Endings and new beginnings across Venom #34 by Donny Cates, Iban Coello, and Jesus Aburtov and King in Black #5 by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, and Frank Martin and Jason Keith, letters by Clayton Cowles Forrest Hollingsworth: It’s here. The months-in-the-making finale of King in Black and the penultimate issue of Donny Cates and Ryan…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: The Silver Coin #1: Artist Michael Walsh (Black Hammer/Justice League) invites his writer friends to tell horror stories centered on the titular coin. First up, Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) tells the story of a…
Time to move into the endgame as we read the penultimate issue of The Union by Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, Le Beau Underwood, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: Well, we’re back, after a month spent pining for Snakes. How are you holding up? Nola Pfau: I’m very glad that The Union is…
Brunnhilde. Jane Foster. Dani Moonstar. Hildegarde. And the mysterious stranger who’s worn the title longer than any of them and looks like the Valkyrie from Thor: Ragnarok, but not the one that was in the 2018 Exiles reboot. The Valkyries are united, and at last they have a plan, but so does the King in…
While the King In Black attacks the Earth, Conan the Barbarian, Deadpool and Night Flyer take their rest at the old Helfire Club.The Marauders aren’t too happy about this. Gerry Duggan, Kev Walker, Scott Hanna, Java Tartaglia and Travis Lanham enter the endgame in Savage Avengers #19. Reading through Savage Avengers #19, I couldn’t help…
Billy and Teddy have married and drifted off into a blissful, peaceful life in space. Right? Right?? It’s never that easy. We figure that out courtesy of Tini Howard, Luciano Vecchio, Espen Grundetjern and VC’s Ariana Maher. This ones Spoiler Free! Do we need more King In Black content? This is the question I asked…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong…
The new Valkyrie finds her weapon as the Choosers Of The Slain come together in Jason Aaron, Torunn Grønbekk, Nina Vakueva, Tamra Bonvillain, and Joe Sabino’s King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3. Marvel’s Valkyrior are a rich source for story but often under-used, sacrificed, or positioned as punchline (especially in earlier appearances, especially…
Amidst Darkness, The God of Light arrives in King in Black #4 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: King in Black #4 is the same…but different! For something similarly familiar but different, I’m happy to say we’re tagging in ComicsXF Spec Ops…
Venom #33 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: Eddie Brock goes to Hell in this one and I feel like we do too – whoops! Justin it’s another issue of Venom and we have what feels like a moral obligation to break…
Dane Whitman, the Black Knight, learns the horrible history of his lineage and the Ebony Blade in King in Black: Black Knight #1, written by Si Spurrier with art by Jesus Saiz and letters by Cory Petit. Black Knight is a character that I love conceptually – I mean, what’s not to love about a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoe’s Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did…
Hell’s Kitchen gets gooped in Daredevil #26. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Mike Hawthorne & Marco Checchetto, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, this twenty-sixth installment finds Matt Murdock and Elektra’s lives interrupted by the God of Symbiotes. Inside Matt struggles to survive a Knull-infested Rikers…
Dylan is tempted by the power of darkness as Gods battle for the future of the Earth in King in Black #3 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: Justin, after a surprisingly good issue of Venom it’s time for another issue of…
Ghost-Spider gets her powers from her synthetic symbiote. Knull is the god of symbiotes. Knull came. This can’t end well for Gwen. Seanan McGuire, Flaviano, Rico Renzi, and Ariana Maher deliver King In Black: Gwenom Vs Carnage #1. I don’t understand how we got here with Gwen. She was a freebie. A stroke of luck….