Battle Of The Atom: Dearly Beloved
Once upon a time, Cyclops and Jean Grey got married at a Marvel holiday party and made it everyone else’s problem. Ranked This Episode:
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The Ultimates shows whatâs possible with superhero stories and invites us to demand more
Headâs up: This essay includes spoilers for this weekâs Ultimates #4 by Deniz Camp, Phil Noto and Travis Lanham. The Ultimates is a future classic. If Marvelâs founding creative principle is depicting âthe world outside your window,â then Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeriâs run is observing this mission statement better than any other comic being…
Exceptional X-Men #1 is a Kitty Pryde reset with some surprising flavor to it
The formerly teenage genius formerly known as Shadowkat is back in Chicago, back behind the bar with a dishrag for a paycheck, done with rescuing teenage mutants for good. See how long that one lasts in Exceptional X-Men #1, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Joe…
Editorial: Why the From the Ashes X-Men comics have more new mutants than New Mutants
If youâre an X-Men fan of a certain age, you may have read the past two monthsâ worth of From the Ashes comics and wondered, âWhere did all the New Mutants and Generation X kids go? I mean I know Magik is in X-Men, but itâs like the rest of them just disappeared into the…
Marc owes Khonshu big time in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Vengeance of the Moon Knight #9
The solicit text for this one just says “CLASSIFIED!” like it’s still a secret that Marc Spector came back from the dead during Blood Hunt. So I guess, uh, how are you? Are the kids excited to be going back to school? Do you feel like the public education system is still getting its feet…
Diving deep into Spider-Man and his amazing friends in our inaugural Web-Chat
Hello, everyone! Welcome to a new thing here at ComicsXF. Iâm Tony Thornley, the curator for our new Spider-column. Rather than a standard discussion piece like our BatChat and X-Chat columns, this is going to be more of a roundup as our team covers the world wide web of Spider-Man. So strap in as we…
Exceptional X-Men #1 and more in this week’s Staff Picks
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. Stephanieâs pick: Exceptional X-Men #1: After the fall of Krakoa, Kate…
Check out mini-reviews of Aliens vs. Avengers, Ultimate X-Men, Frankenstein & The Pedestrian
In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. This feature doesn’t have a name yet; turns out a lot of online comics people like naming their blogs The Spinner Rack. But if we keep doing this and anyone…
Marvel turns 85, and no one’s asking it not to run for president again
Whatâs it like to visit a Marvel museum? In space? With Deadpool and Wolverine?* Is it all nostalgia-bait, or will our heroes find something more? Discover the answer in Marvelâs 85th Anniversary Special, written and drawn by Ryan North, Joshua Cassara, Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne, Alan Davis, Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Yuji…
Battle Of The Atom: Aggressively Dumb
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With its spotlight on Wolverine, NYX #2 remains the best X-Men From the Ashes comic
Every day, mutants are being stolen off the streets of Manhattan â unprotected and forgotten by the human world. Now, a war-worn Wolverine will descend into New Yorkâs criminal underworld to bring them back into the light. Who is the mysterious mutant fixer known only as Local? Can Laura Kinney stand alone against the dangerous…
Thor becomes Hercules’ stepdad, we think, in our EXCLUSIVE preview of The Immortal Thor #15
Immortal Thor #14 (LGY #775 – mazel tov!) ended with the Odinson absorbing the power of Zeus in combat, leaving the latter a smoking husk of a god. Does that make Thor Hercules’ dad now? Is that how that works? Because I would read a comic about Thor becoming Hercules’ stepdad, parking his Camaro in…
Wolverine gets revenge and Phoenix heads into space in X-Chat #16!
Heâs the best there is at what he does, and apparently what he does is take revenge! Itâs Wolverine: Revenge #1 from Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend, and Cory Petit! And Jean Grey takes to the stars in Phoenix #1 & 2 from Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, David Curiel and Petit! Tony Thornley: Hey…
Avengers vs. Aliens vs. Frankenstein vs. Archie in this week’s Staff Picks
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. Austinâs pick: Aliens vs. Avengers #1: Xenomorphs reach Earth! The perfect…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 317: Mark Russell talks X-Factor, Batman: Dark Age & more
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 317: Mark Russell talks X-Factor, Batman: Dark Age and more Writer Mark Russell joins the show to talk about X-Factor, Batman: Dark Age, AHOY Comics’ My Bad and much more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at…