Nico Leon - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:53:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Nico Leon - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Siege Perilous revisited in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Psylocke: Ninja #1 https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/15/the-siege-perilous-revisited-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-psylocke-ninja-1/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55584 Flash back to a time when Psylocke was reborn into the ultimate killing machine. What sacrifice did Betsy Braddock make to save the X-Men?

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]]> 55584 Return to Kingdom Come, Gotham War and Nightwing’s butt jokes in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/20/batchat-worlds-finest-20/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46959 The quest for the lost Kid Thunder has brought Superman and Batman to Earth-22, the world of Kingdom Come. But a glimpse into that world’s future has the heroes on their back feet and wondering what they can do in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #20, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra...

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]]> 46959 Tom King Wrote a Batman Story? The Devil You Say! (BatChat) https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/19/tom-king-wrote-a-batman-story-the-devil-you-say-batchat/ Fri, 19 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45514 A new anthology series debuts in this first issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold:  The robots are revolting! And they’re killing all humans, too … but seriously. As Batman and Superman face Ultra-Morpho, all the robotic heroes and villains of the DCU begin to attack. And by issue’s end the true mastermind is...

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]]> 45514 Johnny Storm Flames But the Writing Fizzles in Fantastic Four #36 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/22/johnny-storm-flames-but-the-writing-fizzles-in-fantastic-four-36/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33930 Things go from bad to fucked for Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm in Fantastic Four #36. Written by Dan Slott; Drawn by Nico Leon; Colored by Dono Sánchez-Almara; Lettered by Joe Caramagna. I am becoming increasingly convinced that Dan Slott doesn’t know much about real emotions. He’s just seen them on TV.  In the aftermath of...

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]]> 33930 Wolverine Yeets Younglings In Power Pack #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/14/wolverine-yeets-younglings-in-power-pack-5/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25029 The helpful Agent Aether, mentor to super-kids, turned out to be the evil Wizard (that’s actually his villain name), with a plan to steal the Power kids’ powers! Can they un-disempower themselves and foil his plans, now that they’ve got help from another adult…Wolverine? Power Pack #5, written by Ryan North, drawn by Nico Leon,...

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]]> 25029 No Parental Supervision in Power Pack #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/10/no-parental-supervision-in-power-pack-3/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14968 Hey kids! Make sure your state-approved mentor, as per Kamala’s Law, knows you’re about to read the latest Power Pack, in which our youthful quartet discover too late that Agent Aether is a big old jerk! Power Pack #3, writing by Ryan North, art by Nico Leon, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg, lettered by Travis Lanham....

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