Paco Medina - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:38:46 +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 Paco Medina - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Selene eats people and the mutants’ desert sojourn ends in Immortal X-Men #15 https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/11/immortal-xmen-15/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46533 Selene wants the External Gate back, but Xavier is just not in the mood for visitors, and the mutant diaspora finds an unlikely ally in Immortal X-Men #15, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Paco Medina, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Austin Gorton: Mark, I understand you’ve been a bit under...

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]]> 46533 Selene dines well in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Immortal X-Men #15 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/31/immortal-xmen-15-preview/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46433 When I read Sebastian Shaw, I hear Matt Berry from What We Do in the Shadows. When I read Selene, I hear Connor Goldsmith from Cerebro. When I read the two of them in a scene together. Delicious. Check out our exclusive preview of Immortal X-Men #15, out next week, and get the basic deets...

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]]> 46433 Half of the Sinister Four Go on a Date as the Fall of X Nears https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/06/half-of-the-sinister-four-go-on-a-date-as-the-fall-of-x-nears/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45922 Doctor Stasis and Mother Righteous reunite after more than a century apart. X-Men: Before the Fall: The Sinister Four #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Paco Medina, colored by Edgar Delgado and Protobunker’s Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Mark Turetsky: Rasmus! It’s good to see you again after all these years...

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]]> 45922 Sins of Sinister Dominion #1 resets the timeline but still makes an impact https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/26/sins-of-sinister-dominion-1-resets-the-timeline-but-still-makes-an-impact/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45335 It’s been 1,000 years, and Sinister’s best laid schemes have gone astray. Now, he has one final chance to reset the timeline, form a Dominion and save the world. Sins of Sinister Dominion #1 written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Paco Medina and Lucas Werneck, colors by Bryan Valenza, letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark...

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]]> 45335 Sinister Can’t Get His Ducks in a Row in Immoral X-Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/22/sinister-cant-get-his-ducks-in-a-row-in-immoral-x-men-1/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44839 Having just conquered the world, Sinister is in a predicament: Someone has stolen his secret lab, and his toys have stopped obeying him. This simply will not do. Immoral X-Men #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Paco Medina, inked by Walden Wong and Victor Olazaba, colored by Jay David Ramos and Chris Sotomayor,...

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]]> 44839 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 Is Light on Storm https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/13/storm-and-the-brotherhood-of-mutants-1-is-light-on-storm/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44715 Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed, and Storm wants revenge. To get it, the New Brotherhood will battle their way through hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age. But are they fighting to save the world, or end it? And who the hell is Ironfire? Storm and the Brotherhood of...

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]]> 44715 The World of Wakanda Widens with Black Panther #10 and a Shuri Spotlight https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/12/the-world-of-wakanda-widens-with-black-panther-10-and-a-shuri-spotlight/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43392 “No, I didn’t like it. At all.” She told me (of all people!) she doesn’t like Black Panther. Not the movie, not the comic. Nothing. But I wasn’t mad. How could I be? She was born in East Africa, educated in Kenya and Namibia. She speaks Amharic to her mother and father.  How could she...

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]]> 43392 What If… Miles Morales #1 Shows Us What Miles Could Be https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/01/what-if-miles-morales-1-shows-us-what-miles-could-be/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38211 A lot of people will tell you that Miles Morales has a branding problem. Depending on who you ask — or, more likely, who’s offering you their unsolicited opinion — there are two trains of thought that’ll lead to that conclusion. The first, typically loudest, is that Miles is held back by being a legacy...

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]]> 38211 A Race to the Finish but Does Anyone Win in Children of the Atom #6? https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/11/children-of-the-atom-6-ayala-medina-silva/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32566 w forced to find a place between her friends and new family in Children of the Atom #6 by Vita Ayala, Paco Medina, David Curiel, and Travis Lanham.

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]]> 32566 The Kids Meet Their Heroes In Children Of The Atom #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/08/the-kids-meet-their-heroes-in-children-of-the-atom-5/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30635 The littlest Child of the Atom takes center stage as Nighty-Nightcrawler makes us say “oh no, sweet little baby” all throughout the transformative climax of Children of the Atom #5. Brought to us by Vita Ayala, Paco Medina, David Curiel, and Travis Lanham. Cassie Tongue: Don’t you just love it when secrets are revealed and...

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]]> 30635 Children of the Atom #4: Chosen Family is Best Family https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/09/children-of-the-atom-4-benny-and-the-kids/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29185 Children of the Atom #4 lets Marvel Lad take center stage. Brought to us by Vita Ayala, Paco Medina, David Curiel, and Travis Lanham.

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]]> 29185 Heroes Reborn: Siege Society #1 is a Tie-In Only a Completist Could Love https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/25/heroes-reborn-siege-society-1-is-a-tie-in-only-a-completist-could-love/ Tue, 25 May 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28095 Heroes Reborn gets a Suicide Squad of its own in Heroes Reborn: Siege Society #1. Written by Cody Ziglar, drawn by Paco Medina, colored by Pete Pantazis, lettered by Joe Sabino. Combining elements of Secret Avengers, Thunderbolts, Suicide Squad, and Dark Avengers, you would think Heroes Reborn: Siege Society #1 would read a bit busy....

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]]> 28095 Children of the Atom #3: Who Let these Teens in Space?! https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/12/children-of-the-atom-3-who-let-these-teens-in-space/ Wed, 12 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27064 Gimmick takes center stage in this month’s exploits of our Genetically Generic Gen Z! Things are taking the turn for the strange for our Krakoan Kast-offs. We finally get a look at their past and a hint of the future in Children of the Atom #3.

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