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…
I guess it’s true what that T-shirt I grew out of said: All the best X-Men are women. Of the now 14 – FOURTEEN – series announced for the X-Men’s From the Ashes era, SIX are women-led solo series: Phoenix, Dazzler, Storm, Mystique, Psylocke and Laura Kinney: Wolverine. The sixth series was announced Sunday at…
Cyclops and Psylocke’s relationship has come a long way. Think about it. Thirty or so years ago, a version of Psylocke that was a hybrid of Betsy Braddock and the assassin Kwannon tried to seduce Scott Summers by licking motor oil off his face, scaring him so badly that he ran away to Alaska (Fun…
The kids have found the Darkhold and are ready to cast the spell to destroy all vampires. But they don’t have the power to do so. Will Doctor Doom help them? Find out in Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #3, written by Daniel Jose Older, drawn by Luigi Zagaria and Eric Gapstur, colored by Edgar Delgado…
Well, Apocalypse, you’ve narrowed your 12 suitors down to four: Cable, Forge, Cypher and Mirage. You’ve taken them on the hometown dates, where they met your four favorite children, and also Genocide. Now, it’s time to make your final decision. But first, if you’re both willing, you and each of your final four suitors may…
This is a book about mutants living past the end of their world and into a new beginning. This is Ms. Marvel embracing her mutant life on the neon streets of the Lower East Side. This is Anole trying to keep his head above water. This is Wolverine in the shadows of Bushwick, protecting her…
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: NYX #1: So no one told you life was gonna be this way (CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP). A group of young mutants — Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, Prodigy, Anole and…
There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and…
Ed. note: A Marvel facsimile edition of Wolverine Vol. 2 #88 is being released this week, ostensibly to tie into the Deadpool & Wolverine movie. Editor Austin Gorton decided to dive into the issue to figure out what makes it significant. Find more of his throwback reviews at The Real Gentlemen of Leisure. And for…
Do y’all remember the 2016 X-Men ’92 story “The World Is a Vampire” by Chris Sims, Chad Bowers and Alti Firmansyah? The BotA Boyz covered it waaaaaaay back in Episode 7. In that story, Dead Girl from the X-Statix journeys into the Darkhold matrix or whatever and the Darkhold takes the form of a little…
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…
The sun has set on the first Krakoan age. The characters and books have moved on to a new status quo, but many of us weren’t yet ready to say goodbye to the stories of the past five years, and to the era that began this redesign project. The Hellfire Gala quickly became a font…
In X-Men (Vol. 7) #1, Beast makes an offhand reference to Chief Paula Robbins of having never experienced Krakoa for himself. For anyone who didn’t read (or has forgotten) Ben Percy’s X-Force run, this is because Beast as he currently exists is a clone of the original Beast. Specifically, he is a clone created with…
I don’t really know how to write around this, or whether I should even try. Marvel has sent us a preview in which Namor takes a piss bath. The imprisoned, presumably former king of Atlantis is given a bucket of dingy, yellow liquid by his jailers – who claim they all “chipped in” to fill…
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…