Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Coreyâs Pick: Children of the Atom #1: Delayed nearly a year by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent publisher shuffling, Vita Ayala and Bernard Changâs X-series about a new team of mutants who look awfully familiar…
Matt Lazorwitz: Welcome to ComicsXFâs roundtable discussion of DCâs new linewide event introduction, Infinite Frontier #0. Iâm Matt Lazorwitz, the guy who came up with this harebrained scheme, and Iâd like to start with everyone here sounding off. Letâs see who Iâve been able to gather from our illustrious staff. Tony Thornley: Hi, Iâm Tony…
Award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who spent the last 5 years writing comics for Marvel, will reportedly write a live action Superman film. Outside of an Instagram post (does that silver âSâ look kinda Steel-ish? How should I read Ava DuVernay liking the post?), we have no other information about the film. No plot, no star,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Coriâs Pick: Future State: Superman: House of El #1: Journey into the far future and meet the descendants of Kal-El, including twins Rowan and Ronan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and a Blue Lantern,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ariâs Pick: Hollow Heart #1: We’ve heard this new Vault Comics series described as a queer spin on The Shape of Water, in which a mechanic falls in love with a jumble of organs that…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisâ Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…
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…
Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 Writers: Â Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Brandon Easton, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Jeremy AdamsArtists: Mikel Janin, Valentine De Landro, Gleb Melnikov and Siya OumColorists: Jordie Bellaire, Marissa Louise and Hi-FiLetterers: Dave Sharpe, Travis Lanham and Gabriela Downe So, OK. Before we get started, I need to tell you…
Itâs all true. The Splash Tuesday was not a good day. And while none of you came here for presidential debate analysis, itâs worth noting that what was once a sacrosanct observation in our national political tradition became so messy and vapid that CNN personality Dana Bash called it a âshit showâ only minutes after…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Will’s Pick Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1: During the height of the pandemic in the spring, Team Ice Cream Man – writer W. Maxwell Prince, artist Martin Morazzo, colorist Chris O’Halloran…
Superman: Up in the Sky Writer: Tom King, Artist: Andy Kubert, Inker: Sandra Hope, Colorist: Brad Anderson, Letterer: Clayton Cowles, Publisher: DC Collects “Superman: Up in the Sky” #1-6, originally published in DC’s Walmart Giants Growing up, “Batman: The Animated Series” sent the Bat soaring to the top of the list of heroes I wanted…