Martin Coccolo - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:09:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Martin Coccolo - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Nightcrawler’s ex hunts Logan in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Wolverine #14 https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/31/nightcrawlers-ex-hunts-logan-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-wolverine-14/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55429 The flagship series returns as Wolverine crosses paths with Silver Sable in a mission to save a cadre of Morlocks. But are they on the same side?

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]]> 55429 Catch the Mean Girls reference in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Giant-Size House of M #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/13/giant-size-house-of-m-preview/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53331 House of M, the Marvel event in which the Scarlet Witch, then a mutant and the daughter of Magneto, rewrites reality to create a world where Magneto rules and mutants are the dominant social class, turns 20 this year, which doesn’t sound right but is also painfully true. Also more than 20 years old? The...

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]]> 53331 A Daniel Warren Johnson backup reminds us how good Wolverine can be in time for issue #8/400 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/22/wolverine-8-400/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52314 Logan faces off with the Adamantine. The Wendigo is pulled into a deadly trap as a specter from the past emerges. And a story you never thought you’d see begins here. Wolverine #8/400 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit, with a backup written...

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]]> 52314 The hits keep on coming in Marvel’s Wolverine #6 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/13/wolverine-6/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51692 Two Wolverines and a Nightcrawler face off against Constrictor, Cyber and Deathstrike in a clash of the adamantium titans. If Logan can’t beat them, will he join them? Wolverine #6 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. What does it take to build a...

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]]> 51692 Wendigo cub, yes, adamantium plot, no, in Marvel’s Wolverine #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/06/wolverine-4/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51054 The return of the villainous Constrictor means trouble for Wolverine, but more than Logan could possibly realize. What’s wrong with Constrictor, and what does it mean for Wolverine’s future … and past? Wolverine #4 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. Logan! Go on,...

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]]> 51054 Wolverine #3 Does Lone Wolf and Cub with a Wendigo, to pleasing effect. https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/21/wolverine-3-does-lone-wolf-and-cub-with-a-wendigo-to-pleasing-effect/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50897 As reviewers, we often have access to issues a few days — sometimes week — ahead of time, depending on the publisher and the particular issue. Gives us time to really soak things in and perhaps revisit them a few times before putting proverbial pen to paper and recording our thoughts. As I cracked open...

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]]> 50897 Logan gets back to nature in Wolverine by Ahmed and Coccolo https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/08/wolverine-ahmed-coccolo/ Wed, 08 May 2024 15:58:28 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48862 Krakoa took a lot out of Logan, especially toward the end. So it makes sense he’d want to get away for a little bit, hide out from society, maybe run around with some wolves even though he’s named after a cousin of the ferret. Thus begins the new Wolverine series by writer Saladin Ahmed (Daredevil)...

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]]> 48862 New Thor title can’t help but be compared to that other Immortal Ewing book https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/23/immortal-thor/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46361 In Norse myths, they called him Thunderer. Vuer has he been called, and Hloriddi. The Gods know him as Asgard’s King, keeper of Mjolnir, hero of the tales. When injustice grips the Earth and ancient powers bring down the sky, he fights for those who cannot — and when the tale is done, we will...

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]]> 46361 Wade Goes to the Zoo in Our Exclusive Preview of Deadpool #3 https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/12/wade-goes-to-the-zoo-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-deadpool-3/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44489 We’ve argued plenty ’round these parts about whether Deadpool is an X-Men character, but apparently we should be arguing more about whether Deadpool is a Spider-Man character. Case in point: This comic. Deadpool has a version of the Carnage symbiote. He is being pursued by Doctor Octopus and a character named Harrower to whom the...

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