There’s 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 doesn’t live up to head-canon fan fiction; good critique…
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There’s something about Spider-Man and horror. Whenever the Marvel Universe takes a turn for the scary, Peter Parker is often right in the middle of it. Other times there are horror stories, both within the Prime timeline and alternate universes, just straight up centered on Spider-Man in a horror context. With two issues out this…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick: Darkhold: Spider-Man #1: Y’all know the Darkhold, right? It’s that spooky book that shows up in Marvel comics sometimes. Well, what if Spider-Man read it? What then, huh? He’s not a Midnight Son,…
Peter Parker attempts to face his greatest foe: the lies he tells himself in Darkhold: Spider-Man #1. Written by Alex Paknadel, art by Dio Neve, colors by Jim Charalampidis, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Think about the biggest lie you’ve ever told. You’re thinking about the bad things: the fake job experience you put on…
In Miles Morales #33, we see Miles’ best friend fit the sidekick trope to a tee: outrage with the protagonist – in this case outrage if the incredulous cease and desist order given to Miles by the Beyond Corporation, demanding he stop using the Spider-man identity; he gives the reader context around the protagonist’s recent…
The Doctor is out, and Ben Reilly may have to scrub in to help, in Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man #1 from Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira, Wayne Faucher, Andrew Crossley, Pete Pantazis, and Joe Caramagna. If you believe the song, New York is a hell of a town. In Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man we…
We blame JJ Abrams. It seems like ever since the Abrams-produced TV show Lost became a hit, the pop culture world has been looking for the spoilers and the mystery box within their media. It pops up even if one doesn’t exist in a film, series or piece of literature. Just in Abrams-involved projects, you can see…
The decimal issues are back in Amazing Spider-Man #78.BEY, written by Jed MacKay, artwork by Eleonora Carlini, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Joe Caramagna. Spider-Man has the best supporting cast in comics. That’s probably one of the least controversial things I could say about Spider-Man. I mean sure, there are individual supporting characters…
Miles Morales goes on a delightful date with someone he feels he can connect with in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32 written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Christopher Allen, colors by Guru-eFX, and letters by VC’s Cory Petit. Do you remember your first date? Your favorite one? Were you nervous? Did you hold hands? Did you…
Miles has been at the center of a universe, the center of a universe-bridging event, at the center of a universe-DESTROYING event, at the center of the Avengers and at the center of the Campions…He’s been in animated TV shows and starred and in maybe the best Spider-hero and superhero movie ever, INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE….
Marvel’s first theme park tie-in miniseries wraps this week in a globe-trotting adventure. W.E.B. of Spider-Man #5 is written by Kevin Schinick, drawn by Alberto Alburquerque, colored Rachelle Rosenberg, and lettered by Joe Sabino. We’re now five issues in, at the end of the road for this confusing little mini and it’s still no clearer…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. To my sons, Spider-Man isn’t a character. In a weird way, coming full circle from his days on Toei-produced Sentai…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick: Ka-Zar #1: The lord of the Savage Land is back from the dead, with some new powers, some family drama and a creeping sense of unease in a five-issue series by writer Zac…
Spider-Man. He’s a threat. He’s a menace. And J. Jonah Jameson will do whatever it takes to make the world see it. But in this companion piece to 2019’s Spider-Man: Life Story, will his decades of obsession bear fruit for Jonah … or be his destruction? Let’s do hard time with Spider-Man: Life Story Annual…