Second coming - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:03:30 +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 Second coming - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 We’re Choosing Chaos (and Night Fever) in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/14/were-choosing-chaos-and-night-fever-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45690 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,...

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]]> 45690 WMQ&A Episode 174: Mark Russell Life Story https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/24/wmqa-episode-174-mark-russell-life-story/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32969 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 174: Mark Russell Life Story Writer Mark Russell joins the show to talk about a range of books, from AWA’s Not All Robots to Marvel’s Fantastic Four Life Story to AHOY’s Second Coming to Vault’s Deadbox, and to tease future projects. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,...

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]]> 32969 The ‘Hope’ in Second Coming: Only Begotten Son: Mark Russell and Richard Pace on Their New Volume https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/21/the-hope-in-second-coming-only-begotten-son-mark-russell-and-richard-pace-on-their-new-volume/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10157 “People don’t believe in God,” says Jesus Christ in Second Coming #1, “so much as they hope for a witness to their suffering.” Thus began a series from writer Mark Russell and artist Richard Pace that surprised readers and critics alike. Far from the blasphemous screed the Fox News crowd assumed it would be before...

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]]> 10157 Doomed Planet. Desperate Parents. Last Hope. And Hey, Jesus, in AHOY’s Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/17/doomed-planet-desperate-parents-last-hope-and-hey-jesus-in-ahoys-second-coming-only-begotten-son-1/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10081 The infant Sunstar will grow up to fulfill his destiny as Earth’s most powerful superhero and roommate to Jesus Christ — but first, he and his parents must endure the mundane and the tedious on the last night of the doomed planet Zirconia. Seek a friend for the end of the world in AHOY Comics’...

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]]> 10081 Vita Ayala’s New Mutants, Jesus and King in Black tie-ins Dominate Our Staff Picks for 12/16 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/14/vita-ayalas-new-mutants-jesus-and-king-in-black-tie-ins-dominate-our-staff-picks-for-12-16/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9953 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick New Mutants #14: Things are about to get wild in the Akademos Habitat as new series writer Vita Ayala (Children of the Atom) joins the team along with new members Warlock, Warpath...

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]]> 9953 ‘I Didn’t Expect a Series Involving a Pandemic to Actually Be Interrupted by a Pandemic’: Mark Russell on ‘Billionaire Island’ & More https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/13/i-didnt-expect-a-series-involving-a-pandemic-to-actually-be-interrupted-by-a-pandemic-mark-russell-on-billionaire-island-more/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9495 Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s AHOY Comics series “Billionaire Island” arrived in early March as an uneasy world watched what would soon be declared a pandemic spread across the globe and collectively tugged on its collar and made a big cartoon gulping sound. Suddenly, the idea of the world’s billionaires moving to a floating island...

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]]> 9495 Entry 070 – Hope Summers https://comicsxf.com/2017/04/13/entry-070-hope-summers/ Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:00:21 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=1735 Art by Jim Cheung and Laura Martin Name: Hope Summers Code Names: Hope First Appearance: X-Men #205 (Jan 08) Powers: Power mimicry Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Lights, X-Force About Douglas Adams once wrote, “It’s one thing to think that you’re the center of the universe — it’s another thing entirely to have this confirmed by an ancient prophecy.” That’s the cornerstone...

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