My first X-Men comic was 1993’s X-Men Vol. 2 #20, a tale I’ve shared on many a podcast at this point. But my first issue of Uncanny X-Men was #301, which came out just a couple weeks later. As Uncanny issues go, it’s not a load-bearing one. Battle of the Atom hasn’t even ranked it…
The X-Men, and mutants in general, are often portrayed as underdogs, a marginalized group operating in a world that hates and fears them. Yet when it’s time to do space battles, their greatest allies are the royal family of an intergalactic empire that has pressed countless alien races into its service. Sure, Lilandra has talked…
Blamed for the assassinations that have started an all-out galactic war, T’Challa will first need to survive a brutal assault from the World-Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho before he can even think about hunting down the true culprit, and all while his spacecraft spirals towards certain doom. Imperial War: Black Panther #1 is written by…
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: Immortal Legend Batman #1: Humanity broke the barrier between…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 364: Mike Del Mundo talks The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo Artist Mike Del Mundo joins the show to talk about the Kickstarter campaign for Clover Press’ The Marvel Art of Mike Del Mundo. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube,…
In recent issues of Phoenix, Jean Grey sent out a wave of psychic energy to stop the Dark Gods from destroying the cosmos. Y’know, Jean stuff. In doing so, a portion of her power manifested as Sara Grey, her long-dead sister. Last month, Cable attempted to intervene to show Jean that her sister isn’t real…
The conflict begins to spread out to the wider universe! Find out who’s really orchestrating the great game of cosmic houses as the last chance to stop a universal war presents itself. Imperial #3 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Iban Coello and Federico Vicentini, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Ariana Maher…
As you’ve no doubt seen, this is the summer of Labubu. The jagged-toothed, fur-suit wearing, Funko-supplanting, Where the Wild Things Are-looking things – and their many replicas – are the hottest thing this side of climate change. No doubt when kids go back to school in a week or two, many of them will have…
Miles Morales is the last man standing against the onslaught of Ares, the god of war. But the tournament’s newest battlefield is now Miles’ home turf of Brooklyn. Spider-Man draws a line in the sand. No retreat. No quarter. He knows victory will come at a cost. Is Miles willing to pay? Miles Morales: Spider-Man…
Exceptional X-teacher and self-described baby mutant rescue lady Kitty Pryde has disappeared! Looks like she got sucked into a time-and-space wormhole. Can her intrepid students go back in time to get her back? Find out (maybe) in Exceptional X-Men #12, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Federica Mancin, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by…
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: Detective Comics #1,100: Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin join…
A common in-story complaint about Bobby Drake is that he’s not living up to his potential, like a perennial high school slacker who graduated from high school 60 years ago. And while he’s certainly keyed far more into his powers these days, one wonders whether No. 6 on the call sheet in a young-mutants-in-training book…
Last month at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel dropped info on most of the second month of its upcoming Age of Revelation event, in which Doug Ramsey, the heir of Apocalypse called Revelation, remakes the world in his image X years in the future. But missing from that set were the second issues of Binary, which…
In 1989’s “Inferno,” demons and demonic objects controlled by Madelyne Pryor terrorize New York. Daredevil gets beaten up by a vacuum. It’s fun. In 2025’s Psylocke #10, a possessed Kwannon and a group of Yokai, or Japanese demons, prepare to terrorize the Hand in Tokyo. Some things never go out of style. Funny-looking demons terrorizing…
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. Rasmus’ pick: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1: Four new Kryptonites have…