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: Batman & Robin Year One #1: While Bruce Wayne…
So, we’re six new series and eight issues into the X-Men: From the Ashes era. How’s everyone feeling? Have you recovered from the months-long hangover from your last night at the Green Lagoon, or are you still missing the tiki-bar lifestyle? Have you found your new X-Men title yet, or are you struggling to find…
There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and…
Earlier this week, we posted a series-by-series breakdown of each of the upcoming X-Men From the Ashes series. Then Marvel went and dropped two more. Jerks. Marvel on Thursday announced Sentinels, a five-issue miniseries by writer Alex Paknadel (All Against All) and artist Justin Mason (Spider-Punk: Arms Race), launching Oct. 9. The series will follow…
Marvel’s first queerest family is throwing a party, and everyone’s invited! Particularly if it pleases the brides to know you won’t be home during their rapturous re-exchanging of vows. X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 was written by Kieron Gillen, Tini Howard, Tate Brombal, Yoon Ha Lee and Wyatt Kennedy; drawn by Rachael Stott, Phillip Sevy,…
It wasn’t that long ago that Mystique yelled “I want my wife back!” in 2020’s X-Men #6, making text what students of Chris Claremont knew to be true for far longer, that Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler were a queer couple whose love dated back decades. (Around that same time, they also kissed on panel…
Since one resurrected the other in Inferno, Mystique and Destiny have been one of the pivotal couples of the Krakoan era. Now that that era is ending, Marvel is celebrating by having them renew their wedding vows. Marvel’s June Voices anthology, out May 29 and retailing for $9.99, is X-Men: The Wedding Special, telling a…