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…
Welcome back to the swingin’ 70’s with WandaVision at CXF, starring Mikey Zee and our very special guest star Tony Thornley! When we last left our favorite witch and android couple, Wanda was surprised to discover she was pregnant, and not just newly pregnant, but months along! Mikey Zee: Welcome to my lovely home, Tony,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: Future State: Batman/Superman #1: The Magistrate’s ruined a lot of things for Bruce Wayne, but one of the cherries on top is how it messed up his partnership with Superman. Find out how…
The Ultimate Universe was made with noble intentions – to find a way to make an accessible version of Marvel characters that were true to the original idea of the comics. It started with Ultimate Spider-Man written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Mark Bagley, creating a new Peter Parker who was once again…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justin’s Pick Future State: Justice League #1: Jon Kent, Tim Fox, Yara Flor, Jo Mullein, Andy Curry and Jess Chambers are the Justice League of the future, and they’re here to remind y’all that…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and…