As of this writing, there are 13(!) monthly X-books on the shelves, two of which ā X-Men and Uncanny X-Men ā ship on an 18-issue-a-year schedule. Thatās a lot, and thereās more coming, including Laura Kinney: Wolverine (who is already starring in NYX); a Timeslide one-shot co-starring Cable and Bishop; Magik (who is already starring…
The cost of Doctor Voodooās medical treatment is the loss of Stormās powers for seven days. Ororo seeks refuge with her former teammates, the Uncanny X-Men, but it doesn’t turn out to be the relaxing holiday she thought it would be. A secret that aches the heart is born, and it sends Storm into the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Rasmusā pick: Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1: The heroes of…
Can it really be the holidays again so soon? Thatās right, folks, weāve taken another trip around the sun, and itās time to gather those you love close and enjoy the holidays! No matter what youāre celebrating, you just have to get that special something for those special someones in your life. Thatās where we…
An unknown form of radiation poisoning from the Oklahoma incident has turned her cells into ticking time bombs. As her final hours count down, will she find a cure for her illness at Night Nurseās new superhero hospital, or will it require enchantments from Doctor Voodoo to save her life? Storm #2 is written by…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Mattās pick: The Question: All Along the Watchtower #1: In the…
Happy new year! What, we can start celebrating Christmas on Nov. 1 but we canāt start prepping for New Yearās? You people make no sense. Anyway, we here at CXF took a peek at the January solicits, and here are a few of the things weāre excited for. MARVEL Ultimate Wolverine #1: The new iteration…
Ororo Munroe has lived many lives. She’s been a thief, a goddess, an X-Man, a queen and an Avenger. She is the most prominent, most respected and most powerful mutant on the world stage; and in that role, she intends to be a force for positive change. First up: A major meltdown at a nuclear…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Mattās pick: DC All In Special: Following the events of Absolute…
After Blood Hunt and Fall of the House of X, where does that leave the Avengers? The team’s roster won’t be the only thing shaken up.
There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and…
Welcome to the ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the new era of X-Men comics. The last few years saw a new dawn for the House of X: Mutants reigned (for a while) but were always destined to fall. And From the Ashes of the mutant island nation of Krakoa, this is what comes next. What do…
She’s keeping the hair. She’s keeping an artist who knows how to draw her. She has a Black writer. She’s not returning to any sort of 1990s-era status quo involving the mansion or Blue and Gold teams or a costume you can’t tell is black or white. You guys … I think Storm might be…
Storm has spent the past few years not so much as a superhero but as the leader of a people, defending the broken land of Arakko from threats foreign and domestic. It would be a disservice to the character to simply put her back on the X-Men. So let’s make her an Avenger again. At…
First Lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. But then she thought of the American people. They were ājust getting adjustedā to having a Black president in the Oval Office and a Black family in the White House, so she decided to keep her hair straight. Obama…