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. Pick of the week: Star Wars #1: Luke Skywalker must defend…
What amped Rhino up from criminal super-bruiser to rampaging disaster machine? We aren’t spilling, but it just amped up Spider-Man! And the only people who can help are Norman Osborn and … Peter’s long-lost childhood best friend? Amazing Spider-Man #2 is written by Joe Kelly, drawn by Pepe Larraz, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered…
Remember the Uncreated? They were a race of aliens who came to resent their god, so they killed it. Then they set about trying to destroy other races that had religions. They don’t have many appearances. Kitty Pryde met some of them in a Black Air base that exploded in Excalibur. The Starjammers fought them…
Happy Free Comic Book Day / Thunderbolts* weekend! It’s that magical day of the year when comic shops (pay to) give away select free titles from publishers in a bid to get folks excited about a Marvel movie to check out the source material. The observance comes at a weird time, both for the industry…
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. Stephanie’s pick: NYX #10: With Mojo a bigger threat than ever…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 349: Greg Weisman talks Dynamite's Gargoyles: Demona Writer and animation producer Greg Weisman joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite series Gargoyles: Demona, Marvel’s Spectacular Spider-Men and more. (Note: This interview was recorded before Gargoyles/Fantastic Four was announced.) You can listen to The…
I’m happy for the people this miniseries is making happy. The Zaladane stans who after 34 years got fresh tales of their evil dinosaur priestess who is not Polaris’ sister. The variant cover collectors and traders who stood at attention at the mere mention of “Savage Land Bikini Rogue Adam Hughes variant.” The nostalgia readers…
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: Absolute Martian Manhunter #2: The other-dimensional alien consciousness calling…
Logan faces off with the Adamantine. The Wendigo is pulled into a deadly trap as a specter from the past emerges. And a story you never thought you’d see begins here. Wolverine #8/400 is written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Martin Coccolo, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit, with a backup written…
Two years ago, the X-Men threw a lovely party that went all to crap when Orchis showed up and made Charles Xavier force nearly all of mutantkind through Krakoan gates. The mutants regrouped and over the next year defeated Orchis, but at the cost of their homeland blinking onto another plane of existence. Since then,…
Once upon a time, two righteous dudes named Fabian Nicieza and Greg Capullo wrote and drew a book called X-Force, about a bunch of extreme young adults finding their way in the world with the help of their large, swollen gun dad. Sometimes, their large, swollen gun dad, whom they called Cable, would disappear for…
THE WINTER SOLDIER THAWS? Wolverine’s confrontation with Kitty Pryde and Gambit leaves him disoriented, violent and questioning his Maker’s Council overlords. Who is “Logan”? Ultimate Wolverine #4 was written by Chris Condon, drawn by Alessandro Cappuccio, colored by Bryan Valenza and lettered by Cory Petit. Survivor. Soldier. Hunter. Specimen. Animal. Relentless. Sputnik. No, that’s not…
Peter Parker gets a new beginning! Again! But really it’s a pretty fun launch. Amazing Spider-Man #1 is written by Joe Kelly, drawn by Pepe Larraz, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Joe Caramagna, with backups written by Kelly, drawn by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and lettered…
That entrepreneur who wanted gene data on everyone? The one who gave teen mutant Axo an internship? Pretty Sinister, as it turns out. Now, our favorite diamond-headed, DNA-obsessed, silver-skinned supervillain’s captured Axo and sent a fake teen to take his place. Find out what’s next in Exceptional X-Men #8, written by Eve Ewing, drawn 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. Bonus pick: Summer of Superman Special: When John Henry Irons and…