Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 152: The Alien Special with Phillip Kennedy Johnson Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson joins the show to talk about Marvel’s new Alien series, in an episode so big we had to tag in Third Amigo Rob Lynch. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick: Harley Quinn #1: The maiden of mischief returns to Gotham to attempt to make amends for her past in a new volume by writer Stephanie Phillips (Future State: Harley Quinn) and artist Riley…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Superman: Red & Blue #1: DC’s horny for anthologies anymore, so enjoy this one dedicated to the Man of Steel, featuring stories by John Ridley, Clayton Henry, Brandon Easton, Steve Lieber, Wes Craig,…
It’s time for Volume 1 of Secret Wars (2015)! “But Christi and Chris,” you say, “didn’t you already spend a ton of episodes on Secret Wars?” Why yes readers, we did, but that was Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars. Entirely different. No similarities. None. At all. Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Corey’s Pick: Children of the Atom #1: Delayed nearly a year by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent publisher shuffling, Vita Ayala and Bernard Chang’s X-series about a new team of mutants who look awfully familiar…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong…
Christi and Chris are joined by guest, Nola Pfau, for the less-than-feather-filled finale of Inferno covering Uncanny #242-243 and X-Factor #38-39 . It’s time to rip your clothes and turn evil for this “Sinister” episode. Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott…
John Walker has turned into a loose cannon and the goverment needs him brought in. Priest, Georges Jeanty, Karl Story, Matt Milla and Joe Sabino are up for the challenges in US Agent #3. John Walker may be many things, but most of us perceive him as just one: a replacement who couldn’t live up…
The new Valkyrie finds her weapon as the Choosers Of The Slain come together in Jason Aaron, Torunn Grønbekk, Nina Vakueva, Tamra Bonvillain, and Joe Sabino’s King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3. Marvel’s Valkyrior are a rich source for story but often under-used, sacrificed, or positioned as punchline (especially in earlier appearances, especially…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Future State: Superman: House of El #1: Journey into the far future and meet the descendants of Kal-El, including twins Rowan and Ronan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and a Blue Lantern,…
[camcorder beeps before Mikey sits down in front of it in the bathroom] Mikey Zee: New week, new WandaVision. You know, someone once said “life is like a box of chocolates.” And sometimes in life you get the yummy chocolates with peanut butter inside, and sometimes you get the awful weird ones with the gross…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: Hollow Heart #1: We’ve heard this new Vault Comics series described as a queer spin on The Shape of Water, in which a mechanic falls in love with a jumble of organs that…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…
Mikey Zee: Picture for me, if you will, two ComicsXF writers, smiling, outlined in pencil. First, we paint in one Mikey Zee with watercolors… going through family photos and seeing him grow from being but a wee babe to the adult he is now–wait! Austin! Not yet, they haven’t finished painting me in yet! Oh,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoe’s Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did…