Jonathan Hickman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:18:20 +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 Jonathan Hickman - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Wondering what Warlock tastes like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Longshots #2 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/30/longshots-2-preview/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54694 So we’re just eating Warlocks now? We wondered in this week’s Age of Revelation roundup where Doug Ramsey’s selfsoulfriend is, and he (or a version of him or another Technarch being; who’s to say, really?) appears to show up in this comic, where he is unceremoniously killed by Hellcat and then shown being eaten by...

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]]> 54694 Electron gets it in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Imperial War: Exiles #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/28/imperial-war-exiles-1-preview/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53946 The X-Men, and mutants in general, are often portrayed as underdogs, a marginalized group operating in a world that hates and fears them. Yet when it’s time to do space battles, their greatest allies are the royal family of an intergalactic empire that has pressed countless alien races into its service. Sure, Lilandra has talked...

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]]> 53946 There’s something missing in Imperial War: Black Panther #1 (Hint: It’s T’Challa’s [REDACTED]) https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/27/imperial-war-black-panther-1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:04:51 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53940 Blamed for the assassinations that have started an all-out galactic war, T’Challa will first need to survive a brutal assault from the World-Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho before he can even think about hunting down the true culprit, and all while his spacecraft spirals towards certain doom. Imperial War: Black Panther #1 is written by...

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]]> 53940 Marvel’s Imperial #3 gives the game away, then begins playing a new one altogether https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/imperial-3/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53873 The conflict begins to spread out to the wider universe! Find out who’s really orchestrating the great game of cosmic houses as the last chance to stop a universal war presents itself. Imperial #3 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Iban Coello and Federico Vicentini, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Ariana Maher...

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]]> 53873 Marvel’s Imperial #2 reminds us of a certain kind of Invasion https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/18/imperial-2/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53436 Against the fallout of someone mysteriously killing the rulers of the Marvel galactic empires, the fires of war are lit! As that conflict simmers, Nova and Star-Lord race to discover who is behind all these evil acts — a journey that takes them to the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda. Imperial #2 is written by Jonathan...

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]]> 53436 Marvel announces Imperial tie-in starring Charles Xavier and Lilandra https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/11/imperial-war-exiles/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:07:51 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53002 When we last saw Charles Xavier, he had hatched his dead wife, the late Shi’ar empress Lilandra Neramani, from a hidden Krakoan egg and peaced out to space to save their daughter, the current empress Xandra, from the latest Shi’ar coup. Remember, Cyclops had a mental health crisis? The X-Men cried like when Krakoa went...

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]]> 53002 Imperial #1 impresses on scale and ambition, but needs a heart https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/08/imperial-1-review/ Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52922 A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of a new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Featuring HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS. It’s the must-read book of the summer! Imperial #1 was written by...

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]]> 52922 Earth’s Mightiest Heroes give up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Aliens vs. Avengers #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/03/aliens-vs-avengers-2-preview/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50670 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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]]> 50670 Wolverine, Godzilla, the Toxic Avenger and more CXF mini reviews https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/29/toxic-avenger-wolverine-revenge-marvel-zombies-godzilla-monsterpiece-threatre/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50638 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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]]> 50638 Check out mini-reviews of Aliens vs. Avengers, Ultimate X-Men, Frankenstein & The Pedestrian https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/03/mini-reviews-aliens-ultimate-frankenstein-pedestrian/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50011 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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]]> 50011 Wolverine gets revenge and Phoenix heads into space in X-Chat #16! https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/29/wolverine-gets-revenge-and-phoenix-heads-into-space-in-x-chat-16/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49974 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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]]> 49974 Colossus gives Logan a hug in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for Wolverine: Revenge #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/04/wolverine-revenge-3-reveal/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49496 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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]]> 49496 Remembering Krakoa: How the last 5 years of X-Men comics changed a life, and a website https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/20/remembering-krakoa/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49305 ‘ 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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]]> 49305 Wolverine gets REVENGE in Red Band mini by Capullo and Hickman https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/21/wolverine-revenge-hickman-capullo/ Tue, 21 May 2024 16:28:23 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49023 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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]]> 49023 Marvel’s Doom #1 is an ode to creators in the broken universe of corporate comics https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/17/doom-1/ Fri, 17 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48981 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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]]> 48981 Depressing decompression in Ultimate Spider-Man #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/27/ultimate-spiderman-3/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48388 Here’s how it happened: The gang at the Bullpen said let’s give our fans the greatest 12¢ 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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]]> 48388 Peter hits the streets, with Shocking results, in Ultimate Spider-Man #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/26/ultimate-spiderman-2/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48026 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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]]> 48026 Life begins at 40 in Ultimate Spider-Man #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/10/ultimate-spiderman-1/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47652 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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]]> 47652 Marvel’s G.O.D.S. #1 is a beautiful comic nowhere near worth its hype https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/04/gods-1/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46728 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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]]> 46728 Sunday Editorial: X-Men and the Fine Art of Treading Water https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/31/sunday-editorial-x-men-and-the-fine-art-of-treading-water/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34988 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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]]> 34988 X Observations About The New Quiet Council https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/27/x-observations-about-the-new-quiet-council/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34893 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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]]> 34893 The House Of X Burns In Inferno #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/29/the-house-of-x-burns-in-inferno-1/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34157 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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]]> 34157 Sunday Editorial: So You Lost Your Hickman https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/29/sunday-editorial-so-you-lost-your-hickman/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33121 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: Subscribe As first reported by Entertainment Weekly, it appears that “Head of X” scribe Jonathan Hickman isn’t contracted to do...

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]]> 33121 Sunday Editorial: Much Ado about Substack https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/22/sunday-editorial-much-ado-about-substack/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32904 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: Subscribe Welcome to the new ComicsXF newsletter, made via Mailchimp, which is not Substack. Quite frankly, it was easier...

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]]> 32904 Questions Of Who Gets To Live In X-Men #20 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/26/questions-of-who-gets-to-live-in-x-men-20/ Wed, 26 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28214 Just as birds chirp, bees buzz, and mutants never die, so too is the inevitability of Nimrod. Witness his return in X-Men #20 written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Francesco Mobili, colors by Sunny Gho, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Chris Eddleman: It’s been an entire month, and a part of me relished a little bit...

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