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Earth’s Mightiest Heroes give up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Aliens vs. Avengers #2

Dan Grote7 months ago7 months ago02 mins

There comes a point when your home’s been overrun by Xenomorphs, and despite decades spent fighting every alien in the cosmos from the Brood to the Skrulls to the Klyntar symbiotes, you’ve just gotta cut your losses and bug out. Especially if you’re a team of superheroes in your 80s, propping up your decrepit bodies…

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  • Issue Overviews

Wolverine, Godzilla, the Toxic Avenger and more CXF mini reviews

Dan Grote, Jake Murray, Scott Redmond and Austin Gorton7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

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. Toxic Avenger #1 W: Matt Bors / A: Fred Harper / C: Lee Loughridge / L: Rob Steen / P: AHOY Comics In a year when it feels like there are more…

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  • Issue Overviews

Check out mini-reviews of Aliens vs. Avengers, Ultimate X-Men, Frankenstein & The Pedestrian

Dan Grote, Adam Reck and Jake Murray9 months ago9 months ago010 mins

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. This feature doesn’t have a name yet; turns out a lot of online comics people like naming their blogs The Spinner Rack. But if we keep doing this and anyone…

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X-Chat #16 - Phoenix #2
  • X-Men

Wolverine gets revenge and Phoenix heads into space in X-Chat #16!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley9 months ago9 months ago022 mins

He’s the best there is at what he does, and apparently what he does is take revenge! It’s Wolverine: Revenge #1 from Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend, and Cory Petit! And Jean Grey takes to the stars in Phoenix #1 & 2 from Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, David Curiel and Petit! Tony Thornley: Hey…

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  • Previews

Colossus gives Logan a hug in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for Wolverine: Revenge #3

Dan Grote11 months ago11 months ago02 mins

Boy, Colossus sure seems excited to see Wolverine. Look at the size of that bear hug! Do you think Piotr is thinking about that time Wolverine and Nightcrawler let Juggernaut beat the shit out of him at a bar? Or maybe he’s thinking about the time the X-Men let his sister die of the Legacy…

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  • X-Men

Remembering Krakoa: How the last 5 years of X-Men comics changed a life, and a website

Adam Reck11 months ago11 months ago034 mins

‘ It was the last week of July, 2019. House of X #1 had come out and I wasn’t convinced. I loved the artwork. I was interested in what Jonathan Hickman was setting up. My growing group of comics-obsessed friends were already proclaiming it a hit. But I was still spending that week being the…

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  • News

Wolverine gets REVENGE in Red Band mini by Capullo and Hickman

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago05 mins

Last week, Marvel gave us DOOM, a one-shot where writer Jonathan Hickman let artist Sanford Greene take the wheel and tell a balls-out story about the hastened death of the universe. It ruled. Hickman is following that up with Wolverine: Revenge, a five-issue miniseries where, much like DOOM, he is letting artist Greg Capullo take…

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  • Marvel

Marvel’s Doom #1 is an ode to creators in the broken universe of corporate comics

Jake Murray1 year ago3 months ago016 mins

With Valeria Richards at his side, Victor Von Doom goes on a quest to harness more power than any human has ever wielded to try to stop Galactus from bringing about the death of the universe. Will he succeed, or are we all 
 doomed? Doom #1 is by Sanford Greene and Jonathan Hickman, with…

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  • Spider-Man

Depressing decompression in Ultimate Spider-Man #3

Scott Redmond1 year ago1 year ago018 mins

Here’s how it happened: The gang at the Bullpen said let’s give our fans the greatest 12Âą worth we can! Let’s get a really different villain 
 A bunch of colorful henchmen for him 
 And let’s even add a great guest star!! So, we did!! Ultimate Spider-Man #3 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn…

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  • Ultimate Spider-Man

Peter hits the streets, with Shocking results, in Ultimate Spider-Man #2

Scott Redmond1 year ago1 year ago023 mins

It starts out like any other normal day 
 for a neighborhood Spider-Man, that is! While gingerly doing some friendly wall-crawling, waiting for his injured arm to heal, Spidey suddenly feels the entire building shake 
 as he is hurled from his precarious perch! Ultimate Spider-Man #2 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Marco…

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  • Ultimate Spider-Man

Life begins at 40 in Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Scott Redmond1 year ago1 year ago027 mins

Like costumed heroes? Confidentially, we in the comic mag business refer to them as “Long Underwear Characters.” And, as you know, they’re a dime a dozen. But, we think you may find our Spiderman just a bit 
 different! Ultimate Spider-Man #1 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Marco Checchetto, colored by Matthew Wilson…

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  • Marvel

Marvel’s G.O.D.S. #1 is a beautiful comic nowhere near worth its hype

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago010 mins

In 2017, Marvel released Marvel Legacy #1, a one-shot intended to move its marquee characters forward after the critical abomination that was that year’s Secret Empire crossover, where a Hydra-fied Captain America takes over the U.S. It was a $5.99 book, expensive for its time, that I fondly remember overflowing from a bin at my…

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  • Opinions

Sunday Editorial: X-Men and the Fine Art of Treading Water

Austin Gorton4 years ago4 years ago012 mins

The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. In recent weeks, there’s been mild outrage and teeth-gnashing in some corners of the X-Men social media sphere over the…

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The Quiet Council
  • Uncategorized

X Observations About The New Quiet Council

Nola Pfau4 years ago4 years ago016 mins

In our earlier discussion regarding Inferno #2, Chris and I spent a little bit of time talking about new Quiet Council dynamics, but I really just couldn’t stop thinking about it. Here are some interesting things I noticed now that the Quiet Council is once again operating at full capacity. First, a quick breakdown of…

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  • Uncategorized

The House Of X Burns In Inferno #1

Chris Eddleman and Nola Pfau4 years ago4 years ago039 mins

Jonathan Hickman’s time on Krakoa comes to a close. Will he burn it all down on the way out? Valerio Schiti, David Curiel and Joe Sabino join him for the crescendo that is Inferno #1. Chris Eddleman: And so we come to it at last. After the (for some, shocking) news that Jonathan Hickman was…

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