King in Black - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:54:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 King in Black - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Born Anew and Veiled in Slime. King in Black Wraps and Leaves Us With Some Ghosts https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/09/born-anew-and-veiled-in-slime-king-in-black-wraps-and-leaves-us-with-some-ghosts/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24613 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...

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]]> 24613 A Bevy of Indie #1s Leads off Our Staff Picks for 4/7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/05/a-bevy-of-indie-1s-leads-off-our-staff-picks-for-4-7/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24263 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...

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]]> 24263 We’re Still Just Talking About Snakes in The Union #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/31/were-still-just-talking-about-snakes-in-the-union-4/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23672 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...

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]]> 23672 Jane Foster Gets Gooped in This Exclusive Preview of Return of the Valkyries #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/25/jane-foster-gets-gooped-in-this-exclusive-preview-of-return-of-the-valkyries-4/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23434 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...

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]]> 23434 Hanging Out At the Hellfire Club in Savage Avengers #19 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/24/hanging-out-at-the-hellfire-club-in-savage-avengers-19/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23364 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...

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]]> 23364 A Gooey Day at The Beach in our Advanced Review of King In Black: Wiccan and Hulkling https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/01/a-gooey-day-at-the-beach-in-our-advanced-review-of-king-in-black-wiccan-and-hulkling/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21984 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...

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]]> 21984 DC Enters the Infinite Frontier, and Some Indie #1s Fill out Our 3/3 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/01/dc-enters-the-infinite-frontier-and-some-indie-1s-fill-out-our-3-3-staff-picks/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21962 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...

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]]> 21962 King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3 Falters By Keeping Its Heroes At Arm’s Length https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/king-in-black-return-of-the-valkyries-3-falters-by-keeping-its-heroes-at-arms-length/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21769 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...

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]]> 21769 Venom’s an All-Star in King in Black #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/17/venoms-an-all-star-in-king-in-black-4/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=17272 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...

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]]> 17272 A Gooey Limbo Meet Cute Inside Venom #33 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/03/a-gooey-limbo-meet-cute-inside-venom-33/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14332 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...

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]]> 14332 Knight Takes King in King In Black: Black Knight #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/03/knight-takes-king-in-king-in-black-black-knight-1/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14320 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...

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]]> 14320 King in Black Tie-ins, All-Ages Star Wars & More Staff Picks for 2/3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/01/king-in-black-tie-ins-all-ages-star-wars-more-staff-picks-for-2-3/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14040 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...

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]]> 14040 Ol Hornhead Gets Goopy In Daredevil #26 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/28/ol-hornhead-gets-goopy-in-daredevil-26/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13686 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...

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]]> 13686 It’s a Hot Goo Summer in King in Black #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/20/its-a-hot-goo-summer-in-king-in-black-3/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13246 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...

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]]> 13246 The Grudge Match to End All Grudge Matches? Maybe? It’s King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage! https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/13/the-grudge-match-to-end-all-grudge-matches-maybe-its-king-in-black-gwenom-vs-carnage/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12584 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....

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]]> 12584 Britain Gets Gooey in The Union #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/13/britain-gets-gooey-in-the-union-2/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12593 Time to Make Waves in The Union #2 from Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, Drew Geraci, Le Beau Underwood, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. Nola Pfau: LIZ, HAPPY NEW YEAR, MORE SNAKES! Liz Large: The most important feature of 2021: the presence of Snakes!  NP: I certainly can’t think of any more newsworthy events. THE...

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]]> 12593 Dead Men Tell Many Tales in Venom #32 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/07/dead-men-tell-many-tales-in-venom-32/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12068 Eddie Brock has a lot of friends for a dead guy in Venom #32 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Death, despair, and daddies. Justin, it’s another excerpt from King in Black with high highs and low lows. Can I get a...

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]]> 12068 Everything is GOOEY in King in Black #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/23/everything-is-gooey-in-king-in-black-2/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10240 Earth’s mightiest heroes prepare a plan to fell the Godking Knull with more than a few surprises along the way in King in Black #2 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Equally good plotting and artistic beats, a funny and yet earnest...

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]]> 10240 Merfolk, Spiders, and More Spiders! This Week in Marvel Files We Check Out King in Black: Namor #1, Amazing Spider-Man #54, and Spider-Man #5! https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/merfolk-spiders-and-more-spiders-this-week-in-marvel-files-we-check-out-king-in-black-namor-1-amazing-spider-man-54-and-spider-man-5/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9893 Hello friends and readers! We’re back with another week of Marvel Minutiae, as Zoe Tunnell dives under the sea to give her thoughts on King in Black: Namor #1, while Spider-Correspondent Tony Thornley continues his trudge down the long road that is Last Remains in Amazing Spider-Man #54, and I (editor of this piece Chris...

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]]> 9893 Eddie Brock is Nobody in Venom #31 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/eddie-brock-is-nobody-in-venom-31/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:30:03 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9858 Pride comes before the fall, and Eddie Brock’s moment of bravery in last week’s King in Black is met with quite the fall indeed in Venom #31 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Justin, after our lukewarm reception to King in Black...

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]]> 9858 The Bat, the Cat & the King in Black, and a Whole Bunch More Staff Picks for 12/4 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/30/the-bat-the-cat-the-king-in-black-and-a-whole-bunch-more-staff-picks-for-12-4/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9705 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan M.’s Pick King in Black #1: IT’S RAININ’ GOOP! HALLELUJAH, IT’S RAININ’ GOOP! Now that “X of Swords” is over, it’s time for Marvel to go all in on its next big linewide...

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