Mad Cave - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 19 May 2026 11:46:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mad Cave - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Absolute Green Arrow kills rich people. (Staff Picks) https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/20/absolute-green-arrow-kills-rich-people-staff-picks/ Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56823 Absolute Green Arrow murders the rich while Seven Wives murder their husband in this week's CXF Staff Picks. What are you looking forward to reading?

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]]> 56823 Spider-Man/Superman, In Your Skin and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/22/spider-man-superman-in-your-skin-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56596 Marvel takes its turn teaming up its friendly neighborhood wall-crawler with the Man of Steel in Spider-Man/Superman #1. Click for more Staff Picks!

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]]> 56596 Spider-Man and Venom enter a Death Spiral in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/25/spider-man-and-venom-enter-a-death-spiral-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56088 A superpowered serial killer is on the loose, and they're coming for Spider-Man, Venom and everyone in between. But what terrible secret has Carnage learned?

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]]> 56088 TCXFIP 385: Fred Kennedy talks Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/27/tcxfip-385-fred-kennedy-talks-florida-hippopotamus-cocaine-massacre/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55730 Writer Fred Kennedy joins The ComicsXF Interview Podcast to talk about his new Mad Cave Studios series, The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre.

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]]> 55730 MTHR vs. Eve in Mad Cave’s Bytchcraft #4 https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/05/bytchcraft-4/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:39:36 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54734 MTHR has transported Adri, Em and Michele away from the sanctum, so she alone can face the threat that has been hunting and killing the wytches across the city. However, this threat and MTHR are connected by a fateful night years ago, and that connection could prove to be MTHR’s undoing. Will the coven be...

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]]> 54734 An Absolute Batman flashback and more Age of Revelation in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/29/staff-picks-oct29/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54656 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1: Big names tell tales...

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]]> 54656 Something wicked this way comes in Mad Cave’s Bytchcraft #2 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/17/bytchcraft-2/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53808 The coven — Adriyel, Em and Michele — need to end the ominous magickal eclipse they caused, but the danger continues to escalate as wytches throughout New York City are being massacred. Is the endless wytching hour connected to the sudden attacks? Will the wytches survive long enough to unravel the mystery and save all...

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]]> 53808 Marvel wraps its Star Wars High Republic stories and more in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/30/staff-picks-july30/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53627 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Star Wars: The High Republic — The Finale #1:...

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]]> 53627 Krypto and Jeff the LandShark make for a pet-friendly CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/18/staff-picks-june18/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53064 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Scott’s pick: Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1: There will...

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]]> 53064 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 353: Zack Kaplan talks Kill All Immortals, Dark Empty Void https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/27/tcxfip-353-zack-kaplan/ Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52835 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 353: Zack Kaplan talks Kill All Immortals, Dark Empty Void Writer Zack Kaplan joins the show to talk about his Dark Horse series Kill All Immortals, his Mad Cave series Dark Empty Void and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube,...

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]]> 52835 X-Manhunt ends! H2SH begins! New Image titles with long names! A super-stacked CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/26/staff-picks-march26/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52055 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. The big ticket items X-Manhunt Omega #1: The “X-Manhunt” concludes as...

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]]> 52055 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 337: David Pepose talks Cable, Speed Racer & Captain Planet https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/28/tcxfip-337-david-pepose/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51493 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 337: David Pepose talks Cable, Speed Racer and Captain Planet Writer David Pepose returns to the show to talk about Marvel’s Cable: Love & Chrome, Mad Cave’s upcoming Speed Racer Free Comic Book Day special and Dynamite’s just-announced Captain Planet. You can listen to The ComicsXF...

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]]> 51493 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 319: Flame Con 2024 with Shannon Watters and more https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/10/tcxfip-319-flamecon-2024/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50085 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 319: Flame Con 2024 with Shannon Watters and more Matt went to Flame Con last month and came back with interviews with Carey Pietsch (The Adventure Zone), Karen Charm, Jeremy Whitley (Navigating with You), Mad Cave Studios editor James Emmett, Molly Knox Ostertag (The Owl...

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]]> 50085 Hickman and Capullo help Wolverine get Revenge in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/21/staff-picks-aug21/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49911 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Wolverine: Revenge #1: He’s been beaten. He’s been bloodied....

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]]> 49911 From Doctor Doom on down, some CXF quick takes on news out of San Diego Comic-Con https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/29/san-diego-comic-con/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:14:10 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49726 Hey, it was Comic-Con weekend in San Diego, which you were probably already aware of, what with all the news. We weren’t there, but we heard some things, and we’ve got some thoughts. Herewith, some quick-and-dirty observations from the show that was. The return of Hall H The MCU ain’t what it used to be...

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]]> 49726 Now and forever, Phoenix #1 leads this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/17/staff-picks-july17/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49586 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Austin’s pick: Phoenix #1: She is Jean Grey. She is Phoenix. She saves the world. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one...

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]]> 49586 Destro goes to war and more in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/19/staff-picks-june1/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49283 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Destro #1: James McCullen Destro XXIV is the man behind M.A.R.S. Industries, the undisputed leader in providing high-tech weapons to world powers for the right price. But the emergence of Energon has...

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]]> 49283 Magneto is back up in yo’ ass with the Resurrection in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/24/staff-picks-jan-24/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47763 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Resurrection of Magneto #1: On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are...

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]]> 47763 WMQ&A Episode 282: To gun fu, thanks for everything, David Pepose https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/14/wmqa-282-david-pepose/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47121 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 282: To gun fu, thanks for everything, David Pepose Writer David Pepose returns to talk about his new Punisher series at Marvel as well as Mad Cave’s The Devil That Wears My Face. Plus, it’s ComicsXF Podcast Crossover Week, so Will Nevin stops over from BatChat to...

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]]> 47121 Hickman’s all like, ‘You have new G.O.D.S. now’ in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/04/staff-picks-oct-4/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46708 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Rasmus’ pick: G.O.D.S. #1: This is it. This is the thing Jonathan Hickman left the X-Men for. This is the thing that’s going to rewrite Marvel’s cosmology forever. This is what all that dicking around...

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]]> 46708 WMQ&A Episode 276: Some celestial voice with Mad Cave’s Mark Irwin https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/03/wmqa-276-mark-irwin/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46713 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 276: Some celestial voice with Mark Irwin Mad Cave Studios Vice President of Business Development Mark Irwin joins the show to talk about all the goings-on at the publisher, and his favorite Rush song. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,...

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]]> 46713 Swords Keep a-Stabbin’, New Donny Cates and More Staff Picks for Nov. 4 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/02/swords-keep-a-stabbin-new-donny-cates-and-more-staff-picks-for-nov-4/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9285 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #14: Presumably we get more Apocalypse: Mutantdom’s first Wife Guy in this “X of Swords” tie-in by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Mahmud Asrar. ($3.99) Previously, in “X-Men” … Zack’s Pick...

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]]> 9285 The Ice Cream Man Cometh and Kate Pryde Seeks Revenge in Our Staff Picks for Sept. 9 https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/07/the-ice-cream-man-cometh-and-kate-pryde-seeks-revenge-in-our-staff-picks-for-sept-9/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8120 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Will’s Pick Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1: During the height of the pandemic in the spring, Team Ice Cream Man – writer W. Maxwell Prince, artist Martin Morazzo, colorist Chris O’Halloran...

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