WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 285: The Legacy of Bob with Jason Loo Jason Loo joins the show to talk about his new Sentry series at Marvel, his Marvel Infinity Comics, The All-Nighter and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music,…
Orchis is closing in on Ms. Marvel, with a plan to use her to get to the X-Men. All she has to do is embrace her new mutant identity. But with so many other labels already hanging on her shoulders, Kamala Khan has to wrestle with just what it means to fully accept another one…
The Krakoan era draws closer to the end with a massive retcon in X-Men Blue: Origins by Si Spurrier, Marcus To, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Ceci De La Cruz, and Joe Caramagna! Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness, I donât think any of us quite knew what to expect with this. I think we can probably…
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant wrapped this week with Kamala Khan destroying Orchis’ lab at Empire State University, tackling her very own Amazing Spider-Man: Crisis on Campus-style story and owning the intersectionality of the many aspects of her identity. Oh, and she got her bangle back! A great time was had by all. But Kamala’s…
Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War: First Strike #1: The super-crime landscape of New York has been on edge. This issue, they jump over that edge. What incites the war?! Who hired Shotgun and took out Tombstone? What, if anything, can Spider-Man do about it? Has there been a good or engaging Spider-man crossover since “Maximum Carnage”?…
Professor Xavier realizes what he does in the shadows, while the implications of Krakoa Atlanticâs new home are explored in Immortal X-Men #17, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Juan JosĂ© Ryp, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Happy American Thanksgiving, Austin! Are you thankful for anything this year? Austin…
The Fall of X is here in X-Chat #12! In X-Men #28, Firestar takes center stage as embraces her role as an X-Spy from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #46, Colossus finally breaks free of Mikhail from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And in Uncanny Avengers…
Man, remember how much fun The Marvels was earlier this month? How refreshing it was for a Marvel movie to just be a fun romp and not be obsessed with moving some overarching plot along? Just gals bein’ pals. And the Khans! How great were they? That [redacted] cameo at the end sure was a…
Every issue of Immortal X-Men is narrated by one character. Issue #17, out today, is no different, except that in this case, the narrator is Jean Grey/the Phoenix, who is, well, currently not in the best shape. Is she dead? Is she comatose? Is she reliving all of her past trauma at once? Whatever the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tonyâs pick: Secret Wars: Battleworld #1: Forty years ago, Jim Shooter focus-grouped a bunch of kids and found out they loved the words âsecretâ and âwars.â He used that to create a story intended to…
Itâs a white hot cavalcade of Jeans Grey in the fiery final issue of our title characterâs time-spanning reckoning with her tumultuous past(s). With the future of mutantkind on the line, will Jean douse the flames, or fan them? Jean Grey #4 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored by Marcelo Maiolo…
Of all the X-Men, Wolverine was always the one who played best with the wider Marvel Universe. He’s fought alongside Captain America in World War II, hunted Wendigos with the Hulk and locked webs with Spider-Man. So it’s been nice watching him go on a series of standalone adventures in which he teams up with…
Classic costumes. Fastball Specials. A team-on-the-Blackbird scene. What is this, 1975 through 1991? Yup. We’re going back. Won’t be long now before the softball scene. Marvel has released unlettered previews of January’s Fall of the House of X #1 and Rise of the Powers of X #1, the two five-issue event series that are expected…
This January, two interconnected series will close out the X-Menâs Krakoa era: Gerry Duggan and Lucas Werneckâs Fall of the House of X and Kieron Gillen and R.B. Silvaâs Rise of the Powers of X. These five-issue limited series will present the final battle of Krakoa and see the fate of mutantkind decided in a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tonyâs pick: GIJoe: A Real American Hero #1: The Hama Cut: Skybound celebrates its acquisition of the G.I. Joe license with this directorâs cut of the first-ever issue of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero….