Marvel Comics - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 08 May 2026 16:21:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Marvel Comics - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Going home is hard to do in Magik And Colossus #4 (Preview) https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/08/going-home-is-hard-to-do-in-magik-and-colossus-4-preview/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56755 The Rasputin siblings have had it rough. Illyana got kidnapped, raised as a demon sorceress, reverted to childing and died of a mutant-targeting virus released by a spike-aficionado. Piotr watched his sister go through all that, spoon-fed a comatose Magneto for a time, sacrificed himself to eliminate the aforementioned disease that killed his sister, came...

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]]> 56755 Cyclops has had it with the jokes in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Cyclops #4 https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/01/cyclops-has-had-it-with-the-jokes-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-cyclops-4/ Fri, 01 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56669 When Cyclops loses Mei to Pierce, he captures one of his prized Reavers as revenge! How will Cyclops use his new hostage to his advantage?

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]]> 56669 We’ve got the first look at an Annie Wu variant cover to Moonstar #3 (EXCLUSIVE) https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/10/weve-got-the-first-look-at-an-annie-wu-variant-cover-to-moonstar-3-exclusive/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56526 The cursed sword Dáinsleif plans to take every bit of Moonstar, from heart to soul. Check out Annie Wu's variant cover to May's Moonstar #3.

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]]> 56526 Black Cat #9 opens up whole new world of thievery (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/03/black-cat-9-opens-up-a-whole-new-worlds-of-thievery-preview/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56466 EVERYTHING's going wrong for BLACK CAT and VENOM! They're getting away with their prize, just NOT the one they set out for! Check out a preview of Black Cat #9.

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]]> 56466 Spidey Chat: Double Trouble in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #34-35 https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/25/spidey-chat-double-trouble-in-miles-morales-spider-man-34-35/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53571 MILES MORALES MEETS AN ALL-NEW HULK! The THEOMACHY rages as MILES MORALES fights a losing battle against the ancient and overwhelming power of ARES, GOD OF WAR, and his champions! But wait – Miles’ newest recruit is a gamma-powered HULK?! Miles Morales: Spider-Man #34 written by Cody Ziglar, drawn by Marco Renna, colored by Bryan Valenza...

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]]> 53571 Everything old is new again as John Byrne returns to the X-Men https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/25/everything-old-is-new-again-as-john-byrne-returns-to-the-x-men/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53573 Remember when Phoenix ate a star and killed a planet of Asparagus People, and then the recently-deceased Jim Shooter told creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne they had to scuttle their plans to lobotomize her as punishment, so they killed her instead, thereby creating one of the most memorable and impactful endings to a superhero...

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]]> 53573 Haymaker returns in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Laura Kinney: Wolverine #8 https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/03/laura-kinney-wolverine-8-preview/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53267 The last story arc of Laura Kinney: Wolverine brought the ever-delightful Honey Badger into the series (and back into our lives). Now, another character from Laura’s past is set to kick off the next story arc: Haymaker! Debuting in Erica Schultz’s 2023 X-23: Deadly Regenesis retro miniseries, Haymaker makes the jump from retroactive continuity to...

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]]> 53267 INTERVIEW: Writer Daryl Lawrence talks True North, the issue-by-issue guide to Alpha Flight https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/27/daryl-lawrence-true-north-alpha-flight/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53135 In True North, out July 1, writer and Alpha Flight superfan Daryl Lawrence has written the definitive issue-by-issue accounting of the first volume of everyone’s favorite Canadian super team. As a fellow devotee of the “one issue at a time” approach to comic book analysis, I reached out to Daryl to ask him about the...

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]]> 53135 Imperial #1 impresses on scale and ambition, but needs a heart https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/08/imperial-1-review/ Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52922 A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of a new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Featuring HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS. It’s the must-read book of the summer! Imperial #1 was written by...

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]]> 52922 Marvel’s Star Wars #1 enters the era of the New New Republic https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/13/marvels-star-wars-1-enters-the-era-of-the-new-new-republic/ Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52611 Darth Vader is dead! The New Republic lives! Moff Adelhard (you all remember him, right?) is defeated! For the first time, Marvel’s second run of Star Wars comics drops the Star Warriors into an ongoing series set in the post-Original Trilogy era in Star Wars #1, written by Alex Segura, drawn by Phil Noto and...

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]]> 52611 Alex Segura On Taking Marvel’s Star Wars Into A New Era https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/09/alex-segura-on-taking-marvels-star-wars-into-a-new-era/ Fri, 09 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52549 May the Fourth and Revenge of the Fifth may have passed for this year, but that doesn’t mean we, or the pop culture landscape, are done with Star Wars. With a new volume of Marvel’s Star Wars ongoing launching this past Wednesday, writer and Star Wars fan Matt Lazorwitz was able to sit down with...

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]]> 52549 Nevermind the asterisk, it’s the New Avengers after all this June https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/07/its-the-new-avengers-after-all-this-june/ Wed, 07 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52508 Following hot on the heels of the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its, “yes, that asterisk in our title is there for a reason” reveal, Marvel on Wednesday announced that Sam Humphries and Ton Lima’s previously announced Thunderbolts series set to debut in June will actually be a New Avengers series. Synergy!...

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]]> 52508 Exceptional X-Men #7 sidesteps the X-Manhunt for other sins of the past https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/20/exceptional-x-men-7/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52025 Who’s that man with the horns of a ram and your most personal data in the palm of his twitchy hand? It’s Sheldon Xenos, gene-editing superfan, and he’s got a frightening plan in Exceptional X-Men #7, written by Eve Ewing (whom we stan), drawn by Carmen Carnero (who follows her plan), colored by Nolan Woodard...

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]]> 52025 In X-Men #10, if you mess with Cyclops, you get the boom(boom) https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/02/in-x-men-10-if-you-mess-cyclops-you-get-the-boomboom/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51557 Scott Summers burns it ALL down in an issue that shows what this series really can be! X-Men #10 from Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: Cyclops has unleashed hell, and I am here for it. Scott [Redmon, not Summers], welcome welcome! Scott Redmond: Thanks for having me!...

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]]> 51557 X-Chat #18: An all new All New Wolverine and the best issue of X-Men yet! https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/12/x-chat-18-an-all-new-all-new-wolverine-and-the-best-issue-of-x-men-yet/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51106 The X-Men shows you DON’T mess with them, in X-Men #8, written by Jed MacKay; drawn by Ryan Stegman; inked by JP Mayer, John Livesay and Stegman; colored by Marte Gracia, and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Laura Kinney FINALLY gets her own book again in Laura Kinney: Wolverine #1, written by Erica Schultz, art by...

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]]> 51106 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 Remember that Halloween When Carnage Conquered Universal Studios? https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/31/flashback-to-the-halloween-when-carnage-conquered-universal-studios/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50659 When you think of getting scared at Halloween, you probably don’t think of Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure theme park, or how the Marvel Universe could get scary. However, several years before Disney bought Marvel and later incorporated it into their theme parks’ Halloween celebrations, Universal Studios spooked up the House of Ideas, with some...

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]]> 50659 Avengers #19 Puts Doctor Doom at the controls of the trolley https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/25/avengers-19-puts-doctor-doom-at-the-controls-of-the-trolley/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50611 Doctor Doom is the Sorcerer Supreme now, and he’s got a question for the Avengers in Avengers #19, written by Jed MacKay, art by Farid Karami, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Cory Petit When the term “thought experiment” is thrown out, no doubt most minds tend to turn toward one of the most...

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]]> 50611 Wolverine #2 queues up Wendigo as the series keeps playing the hits https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/21/wolverine-2-queues-up-wendigo-as-the-series-keeps-playing-the-hits/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50495 Still in in the wild, Wolverine experiences more blasts from the past as he has to evade both Department H and Wendigo! But this new Wendigo isn’t all that he seems in Wolverine #2 written by Salad Ahmed, drawn by Martîn Cóccolo, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Cory Petit! From the ashes, a...

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]]> 50495 The Top 10 Scantily-Clad X-Men Looks https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/19/the-top-10-scantily-clad-x-men-looks/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50231 Do you like half-nekkid superheroes? Of course you do. And Marvel is betting on it! It’s right there in the promo language for the Rogue: The Savage Land miniseries slated for January, with Polygon quoting writer Tim Seeley as saying the series will allow him to “utilize [his] love for ’80s X-Men, Jim Lee, Chris...

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]]> 50231 Wolverine gets revenge and Phoenix heads into space in X-Chat #16! https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/29/wolverine-gets-revenge-and-phoenix-heads-into-space-in-x-chat-16/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49974 He’s the best there is at what he does, and apparently what he does is take revenge! It’s Wolverine: Revenge #1 from Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend, and Cory Petit! And Jean Grey takes to the stars in Phoenix #1 & 2 from Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, David Curiel and Petit! Tony Thornley: Hey...

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]]> 49974 Avengers #17 has the Avengers saying, “it’s Storm, I know her!” https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/15/avengers-17-has-the-avengers-saying-its-storm-i-know-her/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49879 Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. A tagline long attributed to the gathered heroes known as the Avengers (one they might have given themselves, who can say). Yet, how mighty can a team of heroes be when they routinely ignore some of the most powerful beings around? Who just happens to be mutants, by the way. Don’t worry...

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]]> 49879 X-Men #1 is here, and we’re feeling … fine https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/10/x-men-1-is-here-and-were-feeling-fine/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49528 The X-Men rise from the ashes! Yes, that’s what we’re going with for the flagship debut. X-Men #1 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Ryan Stegman, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: I feel like there’s about 10 different clichés we could use for the...

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]]> 49528 Illyana Lights up the Night in X-Men: Blood Hunt – Magik #1! https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/27/illyana-lights-up-the-night-in-x-men-blood-hunt-magik-1/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49422 When X-Men: Blood Hunt Magik #1 begins, Illyana Rasputina is reminiscing about a childhood story of the warrior knight Ilya Muromets. He was a sickly child confined to bed for 33 years until he was miraculously healed by two strangers and gifted with super strength. From there, he became a hero who fought against darkness....

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]]> 49422 Battle of the Multi-Limbed Mechs in Spider-Punk: Arms Race #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/21/spider-punk-arms-race-4/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49390 IT’S MECH VS MECH! Otto Octavius’ Spider-Slayer Sentinel vs. Team Spider-Punk’s Spider-Van Mech! Giant robots punching each other in the middle of the city! All this in Spider-Punk: Arms Race #4, written by Cody Ziglar, drawn by Justin Mason, colored by Morry Hollowell and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. The comic opens as the Spider-Robot...

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