Rod Reis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:00:52 +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 Rod Reis - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 On Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1, or: That Ain’t Jean Grey https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/14/giant-size-dark-phoenix-saga-jean-grey/ Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53007 Last week, our team got together to talk about Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Adam Kubert’s X-Men anniversary special Giant-Size X-Men (Vol. 3) #1, wherein Avengers superfan and now forced-into-mutantdom-by-the-MCU Kamala Khan started a time-traveling journey through the X-Men’s greatest hits as she was chased by the empty shell of Legion’s leftover multiple personalities. While...

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]]> 53007 Scott and Jean catch up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/05/giant-size-dark-phoenix-saga-1/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52934 What do you think Scott and Jean’s psychic dates are like these days? With Jean the Phoenix again and journeying through space, and Scott in Alaska still doing X-Men stuff, catching each other up must be weird at times. Jean: How’s Logan? Scott: We don’t talk much. He’s down in Louisiana with Rogue’s team, but...

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]]> 52934 It’s Dark Web Time in X-Chat #5! https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/22/its-dark-web-time-in-x-chat-5/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44287 Welcome to Inferno! As our friends at Jay & Miles Xplain the X-Men like to say, Inferno never ends! And with that, we’re in the thick of “Dark Web”, AKA Inferno II: Electric Boogaloo! In Dark Web: #1, Christmas in New York gets interrupted by a familiar demon problem from Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin,...

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]]> 44287 Amidst the Chaos Comes a Costume in New Mutants #28! https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/17/amidst-the-chaos-comes-a-costume-in-new-mutants-28/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42511 The queen is dead— long live the queen in New Mutants #28, with writing by Vita Ayala, art by Rod Reis and Jan Duursema, colors (on Duursema’s art) by Ruth Redmond, letters by Travis Lanham. Liz Large: Oh gosh (oh golly oh wow, as Widget would say), we’ve got some twists and turns this week. ...

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]]> 42511 Madelyne Pryor Makes Her Big Pitch in Our X-Clusive Preview of New Mutants #28 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/11/madelyne-pryor-makes-her-big-pitch-in-our-x-clusive-preview-of-new-mutants-28/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42418 Dingdang, this arc of New Mutants has been a corker. Vita Ayala and Rod Reis have performed a deep examination of who Illyana Rasputina and Madelyne Pryor are in the modern age, and how Limbo is a place one of them needs to move beyond while the other can repurpose it to gain agency. Check...

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]]> 42418 New Mutants #26 Brings Us A Little Jaunt Through Hell https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/22/new-mutants-26-brings-us-a-little-jaunt-through-hell/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41550 Illyana Rasputina tried to give up her role as Demon Queen of Limbo in favor of Madelyne Pryor, who actually wants the job. Now Madelyne, Illyana, Dani and Rahne are trapped in the realm that scarred her– and it’s the future, and it’s snowing hard. Magik continues her labors in New Mutants #26, with writing...

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]]> 41550 New Mutants #25 Is Worth The Wait https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/16/new-mutants-25-is-worth-the-wait/ Mon, 16 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40829 Hey, is Illyana still the Queen of Limbo? What if she’d rather someone else do it? It’s a triumphant return for our creative team (and perhaps less so for our hero team!) in New Mutants #25, from Vita Ayala, Rod Reis, Jan Duursema, Ruth Redmond and Travis Lanham.  Liz Large: It’s been 3 months since...

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]]> 40829 Pierce The Veil Of The Shadow King In New Mutants #23 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/01/pierce-the-veil-of-the-shadow-king-in-new-mutants-23/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35517 The old New Mutants are trapped in the Shadow King’s mind, and the new New Mutants are trying to rescue them. But is Amahl Farouk, the Shadow King’s first host, his accomplice, or his victim? The Truth Shall Set Them Free in New Mutants #23, from Vita Ayala, Rod Reis and Travis Lanham.  Liz Large:...

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]]> 35517 Questions Of Who Gets To Die In New Mutants #18 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/26/questions-of-who-gets-to-die-in-new-mutants-18/ Wed, 26 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28201 The kids from the first 1980s teen X-team are now adults, and they’re in charge of mutant teens today. Previous X-schools trained child soldiers: can the New Mutants find a better way? And will Xi’an Coy Manh ever, ever, ever be free of her family’s psychic ghosts? New Mutants #18, written by Vita Ayala, art...

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]]> 28201 An Otherworldy Adventure In New Mutants #17 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/28/an-otherworldy-adventure-in-new-mutants-17/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25892 The OG New Mutants are responsible for training a new generation of teens on Krakoa, and the teens resist. Dani and Xi’an chased a runaway former student into Otherworld, then got snagged by malevolent Merlyn: can they find him, or even free themselves? And what’s the Shadow King training his hand-picked group of disconsolate teens...

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