel’s X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/01/doug-ramseys-ego-trip-ends-in-marvels-x-men-age-of-revelation-finale/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55443 "I have plotted the way forward for this species. For this world. For all of us. I do not do this out of anger, but of love." Welcome to the Age of Revelation Finale.

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]]> 55443 Writer Jed MacKay leaving Marvel’s Avengers with issue #36; Armageddon to follow https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/24/writer-jed-mackay-leaving-marvels-avengers-with-issue-36-armageddon-to-follow/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55388 The year was 2023. The war between Russia and Ukraine was still in its infancy. The Philadelphia Eagles lost the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs by a field goal but would come roaring back to trounce their cross-Kelce rivals two years later (GO BIRDS!). And, most importantly to this article, Marvel was trying...

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]]> 55388 EXCLUSIVE: This Karen S. Darboe variant cover for X-Men #25 puts the ladies first https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/23/exclusive-this-karen-s-darboe-variant-cover-for-x-men-25-puts-the-ladies-first/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55364 “All the best X-Men are women,” the T-shirt says, and it’s true. X-Men – at least since Chris Claremont – has been a franchise built on powerful, beautiful women, and the men who snikt, zark and bamf for them. There are no Outback-era X-Men without Storm, Psylocke, Rogue and Dazzler. There’s no Blue and Gold...

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]]> 55364 This week’s Age of Revelation books check in on the villains and key mutants like … Spider-Man https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/age-of-revelation-book-spiderman-omegakids-lastwolverine/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54603 The Age of Revelation continues to grow with another four new stories! Rather than tackle each book in a traditional “ToX” format, your intrepid CXF review crew will offer up their individual thoughts in brief for each of this week’s offerings: X-Men: Book of Revelation #1 by Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo...

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]]> 54603 The fashion of Fabian Cortez in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men: Book of Revelation #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/19/xmen-book-of-revelation-1-preview/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54512 Well, it looks like Fabian Cortez is back to one, eh? X-villainy’s best obsequious twit is back and doing his fawning lackey who will betray you at the first opportunity schtick, using his ability to boost others’ mutant power to cozy up to yet another big bad. So much for the come-to-Jesus moment he seemed...

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]]> 54512 X things we know about the X-Men’s Age of Revelation from the Overture issue https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/05/xmen-age-of-revelation-overture-1/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54325 X years later, the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi — a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse, Doug Ramsey. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 is written by Jed...

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]]> 54325 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 6 things we raised an eyebrow at in X-Men #22, the prelude to Age of Revelation https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/28/xmen-22/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54247 With Z*E*R*O on his heels, Doug Ramsey, aka Revelation, arrives in Alaska seeking the X-Men’s help. Beset on all sides, the Alaska team could use a powerful new ally, but Revelation is not just an old friend, he’s the heir of Apocalypse. Y’know, from the series Heir of Apocalypse! And what new age could such...

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]]> 54247 Cyclops does the time warp again in this preview of X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/25/xmen-age-of-revelation-overture-preview/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:56:15 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54282 This week’s X-Men #22 ended with Cyclops getting a headache. It turns out he was about to engage in that time-honored X-Men tradition, PSYCHIC TIME TRAVEL! This preview of next week’s X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 shows Scott waking up 10 years in the future, surrounded by a random assortment of mutant resistance members,...

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]]> 54282 Sugar Man is a Labubu in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s X-Men #21 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/21/xmen-21-preview/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53889 As you’ve no doubt seen, this is the summer of Labubu. The jagged-toothed, fur-suit wearing, Funko-supplanting, Where the Wild Things Are-looking things – and their many replicas – are the hottest thing this side of climate change. No doubt when kids go back to school in a week or two, many of them will have...

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]]> 53889 It’s Doug’s world, we’re just living in it as Marvel announces X-Men: Age of Revelation https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/13/xmen-age-of-revelation/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53320 Last week, Marvel gave us one of its classic teasers, showing Cyclops and a bunch of other mutants hanging from St. Andrew’s crosses like that one time the Reavers did it to Wolverine and we all loved it. On Wednesday, Marvel announced Age of Revelation, a fall event that asks, “What if Age of Apocalypse...

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]]> 53320 Supervillains squabble in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s X-Men #18 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/12/xmen-18-preview/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53009 A thing about supervillain teams is they’re often found family. Think about the Frightful Four, always scrappin’ and squabbling, but in the end they come together to defeat those pesky heroes in the Fantastic Four. Or the original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. The way Magneto talked to Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, you’d think they...

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]]> 53009 ON THE X-MANHUNT: To attack and dethrone a goddess in X-Men #13 https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/12/xmen-13/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51937 The X-Manhunt pits X-man against X-man in X-Men #13, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Netho Diaz, inked by Sean Parsons, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: You know I didn’t expect a soft sequel to this volume’s psychic rescue story so soon, and in the middle of a crossover....

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]]> 51937 In X-Men #10, if you mess with Cyclops, you get the boom(boom) https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/02/in-x-men-10-if-you-mess-cyclops-you-get-the-boomboom/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51557 Scott Summers burns it ALL down in an issue that shows what this series really can be! X-Men #10 from Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Cyclops has unleashed hell, and I am here for it. Scott [Redmon, not Summers], welcome welcome! Scott Redmond: Thanks for having me!...

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]]> 51557 Fill your stocking with CXF mini reviews of Avengers, Miles Morales and Spider-Society https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/23/mini-reviews-avengers-miles-morales-spider-society/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51197 In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. Avengers #21 W: Jed MacKay | A: Valerio Schiti | C: Federico Blee | L: Cory Petit | P: Marvel Finally, the rematch you’ve been waiting for: Avengers vs. X-Men,...

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]]> 51197 X-Chat #18: An all new All New Wolverine and the best issue of X-Men yet! https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/12/x-chat-18-an-all-new-all-new-wolverine-and-the-best-issue-of-x-men-yet/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51106 The X-Men shows you DON’T mess with them, in X-Men #8, written by Jed MacKay; drawn by Ryan Stegman; inked by JP Mayer, John Livesay and Stegman; colored by Marte Gracia, and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Laura Kinney FINALLY gets her own book again in Laura Kinney: Wolverine #1, written by Erica Schultz, art by...

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]]> 51106 Avengers #19 Puts Doctor Doom at the controls of the trolley https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/25/avengers-19-puts-doctor-doom-at-the-controls-of-the-trolley/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50611 Doctor Doom is the Sorcerer Supreme now, and he’s got a question for the Avengers in Avengers #19, written by Jed MacKay, art by Farid Karami, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Cory Petit When the term “thought experiment” is thrown out, no doubt most minds tend to turn toward one of the most...

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]]> 50611 X-Chat catches up with Sentinels, X-Men and Phoenix https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/20/xchat-sentinels-xmen-phoenix/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50482 The bad guys take the lead in Sentinels #1, written by Alex Paknadel, drawn by Justin Mason, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Travis Lanham.  Quiet, psychic rescue in progress, again, in X-Men #5, written by Jed MacKay; drawn by Ryan Stegman; inked by JP Mayer, John Livesay and Stegman; colored by Marte Gracia,...

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