Joshua Cassara - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:05:54 +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 Joshua Cassara - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The dream of the ’90s is alive in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Deadpool/Wolverine #10 https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/28/deadpool-wolverine-10/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54263 I haven’t been reading Deadpool/Wolverine, mostly because both characters are already in a million other comics, some of which are also team-up books. But I found the recap page for issue #10 oddly compelling. Allow me to share it here in full, bolding key words as I go: “In the far future, mutant supremacist Apocalypse...

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]]> 54263 Battle Of The Atom: New York Comic Con Super Special 2024 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/28/battle-of-the-atom-new-york-comic-con-super-special-2024/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50628 This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lanzing, David Marquez, Josh Cassara, Gerry Duggan, Chris Condon, and Justin Mason!

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]]> 50628 Marvel turns 85, and no one’s asking it not to run for president again https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/02/marvel-85th-anniversary-special/ Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49996 What’s it like to visit a Marvel museum? In space? With Deadpool and Wolverine?* Is it all nostalgia-bait, or will our heroes find something more? Discover the answer in Marvel’s 85th Anniversary Special, written and drawn by Ryan North, Joshua Cassara, Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne, Alan Davis, Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Yuji...

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]]> 49996 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 Krakoa waves goodbye, and all that’s left are Ashes in X-Men #35/Uncanny #700 https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/05/xmen-35/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49150 All good things must come to an end, and as good of a thing as the Krakoan era has been for mutantkind, its time has come at last. The tragedy and triumph of FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, the madness and mystery of RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, they have all come to...

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]]> 49150 Revenge is a dish best heated up in the microwave in X-Men #34 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/xmen-34/ Wed, 01 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48774 THE END IS NIGH! The Krakoan Age is nearly at an end … and what might be the final battle of the heroes of Krakoa. One last stop before the fall and rise come to their conclusion, and everything changes. X-Men # 34 is written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Joshua Cassara, colored by Romulo...

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]]> 48774 X-Chat #15: The end is nigh — and a hot mess. https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/x-chat-15-the-end-if-nigh-and-a-hot-mess/ Wed, 01 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48778 It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight...

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]]> 48778 MODOK un-resigns from Orchis in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men #34 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/25/xmen-34-preview/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48714 Listen, I know the timeline of when all these comics take place in relation to each other is wibbly-wobbly at best, but I’m pretty sure MODOK resigned from Orchis at the end of Fall of the House of X #2. But here he is in X-Men #34, taking advantage of the conflict between the mutants...

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]]> 48714 X-Men, X-Force & Wolverine rush to tie up their plot threads in X-Chat #13 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/xchat-13-xmen-xforce-wolverine/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47570 The Fall of X continues, and mostly ends, in X-Chat #13! In X-Men #29, Doom invites the X-Men to dinner, by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. In X-Force #47, Colossus finally breaks free of his brother Mikhail, by Benjamin Percy, Daniel Picciotto, Guru-eFx and Joe Caramagna. And Logan’s world tour ends...

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]]> 47570 Big fights and big reveals heat up the Fall of X in X-Chat #12! https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/22/big-fights-and-big-reveals-heat-up-the-fall-of-x-in-x-chat-12/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47245 The Fall of X is here in X-Chat #12! In X-Men #28, Firestar takes center stage as embraces her role as an X-Spy from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #46, Colossus finally breaks free of Mikhail from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And in Uncanny Avengers...

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]]> 47245 Battle Of The Atom: New York Comic Con Super Special 2023 https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/23/battle-of-the-atom-new-york-comic-con-super-special-2023/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46956 Adam does interviews with a lot of folks. Zack has not actually listened to the episode yet. Please let him know any exciting news that comes from these.

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]]> 46956 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 Some threads are tightening more than others as Fall of X looms in X-Chat #10 https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/18/some-threads-are-tightening-more-than-others-as-fall-of-x-looms-in-x-chat-10/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45971 The build up to Fall of X continues in X-Chat #10! Too much happens in X-Men #24 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Wolverine and Beast’s war continues to escalate in Wolverine #34 by Ben Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Fran D’Armata, and Cory Petit The war across time continues in X-Force...

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]]> 45971 All This and Pogg Ur-Pogg, Too, in Our Exclusive Preview of X-Men #24 https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/29/all-this-and-pogg-ur-pogg-too-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-x-men-24/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45860 Kid Cable returns to stop the events of the Hellfire Gala. Destiny offers unclear warnings to Rogue. And the breakout character of X of Swords is back. There’s apparently way too much going on in next week’s X-Men #24. Check out our exclusive preview, see if you can decipher Destiny’s dire predictions and keep scrolling...

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]]> 45860 X-Chat #9: the Fall of X looms in X-Men #22 and more! https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/01/the-fall-of-x-looms-in-x-men-22/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45588 X-Chat returns with three big issues! The war between Logan and Beast escalates in Wolverine #33 by Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Frank Martin, Orchis wages war on Krakoa in X-Men #22 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Kid Omega returns in X-Force #40 from Percy, Robert Hack, Paul Davidson, Guru-eFx,...

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]]> 45588 X-Men #16 leads the pack as X-Chat pops the popcorn! https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/23/x-men-16-leads-the-pack-as-x-chat-pops-the-popcorn/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43992 We’re a little behind but the line rolls on! Welcome back to our fourth installment of X-Chat! In X-Men #16, Forge dives into the Vault from Gerry Duggan, Josh Cassara, Guru-eFx, and Clayton Cowles. It goes badly. The girls get in deep in X-Terminators #2 from Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham....

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]]> 43992 X-Men #15 Re-Opens the Vault in This Week’s X-Chat! https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/21/x-men-15-leads-this-weeks-x-chat-as-the-x-men-go-back-in-the-vault/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43533 Branding reigns supreme, as we join our Batman and Superman-centric chat counterparts with X-Chat! In X-Men #15, Forge brings the team back to the Vault from Gerry Duggan, Josh Cassara, Guru-eFx, and Clayton Cowles. It’s just a mission to rescue Darwin. Surely nothing will go badly. Kraven challenges the biggest and baddest mutants on Krakoa...

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]]> 43533 X Lives of Wolverine #5 Ends How It Started https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/18/x-lives-of-wolverine-5-ends-how-it-started/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39072 Wolverine makes a jaunt back to the present to end this fight in X Lives of Wolverine #5 written by Benjamin Percy, art by Joshua Cassara, colors by Frank Martin, and letters by Cory Petit. Cassie Tongue: Well, we’ve run out of lives. The final issue of X Lives of Wolverine ends in a collision...

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]]> 39072 A Whale of a Time in X-Lives of Wolverine #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/16/a-whale-of-a-time-in-x-lives-of-wolverine-3/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:05:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37981 A classic in the making, join ComicsXF for a discussion about Wolverine you'll never, ever forget, no matter what timeline you are in...

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