The Hellfire Gala may be long over (except in X-Men Unlimited by Steve Foxe and Alan Robinson literally right now), but the party never ends as long as Moria X is in the house! That’s right everyone’s favorite megalomaniacal supervillain robot lady with a hat and a bad attitude is back in Amazing Spider-Man #9…
Can Miles finally topple the Empire of the Spider? Let’s find out in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #41 written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Christopher Allen, colors by David Curiel, and letters by Cory Petit. In the year of our Lord 2022, just when I thought all irony and ridiculousness had been used up by the…
Using the magic of science (science!), mysticism and a few bored brains (ok, one bored brain), Iāve managed to connect with Jude from universe 777-9311 for a joint review of Miles Morales #40. Continue to readā¦if you dare!Ā (Maniacally cryptic music plays in background) 616 Jude: ā¦so youāre telling me where youāre from, housing is…
Miles Morales #39 doesnāt really ask a lot of questions – not explicitly. Iād argue itās not concerned with asking or pausing at all – this issue is about momentum. And you know, thatās okay. Sometimes you canāt do and think at the same time. Sometimes doing is enough. And Miles Morales #39 does quite…
It’s so important that we remember that a “deal with the devil” is a common phrase about compromising your values and not a literal deal with a literal devil. That would be a morally abhorrent thing for Spider-Man to do. Some would say an unforgivable act. Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. deliver another issue…
With the looming release of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness serving as the latest entry in pop cultureās recent obsession with multiverses and realities alternate, parallel and multiple, we asked our ComicsXF writers to share their thoughts about their favorite alternate reality from across the wide multiverse of stories! Earth-1610: The Ultimate Universe…
Peter Parkerās lifeā¦changes forever? Itās a brand new Amazing Spider-Man #1, this time from writer Zeb Wells, penciler John Romita Jr., inker Scott Hanna, colorist Marcio Menyz, and letterer Joe Caramagna. The most remarkable thing about Amazing Spider-Man #1, really, is how unremarkable it is. Peter and MJās final moments at the conclusion of the…
Itās a large world, yes, but itās also very small. I find that niche communitiesā say, I donāt know, comic review sites, dispersed around the world as they may beā cultivate a connected community. So as a member of this connected comics community, Iāve been more than tangentially aware of a few illustrators and writers…
Itās Spider-Man vs. Spider-Man as āBeyondā comes to a close in Amazing Spider-Man #93 written by Zeb Wells, art by Patrick Gleason, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Joe Caramagna! The illusion of change is the ultimate backbone of serialized comics. Amazing Spider-Man #93 is both a great example of it, and leans into…
It begins with a ping in my pocket. Itās Monday afternoon, a little bit after 3 EST. A Slack notification has gone off, and lo and behold, our comic collection for the week has dropped. I work a full time job (thank goodness, despite how I feel in the mornings), so I canāt always read…
Miles Morales #35 concludes one arc and leads into another. As the Assessor and Quantum return to wreak havoc on Miles’ life, he and Shift have to seek out some unlikely allies. Miles Morales: Spider-Man #35 written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Michele Bandini and Luigi Zagaria, inked by Michele Bandini, Elisabetta D’Amico, and Luigi…
The Space Stone host Quantum and the Assessor are back, so you know it doesn’t bode well for Miles or Shift. Their only hope? The Beyond Corporation. But wait, isn’t Beyond suing Miles for trademark infringement? Anyway, according to the upper lefthand corner of the cover, this issue marks 275 issues of Miles Morales’ adventures…
Ben Reilly is back, and this time heās more continuity-inserted than ever! Ben Reilly: Spider-Man #1 is written by J.M. DeMatteis, with art by David BaldĆ©on, colors by Israel Silva, and letters by Joe Caramagna. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Sometimes thatās a good thing, but others not so much. For the last…
Thereās a tension in critique between judging a piece of work for what it is and judging that work against our internal monologue of what we think the actions and resolutions of the work should be. Honest, good critique does not degrade a work because it doesnāt live up to head-canon fan fiction; good critique…
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