Luca Maresca - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 19 May 2024 13:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Luca Maresca - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 X-Men Forever #4 offers Hope in more ways than one https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/18/xmen-forever-4/ Sat, 18 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48992 Kieron Gillen’s Immortal X-Men saga comes to an end a second time, with plot threads left to other series to resolve for a second time, as Destiny and Mystique launch a rescue mission while Hope and Jean Grey act as two different kinds of midwives in X-Men Forever #4, written by Gillen, drawn by Luca...

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]]> 48992 Jumping from POV to POV in X-Men Forever #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/14/xmen-forever-3/ Tue, 14 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48919 The quick-step march to the end of the Krakoan era continues as Doug Ramsey returns, Mystique and Destiny hash things out, and Hope prepares to do some “messiah stuff” in X-Men Forever #3, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Austin Gorton: It feels like...

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]]> 48919 Sinister and Destiny share a nice moment(?!) in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men Forever #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/09/xmen-forever-4-preview/ Thu, 09 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48875 Mister Sinister is an asshole. That’s not a hot take, even if I said a swear. He is. We had a whole crossover about it just last year. So when he extends a listening ear and, surprisingly, some actual empathy to his conspirator of many decades, Destiny, it comes off as surprising. Did he alter...

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]]> 48875 Go away, Kafka, the important mutants are talking in X-Men Forever #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/xmen-forever-2/ Wed, 01 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48785 It’s the view from the White Hot Room as Xavier’s plans come to fruition(?) and the mutants trapped on another plane of existence make their move as the deck-clearing exercise that is “Fall of X” continues in X-Men Forever #2, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by...

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]]> 48785 X-Men Forever #1 is Immortal X-Men #19. We will not be explaining. (Yes, we will.) https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/21/xmen-forever-1/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48337 With the House of X falling and the Powers of X rising, go behind the scenes of the fight against Orchis and Dominion with the remnants of the Krakoan Quiet Council in X-Men Forever #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Austin Gorton: Welcome...

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]]> 48337 EXCLUSIVE: Mystique revealed on this variant cover to X-Men Forever #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/07/xmen-forever-cover-leirix/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47870 Recently, right-wing pundits have begun to circulate the theory that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship is a psy-op for the government, and that at halftime at the Super Bowl, they will preempt Usher to announce their endorsement of Joe Biden for president, using Swift’s vast influence as a pop culture icon to steer the...

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]]> 47870 Cable and Bishop play ‘made you look’ in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Children of the Vault #3 https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/12/children-of-the-vault-3-preview/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46781 Marvel’s Children of the Vault combines the high-concept sci-fi of Deniz Camp’s Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. and the global politics of his 20th Century Men, and throws in the I-hate-you-but-you-shoot-guns-good attitude of your better buddy action movies. But I do wonder why the events of this book aren’t being reflected elsewhere in the Marvel line. No...

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]]> 46781 Cable & Bishop play Bad Cop/Bad Cop in Children of the Vault #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/09/cable-bishop-play-bad-cop-bad-cop-in-children-of-the-vault-1/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46218 Sealed in a dream-state by Krakoan technology, the fearsomely powerful Children of the Vault have been dormant in Chile while thinking they’ve taken over the world. Now Krakoa belongs to the past. Are the Children the future? Not if Cable and Bishop have much to say about it in Children of the Vault #1, written...

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]]> 46218 It’s Love, Law, and Relatively Lazy Villain Subplots in She-Hulk #7 https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/02/its-love-law-and-relatively-lazy-villain-subplots-in-she-hulk-7/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43685 Life seems to have dealt She-Hulk a pretty good hand: her new romance with Jack of Hearts is going as well as it could be. But maybe Jen should check her cards again: they foretell that her future holds….Doom! It’s She-Hulk #7, written by Rainbow Rowell, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Rico Renzi and...

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]]> 43685 She-Hulk #6 Brings Tantalizing Moments that Don’t Always Satisfy https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/08/she-hulk-6-brings-tantalizing-moments-that-dont-always-satisfy/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42752 It’s Eat Cake in Fancy Dresses Wednesday! A grand day under normal circumstances, but this one counts as an especially big win for our favorite green-skinned heroine…for a number of reasons. Find out why in She-Hulk #6, written by Rainbow Rowell, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Rico Renzi, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Armaan...

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]]> 42752 She-Hulk #5 Stole the Tarts. Sorry, Couldn’t Be Helped. https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/20/she-hulk-5-stole-the-tarts-sorry-couldnt-be-helped/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42143 There are certain problems — and opportunities — in coming back to life. Do you tell people you’re back, or take the chance to start anew? Jack and Jen discuss the possibilities over lunch … but first, there’s a man who’s rather upset that Jack looks like a playing card. No, we don’t get it...

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]]> 42143 Amulet Returns in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/18/amulet-returns-in-miles-morales-spider-man-annual-1/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32823 Miles Morales and Amulet team up in the latest installment of Infinite Destinies in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1. Written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Luca Maresca, colors by Fernando Sifuentes, and letters by Cory Petit. [Ed. note: A previous version of this article ran with misinformation about Ahmed’s background. This has been corrected.] I’m...

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