Battle Of The Atom: Behind The Music
When I wore a younger man’s clothes I used to go to concerts and have a great time. Now I talk about them on podcasts. Ranked This Episode:
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Get trapped in a video game and declare your love for X-Men ’97’s ‘Motendo/Lifedeath’
It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…
Marvel unveils more details of June’s Mystique and Destiny wedding special
Since one resurrected the other in Inferno, Mystique and Destiny have been one of the pivotal couples of the Krakoan era. Now that that era is ending, Marvel is celebrating by having them renew their wedding vows. Marvel’s June Voices anthology, out May 29 and retailing for $9.99, is X-Men: The Wedding Special, telling a…
Visit the Mojo Dojo Casa House in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #2
Well, Mojo’s having a week, isn’t he? First, he traps Jubilee and Sunspot in a video game in X-Men ’97, now he’s attempting to trap Lila Cheney in a lifetime contract in the latest issue of Ms. Marvel. But wait, doesn’t Kamala Khan have bigger fish to fry right now with the whole Orchis thing?…
Usagi Yojimbo DOES NOT cross over with The Crow in this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1: Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to…
Our Son Pete Episode 13: The One Where They Blow Stuff up Real Good (with Sara Century)
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 13: Excalibur #98 with Sara Century Comics critic and podcaster Sara Century helps Dan unravel the mysteries of Excalibur #98, aka the one where they blow stuff up real good. Has there ever actually been a proactive X-team? Why is Excalibur stealing X-Force’s bit? Is…
Spider-Verse: The Spider Within is a scarily accurate depiction of anxiety
Last year, it was announced that Sony Pictures would be releasing a short Spider-Verse film called The Spider-Within. Directed by Jarrelle Dampier, the short film draws on Dampier’s experience with anxiety and panic attacks to depict a similar experience with Miles Morales’ Spider-Man. In an interview with The Wrap, Dampier confirmed this when he discussed…
‘Inferno’ in 30 minutes or less in Episode 3 of X-Men ’97
TWO Jean Greys? The X-Men are seeing double as the machinations of an old foe come to light, leading to Cyclops and Jean having to make an agonizing decision in X-Men ’97 season 1 episode 3, “Fire Made Flesh,” written by Beau DeMayo & Charlie Feldman and directed by Yomi Yonemura. The first two episodes…
Thor F’s up a rich guy’s stuff in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Immortal Thor #9
Marvel is a subsidiary of a global megacorporation. Al Ewing is a wizard who knows what his readers want to see: a superhero sticking it to the richos who own megacorporations. And because there is not currently a fifth Thor movie in the planning stages, Disney will let Marvel let Al Ewing do what he…
One last chat between old friends in Rise of the Powers of X #3
The past, present and future of Krakoa all rest in a trigger finger. The scenario you prayed would never happen plays out as two series that are one move toward a crash that will reverberate outside the universe in Rise of the Powers of X #3, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored…
Depressing decompression in Ultimate Spider-Man #3
Here’s how it happened: The gang at the Bullpen said let’s give our fans the greatest 12¢ worth we can! Let’s get a really different villain … A bunch of colorful henchmen for him … And let’s even add a great guest star!! So, we did!! Ultimate Spider-Man #3 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn…
Batman gets Dark, Six Fingers, RoPoX and more in this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Bonus pick: Batman: Dark Age #1: Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham’s favorite delinquent son. Witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches toward its prophesied doom. By…
Nostalgia and more in the first two episodes of X-Men ’97
Picking up where the original X-Men animated series left off in 1997, X-Men ’97 returns to a familiar yet different world, where Professor X is dead, Jean Grey is pregnant and Bishop is there. But the world still fears and hates mutants, and now the X-Men must find a way to protect it while working…
Li’l Moira gets what’s coming to her in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Rise of the Powers of X #3
A while back, when Rise of the Powers of X #3 was first solicited, we hazarded some guesses as to who was the gloved hand pointing a high-tech looking gun at Moira on the cover. Charles Xavier came in third, after Mystique and Moira herself. But here he is, aiming what kinda looks like Forge’s…
Hey, Chthon, get off my lawn in Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #2
Wanda and Pietro Maximoff are no longer on speaking terms. So when the Wizard corners each of them with his new army of Frightful Four Hundred, it will take all their ingenuity, and all their power, to survive. But can the twins save themselves without unleashing something worse? And are they really as alone as…