Banished from the throne and a fugitive in his own homelands, T’Challa still can’t leave Wakanda without its sworn protector. A king without a crown, he finds new purpose lurking the streets and shadows of the Wakandan city that bears his father’s name. Black Panther #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Night Fever: In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can’t sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer,…
Piotr Rasputin may seem like a simple man, but with the Sinister Four having lost voting privileges, he’s the most powerful one-man voting bloc on the Krakoan council. Too bad he’s an unwilling Russian operative. Immortal X-Men #11 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Note: Banner photo is a variant cover to Fantastic Four #8 by Scott Koblish. Listen to Koblish talk about that cover on WMQ&A. Zack’s pick: Loki #1: They may be the “benevolent” God of Stories…
SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Amazing Spider-Man #26. On May 31, Marvel released Amazing Spider-Man #26, controversially killing Marvel’s most prominent South Asian character, Kamala Khan. She becomes one more of a long line of characters whose deaths happen to fuel Peter Parker’s ever-flowing fountain of…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents OUR SON PETE Episode 15: The One with the Big, Round Number In a beyond-the-paywall episode of WMQ&A’s monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Chris Hassan of AIPT’s X-Men Monday column joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #100, the Xavier Protocols, the Wisdom-Lockheed feud and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on…
The Emissary of a death god crosses dimensions for a ritual sacrifice to gain ultimate power. Chaos erupts — and a hero dies. Amazing Spider-Man #26 is written by Zeb Wells, penciled by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Tony Thornley: It’s…
X-Chat returns with three big issues! The war between Logan and Beast escalates in Wolverine #33 by Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Frank Martin, Orchis wages war on Krakoa in X-Men #22 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Kid Omega returns in X-Force #40 from Percy, Robert Hack, Paul Davidson, Guru-eFx,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: DC Pride 2023: Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time. Jon Kent gets a crash course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 259: Southpaw Sound-off with Jorge Molina Artist Jorge Molina joins the show to talk about Zurdo, an art book looking back at his career in the industry, now crowdfunding on Zoop. PLUS, a sneak peek at the latest episode of our Patreon bonus podcast, Our Son Pete. You can listen…
It’s always nice to see an Avenger and an X-man hang out and there NOT be a misunderstanding-based fight. Here, Tony Stark, a guy good for about a Civil War a decade, helps Betsy Braddock hatch a plan to take care of her The-Fury-It-Kills-Superheroes problem. Meanwhile, her girlfriend, Askani, is hanging out in the library….
Escapade, Scout and Cerebella are trapped in a bad guy’s mansion! Morgan and Rahne may or may not be trapped in the Morlock tunnels under New York City! Dani, Galura and Xuân may or may not be trapped in someone else’s story! Find out who escapes in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #3, written by Charlie…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: Storm #1: In my day, Storm had a mohawk and wasn’t afraid to stab a Morlock, and that’s the way we liked it! Annie Nocenti revisits this era of Storm’s career for a…
And there came a day, quite like many, many others, when one of Earth’s mightiest heroes chose a team to be Earth’s newest line of protection. It’s an all new (but not that All-New) Avengers #1, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa, colored by Federico Blee, and lettered by Cory Petit. Armaan Babu:…
What’s harder than having a messy superhero career, a frustrating villain who keeps getting away, a radioactive boyfriend you can’t get too close to without risking death, and more super-powered clients than you can bench-press even with gamma-enhanced muscles? It’s staying faithful to that aforementioned boyfriend when the surprisingly charming aforementioned villain offers something a…