Steve Pugh - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:36:48 +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 Steve Pugh - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A Dark Age, a Joker-Luthor team-up and a desert journey ends in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/29/batchat-tec-worldsfinest-darkage/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48420 Batman has reached the end of his journey across the sands. Now, all that remains is the last temptation by Dr. Hurt and the Demon Barbatos. Batman must step up and face these dark spirits down to rise from this journey reborn. And in Gotham, the Question finds evidence of the truth she has sought,...

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]]> 48420 Batman crosses a line and Peacemaker finds happiness for once in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/06/batman-138-batchat/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46750 The rubicon has been crossed. Batman has pushed his family away harder than ever before, and now he must face off with them as well as Catwoman’s criminal empire. And Vandal Savage’s plans become clearer in Batman #138, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles....

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]]> 46750 Batman, Joker and two comics that have neither (but rule) in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/08/batchat-batman-joker-peacemaker/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46521 The Gotham War is in full swing, and Batman is giving no quarter. The Bat family is siding against him, Catwoman is doing her best to maintain her word on protecting her crew and new players are moving into place. Batman #137 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey...

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]]> 46521 Bruce Has That Nightmare Again, Then Takes a Vacation in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/07/bruce-has-that-nightmare-again-then-takes-a-vacation-in-batchat/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45934 DC’s big summer event has kicked off. The new villain Insomnia has put the heroes of the DC Universe into deep sleeps, and he is traveling through their nightmares. What are Batman’s greatest nightmares? Find out in Knight Terrors: Batman #1, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered...

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]]> 45934 Everyone’s Back in Gotham This Week in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/09/everyones-back-in-gotham-this-week-in-batchat/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45674 Batman is back in his own Gotham, but things have changed. And so has he. Is he really ready to step right into the role again, even after everything that has happened? Batman #136 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Belen Ortega, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup,...

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]]> 45674 Batman Turns 900 and Also Peacemaker Is Here in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/05/batman-turns-900-and-also-peacemaker-is-here-in-batchat/ Fri, 05 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45391 Batman faces down Red Mask on a journey through the Multiverse, where we see some very familiar cowls in Batman #135, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, Mikel Janin and Jorge Jimenez, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, Jimenez and Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and Romulo Fajardo Jr., and lettered by Clayton Cowles....

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]]> 45391 SuperChat Catches Up with Action, ’78, and Son of Kal-El https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/18/superchat-catches-up-with-action-comics-1037-78-and-son-of-kal-el/ Sat, 18 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36168 It’s catch-up week for SuperChat, as we see what the Supermen of three worlds are up to. On Warworld, Superman and his team find themselves vastly overpowered – but what does that mean for the rest of the galaxy? Action Comics #1037 written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Miguel Mendonca, colored by Adriano Lucas...

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]]> 36168 Homecoming in Wonder Woman #780 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/18/homecoming-in-wonder-woman-780/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34700 Diana adjusts back to life again in Wonder Woman #780 written by Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad, pencils and inks by Travis Moore and Steve Pugh, colors by Tamra Bonvillain and Kendall Goode, and letters by Pat Brosseau.  Andrea Ayres: Cat, I am a day late and a dollar short (as my mom used to...

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]]> 34700 A Week of Short Stories Gives Many Visions of Superman https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/21/a-week-of-short-stories-gives-many-visions-of-superman/ Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32938 Yeah, you knew this was coming. This week, on Superman & The Authority #2, it’s an assemble-the-team montage of sorts, as Superman and Manchester Black bring their world’s best, brightest and most dangerously effective team together in their efforts to make the world a better place. Written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Mikel Janín, Fico...

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]]> 32938 Future State Ends on a High Note in Superman Vs Imperious Lex https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/06/future-state-ends-on-high-note-in-superman-vs-imperious-lex/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24458 It’s the Return of the Reticulants in Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex #3! Written by Mark Russell, drawn by Steve Pugh, colored by Romulo Fajardo, Jr., and lettered by Carlos M. Mangual, this part 3 of 3 closes the book(s) on Future State. Lexor’s economy is still in freefall and Lex Luthor intends to...

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]]> 24458 The Legion Stumbles, Batman/Superman Get Along and Lex Luthor Soars In Future State https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/26/the-legion-stumbles-batman-superman-get-along-and-lex-luthor-sores-in-future-state/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21917 The Legion of Super-Heroes confront their rogue member but not is all as it seems in Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Riley Rossmo, colors by Ivan Plascencia and letters by Dave Sharpe. Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 is only 19 pages. But somehow it felt like...

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]]> 21917 DC Future State Month One Wraps with the Legion, Lex Luthor and Batman/Superman https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/29/future-state-month-one-wraps-with-the-legion-lex-luthor-and-batman-superman/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13811 Greetings and salutations, friends. We’re headed back to the future (Acknowledge the pun! Acknowledge it!) with three time-tossed tales from Detective Comics Comics. First, Brian Michael Bendis and Riley Rossmo future hard with a vengeance in Legion of Super-Heroes #1. Then, Mark Russell and Steve Pugh do their social-issues schtick in Superman vs. Imperious Lex...

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]]> 13811 ‘Devil’s Highway,’ ‘Billionaire Island’ & ‘The Plot’: Your indie triple play for July 1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/01/devils-highway-billionaire-island-the-plot-your-indie-triple-play-for-july-1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6701 Bam! Pow! Zap! Xavier Files isn’t just for X-Men anymore! In case you missed the memo, the site you love is now covering the wider comics industry. And so this week we have a roundup of reviews from across the indie spectrum, including Benjamin “X-Force” Percy’s latest crime thriller (reviewed by Zachary Jenkins), Mark Russell’s...

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