Juan Frigeri - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:25:55 +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 Juan Frigeri - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 An action-packed CXF mini reviews covers The Ultimates, Sentinels, GI Joe and New Champions https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/12/mini-reviews-ultimates-sentinels-gijoe-newchampions/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51326 In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these mini reviews of some recent releases. The Ultimates #8 W: Deniz Camp | A: Juan Frigeri | C: Federico Blee | L: Travis Lanham | P: Marvel Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri transport their extraordinary universe building through...

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]]> 51326 The Ultimates #6 spills the tea on death, destiny and empire https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/06/ultimates-6/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50743 The entire roster of the Ultimates unites for the first time in this high-octane, climactic conclusion of the first arc. Iron Lad has a plan to defeat the Hulk, the most powerful and imposing member of the Maker’s Council. But has he gotten his team in over their heads? The Ultimates #6 is written by...

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]]> 50743 The Ultimates shows what’s possible with superhero stories and invites us to demand more https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/08/ultimates-4/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50026 Head’s up: This essay includes spoilers for this week’s Ultimates #4 by Deniz Camp, Phil Noto and Travis Lanham. The Ultimates is a future classic.  If Marvel’s founding creative principle is depicting “the world outside your window,” then Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s run is observing this mission statement better than any other comic being...

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]]> 50026 In Ultimates #1, some people just ain’t cut out to be heroes https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/05/ultimates-1/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:58:35 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49158 Six months ago, Tony Stark sent Peter Parker a radioactive spider to set him back on the course to become Spider-Man. Since then, Iron Lad (Stark), Captain America, Doom, Thor and Sif have begun to do the same for other lost heroes, building a network of super-powered heroes hungry for change… Now they must band...

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]]> 49158 Tony Stark feigns defeat in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Invincible Iron Man #9 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/17/tony-stark-feigns-defeat-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-invincible-iron-man-9/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46309 Remember in X-Men Legends II when Iron Man was an unlockable character and it was weird because Tony Stark is very much not an X-Men character? Well, it’s 2023, and Iron Man is getting all up in X-Men business again. Only this time, it’s not on a tiny GameCube disc. He’s fighting mutant-hating fellow industrialist...

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]]> 46309 A Tangle With Doom in Guardians of the Galaxy #14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/12/a-tangle-with-doom-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-14/ Wed, 12 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27021 Doom confronts the Guardians as the cultists prepare to summon something sinister in Guardians of the Galaxy #14 written by Al Ewing, art by Juan Frigeri, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Cory Petit. Charlie Davis: WELL. I was gonna try and come up with an excuse as to why we didn’t cover the...

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]]> 27021 A Premature Ending in King in Black: Ghost Rider #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/31/a-premature-ending-in-king-in-black-ghost-rider-1/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23568 The King of Hell era of Ghost Rider comes to a close in the middle of another King’s saga in King in Black: Ghost Rider #1 by Ed Brisson, Juan Frigeri, Jason Keith, and Joe Caramagna. So, normally when we talk about “meta” comics, we’re referring to comics that by their narrative seem to intentionally...

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